AllKeep

October 14, 2026by Rodiondays release-notes
Days: count your trips abroad for ILR, citizenship and Schengen the way each rule does
A new tool on allkeep.org. Write each trip once, and Days checks it against UK settlement and citizenship, Canadian and US citizenship and Schengen 90/180, next to the official words.
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October 14, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
Expiry dates in AllKeep Inventory: see what runs out and put the reminders in your calendar
Give water, food, medicine, batteries or a passport the day it expires. Home lists what runs out in the next 60 days, and one calendar file holds a reminder for each date.
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October 14, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Freelancing in Japan: the take-home calculator now counts business tax and your kind of return
Japan Life Hub's salary calculator now asks freelancers how they file (blue return by e-Tax, on paper, simple books, or white) and adds business tax from the second year.
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October 13, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
How your take-home pay in Japan is worked out, step by step, with the rule behind each step
Japan Life Hub's salary pages now show every step from salary to take-home pay, with the figures to redo by hand and a link to the official page behind each rate.
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October 13, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Japan's hotel tax in 52 places, the 3,000 yen departure tax and tax-free refunds for your trip
Japan Life Hub now adds up the accommodation tax of each night by the city's own table, the departure tax and what tax-free shopping pays back shop by shop from 1 November 2026.
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October 12, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
A free moving inventory checklist: number every box and tick it off at the new home
A free page in six languages to number your moving boxes, write what is in each and the room it goes to, print the checklist and QR labels, and see which boxes have not arrived.
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October 12, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Japan's 10% and 8% tax on any price, and what tax-free pays back from 1 November
Japan Life Hub now adds or takes out Japan's 10% or 8% consumption tax, splits a receipt by rate, and shows what a visitor gets back under the tax-free refund system that starts on 1 November 2026.
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October 12, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Your Japan salary in rupiah, dong, rupees and 23 more currencies
Japan Life Hub's net salary calculator, its salary pages and the monthly budget now show the yen amounts in your own currency too, at the Ministry of Finance's rate for October 2026.
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October 11, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
How much contents insurance do you need? A free calculator, room by room
A free page that adds up what everything in your home would cost to buy new, checks the total against your policy's sum insured, and names the things above its limit for one item.
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October 10, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
Insurance details for every item: purchase date, price paid, warranty and receipt
Each item in AllKeep Inventory now keeps what an insurer asks after a loss: when and where you bought it, what you paid, its condition, the warranty and the receipt.
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October 10, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
Import your home inventory spreadsheet: Excel, Google Sheets or CSV, checked before saving
AllKeep Inventory on the web now takes a list you already keep in a spreadsheet. It reads each column, shows how every row will be saved, and brings in rooms, values, brands, serial numbers and purchase dates.
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October 10, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Leaving Japan: what your pension pays back, and how the 20.42 % tax comes back too
Japan Life Hub has a calculator for the pension lump-sum withdrawal payment: what employees' and national pension pay back when you leave Japan, the tax taken from it, how to get that back, and when the money comes.
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October 10, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Japan's new visa renewal fees: what your status costs, period by period
Since 1 October 2026 a visa renewal or change of status in Japan costs 10,000 to 75,000 yen, set by the period you are granted. Japan Life Hub now works it out for your own status, at the counter or online.
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October 9, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
A free home inventory template you can print or download for Excel
Choose your rooms on inventory.allkeep.org, cross out what you don't own, then print the list with the columns an insurer asks for or download it as an Excel file. No account.
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October 9, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
Free QR code labels for your boxes, without an account
Write what is in each box, print QR code labels on a label sheet or plain paper, and scan a box with your phone to see the list. You don't need an app or an account.
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October 9, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
Start a home inventory with one room: tick what's there, add photos, print the list
A new AllKeep Inventory account now starts with one room. Pick it, tap the things that are usually there, add rough values and a photo of each, and print the list.
