- The price comparison website Go.Compare has launched a new free app
- Renewal is designed to organise all of your insurance docs in one place
- It also helps you save money with reminders when it’s time to renew them
Staying on top of your insurance documents isn’t anyone’s idea of fun, but a new app is promising to solve that admin headache while saving you cash when it’s time to renew your policies.
Renewal is free to download on iOS and Android and has just been re-launched by the price comparison site Go.Compare. The original app, Rnwl, was acquired by Go.Compare in 2025, but the new, refreshed version became available this week.
The app brings two big benefits. Firstly, it lets you store the details of all your insurance policies – including your car, home and travel details – alongside your tax and MOT status, all in one handy place. That means no more rooting through old folders for documents, as the app helps you quickly pull out key info like expiry dates.
But the most useful feature for many will be Renewal’s reminders. It’ll send you these when any of your policies need to be renewed, and also tell you when you’re in the so-called “golden window” for the best deals.
That’s helpful because the best time to renew isn’t, as you may have suspected, the night before your existing policy is due to expire. “Our research shows that it’s often far cheaper to shop around for insurance policies before they’re due to renew. By launching Renewal, our aim is to make sure no-one misses that crucial window, when savings are at their highest,” said Go.Compare spokesperson Matthew Sanders.
How does it work?
I tried adding my insurance details to Renewal and the process was pretty quick and painless. As long as you’re happy to give up these details (you can check the app’s privacy policy if you’re unsure), I can definitely see the benefit of having it all centralised in one place.
Adding your car details is the most straightforward, as the app can pull in publicly available info like your MOT and tax status alongside your insurance details. The interface is clean and simple, with a dashboard gathering everything in one place, and you can add extra details like your breakdown cover so you can quickly contact your provider if you’re by the side of a road.
So far, I’ve only manually added insurance details like my home, but there is an option to “forward a policy email” to Renewal so it can pull in the info for you. Renewal says it can automatically pull out details like your provider, renewal date and policy number from an email, which could be quicker than adding them manually – if it works as well in practice.
Naturally, Renewal is a free app because it can earn a commission from insurance providers when it comes to getting new quotes. But that’s no different to some of the existing price comparison services I use, and the app feels like an upgrade on my previous ‘system’ of combining a dog-eared admin folder with frantic email searches. So far, it seems others agree, as the app has a 4.8-star rating on both the App Store and Google Play Store.
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