Let’s give it a go
Pick what you’d like to do and follow the steps at your own pace. No need to read everything. There’s no quiz at the end.
The small screens are illustrated examples. The app’s appearance may still change during testing.
Getting started
Add an item and learn how to find it.
What you’ll do
Save your first item and its storage location.
How to do it
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In Places, tap Add to create your home.
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Open it and add a room. For a car or garage, go straight to storage.
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Add storage, such as a cupboard or shelf, and a box if needed.
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Add your item. A photo helps you recognise it but is optional.
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Search for its name in Find, then open its details.
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Your storage spot and box each have their own code too. Copy it from their details and type it into the same search to see what’s inside. “One code to see what’s inside” also explains the camera.
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Want a visual reference? The guide can create a first plan. Then tap your room to discover its walls and floor and place storage.
Tip
Start with things you often look for. The cable drawer can wait.
All set
The item details show each level of its storage path.
Finding a belonging
A name, a question or your storage code.
What you’ll do
Find an item without searching every cupboard.
How to do it
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In Find, enter the item’s name. Use Filters to choose a place or room.
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Open a result to see its full storage path.
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To speak, tap Ask Céoù at the bottom and ask “Where are my scissors?”.
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You can also ask to store an item. Check the result and clarify the item or storage if Céoù asks.
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Say “That’s all” or close the window when finished. It also closes after 20 seconds without a reply.
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Have a code written on a storage space? Type its 6 characters into the same field, or use the camera on the right. A single QR opens the storage directly after checking your access. For handwriting, check the suggested code before opening the result. The storage codes chapter explains recognition and the photo allowance.
Tip
Be specific when items share a name: “the kitchen scissors”, for example.
All set
Find the storage location and open its plan from the item details, if one exists.
A usual place for every object
Keep its current location and its usual place separate.
What you’ll do
Your scissors are on the desk, but belong in the kitchen? Keep both locations in view.
How to do it
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When creating an object, select the option to make this storage its usual place if you want to return it there after use.
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For an existing object, open its details and the usual place section. Confirm its current storage or choose another accessible location.
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Move the object as normal when you use it elsewhere. Its usual place stays saved. Changing this preference does not move the object.
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In Find → Filters, select objects away from their usual place. Objects lent to someone else are excluded.
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Once you have physically put the object back, use the return to usual place action on its details. This needs a connection.
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After completing a house move, you can adopt the new storage locations as usual places. Céoù asks you to confirm.
Tip
The usual place follows the storage, even if you rename or move the box. A box in an active house move is only a temporary location.
All set
You know where the object is now and where to put it back.
One code to see what’s inside
A permanent code for every storage location, box and moving box.
What you’ll do
Every storage spot, container and moving box gets a permanent 6-character code. Write the code assigned by Céoù on it to find its contents from the home screen. The illustration uses a sample code: use the one from your own storage details.
How to do it
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Open a storage spot, container or moving box. Look for “The code to write on it”. If you created it offline, reconnect and sync to get its code.
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Copy all 6 characters in large, clear capitals with a marker, or use a small label on furniture. The hyphen makes it easier to read. No printer needed, and no code to invent yourself.
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In Find, type the code into the usual search field. Lowercase letters, spaces and hyphens work too. Open the result with “See contents”. You need an Internet connection to look up the code and check your access permissions.
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A storage location’s code opens its items and containers. A box’s code opens that box. From a wall or floor view, tap the storage, then “Open storage” to find its details and code.
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To avoid typing, tap the camera icon on the right of search. Allow camera access, frame just the code in good light and hold the phone steady. With your permission to use AI, an image is captured automatically and sent to Google Gemini to read the characters. There is no shutter button to press; reading can take a few moments.
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For handwriting, check the suggested code before opening its contents. A single exact Céoù QR opens the storage directly if you have access. Several QR codes offer a choice. If reading fails, move closer, improve the lighting or type the code.
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To print, open “Print labels” from a storage location. Select the locations and choose the path to display: full, home only or none. Labels keep their existing codes. On a phone, you can also share the PDF; on a computer, save as PDF from the print dialog.
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Moving a box? Open its details, tap “Move this container” and choose its new storage spot or room. All its items and nested containers move with it, and the code stays the same. For a box in an active move, use the moving workflow.
Tip
Typing a code or reading its QR uses no AI allowance. Reading characters with the camera uses 1 photo analysis when a complete code is recognised, even if you cannot access a matching storage space. Nothing is deducted if no code is recognised or the analysis fails. Camera reading and code lookup need an Internet connection.
All set
Codes are unique across all accounts. People who share the same storage space use the same code. It identifies the space; it does not grant access or replace an invitation. Renaming the space keeps the code, so your label can stay put. Placing it on a wall or the floor, or changing its dimensions, does not change its code.
Prepare objects from a photo
Review suggestions, choose a location, then create.
What you’ll do
Save time without automatically adding everything the camera recognises.
