DeductiBee vs H&R Block DeductionPro
DeductionPro is the answer most often offered in forum threads about life after ItsDeductible, and it has a longer history than anything else in this comparison: H&R Block was selling it as standalone software back when Intuit's product was still paid. Today it is a feature inside their tax software rather than a product you can buy on its own, which is both its strength and the thing to understand before you rely on it. Everything below was read from H&R Block's 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.
No separate price: DeductionPro is included with H&R Block's Deluxe, Premium, and Self-Employed products, so its cost is the cost of the edition you buy. Their pricing changes each season, so check their current rates before assuming it is cheaper or dearer than a standalone tracker.
Feature comparison
Written to be checkable. Where a plain "no" would misrepresent DeductionPro, the cell says what it actually does instead.
| Feature | DeductiBee | H&R Block DeductionPro |
|---|---|---|
| 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, inside H&R Block's paid tax products |
| How you get it | A standalone app. You do not have to file with anyone in particular. | Bundled with H&R Block Deluxe, Premium, or Self-Employed. It is not sold on its own. |
| Price | Free for 20 new item entries a year, then $19.99 a year, $2.99 a month, or $59.99 once | Whatever the H&R Block edition costs that season. Free H&R Block tiers do not include it. |
| Year-round trackingCredit where it is due: this is a real tracker, not just a filing-time calculator. | Yes. Log the drop-off on the day you make it. | Yes. H&R Block describes it as a year-round tracking tool for all charitable donations in one place, which is more than TurboTax's FMV tool offers. |
| If you file somewhere else | Works with anything: TXF for TurboTax Desktop, CSV, a Form 8283 worksheet PDF, and a typed summary for any online preparer | Tied to H&R Block. The totals flow into an H&R Block return, and switching preparers means leaving the tool behind. |
| Is there a phone app for it | Yes, a native iPhone app from the App Store | Not as a standalone donation app. It lives inside their tax products, as of August 9, 2026. |
| Where records live | On your iPhone, syncing only through your own private iCloud database | In your H&R Block account |
| Donation types | Items, cash, mileage, and volunteer out-of-pocket expenses | Cash and non-cash goods, out-of-pocket expenses, and mileage. The same four the incumbent covered. |
| 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 | H&R Block describes thousands of fair market values for hundreds of commonly donated household items. We could not find a published source or methodology for them as of August 9, 2026. |
| Catalog shape | 1,172 donatable goods at launch, 784 of them with a cited value range and the rest set up for a custom figure | Described as hundreds of commonly donated household items across clothing, sporting goods, furniture, and household appliances |
| Condition tiers | Like new, Good, Fair, priced separately for every item | Not described on the pages we read as of August 9, 2026 |
| Photo evidence | Photos on items and on the drop-off receipt | Not described on the pages we read as of August 9, 2026 |
| Totals into the return | Exported as a worksheet PDF, CSV, TXF, or a typed summary, depending on where you file | Calculated and entered into your H&R Block return directly, which is the point of bundling it |
| Records that outlive the product | On your device, with free raw CSV export on every tier, permanently | In an account with a tax company. ItsDeductible is the standing example of what that can mean. |
Competitor details above were read from their own pages on August 9, 2026: H&R Block on using DeductionPro, H&R Block's DeductionPro announcement. Products change. If something here is out of date, tell us and it gets fixed.
Where DeductionPro is genuinely ahead
It is a real year-round tracker, not a filing-time calculator, and that distinguishes it sharply from what Intuit left behind in TurboTax. It covers the same four donation types ItsDeductible did, it has been doing this for over twenty years, and if you already buy H&R Block Deluxe it is included at no extra cost. For a lot of households that combination is unbeatable on price.
It also puts the totals straight into the return, which is a step DeductiBee cannot remove for you unless you file with TurboTax Desktop and use the TXF export.
The reservation we would raise is the one this whole section exists because of. ItsDeductible was a donation tracker bundled with a tax product, run by a large company, and it was switched off with about six weeks' notice. A tracker whose life is tied to a tax company's product strategy is the same shape of bet, however good the tool is.
Which is right for you
DeductiBee is the better fit if
- You do not want your donation records tied to which tax company you file with this year.
- You want a phone in your hand at the donation bin, not a desktop tax product.
- You want photos attached to the donations they document.
- You want the published guide behind each suggested value shown next to it.
- You would rather not buy a Deluxe tax edition just to get a donation tracker.
DeductionPro is the better fit if
- You already buy H&R Block Deluxe or higher, in which case it costs you nothing more.
- You want the totals to land in your return with no transcription at all.
- You want one company handling both the tracking and the filing.
- You prefer working at a desktop.
Bottom line: If you file with H&R Block Deluxe or higher, DeductionPro is included, tracks year-round, and covers the same donation types the incumbent did. That is a good deal and worth taking on its own terms. DeductiBee is the alternative if you would rather your donation history not depend on which tax product you buy next year, if you want to log donations from your phone with photos attached, and if you want to see where each suggested value came from.
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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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.