Keep track of renewal notices and get reminded before they're due

The simplest way to keep track of renewals is to scan each renewal notice when it arrives and set a reminder from the date printed on it. ScanMojo does both, free on iPhone and Android with no ads: it reads the renewal or expiry date on the page and suggests it, you check it and choose how early to hear about it, and three reminders at a time are free.

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    Scan the notice the day it comes

    Tap Scan and hold the phone over each page of the renewal letter. ScanMojo cleans up the pages and names the scan for you from what's on the page.

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    Open Remind Me

    In the document, tap the ••• menu and choose Remind Me…. Under "Dates in this document" are the dates it read near words like renew, expires or due, with the page each one came from.

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    Pick the date, or set your own

    Tap the renewal date, or set the due date yourself. Under What to do, add a word or two, like "renew online". Check the date against the letter before you rely on it.

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    Choose how early

    Pick On the day, 1 day before, 3 days before or 1 week before, then tap Save. If a renewal takes longer than a week to sort out, set your own due date a few weeks earlier.

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    Renew, then mark it done

    The reminder comes in the morning and opens the notice at the right page. When you've renewed, choose Mark as done, and scan the new card or certificate when it arrives.

Renewals worth a reminder

Car insurance, home or renters insurance, car registration, a lease, a professional license, a membership: anything that arrives as a letter with a renew-by or expiry date on it.

A driver's license or passport is different: scan the card itself into the IDs or Passports folder and Remind Me also offers 6 months before its expiry date, which leaves time to renew before a trip.

Renewals that come only by email or in an insurer's app aren't on paper, so they're best kept where they arrived. ScanMojo is for the ones that come in the mail.

If the notice never comes

Some renewal notices get lost or never arrive. Scanning last year's card, policy page or registration keeps its expiry date on your phone, and you can set a reminder from that date even without this year's letter.

ScanMojo reads the dates printed on a page; it doesn't know your policy or what an agency needs from you. If you're unsure what a renewal asks for, check with whoever sent it.

Three at a time, free

Reminders are free for three at a time. When one is marked done or its day passes, that place is free again, so the next renewal can take it. ScanMojo Pro has as many reminders as you need.

Every scan stays searchable by any word on it, so last year's notice is easy to find when the new one asks for a policy or plate number. Your scans stay on your phone unless you share them or turn on sync to your own iCloud Drive or Google Drive, and there's no account.

Questions

Is there a free app that reminds me of renewal dates?

ScanMojo is free on iPhone and Android with no ads. Scan the renewal notice, and it suggests the dates it reads from the page for a reminder. Three reminders at a time are free.

Does it renew anything or set reminders by itself?

No. You choose each reminder from the dates it finds or a date of your own, and you check it against the letter. Renewing is still up to you.

How early can it remind me?

For a letter, up to a week before the date you set; set an earlier date of your own if you need more time. For a license or passport in the IDs or Passports folder, up to 6 months before it expires.

Can it read an expiry date from my driver's license or passport?

Yes. Scan it into the IDs or Passports folder and the expiry date it reads from the card is suggested in Remind Me, with a choice to be reminded 6 months before. Check it against the card.

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