Rentward is a private, local-first record keeper for people who own one to ten rental units. It does the one thing every incumbent either paywalls or does badly: it turns a year of rent, expenses and receipt photos into a categorized, receipt-backed packet you hand to your accountant in April - with no account, no bank connection, and no monthly fee.
YOUR RECORDS, YOUR DEVICE.
- No account. No cloud. No ads. No data collection.
- Everything stays on your phone. Uninstalling deletes it all.
FREE, AND BUILT TO STAY THAT WAY.
- Unlimited properties and units. No three-unit cap, no per-unit surcharge.
- Income and expense entries with date, property, unit, payee, category and notes.
- Receipt capture is UNLIMITED - photograph a receipt and attach it to an entry. Other apps cap free receipt scans at 5 per month; Rentward never meters receipts.
- Rent roll: expected vs received per unit, with a paid / partial / late marker.
- Manual mileage log with an editable rate. No background GPS.
- Per-property profit and loss for any date range.
- Export always: CSV and a full JSON backup.
- Passcode or biometric lock, always free.
THE APRIL JOB (one-time unlock).
Rentward Tax Packet is a distinct, higher-value job - producing the artifact your preparer actually needs:
- Schedule E packet (PDF), per property, per tax year, mapped to the real Schedule E line categories.
- Accountant hand-off bundle: the PDF, a CSV of every line item, and the receipt images, zipped and shareable.
- Multi-year comparison per property, so you spot a missing category before filing.
- Depreciation tracker: record placed-in-service date, basis and method.
- Advanced categorization.
One-time purchase. Never a subscription.
HONESTY, BY DESIGN.
Rentward organizes the records you enter. It does not tell you what is deductible and it does not prepare a return - your preparer makes those determinations from the entries and receipts you hand over. The packet says so, in the document, next to every total.
Rentward is a record-keeping tool, not tax advice, not a consumer reporting agency, and not a bank. There is no tenant screening, no rent collection, no bank sync, and no lease templates.
Rent, expenses & receipts on your device. Unlimited. No account, no cloud.