Comparison

GarageID vs Maintenance Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GarageID

Effortlessly manage all your car's documents and maintenance history in one place. Simply photograph receipts and documents, and the app automatically extracts key information, tracks expenses, and provides timely reminders for services and renewals.

Highlights
  • Automated document scanning and filing
  • Car maintenance log
  • Vehicle expense tracking
  • Automatic drive recording
  • Service and renewal reminders
  • VIN decoding
  • Tire and insurance management
Features
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Your car's paperwork is in a glovebox, two email threads and 400 photos. GarageID puts it in one place: point your camera at a document and it files itself. Registration, insurance, service invoices, inspection reports, warranties, loan contracts — photograph them once. GarageID reads each one, figures out what it is, names it, tags it and drops it in the right folder. No typing. A car maintenance log and vehicle expense tracker in one: log every service, fill-up and expense — or photograph the receipt and GarageID fills it in. Reminders for oil changes, tires, insurance and registration. NEW: YOUR DRIVES, RECORDED BY THEMSELVES Turn on Drives and GarageID notices when you drive. Each drive is saved by itself with its route, distance, time and stops — the phone can stay in your pocket. Stop at a gas station and one question after the drive turns it into a fill-up, with the station already filled in. Your odometer reading keeps up with your drives, trips get their distance, and years of driving become one map. Drives stay on your iPhone. WHAT IT PULLS OUT FOR YOU Scan a service invoice and the work appears on your car's timeline — date, shop, mileage, what was replaced, what it cost. Scan a gas receipt and your fuel economy updates. Scan a tire and it reads the size, load and speed rating, and the DOT date. Scan a lease contract and the payment schedule fills itself in. Enter your VIN once and the make, model, year, engine and factory equipment come back decoded. WHAT YOUR CAR ACTUALLY COSTS Every receipt becomes a number you can see. Gas, service, insurance, parking, tolls, tires. Cost per mile, fuel economy over time, where the money went this year versus last. Logging a fill-up is two taps at the pump. Partial fills are handled properly, so the MPG stays honest. DATES YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS Insurance renewal. Next inspection. Service due at 60,000 miles. Warranty expiration. Lease payment. GarageID figures these out from your own history and tells you before they arrive, not after. THE THINGS OTHER CAR APPS LEAVE OUT Tires, as sets — summer and winter, tread depth, which set is on the car right now, when to swap. Insurance policies with the documents attached to them. Financing and leases: balance, schedule, what you've paid so far. Where you parked, and the places you keep going back to — your mechanic, your usual gas station. More than one car, each with its own history. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your records live on your iPhone. There's no account to create and no GarageID server holding your data. Much of the work happens on the device itself, with Apple Intelligence and on-device text recognition. To read a document, the app sends it securely to a cloud AI; the details come back to your phone, and the document is never kept by us or used to train AI. Lock the app with Face ID if you want. Back everything up to iCloud, or into a single file you keep yourself. Export to PDF or CSV whenever you like. Coming from another car app? Point GarageID at its CSV export and your history comes with you. Available in twelve languages. Built for people who keep their cars a long time and would rather not lose the paperwork that proves it.

About

Maintenance Tracker

Features
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Maintenance Tracker — Vehicle And Equipment Service Log Keep track of vehicle and Equipment maintenance, service history, and repair records in one simple place. Maintenance Tracker helps you stay on top of oil changes, filters, and scheduled service for all your vehicles and equipment. Whether you manage a single car or multiple vehicles, this app makes it easy to log maintenance and see when the next service is due. Track Any Vehicle or any Equipment Maintenance Tracker works for: • Cars • Trucks • SUVs • Motorcycles • ATVs / UTVs • Tractors • Equipment Track Miles, Kilometers or hours, making it ideal for vehicles and machinery. Key Features • Track maintenance and service history • Log oil changes, filters, and repairs • Set service reminders based on distance or hours • Manage multiple vehicles and equipment • Add photos to vehicles • See upcoming and overdue maintenance • Generate service history reports • Simple and easy to use interface Privacy First Maintenance Tracker is designed with privacy in mind. • No accounts • No tracking • No data collection All your data stays securely on your device. Perfect For • Vehicle owners • Farmers • Fleet vehicles • Equipment maintenance • Anyone who wants a simple maintenance log Stay organized and never miss important service again. Download Maintenance Tracker today and keep your vehicles running smoothly. This app includes optional in-app purchases to remove ads. • Free version includes ads • One-time purchase removes ads permanently

Screenshots

GarageID4 screens
Maintenance Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GarageID at none against Maintenance Tracker's 1. GarageID also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Maintenance Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Maintenance Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GarageID asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GarageID ships an update weekly, Maintenance Tracker every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GarageID versus Maintenance Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarageIDMaintenance Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDarii DzyndraRyan Knisley

In-app purchases

None

GarageID

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Maintenance Tracker

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is GarageID free?
GarageID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maintenance Tracker free?
Maintenance Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GarageID or Maintenance Tracker have ads?
Maintenance Tracker shows ads; GarageID does not.
Which is updated more often, GarageID or Maintenance Tracker?
GarageID ships an update weekly, and Maintenance Tracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, GarageID was updated on October 31, 2026 and Maintenance Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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