Zolve

So ya, this app is amazing but it’s missing a vital feature that could make it perfect. I wish you could search for a product by just typing in the name of it or typing in the model number/serial number. At the moment it appears you can only search via the camera. Normally this would be fine but if you’re looking for the manual to your stereo it might be easier to actually hunt for your mirror than crawl behind the tv unplugging and everything just to snap a picture of the backside. Can we please get a search bar also!

You have to try this out. Most of the time when you snap a photo of the little model number label on something, you get back all sorts of useful information - not just the user manual (though how cool is it to not have to go search the web for a user manual!), but tips and tricks, maintenance instructions, even replacement parts! Definitely keeping this on my phone for those times I would otherwise have to wade into pages of search results to figure something out.

I was googling how to troubleshoot the ice maker on my fridge and I happened to come across this app. It said that I just needed to snap a photo of the model number and I’d get troubleshooting information. I took a photo of the label inside my fridge that shows it, and sure enough, I got an instant result! I tried a few more items around my house and it seems like the instant result is mostly for appliances. But it’s still awesome that after a short wait I got results for my other items too. It also seems to be completely free to use. Really nice!