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Your proof of insurance, on the vehicle, on your phone

Maintano is a free vehicle maintenance logbook for Android and iPhone: every service, receipt and reminder, for everything you drive.

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The question comes at the worst moment: a roadside stop, a border, a rental counter. "Can I see your insurance?" The paper card in the glovebox is the one that expired in March.

One tap from the vehicle. On the vehicle's page, the photo carries an Insurance pill. Tap it and the card opens full screen, bright, and stays on until you dismiss it. It works offline: no sign-in, no network, no searching.

Adding it takes one photo. Photograph the card or scan it, up to four pages. The app reads the insurer, policy number and dates on the phone itself, shows each one as "Detected — tap to confirm", and keeps only what you confirm. Nothing is sent anywhere to be read. If the card names a VIN, the app checks it against the vehicle's.

Before it expires. When you save a card with an expiry date, the app offers a reminder for that day. Take it and the usual notices arrive 30, 15 and 5 days ahead, so the card on your phone is never the stale one.

What it never does. The card stays in the app's private storage, never in your photo gallery. It is not in the service-history PDF, the report PDF, the Ask AI file or the export, and it never travels with a transfer: when a vehicle changes hands, the seller's card for it is removed. On Pro it is backed up with your account and nowhere else.

One honest line, which the app shows too: many places accept proof of insurance on a phone, but not all. Keep the paper card in the vehicle as well.

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