RenewHound

Your documents stay on your device and in your own Drive — private by architecture.

Never miss a renewal again

Add your household’s passports, licenses and policies once — see every renewal coming on one timeline.

It hunts your deadlines so you don’t have to

  • One household timeline. Passports, driver’s licenses, visas, ID cards, insurance policies and warranties on one horizon — each document’s status shifts green, amber, red as its renewal deadline approaches.
  • The six-month passport rule, built in. Many destinations refuse entry when a passport has less than six months of validity left, so passports are flagged at that mark — not just at expiry. Country-by-country details live at sixmonthrule.com.
  • Scan instead of typing. Photograph a passport’s photo page and on-device MRZ scanning fills in the details. The photo never leaves your device.
  • Reminders in your own calendar. Export any renewal as a calendar (.ics) reminder.
  • Private by architecture. No account, no backend. Your data lives in your browser and — only if you turn on sync — in a visible RenewHound folder in your own Google Drive.

Frequently asked questions

What is RenewHound?
RenewHound is a free web app that tracks a household’s document renewals — passports, driver’s licenses, visas, ID cards, vehicle registrations, insurance policies and warranties — on one visual timeline, and flags each document as its renewal deadline approaches.
Is RenewHound free?
Yes. RenewHound is completely free — no account, no subscription and no paid tier. You open the site and start adding documents.
Is my data private?
Yes, by architecture. RenewHound has no backend and no accounts: your documents live in your browser’s local storage, and if you enable sync they go to a visible RenewHound folder in your own Google Drive. No RenewHound server ever receives, stores or processes your data.
What documents can RenewHound track?
Passports, visas and residence permits, driver’s licenses, national ID cards, vehicle registrations, insurance policies, warranties and certificates — plus anything else with an expiry date, for every member of your household.
Does RenewHound work offline?
Yes. RenewHound is an installable progressive web app; after your first visit it loads and works without a connection. Passport scanning downloads its OCR model on first use, and Google Drive sync needs a connection to sync.
How does the passport scan work?
Photograph the passport’s photo page or upload an existing photo, and RenewHound reads the machine-readable zone (MRZ) with OCR that runs entirely on your device. The photo and its details are never uploaded to any server.