A visit to the shop comes back as one invoice with four lines: oil and filter, tire rotation, cabin filter, a bulb. Most logbooks make you choose: one entry with a made-up category and the grand total, or four entries with four guessed prices. Both lose something you will want later.
The entry reads like the invoice. An expense entry in Maintano holds every service done that day. Pick each one from the list, type its cost beside it, then add tax and other fees once at the bottom. The total matches the receipt to the cent, and each service keeps its own price for the reports.
The list knows your vehicle. Services are grouped the way a shop thinks: Engine & Oil, Tires & Wheels, Brakes, Fluids & Filters, Battery & Electrical, and so on, with a search box on top. An electric car does not see oil changes. Missing something? Add your own under + Other in any section; it is saved for next time and you can rename it.
Date and reading once. One date and one odometer reading cover the whole visit. A higher reading updates the vehicle's mileage, which is what your mileage reminders project from.
It closes the loop with your reminders. Save the entry and the app finds the reminders that match its services: Done, remind again; Done for good; or Not yet. Each completion is written down. The Completed group on the Reminders screen lists what was done, when, at what reading, with a link back to the entry. That list is the answer to "when were the brakes last done?", and it builds itself.
Income is its own kind of entry, kept apart from spending. That is the next post.
Nov 6, 2026