We built the app we couldn't find — because our attic, and our couch, were driving us absolutely crazy.
David & Amy
BinKeeper started with a pull-down staircase to our attic and a lot of frustration. Every time we needed something up there, we'd haul ourselves up, dig through bin after bin, and come down empty-handed — or worse, come down with half the attic just to find one thing. There had to be a better way.
Then there's our couch. It's one of those storage couches that holds a surprising amount of stuff. Convenient — until you actually need to find something. The whole living room gets rearranged and half an hour later you're still not sure where that thing went.
The feature we wanted more than anything: just a photo of what was in the box. That's it. Not a spreadsheet. Not a label maker. Just pull out your phone, look at the photo, know what's inside.
We searched around and couldn't find an app that did exactly that in a way that felt right. We didn't really want to build our own — and then Claude changed everything. It made it genuinely possible for a non-developer and a couple with limited free time to bring an idea like this to life. David built it, Amy shaped it — contributing ideas, copy editing, and marketing strategy along the way.
Once AI scanning got involved and we realized we could photograph an item and have it inventoried instantly, we were sold on our own idea. We hope you will be too.
We've been on the wrong side of identity theft ourselves. We get it — and we built BinKeeper with that experience in mind.
Amy and David have been victims of identity theft. We understand firsthand how violating it feels, which is exactly why protecting your information isn't a checkbox for us — it's personal.
We use Stripe for all payment processing — a trusted, industry-standard third party. We never see, handle, or store your credit card number or any financial information. Full stop.
Our storage rules are locked tight. Only the owner of a bin — and the specific users that owner chooses to share with — can ever see what's inside. No one else. Not even us.
No images are required to be stored on our servers. You stay in control of what you upload. Only share what you're comfortable with — BinKeeper works just as well either way.