Paper Trail · free, private, no account
Every important paper, found in seconds.
Passports, ID cards, insurance policies, diplomas, warranties: each with its scans, who it belongs to and where the original is. Busy tells you before anything expires.
Free app for Mac and Windows · Nothing is sent to us · Part of Busy Home: 7 tools for household paperwork
What it does
A nudge before it expires
Passports four months ahead, the rest two months: enough time to renew without a rush.
Search inside your PDFs
Find a policy by a word in the small print, not by remembering the file name.
Drop scans anywhere
Drag a photo or a PDF onto the page and it's filed with the right document.
For the whole household
Who each document belongs to, and where the original is kept.
Three steps, then you’re done
Add your passports and ID cards
With their expiry dates: Busy warns you in time.
Drop in your scans
Policies, contracts, warranties, diplomas: as PDFs or photos.
Find anything in seconds
Search by name, person or a word inside the document.
Works even better with
All seven tools share your folder.
Questions
Where are my documents kept?
In a folder on your own computer (Documents/Busy/Home), as plain files. Nothing is uploaded to us.
Can I share it with my partner?
Put the folder in Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or iCloud Drive and open it on both computers.
Is it really free?
Yes. Busy Home is free, with no account and no subscription.
Paper Trail, free.
See it in the demo, or take all of Busy Home home.