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Car Care

Inspection, registration and insurance reminders

Car Care: Maintenance Tracker is a free car maintenance app for iPhone that reminds you when your car's inspection, registration or insurance is due, alongside its oil changes and other service. Log each renewal with its date and price, and attach the policy or the inspection report. The next reminder counts from that date, and the price adds to what the car costs.

Log the renewal you already have

Start with the last renewal of each kind, such as the inspection the car passed in May and the insurance that renewed in the fall. Log each one with the date, the price and any notes.

Inspection, registration and insurance are built-in maintenance items, so the renewals sit in the same list of reminders as oil, brakes and tires. Each starts from a recommended interval, and you can change it to the time your policy or your inspection lasts.

Keep the policy and the inspection report on the record

Attach the insurance policy, the registration document or the inspection report as a photo or a PDF. The paper stays on the renewal it belongs to, next to the date its reminder counts from. Older renewals keep theirs too.

Renewals count down by the calendar

Renewals have no mileage limit, so Car Care counts each one by time, from the date of the renewal you logged. The item shows the days left and moves from up to date to due soon. Car Care sends a notification when a renewal is due soon, then another when it is due.

Renew, log it, and the next countdown starts

Once the car has passed its inspection or the new policy is in place, log the new renewal. The countdown to the next one starts from it, and the earlier renewals stay in the item's history.

Each renewal's price joins the car's costs for its month. Over a year, renewals, fill-ups and service jobs add up to what the car costs to run.

Questions and answers

Will Car Care remind me before my car's inspection, registration or insurance is due?

Yes. Log the last renewal with its date, and Car Care counts the days to the next one. You get a notification when the renewal is due soon, and another when it is due.

Can I keep my insurer and policy number in Car Care?

Yes. An insurance renewal has room for the provider, the policy number and the coverage type, and a registration renewal for the registration number. Attach the policy itself as a photo or PDF, and the details are at hand when the next renewal comes up.

Does each car get its own renewal reminders?

Yes. Each of your cars keeps its own inspection, registration and insurance renewals, with their own dates and documents, so a renewal logged for one car never moves another car's reminder.

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