Add an item from a photo

Plenty of things worth keeping have no barcode: a loose figure, a coin, a plant, a card out of its sleeve. Photograph it and Klepto identifies it, fills in what it can, and files it.

On iPhone and iPad

1. Tap the camera button in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
2. Take the picture. One item, filling the frame, front on. Tap the shutter.
3. Crop or keep. Drag the corners to tighten the crop, then tap Use Crop — or Use Original to send the whole frame, or Retake.
4. Wait a moment. The photo goes up as a polaroid while Klepto works out what it is.

5. Check the card. Name and category are filled in, with any catalog details Klepto found. Your own photo is on the card and stays with the item; tap it to leave it off and keep only the catalog picture. Pick a Location, then tap Add to Collection. Edit Details changes anything first; Retake tries another shot.
6. If more than one thing matches, Klepto shows the candidates and asks which one you have.

On Mac

Drag an image into the Klepto window — from Finder, a web page, or the Photos app — and Klepto identifies it the same way. The sheet offers Add to Collection, Add to Wishlist, and Edit details.

Tips

• The free tier includes 10 photo identifications a month; Klepto Pro has no limit. Barcode scans and manual entry are always unlimited.
• Where a category has a real catalog — LEGO, Funko, trading cards, board games, coins, plants — the card comes back with the catalog’s details and picture. Anything else still gets a name and a category, and you add the rest.
• Squishmallows and Funkos come in variants. If the card offers a Pick variant strip, choose yours.
• Settings → AI Identification has an Auto-identify with AI switch. Turn it off and the camera button leaves the bar, a pencil for manual entry takes its place, and a photo you attach in the add form isn’t sent until you tap Identify with AI.