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October 9, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
The Inventory page now says what the app does and what it costs
inventory.allkeep.org called the web app unfinished and showed a price the checkout does not charge. Now it shows the report, the box labels and the price the checkout charges.
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October 9, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Bonus tax in Japan: what your bonus leaves, and what it costs next June
Japan Life Hub has a bonus calculator for 2026: the insurance and income tax taken from a summer or winter bonus, why last month's pay sets the rate, and the resident tax it adds.
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October 9, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
What a month costs in 78 Japanese cities, with rents from the government survey
The cost of living page in Japan Life Hub now takes rents from the Statistics Bureau's survey, lists 78 cities side by side and shows what your take-home pay leaves.
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October 9, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Furusato nozei: how much you can give for 2,000 yen, and what leaving Japan does to it
Japan Life Hub has a furusato nozei calculator: your 2026 limit from your salary and family, when the money comes back, and what happens if you leave Japan before 1 January.
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October 9, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
National health insurance for your city, free in the salary calculator
The net salary calculator in Japan Life Hub now shows the national health insurance premium for 20 cities to everyone, without an account or a subscription.
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October 9, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Permanent residency in Japan: the new rules, and the month you can apply
Japan Life Hub has a permanent residency check: the October 2026 and April 2027 rules from the Immigration Services Agency's pages, the earliest month for your case, and the new visa fees.
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October 9, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
Year-end tax adjustment 2026: what comes back with your December pay
Japan Life Hub has a year-end adjustment calculator: what comes back with your last pay of 2026, how much the 2026 tax reform adds, and what each form is for.
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October 8, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
A printable home inventory for your insurer, with photos and values
The AllKeep web app now makes the list an insurer asks for after a fire or a theft: every item with its photo, room and value, ready to print or save as a PDF.
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October 8, 2026by Rodionjapan release-notes
When resident tax starts in Japan, and how much it takes
A new planner in Japan Life Hub: enter your salary and the month of your first pay in Japan, and see the June resident tax starts and how much it takes each month.
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October 6, 2026by Rodioninventory release-notes
AllKeep Inventory on the web: what was broken, and what works now
On 3 October I went through the web app with a new account, and a lot of it was broken. Here is what works now, with screenshots from before and after.
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June 14, 2026by Rodioninventory sharing guide peace-of-mind
The Inventory Your Family Will Need If You're Not There to Explain It
Not morbid — practical. If you were unreachable for a month, could anyone find the insurance papers, the spare keys, the account list? Here's the inventory that answers that.
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June 13, 2026by Rodioninventory sharing feature guide
Who Has Your Drill? Tracking What You Lent and Never Got Back
You own the book, the drill, the camping tent — technically. Someone borrowed each one and you no longer remember who. Here's how to stop gifting your things by accident.
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June 12, 2026by Rodioninventory moving guide selling
Declutter and Sell Before You Move: Turn Boxes Into Cash, Not Cargo
You pay to move every box twice — once in effort, once on the invoice. Here's how to inventory, decide, and sell the dead weight before moving day instead of hauling it across town.
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June 11, 2026by Rodioninventory preparedness guide
Your Emergency Kit, Inventoried: What's In It and When It Expires
The go-bag you packed in 2023 is full of expired water and dead batteries you'll find at the worst possible moment. Log it once, get reminded before it lapses.
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June 10, 2026by Rodioninventory guide getting-started
What Not to Inventory: The Case Against Logging Everything
The fastest way to abandon an inventory is to try to log every fork. The line between worth-the-tap and waste-of-time is the whole skill. Here's where I draw it.
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June 9, 2026by Rodioninventory receipts insurance guide
Never Lose a Warranty Again: A System for Receipts That Survive
The dishwasher dies at month 13, the warranty was 24 months, and the receipt faded to a blank strip two summers ago. Here's a system for warranties that's still there when you need it.
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June 8, 2026by Rodioninventory boxes feature moving
Print QR Labels for Your Boxes: Scan a Box, See What's Inside
Twelve identical brown boxes, no idea which holds the winter coats. Print a QR label per box, scan it with your phone, and the contents list opens. No cutting tape to check.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory search product feature
