Free · Local-first · No account

Know your car's history.

MotoCapture is a desktop app that replaces the notes, spreadsheets, and glovebox receipts you've been using to track maintenance. Every vehicle, every service, every receipt - organized, searchable, and stored only on your own computer.

miles, and every one of them accounted for

Built for people who actually track this stuff

Not a spreadsheet. Not a folder of PDFs named "receipt (3) final.pdf". One record per vehicle that holds all of it.

Before

oil change... march? or april
glovebox: 4 crumpled receipts
brake-fluid-FINAL-v2.xlsx
"I think it's around 150k miles"

With MotoCapture

2008 Mercedes-Benz C300 153,420 mi · VIN on file
OK
Engine oil and filter Next due · 160,000 mi
Tracked
Front brake pads $210.00 · Joe's Garage · 1 attachment

What it actually does

Three things, done well, instead of ten things done halfway.

Maintenance plans

Set up recurring items by mileage, by time, or by whichever comes first. Start from a common-maintenance template or build your own - every interval stays editable, because a generic template is a starting point, not a promise about your specific car.

Service history & reports

Log completed work and one-off repairs, attach receipts and photos, and see cost summaries by category. Export a polished PDF history report, a CSV, or a full JSON backup whenever you want - your data, in formats you can actually use elsewhere.

Phone capture companion

Scan a QR code to pair your phone over your own Wi-Fi - no account, nothing sent over the internet. Snap a photo of a receipt or the odometer, and it lands in a Capture Inbox on the desktop app for you to review and file.

Your data stays on your device

No account, no cloud sync, no telemetry. MotoCapture runs entirely on your computer, stores everything in a local database, and the only network activity is one you start yourself.

$0/mo infrastructure 0 accounts required 100% local storage 1 opt-in exception (crash reports)

Nothing leaves your machine

Vehicles, service records, and receipts live in a local SQLite database and local files. Nothing is transmitted unless you export, back up, or share it yourself.

The phone companion stays on your Wi-Fi

Pairing your phone opens a temporary connection over your own home network only. It's not built for public Wi-Fi, and it disappears the moment you disconnect.

Crash reports are opt-in

The one exception: an off-by-default setting to send crash diagnostics if something breaks. It's clearly labeled, and MotoCapture works exactly the same with it left off.

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Download MotoCapture

Free to download. No account, no sign-up, no trial clock.

Downloads above link straight to the file for your platform. Not sure which one you need, or want to double check first? See every file on the releases page.