Garage Minder
Mark Downey Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Garage Minder is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Mark Downey. Requires iOS 26.0. Updated October 10, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 4 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 10
- 2026 · v2.1
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About Garage Minder
Garage Minder keeps vehicle maintenance organized without turning it into a spreadsheet project. Add each car, truck, motorcycle, or other vehicle in your garage, then track reminders, fluid specs, mileage, service history, and safety recalls from one clean dashboard. Scan or paste a VIN to prefill vehicle details, review generated maintenance schedules before saving, and keep records current as work gets done. Garage Minder helps you: - See what is overdue, due soon, and on track - Check every vehicle against NHTSA's safety recall database, with "do not drive" notices called out - Log any service by hand — past or present — with mileage, cost, shop, and notes, and edit it later - Open a job card for any item: the spec, capacity, socket size, and its service history in one place - Keep what's due on your Home Screen or Lock Screen with a widget - Ask Siri what's due, update your odometer, or log a service without opening the app - Snap a service receipt and have the date, mileage, shop, and work done pulled into your log - Get a schedule built for your actual vehicle — gas, diesel, hybrid, plug-in, or electric; 2WD or 4WD; automatic, CVT, or manual - Shorten every interval to the severe-service schedule if you tow, plow, or mostly drive short trips - Track items that come due by date as well as by mileage, whichever arrives first - Work in miles or kilometers — your choice, everywhere - Snap or choose a photo of each vehicle, with automatic background removal - Update your odometer by typing it or scanning the dash with the camera - On iPhone Duo and iPad, see what needs attention across your whole garage beside the vehicle you're working on - Hand a buyer a printable service history when you sell a vehicle, or export everything as JSON or CSV - Sync privately with iCloud when available, with local storage fallback Whether you maintain one daily driver or a whole household garage, Garage Minder gives you a practical place to keep the details that usually get scattered across glovebox notes, receipts, and memory. Recall information comes from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is published for a year, make, and model. Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a dealer to confirm whether your vehicle is affected. Garage Minder Pro is available as a $7.99/year auto-renewing subscription, which starts with a 1-month free trial for new subscribers, or a $29.99 one-time lifetime purchase. The free trial converts to a paid annual subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of that period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://garageminder.downeytech.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://garageminder.downeytech.com/terms.html
What’s new
Version 2.1 · Updated October 10, 2026
• Safety recalls. Garage Minder now checks NHTSA's recall database for each of your vehicles and shows open campaigns at the top of its reminders, with "do not drive" and "park outside" notices called out. Free for everyone • Log a service by hand — any date, with mileage, cost, shop, and notes — and edit any entry later • Mark Done now records what it cost, where it was done, and any notes, and shows the spec, capacity, and socket size while you fill it in • Every reminder has a job card: spec, capacity, socket size, and that item's history in one place • Fix a mistyped year, make, model, trim, or VIN, and delete a vehicle you no longer need (with an offer to export its records first) • Built for iPhone Duo: unfolded, everything that needs attention across your whole garage sits beside the vehicle you're working on • A real iPad layout, with the same two pages
App privacy
The developer, Mark Downey, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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