Where's My Passport: A 5:40 AM Story About Finding Things Fast
Plain-language search across your own inventory. Type 'where's my passport', get the room, the cabinet, the shelf. Built for the morning you can't think.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory locations product feature organization
A Box. In a Room. In a Home. Why Locations Need to Nest.
Real things live inside other things — drawer inside cabinet inside kitchen. Flat 'room' tags lose the chain. Here's why nested locations matter.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory migration encircle product comparison
Encircle Is Leaving Consumers. Here's What to Do This Week.
Encircle is pivoting to restoration contractors in 2026. If you catalogued your home there, here's a calm three-step plan for the migration.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory photos product feature insurance
Every Angle. Every Detail. Why One Photo Per Item Is a Lie.
The hero shot is the photo that least helps you. Here's why the serial sticker, the receipt, and the small dent belong on the same item card.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory pricing product subscription
Free for the Basics. Forever. $7.99 Unlocks the Rest.
Items, boxes, sharing, search — free, permanently. $7.99/mo or $79.99/yr unlocks unlimited photo-naming and the Ask feature. Here's why.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory comparison sortly encircle product
Four Home-Inventory Apps, One Bookshelf, One Saturday.
Marc blocked a Saturday, downloaded four home-inventory apps, and tried each one on the same shelf. Sortly, Encircle, HomeZada, AllKeep — what happened.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory workspaces product feature sharing
Home. Parents'. Airbnb. Three Inventories, One Account.
Why your city flat, your parents' garage, and the Airbnb you rent out cannot live in the same list — and what we do about it in AllKeep.
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May 17, 2026by Rodioninventory mobile feature product
Nine Items. One Shot. The Drawer Problem, Solved.
The junk drawer in one photo. Lay nine things on a cutting board, snap once, and AllKeep names and tags each one before you finish the pile.
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May 3, 2026by Rodioninsurance inventory guide proof-of-loss claims
Insurance Documentation That Actually Pays Out: What Adjusters Want to See
Filing a claim without photos and receipts is filing a wishlist. Here's what adjusters keep asking for, and how to have it ready before they do.
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May 2, 2026by Rodioninventory apartment moving deposit guide
Documenting Your Apartment on Move-In Day (So You Get Your Deposit Back)
Move-out deductions can quietly eat your entire security deposit. Here's the move-in day photo checklist that protects you four years later.
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May 1, 2026by Rodioninventory sharing feature product
Family Invites. Without Ghosting.
Other inventory apps send a share link and leave you wondering. AllKeep tells you who accepted, who's pending, who declined — so the household actually knows.
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April 30, 2026by Rodionmoving guide relocation inventory
How to Organize a Move Without Losing a Single Box (or Your Mind)
A boring, practical, actually-works system for packing, labeling, and unpacking a move — built from three international moves and one expensive kitchen-utensils incident.
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April 29, 2026by Rodioninventory mobile feature ai product
Snap. Done. The Real Story Behind the Two-Word Headline.
Inventory apps die at item three, when typing names into a phone keyboard stops being interesting. Snap. Done. is what we built to get past it.
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April 28, 2026by Rodioninventory checklist moving insurance guide
The Household Inventory Checklist I Wish I'd Had Before My Last Move
A room-by-room household inventory checklist that pays for itself — log the right things, ignore the rest, finish in 90 minutes. Free template + free app.
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April 28, 2026by Rodionjapan product-update relocation buildinpublic
Japan Life Hub Update: 78 Cities, 204 Districts, and 2026 Numbers
Big update to Japan Life Hub — we expanded coverage from 14 to 78 cities, refreshed every 2026 data point (tax, rent, initial costs, monthly budgets), and unified the map across our tools.
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April 27, 2026by Rodionproduct-launch mobile android inventory buildinpublic
AllKeep Inventory Is Now on Android: Your Stuff, In Your Pocket
A year on the web, now in your pocket. What shipped on Android, what's deliberately missing, and why Android came before iOS.
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December 4, 2025by Rodionchrome-extension react typescript vite
Build a Chrome Extension with React, TypeScript and Vite
Step-by-step guide to building and publishing a Chrome extension using React 18, TypeScript, Vite, and Manifest V3.
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December 4, 2025by Rodionjapan salary-calculator housing relocation side-project
Japan Life Hub: Net Salary Calculator & Housing Guide
New tools for Japan Life Hub — accurate 2025 tax calculator with Year 1 vs Year 2 comparison, and comprehensive apartment rental guide in 4 languages.
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December 1, 2025by Rodionproduct-launch japan buildinpublic
Launching Japan Life Hub: Calculate Your Real Cost of Living in Japan
After months of research and development, we're launching Japan Life Hub — a free toolkit for expats and anyone planning to move to Japan.
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Days: count your trips abroad for ILR, citizenship and Schengen the way each rule does

