DeductiBee vs Charity Record
Charity Record covers more kinds of giving than any other tracker we looked at, including private stock, vehicles, digital assets, and art. If your giving is complicated, that breadth is the whole argument and DeductiBee does not match it at v1. If your giving is bags of clothes and household goods, the comparison turns on where the records live and whether you get a real iPhone app. Everything below was read from their own pages on August 9, 2026.
Pricing at a glance
Free tier is permanent: 20 new item entries a year, unlimited donation events, and unlimited import and viewing of your own history. Pro is $19.99 a year, $2.99 a month, or $59.99 once. Exporting your raw data is free on every tier.
Free up to $500 in manually added donations, then $29.99 a year plus applicable tax. Imported history does not count toward the free limit, which is a genuinely thoughtful detail and more generous than it first sounds.
Feature comparison
Written to be checkable. Where a plain "no" would misrepresent Charity Record, the cell says what it actually does instead.
| Feature | DeductiBee | Charity Record |
|---|---|---|
| Status todayDeductiBee is not on the App Store yet. Everything in the DeductiBee column describes v1.0 as scoped, not a shipping product. | In development for iPhone | Shipping, in any browser |
| Price | Free for 20 new item entries a year, then $19.99 a year, $2.99 a month, or $59.99 once | Free up to $500 of manually added donations, then $29.99 a year plus tax |
| Free tierTwo different shapes of limit. Theirs runs out sooner if you give a lot; ours runs out sooner if you give many small things. | A permanent tier: 20 new item entries a year, unlimited donation events, unlimited import and viewing | Capped by the dollar value of donations you add by hand, at $500. Imported history is excluded from the cap. |
| Is there an iPhone app | Yes, a native app from the App Store | Web only. We found no native iOS or Android app on their pages as of August 9, 2026. |
| Working offline | Fully offline. Records live on the device, so logging at a drop-off needs no signal. | A hosted web app, so a connection is required |
| Platforms | iPhone | Any modern browser, including Android and desktop |
| Where records live | On your iPhone, syncing only through your own private iCloud database | In your account on their servers |
| Account required | No DeductiBee account. Sync, if you turn it on, uses your Apple ID. | Yes, an account is required to use it |
| Donation typesThe widest coverage of anything in this comparison set, and well beyond DeductiBee v1. | Items, cash, mileage, and volunteer out-of-pocket expenses | Items, cash, mileage, public stock, private stock, vehicles, digital assets including crypto and NFTs, and art and collectibles |
| Where the values come from | Ranges derived from published thrift-store valuation guides and the methodology in IRS Publication 561, with the source shown next to every range | A 2026 fair market value guide covering 1,846 items. They link a page on how it was built; the underlying data sources were not detailed on the pages we read as of August 9, 2026. |
| Catalog size | 1,172 donatable goods at launch, 784 of them with a cited value range and the rest set up for a custom figure | 1,846 items in their 2026 guide |
| Condition tiersEffectively level. Both products let you override, and both offer three tiers where the item warrants it. | Like new, Good, Fair | Up to three value tiers per item, with custom values allowed |
| Photo evidence | Photos on items and on the drop-off receipt, on the free tier | Not described on the pages we read as of August 9, 2026 |
| ItsDeductible importTheir importer is the equal of ours, and the duplicate detection is a nice touch. | Both the pre-shutdown CSVs and the spreadsheet from an Intuit data request, free on every tier | CSV or XLSX upload with duplicate detection and a preview before importing, covering all four ItsDeductible donation types |
| Exports | Form 8283 worksheet PDF, CSV, TXF, a receipt PDF with signature lines, and a manual-entry summary for TurboTax Online | CSV on all accounts. PDF, HTML, and TXF on paid accounts only. |
| Raw data exportBoth products let you leave with your data, which is the right answer and worth saying. | Free on every tier, permanently, including after a subscription lapses | CSV is available on all accounts, including free ones |
Competitor details above were read from their own pages on August 9, 2026: charityrecord.com, their ItsDeductible alternative page, their donation tracker page. Products change. If something here is out of date, tell us and it gets fixed.
Where Charity Record is genuinely ahead
Breadth. Private stock, vehicles, digital assets, and art and collectibles are all real categories with real tax complexity, and Charity Record is the only product in this comparison set that covers them. DeductiBee handles items, cash, mileage, and volunteer out-of-pocket expenses at v1, and nothing else. If your giving includes any of the rest, that is a straightforward answer.
Their free tier is also smarter than most. Excluding imported history from the $500 cap means bringing twenty years of ItsDeductible records across does not immediately consume your trial, which is exactly the right instinct and something we should credit rather than glide past.
Which is right for you
DeductiBee is the better fit if
- You want a real iPhone app, not a browser tab, for logging donations on the spot.
- You want the records on your own device rather than in an account on someone's server.
- Your giving is household goods and clothing, where the valuation work is the hard part.
- You want the published guide behind each suggested value shown next to it.
- You would rather pay once, at $59.99, than annually forever.
Charity Record is the better fit if
- You donate stock, private stock, vehicles, crypto, or art, none of which DeductiBee handles at v1.
- You are on Android, or you want to work at a desktop.
- You have a large ItsDeductible history to import and want it excluded from the free cap.
- You want a bigger item catalog today: 1,846 against ours.
- You give a few high-value things a year rather than many small ones.
Bottom line: Charity Record is the right answer if your giving is complicated: it covers donation types DeductiBee will not touch at v1, and it does so in a browser on any device. DeductiBee is the right answer if your giving is bags of household goods and what you want is a native iPhone app that works with no signal, records that sit on your own phone, sourced values, and a $10-a-year lower price with a lifetime option.
Primary sources for the tax claims on this page
- Publication 561, Determining the Value of Donated PropertyIRS, IRS publication
- Instructions for Form 8283IRS, IRS form
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Import what you already have, value what you gave with a source attached, and export the paperwork when you file.
Free to start, with 20 new item entries a year. Pro is $19.99 a year. Importing and exporting your own raw data is free on every tier.