How to do it
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When adding an object, choose to scan a photo. Céoù asks for your agreement before sending an image to the AI recognition service.
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Take a clear photo or choose an image. Recognition needs Internet and may take a few moments.
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Review the suggestions: correct names and select the objects to keep. No objects have been created yet.
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Choose the destination storage. Use the usual place option if appropriate. Review the selection before confirming creation.
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If you leave after analysis, unconfirmed objects are not added. The warning explains that the analysis has already been used.
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For a labelled product, you can also scan its barcode. Check the suggested details or fill them in if the product is not recognised.
Tip
Use a photo with a few clearly visible objects. Recognition suggests; you decide. For an existing spreadsheet, see Import and export your inventory.
All set
Only the objects you selected and confirmed are created in the chosen storage.
Import and export your inventory
A CSV template, a review step and an Excel export.
What you’ll do
Bring in an existing list or view your inventory in a spreadsheet without typing everything again.
How to do it
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In Profile, open Import / export. On the Import tab, look at the example and download the CSV template.
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Use one row per object: name, information, category, tags, home, room, storage and containers. Keep the template’s French column headers. Only the name is required; choose a destination before importing. Two identical controllers need two rows. There are no quantity or price columns.
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Save as UTF-8 CSV and select the file in Céoù. Review the preview before confirming: each row shows what needs attention.
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Choose a default storage for rows without a location. Resolve unknown or ambiguous paths with the location picker. Explicitly allow new categories if you want to create them.
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Import the valid rows and correct the others. After a connection failure, resume from Previous imports. Objects already created in that batch will not be created again.
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On the Export tab, select homes and choose CSV or Excel. Shared homes require explicit selection. The file has one row per object, its path, usual place and loan status.
Tip
A new import creates new objects; it does not update objects from an earlier export. Resume an interrupted import from its report. Photos, invoices and relationships are not transferred; usual place and loan status are for reference only.
All set
Review what enters your inventory and download a readable list. Confirmed imports, history and exports need Internet. An unconfirmed preview must be reloaded after closing.
Connect objects that belong together
Keep accessories, spare parts and manuals within reach.
What you’ll do
Find the charger for a drill even when they are stored in different rooms.
How to do it
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Open the main object, expand its related objects section and choose to link an object.
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Search for the other object. Check its full path if several share a name. You need permission to edit both objects.
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Choose the relationship: accessory, spare part, manual or part of. Read the sentence describing the direction and reverse it if needed.
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Confirm. The tree groups direct links by type and shows each object’s location. Select a branch to open the object.
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To remove a relationship, use its cross and confirm. Both objects remain in your inventory.
Tip
Linking objects does not move or lend them together. Each keeps its own storage location and loan tracking.
All set
Navigate from the drill to its charger, and back again. Viewing and editing relationships requires a connection.
Your receipts and warranties
Keep receipts and track warranties.
What you’ll do
Keep proof of purchase alongside your items.
How to do it
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Open an item page and tap “Add a receipt”.
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Photograph the till receipt — or import the PDF the shop emailed you.
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Note the seller, the purchase date, the amount, and the warranty end date if the item has one.
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One receipt can cover several items. Open it from the home’s Receipts screen and add them: each keeps its own amount and warranty.
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From another item page, choose “One already saved” to attach it to the same receipt without photographing the paper again.
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The “Without receipt” tab lists everything with no proof yet. The export button, at the top, builds the complete file.
The export button, at the top of the Receipts screen.
Tip
Add the warranty end date to receive the reminder scheduled 30 days before it expires.
All set
Export a PDF of your supporting documents from the home’s invoices.
Find your bearings at home
From the top view to a room and its storage.
What you’ll do
Choose the right room, then explore its walls or floor without recreating your inventory.
How to do it
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In “Places”, open your home, then “Plans”. Choose an existing plan or create one. You can have a separate plan for each storey.
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To draw rooms, enter “Edit” mode. Add or move shapes and link each one to a room in your home. Finish with “Done”.
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Tap a room on the plan to explore it. Walls A, B, C and D surround the “Floor” button: choose the viewpoint you need.
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A wall shows storage from the front, including shelves above furniture. “Floor” shows it from above. The “Walls and floor” chapter explains placement.
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From an item’s page, “See on the plan” highlights its room and storage when that storage is placed on this plan.
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Tap storage, then “Open storage” to see its items, containers and code. The plan’s list view is still available.
Tip
Start with a single room. Existing plans and storage markers remain available: there is no need to start again.
All set
The plan identifies the room; wall and floor views show where to look within it.
Walls and floor: arrange your storage
Stack, move, resize and adjust doors.
What you’ll do
Show the way you use your room: furniture on the floor and storage at different heights.
How to do it
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On the plan, tap your room and then wall A, B, C or D. The mini-map highlights your chosen wall and shows existing doors.
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Tap “Place a storage location” and choose existing storage. On a wall, drag it or use the arrows. Adjust its width and height with + and −, then save. A shelf can sit above a chest of drawers.