Expiry dates in AllKeep Inventory: see what runs out and put the reminders in your calendar

Freelancing in Japan: the take-home calculator now counts business tax and your kind of return

How your take-home pay in Japan is worked out, step by step, with the rule behind each step

Japan's hotel tax in 52 places, the 3,000 yen departure tax and tax-free refunds for your trip

A free moving inventory checklist: number every box and tick it off at the new home

Japan's 10% and 8% tax on any price, and what tax-free pays back from 1 November

Your Japan salary in rupiah, dong, rupees and 23 more currencies

How much contents insurance do you need? A free calculator, room by room

Insurance details for every item: purchase date, price paid, warranty and receipt

Import your home inventory spreadsheet: Excel, Google Sheets or CSV, checked before saving

Leaving Japan: what your pension pays back, and how the 20.42 % tax comes back too

Japan's new visa renewal fees: what your status costs, period by period

A free home inventory template you can print or download for Excel

Free QR code labels for your boxes, without an account

Start a home inventory with one room: tick what's there, add photos, print the list

The Inventory page now says what the app does and what it costs

Bonus tax in Japan: what your bonus leaves, and what it costs next June

What a month costs in 78 Japanese cities, with rents from the government survey

Furusato nozei: how much you can give for 2,000 yen, and what leaving Japan does to it

National health insurance for your city, free in the salary calculator

Permanent residency in Japan: the new rules, and the month you can apply

Year-end tax adjustment 2026: what comes back with your December pay

A printable home inventory for your insurer, with photos and values

When resident tax starts in Japan, and how much it takes

AllKeep Inventory on the web: what was broken, and what works now

The Inventory Your Family Will Need If You're Not There to Explain It

Who Has Your Drill? Tracking What You Lent and Never Got Back

Declutter and Sell Before You Move: Turn Boxes Into Cash, Not Cargo

Your Emergency Kit, Inventoried: What's In It and When It Expires

What Not to Inventory: The Case Against Logging Everything

Never Lose a Warranty Again: A System for Receipts That Survive

Print QR Labels for Your Boxes: Scan a Box, See What's Inside

Where's My Passport: A 5:40 AM Story About Finding Things Fast

A Box. In a Room. In a Home. Why Locations Need to Nest.

Encircle Is Leaving Consumers. Here's What to Do This Week.

Every Angle. Every Detail. Why One Photo Per Item Is a Lie.

Free for the Basics. Forever. $7.99 Unlocks the Rest.

Four Home-Inventory Apps, One Bookshelf, One Saturday.

Home. Parents'. Airbnb. Three Inventories, One Account.

Nine Items. One Shot. The Drawer Problem, Solved.

Insurance Documentation That Actually Pays Out: What Adjusters Want to See

Documenting Your Apartment on Move-In Day (So You Get Your Deposit Back)

Family Invites. Without Ghosting.

How to Organize a Move Without Losing a Single Box (or Your Mind)

Snap. Done. The Real Story Behind the Two-Word Headline.

The Household Inventory Checklist I Wish I'd Had Before My Last Move

Japan Life Hub Update: 78 Cities, 204 Districts, and 2026 Numbers

AllKeep Inventory Is Now on Android: Your Stuff, In Your Pocket

Build a Chrome Extension with React, TypeScript and Vite

Japan Life Hub: Net Salary Calculator & Housing Guide

Launching Japan Life Hub: Calculate Your Real Cost of Living in Japan