Comparison

Expiry Guard vs DocHarbor

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

Head to head
About

Expiry Guard

Features
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Never miss a renewal again. Expiry Guard (also written "ExpiryGuard") is a simple document expiry tracker and reminder app that keeps every important document and its expiry date in one private, offline place β€” and reminds you well before it's too late. Whether it's a passport, visa, driving license, ID card, insurance policy, vehicle registration (RC), PUC, warranty or any document with an expiration date, Expiry Guard sends timely renewal reminders so you never pay a late penalty or get caught with an expired document again. SCAN & AUTO-FILL Point your camera at a document and Expiry Guard reads it for you β€” detecting the document type, expiry date and number automatically. Adding a document takes seconds, with minimal typing. SMART EXPIRY & RENEWAL REMINDERS Get notified well before any expiration date or deadline. Choose reminders 90, 60, 30, 7 or 1 day before expiry β€” and on the day itself. Reliable on-device reminders; documents that never expire are saved without reminders, so your list stays clean. PRIVATE & OFFLINE Your documents never leave your phone. No account, no sign-up, no cloud storage of your files. Everything is kept locally and can be protected with an optional fingerprint / face-unlock app lock and number masking. FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Track documents and expiry dates for everyone β€” partner, kids, parents β€” and see at a glance whose papers need renewal. CALENDAR & TIMELINE A clear month calendar and an upcoming timeline show what's expiring and when, so renewals and deadlines never sneak up on you. KEEP & EXPORT COPIES Attach a photo or PDF of each document, preview it any time, and export everything as a neatly named ZIP backup whenever you want. DOCUMENTS YOU CAN TRACK β€’ Passport, Visa, National ID, residence & work permit β€’ Driving license / licence, Vehicle Registration (RC), PUC / emissions, fitness β€’ Vehicle & health insurance policies β€’ Warranty, subscription, contract, professional license, certificate β€’ …and any custom document with an expiry or renewal date WHY EXPIRY GUARD β€’ Reliable expiry & renewal reminders β€” never miss a deadline β€’ Document scanner with automatic auto-fill β€’ Works fully offline β€” no internet required β€’ Private β€” your data stays on your device β€’ No ads, ever β€” free to use β€’ Available in English, ΰ€Ήΰ€Ώΰ€¨ΰ₯ΰ€¦ΰ₯€, ΰͺ—ુΰͺœΰͺ°ΰͺΎΰͺ€ΰ«€ and Ψ§Ω„ΨΉΨ±Ψ¨ΩŠΨ© Expiry Guard is your personal document organizer, expiry date tracker and renewal reminder in one app β€” stay on top of every important document and never miss an expiration or renewal again. Install Expiry Guard today.

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DocHarbor

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Know your passport is still valid before you book the trip. DocHarbor is a private, on-device vault for your family's passports, IDs, licenses, insurance, and home and car papers, with reminders that warn you well before anything expires. If you carry the mental load for everyone's paperwork, or you're an expat or frequent traveler juggling visas and permits, this is for you. Scan or import a document, and on-device Apple Vision suggests a title, category, owner, and dates. You review and confirm every field before it saves, so nothing is filed behind your back. Everything is then filed by person or object and by category, searchable in seconds, and quietly watched for renewals, so a lapsed passport never derails a trip again. CAPTURE - Scan multi-page documents with the built-in scanner, take a photo, or import from Photos or Files (PDF or image) - Retake, reorder, or delete pages; each document is kept as both an image and a PDF - Apple Vision suggests the title, category, owner, and dates, marked "Suggested" or "Check," never as a mystery percentage - Manual entry is always there; recognition is assistive and English-first, and you confirm everything ORGANIZE - File into folders by person or object: Me, a partner, a child, or a parent, and Home, Car, Trip, or Insurance - Ready-made categories from Identity and Passport & Visa to Home & Property, Medical, School & Kids, Finance & Tax, Work & Legal, and Warranties & Receipts - Add custom categories and fields with Pro, and star the ones you reach for most as Favorites FIND - Search across title, recognized text, folder, category, document number, issuer, and notes - Narrow with filter chips and sorting to land on the right paper fast - Add or search documents hands-free with Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight REMIND - Add an expiry date and get cascading reminders sensible for that document, like a passport at six months, three months, one month, and one week ahead - An Expiring dashboard groups everything into Expired, Next 30 days, Next 90 days, Later, and No date - We ask for notification permission only after you save a document with an expiry date, and lock-screen alerts stay redacted, so sensitive numbers are never shown ON YOUR HOME SCREEN - Quick Add widget (free): scan or add a document in one tap, straight from your Home Screen - Expiring Soon widget (Pro): see the documents closest to expiring at a glance, in small or medium size; titles stay hidden until you unlock the app PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No DocHarbor account and no company servers. Your documents are never sent to us or any third party - Local-first: stored on your device, protected by iOS Data Protection at rest - Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode app lock, always free and never behind a paywall - Share any document, or export your whole vault as a .zip (with a summary index) β€” free and fully offline - Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and localization throughout. No ads, and we never track your document contents. FREE & PRO The free vault is small but genuinely useful: 1 profile, up to 5 documents, expiry reminders on up to 2 of them, OCR search, manual fields, the Face ID lock, full vault export, and the Quick Add widget. The Expiring Soon widget is Pro. Pro unlocks unlimited documents and profiles, expiry reminders on everything, custom categories and fields, advanced search, and the Expiring Soon Home Screen widget. PRICING DocHarbor Pro comes as an Annual plan at $24.99 (best value), a one-time Lifetime purchase at $49.99, or Monthly at $3.99 (USD; prices may vary by region). There is no free trial. The Annual and Monthly plans auto-renew until cancelled; Lifetime is a single one-time purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in Apple Settings. Restore Purchases is on the paywall and in Settings. Your documents stay on your iPhone, protected behind your Face ID. That's the whole point. Privacy Policy: https://marbyte.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://marbyte.dev/terms

Screenshots

Expiry Guard4 screens
DocHarbor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Expiry Guard at none against DocHarbor's 3. Expiry Guard also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). DocHarbor's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. DocHarbor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Expiry Guard asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Expiry Guard versus DocHarbor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExpiry GuardDocHarbor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size133 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperACKPlus Solutions Private LimitedMark Opanasiuk

In-app purchases

None

Expiry Guard

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

DocHarbor

Subscriptions2
  • DocHarbor Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • DocHarbor Pro Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • DocHarbor Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Expiry Guard free?
Expiry Guard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DocHarbor free?
DocHarbor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Expiry Guard or DocHarbor have ads?
Expiry Guard shows ads; DocHarbor does not.

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