Comparison

Renewsy vs DocDoc

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

Head to head
About

Renewsy

Features
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Renewsy is the smart document tracker for passports, visas, ID cards, driver's licenses, insurance policies, residency permits, and every important paper you can't afford to let expire. Never miss a renewal deadline again. Built for immigrants, expats, families, students, and frequent travelers who juggle documents from multiple countries. KEY FEATURES Smart Expiry Reminders Set alerts for 1 year, 6 months, 90 days, 30 days, 7 days, and on the day of expiry. Custom reminder schedules per document. Local notifications that fire even offline. Never miss a passport renewal, visa expiry, or insurance renewal date again. OCR Document Scanner Point your camera at any passport, visa, national ID card, or driver's license. Automatic text recognition reads expiry dates, issue dates, and document numbers, so you can add a new record in seconds instead of typing everything by hand. Travel-Ready Checks Planning a trip? Enter your destination and travel dates. Renewsy verifies your passport meets the destination's validity rules (Schengen 3-month rule, US and Asia 6-month rule, UK return-date rule), checks your visa covers the trip, and confirms your travel insurance is active before you leave. Family Vault Share documents securely with up to 5 family members. Perfect for parents tracking children's passports and residency permits, couples managing shared insurance, or caregivers organizing an elderly parent's paperwork. Receipt & Cost Tracking Log renewal fees, attach receipts, tag tax-deductible expenses. Export everything to CSV in one tap at tax time. Track total spending on document renewals year over year, helpful for freelancers, self-employed workers, and anyone claiming business expenses. Bank-Grade Privacy Biometric app lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or fingerprint. Encrypted vault storage. Row-Level Security on every database read. Zero advertising. No data selling. Every Document Type Passports from any country · US and international driver's licenses · national ID cards · Schengen and international visas · work permits · student visas · residency permits (BRP, Green Card, and equivalents) · health insurance · travel insurance · home and car insurance · professional certificates · birth certificates · vaccination records · and custom documents. PERFECT FOR • Immigrants and expats managing residency documents in a new country • Digital nomads and remote workers tracking multiple visas • Families planning international travel with kids' passports • Freelancers and self-employed workers organizing tax-deductible receipts • Students on international study visas • International professionals with work permits • Anyone who has ever missed a passport renewal deadline FREE FOREVER Track up to 5 documents with all core features free. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited documents, OCR scanning, custom reminder schedules, CSV and encrypted PDF export. Family plan covers Premium features for up to 5 people, plus the shared family vault. Built by MadeByDami for Nortform Studio. We read every support email at hello@nortform.com. Privacy Policy: https://renewsy.netlify.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://renewsy.netlify.app/terms

About

DocDoc

This app helps you track and manage expiration dates for important documents like licenses, passports, and insurance. It provides timely reminders and allows for easy scanning of dates, keeping everything organized for you and your family.

Highlights
  • Track document expirations
  • Unlimited family profiles
  • Customizable reminders
  • Scan expiration dates
  • Document renewal history
  • Widgets for home/lock screen
  • App lock with Face ID
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Quick count: driver's license, car registration, car insurance, health insurance, passport, a certification or two, some memberships, a warranty. Now add your kids' documents. And your parents'. Any one of them is easy to remember. All of them together is not. That is the whole problem. Nobody forgets a passport because passports are hard. It was item eleven of fifteen, and nothing was keeping the list. DocDoc keeps the list, and reminds you while there is still time to do something about it. ONE LIST FOR EVERYONE YOU LOOK AFTER Add a profile for each person you track things for, and one for the car while you are at it. Profiles are free and unlimited, because the person who needs this app most is running a whole household. Reminders say who: "Emma's Passport expires in 90 days." EVERYTHING WITH A DATE, IN ONE PLACE Passports, licenses, registrations, insurance of every kind, professional licenses and certifications, visas, permits, memberships, warranties, inspections. If it expires, it goes on the list, sorted by what needs attention first. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY REMIND Nudges 90, 30, and 7 days before anything expires, and again on the day itself. Passports get a 6 month heads up too, because many countries turn you away if your passport expires within six months of travel. Day-of reminders use Time Sensitive notifications so they are hard to miss. You choose the lead times and the time of day. Optional email reminders back you up on the days your phone is off. SCAN THE DATE, SKIP THE TYPING Point the camera at a passport or license and DocDoc reads the expiration date on your device. Passport dates are verified with the check digits built into the passport itself. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your documents are never uploaded to us. Scanning happens on your phone, and the photo is saved with your document, encrypted, deletable any time. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Email reminders are optional: turn them on and DocDoc creates an account with Sign in with Apple, storing only your email address and the reminder details it needs to send. Delete it in Settings whenever you like, and everything we stored goes with it. BUILT FOR REAL RENEWALS Mark a document renewed and the old date moves to history. Recurring documents roll forward automatically. Widgets put your next expiration on your home screen and lock screen. Attach receipts, photos, or PDFs, stored on your device and your own iCloud, never on our servers. Lock the whole app with Face ID. DATES IN YOUR OWN CALENDAR Turn on the Hebrew, Islamic, Persian, Indian, Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese or Ethiopic calendar and enter a date the way you actually know it. A yearly repeat advances by one year of that calendar, so a yahrzeit or an annual observance stays on its own date while the Gregorian one moves. Reminders always fire on the Gregorian date. FREE AND PRO Free includes 5 documents, unlimited profiles, reminders, scanning, widgets and iCloud sync. DocDoc Pro is an auto-renewing subscription that removes the document limit, with a 7 day free trial on the yearly plan. Or invite three friends and get six months of Pro free, no payment needed. DocDoc is made by one independent developer who got tired of expired documents. No venture capital, no growth team, no reason to collect your data. The next renewal is already on its way. Put it on the list. DocDoc Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docdoctracker.com/privacy

Screenshots

Renewsy4 screens
DocDoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Renewsy at daily against DocDoc's every 2 weeks. Renewsy also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Renewsy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and DocDoc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Renewsy ships an update daily, DocDoc every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Renewsy versus DocDoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRenewsyDocDoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamilola AjilaDvir Hamu

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Renewsy

Subscriptions4
  • Renewsy Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Renewsy Family Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Renewsy Plus Monthly$29.991 Year
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  • Renewsy Family Annual$49.991 Year
2 purchases

DocDoc

Subscriptions2
  • DocDoc Pro$1.991 Month
  • DocDoc Pro7 Days trial$13.991 Year

Questions

Is Renewsy free?
Renewsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocDoc free?
DocDoc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Renewsy or DocDoc have ads?
Neither Renewsy nor DocDoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Renewsy or DocDoc?
Renewsy ships an update daily, and DocDoc every 2 weeks. Most recently, Renewsy was updated on October 25, 2026 and DocDoc on October 20, 2026.

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