Private household records

Two hours looking for my own insurance policy number. It was on my computer. Somewhere.

Onhand keeps the things a household needs and nobody can ever remember — policy numbers, VINs, tire sizes, where the documents actually are — on your own machine. Not in anyone's cloud.

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Windows · 14 days free · no account, no card to start

When you need it

Always at the worst possible moment.

Nobody looks this up on a quiet Sunday. You need it standing at a counter with someone waiting on you.

The tire shop

"What size do you need?"

Tire size, pressures, oil type, battery group, wiper sizes. Nobody memorizes any of it.

On the phone

"And the VIN for that vehicle?"

Your agent is changing something and starts asking for things printed on a document at home. One screen has all of it.

The claim

"When was the roof last replaced?"

Roof, HVAC, plumbing, electrical — with ages worked out, because that's what underwriters actually ask.

The hospital

"Do you have your member ID?"

Member number, group number, Rx BIN. On your phone, in a basement, with no signal at all.

What it holds

The things that live in nine different places.

InsuranceAuto, home, health, dental, life. Policy and member numbers, deductibles, what's covered and what isn't, renewal dates.
VehiclesVIN, plate, registration. Tire sizes, oil type, filters, battery group, wipers. Service history.
HomeYear built, square footage, parcel number. Roof and system ages, warranties, contractors. Window measurements.
DocumentsWhere things actually are — "fireproof box, bedroom closet" — plus the scans themselves, encrypted.
Tax yearsReturns, W-2s and 1099s filed by year, with a note on when it's safe to shred.
PeopleDates of birth, addresses, relationships. Social Security numbers sealed behind a second lock.
Cards & accountsIssuers, last four, expiration dates. Full numbers sealed and never copied to a phone.
Repairs & quotesCompare quotes side by side, see whether claiming beats your deductible, remember what you paid last time.
RemindersCards expiring, policies renewing, registrations due, warranties ending. Before it becomes a problem.

Works with no signal

The basement test.

Your phone keeps an encrypted copy of your records. Not a cached page — an actual copy, stored on the device and unlocked by your master password.

Airplane mode. Underground parking garage. Hospital basement with one bar and falling. It opens instantly, because it never needed the network in the first place.

Social Security numbers and full card numbers are never copied to a phone, and the copy expires on its own if you stop refreshing it. A lost phone is an inconvenience, not a disaster.

Where it lives

On your computer. That's the whole promise.

No account, everThere's nothing to sign up for. No email, no password reset, no server holding your records.
No outbound connectionsOnhand doesn't phone home. Not for licensing, not for updates, not for analytics. There is nothing to leak.
Two locks, not oneEverything is encrypted. Social Security numbers, card numbers and PINs sit behind a second lock that reopens only for your master password, then closes itself.
Scanning happens on your devicePhotograph an insurance card and the fields fill themselves in. The image never leaves your phone — not even to your own Onhand.
Backups you can put anywhereEncrypted before they're written, so you can point them at Dropbox or OneDrive. They store a file they cannot read.
Your family, on your Wi-FiEveryone in the house reaches it from their own phone. Nobody outside it can.

Price

Buy it once. It stays bought.

$49.95 one payment · per household
  • ✓ Every feature, no tiers
  • ✓ All the computers and phones in your home
  • ✓ 14 days free — no card to start
  • ✓ No subscription, no renewal, no account
  • ✓ If you never buy it, your records stay readable
Download for Windows

Windows 10 and 11. About 30 MB.

Questions people actually ask

What happens if I forget my master password?

Your records become permanently unreadable. There is no reset, no recovery, and no back door — not for you and not for us. That's the same property that stops anyone else reading them. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.

What if my computer dies?

Turn on automatic backups and point them at a folder in Dropbox, OneDrive or Google Drive. The backup is encrypted before it's written, so your cloud provider stores something it can't read — and you get an off-site copy without an account with us.

What happens when the trial runs out?

Onhand becomes read-only. Everything stays visible, searchable and exportable, and your phone copy keeps working. You just can't add or change anything until you buy. We will never lock you out of your own paperwork over a license fee.

Can I get to it when I'm away from home?

Yes — your phone keeps an encrypted copy that works anywhere, with or without a signal. It's read-only. If you also want to add and edit things while away, Onhand works over a private network like Tailscale, without ever being exposed to the internet.

Is this a password manager?

No, and deliberately so. Onhand records which username you used and where your password is kept — it has no field for the password itself, and never will. What can't be stored can't be leaked. Keep using 1Password or Bitwarden for the passwords.

Does it work on a Mac or a phone?

The server runs on Windows. Phones, tablets and Macs reach it through a browser and can install it to a home screen like an app. A Mac version of the server is not available yet.