A Premium, Offline Cigar Humidor, Collection Tracker & Tasting Journal
Ashbook is a premium, local-first offline cigar humidor app and cigar inventory tracker for the serious aficionado. Catalog every cigar, monitor each humidor's climate, track aging and at-peak timelines, and keep a structured tasting journal — all on a collection that lives on your phone, backs itself up automatically, and is one-tap exportable. There is no account to lose access to, so your collection can never be silently wiped on an update, a new phone, or a login that fails.
What it does:
- Cigar inventory & collection tracker — brand, line, vitola, ring gauge, length, wrapper, country, quantity, price, where-bought, box code, and notes for every stick
- Humidor humidity tracker — RH/temp logging over time with a drift card against each humidor's own target and a Boveda check prompt when readings go stale
- Reads your hygrometer (Android) — add the Bluetooth hygrometer in a humidor and Ashbook logs its humidity and temperature, with no pairing and no account. Adding a sensor and seeing its reading is free. It reads when you open Climate, and can also read with the app closed if you turn that on. Supported: Govee (H5075, H5074, H5101, H5102, H5179 and related), SwitchBot Meter, Meter Plus, Outdoor Meter and Meter Pro, SensorPush HT.w, HTP.xw and HT1, Inkbird IBS-TH and ITH models, ThermoPro TP357, TP358, TP359 and TP393, RuuviTag, Shelly BLU H&T and any BTHome v2 sensor (Ashbook is not affiliated with these makers)
- Wi-Fi sensors and your own hardware — on Ashbook on the web, connect a Govee or SwitchBot account so Wi-Fi sensors report about hourly, or post readings from a device you build
- Cigar aging tracker — a Resting → Maturing → Prime → Past-prime timeline and an "At peak" shelf
- Collection value tracker & insurance manifest — price paid per cigar, total collection value, and a dated plain-text/CSV export
- Premium tasting journal — ratings, 12 flavor tags, a palate profile, and rule-based flavor affinities
- Offline & local-first — no account required; your collection stays on the phone unless you pair or sign in to sync it, and is never silently lost
- Bring your collection with you — Ashbook on the web imports any spreadsheet (CSV, TSV, XLSX, JSON) and recognises StogieVault, Cigarro, Cigar Geeks, Cigar & Cocktail and Cigar Dossier sheets, VictoryTek, and Shopify, Lightspeed, Square, Clover, QuickBooks and KORONA exports as they are
How It Works
📒 Always-Addable Catalog
The Add button is always present and full-featured. Boutique, Cuban, second-hand, and special-edition sticks are never rejected — add any cigar by hand, with every field you need and nothing required from a database. The cigar inventory tracker and collection tracker the catalog apps should have been.
🌡️ Humidor Climate & RH-Drift Alerts
Most apps are just lists. Ashbook is a true cigar humidor tracker app: log RH and temperature over time, see whether each humidor is ideal, too dry, or too wet against its own target, get a Boveda check prompt when readings go stale, and watch a capacity gauge that counts sticks. A humidor humidity tracker that does the humidor's real job.
⏳ Aging & "At Peak"
Cigars improve with rest, so Ashbook surfaces it. Every stick gets a Resting → Maturing → Prime → Past-prime status from its rest date, plus an "At peak" shelf — the cigar rest tracker and cigar aging tracker no one else builds.
💰 Collection Value & Insurance Manifest
Collectors spend real money. Track the price you paid per cigar and your total collection value, then export a dated plain-text/CSV manifest for insurance or estate planning.
✍️ Tasting Journal & Palate Profile
Rate and write up every tasting. Add flavor tags and let Ashbook build your palate profile ("you rate maduros 0.4★ higher"), with rule-based flavor affinities: a drink pairing line, a strength profile, and a format length. The premium cigar tasting journal a collector deserves.
🔒 Private & Local-First
No account required. Every cigar, humidor, climate reading, and tasting note lives in a local database on your phone, with automatic on-device backup and one-tap export/restore. Your collection stays on the device unless you choose to pair it with Ashbook on the web — and backup is free for everyone, never paywalled.
A Look Inside
Made for Real Collections
🗄️ The Cabinet Collector
- Catalog a whole cabinet in local lists, with a capacity gauge that counts sticks
- Track price paid and total value, then export an insurance manifest
- Monitor every humidor's RH against its own target, with Boveda check prompts
🧳 The Travel-Humidor Collector
- Log a single travel humidor offline — no internet, no login, ever
- Add a boutique or Cuban stick by hand in seconds, nothing rejected
- Keep a tasting journal that travels with you on the device
🔥 The Burned-by-Data-Loss Aficionado
- Local storage with automatic on-device backup — never silently wiped
- One-tap export/restore (JSON) you control, free for everyone
- No account required, nothing to fail on an update or a new phone
Ashbook+
Ashbook's core — one humidor, up to 25 cigars, always-addable manual entry, the tasting journal, search, and the full automatic backup/export — is genuinely useful free, with no card needed to start. Ashbook+ unlocks the whole collection and runs 100% on-device: unlimited humidors and cigars, humidor climate logging with drift and temperature cards, aging and at-peak timelines, collection value and insurance manifest export, and advanced tasting with flavor tags, a palate profile, and flavor affinities. Backup and restore are free for everyone and never paywalled. Billing is store-managed — cancel anytime in the App Store or Google Play.
