Tool vs FriendsWithTools

Rent tools from your neighbors. Save money. Stop owning stuff you use twice a year. ToolShed is a peer-to-peer tool rental marketplace. Neighbors rent their tools to neighbors. The drill you need is two blocks away. WHY RENT INSTEAD OF BUY A cordless drill sits in most garages, unused 359 days a year. The neighbor who needs one buys their own and adds another to the pile. ToolShed connects the people who already own tools with the people who need them for a weekend project, saving money on both sides and keeping good gear in use. HOW IT WORKS Browse tools near you on a map. Pick a date range. Book and pay through the app. Pick up from your neighbor on the day, return when you said you would. Stripe handles the payment so cash never has to change hands. Listing a tool you own takes a few minutes. Add a photo, set a daily rate, and you're live. Renters book through the app; you confirm pickup and return. We handle the payments and identity verification so you can focus on the handshake. TRUST AND SAFETY Every renter verifies their identity through Stripe before booking. Owners review profiles before accepting. Each rental includes up to $500 in damage protection through a per-booking hold on the renter's card. Disputes go through a human review process, not an algorithm. LAUNCHING IN Focusing on Denver, Colorado and the Atlanta metro (including Decatur), though the app will be available across the US. More cities follow once these are running smoothly. WHO IT'S FOR Renters: anyone who needs a specific tool once and doesn't want to buy it. Weekend warriors fixing one thing. New homeowners who haven't built a workshop yet. Renters in apartments without storage. Hobbyists trying something new. Owners: anyone with a garage full of tools they barely use. Hobbyists who want their gear to pay for itself. Retired tradespeople who still maintain their kit. People who finished one project and want to recoup the cost of the equipment. WHAT IT'S NOT Not a rental warehouse, not Home Depot in an app. ToolShed is a marketplace; the tools you see belong to people who live near you, not a corporate inventory. PRIVACY AND CONTROL You decide what to list, who to lend to, and when. Your address is shown only to renters with a confirmed booking. Tool listings appear at a fuzzed location until pickup is confirmed, so passersby can't see exactly where the gear lives. QUESTIONS support@toolshed.cc

The tool you need is already in a friend's garage. FriendsWithTools is a private, invite-only app for sharing tools with your friends, family, and neighbors. See what they own, borrow what you need, and keep track of everything you've lent. How It Works - Create a private group for your street, family, or crew: or join one with an invite from a friend. - Add your tools with photos and a category, or check off common ones with the quick-add wizard. - Browse what your groups are sharing and send a borrow request. What You Get - Groups for your street, your family, your club, or your crew. - Borrow requests with clear approvals, so both sides always know where things stand. - Loan tracking with due dates: what's out, what's due back, and what you've borrowed. - Reminders when a loan is due back, and a nudge when one is overdue. - Threads with each owner or borrower, right in the app. - A wishlist, so friends know which tools you're looking for. What We Don't Do - No ads, no trackers. The app runs no ads and carries no advertising or analytics trackers. - No payments. Core borrowing and lending is always free. - No strangers. Every group is invite-only, so you always know who has your tools. - No public listings. Your tools are visible only to friends you accept and groups you're invited into. No ratings, no reputation scores, no public profiles: trust here is built on real relationships, and what you share stays inside your groups. FriendsWithTools is free to join and invite-only by design. Start a group with people you already trust, or join one you've been invited to, and put your tools to work. FriendsWithTools is not affiliated with any tool manufacturer. All brand names are trademarks of their respective owners, used for identification only. Premium and Commercial Plans FriendsWithTools is free to use, and borrowing and lending are always free. Optional Premium and Commercial subscriptions add more for people who manage a lot of tools and loans. Premium and Commercial are offered as monthly or annual auto-renewing subscriptions. The price and billing period are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://friendswithtools.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://friendswithtools.io/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Share more. Buy less. Borrow from friends.