Centriq shut down. Here is what replaces every feature.
The quick answer: if you have your Centriq CSV export, DIYProject.ai imports it on the web, then suggests maintenance for each appliance. Nameplate scan, manual lookup, parts with buy links, appliance age from the serial number, recall checks, and a PDF home report are all in DIYProject.ai too. Data not exported by Jan 31, 2026: gone, no recovery. Below is the longer version: what happened, why nobody can tell you the reason, what happened to your data, and honestly, what DIYProject.ai does and does not replace.
What happened to Centriq
- When
- Centriq shut down on January 31, 2026. The app has been removed from the App Store, and mycentriq.com is now a parked domain that no longer belongs to the company.
- Why
- Centriq never said. There was a retirement notice in late 2025, and after that: no explanation, no farewell post, no press coverage. Anyone who tells you the reason is guessing. The one real signal is that the company's listed entity changed from 'Centriq Technology, Inc.' to 'Centriq Technology, LLC,' which is consistent with a sale or a restructure, but nobody has confirmed that and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
- Your data
- Export was CSV only, from Settings, then Export Data, in the web app. It included item names, descriptions, model and serial numbers, purchase dates, locations, and notes. It did not include your photos, receipts, or documents, which had to be saved one at a time. Anything not exported before the deadline was deleted.
What Centriq did, and what we do
| Feature | DIYProject.ai | Centriq |
|---|---|---|
| Still running? | Yes, actively developed | No. Shut down January 31, 2026 |
| Appliance & warranty tracking | Appliances, warranties, model/serial, docs, suggested maintenance | Yes, this was its core |
| Centriq CSV import | Upload your Centriq CSV, preview, import into a property (web) | Export only, before the shutdown |
| Scan nameplate to auto-fill | Photo of the nameplate fills brand, model, serial as a draft you confirm (in Pro) | Yes, its hero feature |
| Owner's manuals | Finds the owner's manual from brand and model, then answers questions from it | From a curated manual database |
| Parts & filters | Parts from your manual with Amazon, Home Depot and Lowe's links, tied to their task | Yes, matched to your model |
| Age & remaining life | Build date from the serial number for many major brands, then age and remaining life | Yes, decoded from the serial number |
| Product recall checks | Appliances checked daily against CPSC recalls, shown on each appliance | Yes |
| Maintenance from an appliance | Suggested schedule for each appliance, you pick what to keep | Tips per appliance |
| Home documents | Document vault for deeds, policies, permits and more, with expiry reminders | Yes, but never part of the export |
| PDF home report | PDF home report: insurance view by room with serials, photos, values and totals, or a resale view | Property Insights Report, $30 each |
| Recurring maintenance | Recurring tasks with push and email reminders, or one daily digest | Reminders |
| AI answers about your home | AI answers from your own records, with links, and diagnoses a problem from a photo | No |
| AI project planning | Yes: AI project plans (Claude) | No |
| Material calculators | 48+ built-in material calculators | None |
| Cheat sheets | Free, unlimited | None |
| Contractor quotes | Bids lined up scope by scope, with missing items and outlier prices flagged | No |
| Calendar sync (ICS) | Yes: subscribe in Apple/Google Calendar (ICS) | No |
| Platform | iPhone + full web app | Delisted from the App Store |
| Your data | Live, with a full ZIP or CSV export any time, even after a plan lapses | Deleted after January 31, 2026 |
Moving over from Centriq
What you get with DIYProject.ai
- Importing your Centriq CSV export into an app that is still supported, with maintenance suggested for each appliance.
- Snapping a nameplate to fill in brand, model, and serial (included in Pro), then finding the manual for that model.
- Two Centriq favorites: parts from the manual with buy links, and each appliance's age read from its serial number.
- A document vault for the receipts and paperwork Centriq's export left out.
- AI DIY project plans with steps, tools, materials, and a budget, plus 48+ material calculators, none of which Centriq had.
- Lining up contractor quotes scope by scope.
- Maintenance that syncs to Apple or Google Calendar, instead of living in one app.
- A full web app alongside the iPhone app, and a full export any time, so your records are never trapped again.
What you'll miss from Centriq
- A human-curated database of products and manuals; DIYProject.ai finds manuals with AI web search, which covers most models but not every one.
- Parts matched from a catalog of over 100 million; ours come from your manual, with retailer search links rather than checked product pages.
- A curated how-to video library for your specific model.
- Photos, receipts, and documents: nothing to import now, since Centriq's export never included them.
Bottom line: Start with your Centriq CSV: DIYProject.ai imports it in one upload on the web and suggests maintenance for every appliance it creates. From there, the nameplate scan, manual lookup, parts with buy links, serial-number age, recall checks, and PDF home report cover most of what made Centriq good, plus AI project planning, 48+ calculators, and calendar sync that Centriq never had. What we cannot bring back is anything Centriq's export left out, like photos and receipts. Homer and Dib also import Centriq CSVs if you want to compare.
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