Annual
Best value, with a 7-day free trial — works out to about $2.08/month, billed yearly.
Monthly
Flexible month-to-month access to Ashbook+.
Lifetime
A single one-time purchase — no subscription, yours to keep. The trust play for collectors done with surprise fees.
Prices may vary by region and are shown in the app at the time of purchase. All three options unlock the same Ashbook+ (ashbook_pro) features. The 7-day free trial is offered on the annual plan only. The lifetime option is a one-time, non-renewing purchase. Manage or cancel a subscription anytime in your device's App Store or Google Play subscription settings. See our Terms and EULA for full subscription details.
What is Ashbook?
Ashbook is a local-first cigar humidor app and collection tracker for iOS and Android. It catalogs every cigar in your humidors, logs RH and temperature with drift alerts, tracks aging on a Resting-to-Prime timeline, follows collection value for an insurance manifest, and keeps a tasting journal — all stored on your phone with no account.
There is no login behind it: your cigars, humidors, climate readings, and tasting notes live in a local database on the device, with automatic on-device backup and one-tap JSON export that is free for everyone. Every insight — drift status, aging status, palate profile, flavor affinities — is deterministic, rule-based on-device logic rather than an AI model.
Guides
- Cigar humidor humidity and temperature: what RH and temp to hold
- How to season a new humidor
- How long to age cigars
Frequently asked questions
Can I import my collection from another app or a spreadsheet?
Yes. Open Ashbook on the web, go to Import, and drop in any spreadsheet (CSV, TSV, XLSX or JSON). Exports from StogieVault, Cigarro, Cigar Geeks, the Cigar & Cocktail and Cigar Dossier sheets, VictoryTek, Shopify, Lightspeed, Square, Clover, QuickBooks and KORONA are recognised as they are; sizes like 6 x 52, combined brand-line names, per-stick rows and box codes are understood. You see every row before it is written, and nothing is deleted by an import. Sign in with Google and the result syncs to the phone.
Does Ashbook work offline?
Yes. Ashbook is offline and local-first, with no account required. Every cigar, humidor, climate reading, and tasting note is stored in a local database on your phone, so the app works with no internet connection at all.
Is Ashbook available for iPhone and Android?
Yes. Ashbook is available on the Apple App Store for iOS and on Google Play for Android.
How much does Ashbook cost?
Ashbook's core — one humidor, up to 25 cigars, always-addable manual entry, the tasting journal, search, and the full automatic backup/export — is free, with no card needed to start. Ashbook+ unlocks the whole collection at $3.99/month, $24.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or $49.99 as a one-time lifetime purchase. Billing is store-managed and you can cancel anytime in the App Store or Google Play.
Does Ashbook require an account or upload my collection to the cloud?
Not unless you want one. As a guest there is no account and no login, and no backend receives your collection. If you choose to sign in with Google (phone or web), your books sync to your account and to Ashbook on the web, and can be deleted in one tap. Purchase data is handled by Apple, Google, RevenueCat and, on the web, Stripe.
Does Ashbook monitor humidor humidity automatically?
Ashbook tracks the RH and temperature readings you record for each humidor over time, then shows whether each humidor is ideal, too dry, or too wet against your target, prompts a check when the last reading is stale, can remind you when a reading is stale or off target, and shows a capacity gauge that counts sticks. The readings come from your own hygrometer, entered in the app.
Can I add boutique, Cuban, or second-hand cigars that are not in a database?
Yes. The Add button is always present and full-featured, and no cigar is ever rejected. You can enter any cigar by hand with brand, line, vitola, ring gauge, length, wrapper, country, quantity, price paid, where bought, box code, notes, and a resting-since date.
Does Ashbook use AI to generate its insights?
No. Drift status, aging status, collection value, your palate profile, and flavor affinities are all deterministic, rule-based logic that runs entirely on your device. There is no language model, no AI model, and no model download, and these features need no network connection and no API key.
How do I delete my Ashbook data?
As a guest everything is stored only on your device: delete entries in the app, clear the app's data, or uninstall Ashbook. If you signed in with Google, Settings → Account & sync → Delete account erases every book in the account and the account itself — see Delete Account.
Privacy First — Your Collection Stays on the Phone
Ashbook is built local-first. Here's exactly how it works:
- No account required. As a guest you don't sign up or log in, and unless you pair devices no server receives your collection. Sign in with Google only if you want your books synced, and delete the account in one tap when you like.
- Your collection stays on the device unless you choose to pair it with another of yours. Cigars, humidors, climate readings, tasting notes, and value/manifest data are stored in a local database (SQLite) on your phone.
- Permanence is the promise. Ashbook auto-backs-up on-device and gives you one-tap export/restore (JSON) that you save and share yourself. Backup is free for everyone — never a Pro upsell.
- Insights are deterministic and on-device. Drift status, aging status, palate profile, and flavor affinities are rule-based on-device logic. There is no LLM, no AI model, no model download, and no network or key — identical input gives identical output.
- One billing helper. Purchase data goes to Apple, Google, and RevenueCat to validate Ashbook+, and, if you use Invite a friend on Android, an invite code with an anonymous install id goes to our invite service. Neither receives your collection data.
For complete details, see our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and EULA.