IN DEVCharge
The federal leak-rate math, done — and every deadline that follows.
Since 1 January 2026, appliances holding 15 lb or more of a covered refrigerant fall under federal leak-repair rules - a far lower bar than the one most technicians grew up with, and it reaches walk-ins, cold cases, racks and chillers that were never regulated before. Charge answers the first question in four taps: is this appliance covered, and at which threshold. Then it does the part people get wrong - the calculation, printed in full, every term of it, against the threshold the rule sets for that appliance type. Exceed it and the clocks start: repair inside 30 days, an initial verification test in that window, a follow-up within ten days, then quarterly or annual inspections until the appliance stays clean long enough. Mothball the unit and the clocks pause. Miss the window and the retrofit plan opens with its own one-year deadline. Every entry is sealed to the one before it, so an edit or deletion is detectable, and any appliance exports a Compliance Binder - the calculations, the obligations, the citations and the full event log - which is the document you hand an inspector.
Everything Charge does well.
Covered, or not - in four questions
Refrigerant, charge, appliance type, and whether it is residential AC. Unknown answers fail safe to covered, never to clear.
The arithmetic, shown
(10 lb ÷ 100 lb) ÷ (73 ÷ 365) × 100 = 50%. Every term on screen, against the threshold for that appliance type.
Every deadline the rule sets
Repair, verification tests, quarterly and annual inspections, retrofit plans - counted down, each with its citation.
A binder for the inspector
Every calculation, obligation and sealed record as a PDF, with the rules-verification date on it.
The rule changed underneath a whole trade in January 2026, and the software that tracks it is priced for portfolio operators - hundreds a month, per site, forever. The work itself is arithmetic and calendar maths on one technician's phone. So we built it to run on the device already in the van, charge once, and show its working - because a compliance number you cannot check is worth nothing when an inspector asks how you got it.
See it in action.
Simple, honest pricing.
3 appliances free - $99.99 one-time unlock, no subscription
Good to know.
Does this make me compliant?
No. Charge keeps the records and runs the dates that 40 CFR part 84 subpart C requires, with the citation for each. It is a recordkeeping tool, not a determination of compliance, and never claims to be.
Which rules does it implement?
The AIM Act leak-repair provisions at 40 CFR part 84 subpart C, effective 1 January 2026. It does not implement the separate Section 608 regime for R-22 and other ozone-depleting refrigerants - where an appliance falls outside subpart C it says so rather than applying the wrong thresholds.
Is my air conditioning covered?
Residential and light-commercial AC and heat pumps are exempt from these provisions. Chillers and variable-refrigerant-flow systems are not in that subsector, so they are not exempt by that route. The app asks, and tells you which way it landed.
What if I don't know the refrigerant or the charge yet?
Charge treats the appliance as covered and keeps it flagged until you fill the detail in. It will not mark an appliance clear on a guess.
Is there a subscription?
No. Three appliances are free forever, fully featured - the engine, the deadlines and the binder are never crippled. One payment unlocks unlimited appliances and sites.
Is my data private?
Completely. There is no account and no server. Your sites, appliances and sealed records stay in the app on your device and are never uploaded - which also means it keeps working in a walk-in with no signal.
Ashvara designed and built Charge end to end.
We build native iOS apps like this one - from first sketch to the App Store. If you have a product in mind, we can ship it.