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Tap “Floor” in the centre of the mini-map. Storage is shown from above. Choose furniture, then “Edit placement” to move it and adjust its width and length. Save to keep the result.
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To move storage from a wall to the floor, or to another wall, open “Edit placement” and select the view you want. “Cancel” leaves the saved position unchanged.
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Tap a door in the wall view to drag it, or use the arrows. Save: the same door updates on the top view and in the adjoining room if shared. To add a door, use “Door” in the top-view plan’s “Edit” mode.
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Tap a storage location, then “Open storage” to browse its items, boxes and code. Moving it on the drawing changes neither its contents nor its code.
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“Remove from wall view” removes only the placement on that wall, not the storage itself. With view-only access to a shared home, you can explore the views but cannot edit them.
Tip
Use the mini-map to orient yourself: a front view looks at the wall from inside the room. Drawing dimensions are proportions, not measurements in metres.
All set
One storage location, one code, with a clear position on a wall or on the floor.
Plan a move
Find your things among the boxes.
What you’ll do
Track boxes from packing to unpacking.
How to do it
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In Places, open Organise a move and create your move.
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Choose the starting place and destination.
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Create a box, add a photo and pack your items into it.
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Write each box’s permanent code on it with a marker. To see its contents, type the code into search in Find or use the camera on the right: it automatically reads the writing or QR. Printing labels is optional.
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On arrival, switch to unpacking and choose where to put each item.
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Once the move is complete, choose whether the new storage locations become the objects’ usual places. Nothing changes without your confirmation.
Tip
Your move stays private until you choose Share with friends. Permissions follow the homes involved.
All set
Each box keeps its list of items. Handy when you need that charger on the first night.
Lend, receive and return
Shared tracking, with a storage location at the borrower’s home.
What you’ll do
Know who has the object, where you keep what you borrow and when its return is confirmed.
How to do it
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On an object’s details, choose to lend or borrow it. Select an accepted friend for shared tracking, or enter a name for personal tracking.
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Add an optional return date and note. A loan to a friend appears in their Loans screen without giving them access to your home.
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Borrowing from a friend? Open the loan and choose to store it at your place. Pick a location in a home you own. A borrowed object entry appears in your inventory and can be moved around your home.
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A notification opens the relevant loan. You can also check the Loans activity if notifications are disabled. Delivery depends on the phone and connection.
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After returning the object, the borrower reports the return. The lender confirms that the object has been returned only after physically receiving it. This confirms the return to the lender, not the initial handover to the friend.
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Confirmation closes the loan and removes the borrower’s local entry. The lender can then put the object back in its usual place as a separate action.
Tip
A manually recorded borrowing is personal tracking. For a shared loan, the owner must record it from their account. Loan actions need Internet.
All set
Both people follow the same loan with their own actions. The borrower chooses their storage and does not see the lender’s storage location.
Sharing with people close to you
Give access to a home, and choose how far it goes.
What you’ll do
Share an inventory with people you know.
How to do it
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In Profile, open Friends and invitations to find your friend code.
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Your friend enters it or scans its QR from Sharing, then Add a friend.
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Accept the request. Becoming friends does not share any places.
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Open their details and choose permissions for each home: view, edit or owner.
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Change these permissions whenever needed.
Tip
Permissions apply to each place. Sharing the house doesn’t mean sharing the garage.
All set
Your friend can access only the places you shared.
Access with no account
A read-only code for a tenant, a tradesperson, a house-sitter.
What you’ll do
Give someone view-only access without creating an account.
How to do it
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In Profile → Friends and invitations, tap Generate an access code.
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Choose the homes they can view.
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Set the duration and number of uses.
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Name the code so you can recognise it, for example September guests.
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Share the link or code. Your guest chooses I have an invitation code to enter.
Tip
Manage or revoke access under My invitation codes in the same section.
All set
Guests can view authorised places without changing the inventory.
Adjusting the display
Theme, text size, language.
What you’ll do
Choose a display that feels comfortable.
How to do it
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In Profile, open My preferences.
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Choose Français or English for the language.
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Turn dark mode on or off, or let Céoù follow your phone.
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Choose a text size and check the preview. It applies straight away.
Tip
Your phone’s text size settings are also taken into account.
All set
Text and controls adapt throughout the app.
With no network
What Céoù can do in a cellar or a garage.
What you’ll do
Keep organising when the signal drops.
How to do it
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Open Céoù while connected before you leave: available data is kept on your phone.
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Offline, browse your inventory and add, rename or move items.
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Pending changes are sent when the connection returns.
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If a change is rejected, use the banner to review it or try again.
Tip
Voice, photo recognition, storage code and barcode searches, shared loans, relationships, usual place actions, confirmed imports and exports need Internet. Moving an entire container does too. Storage created offline receives its code after syncing.
All set
Local changes wait for a connection before syncing.
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