Documentation

Smart Receipts Docs

Smart Receipts is a receipt scanner and expense tracker app for iPhone. Learn how to scan, organize, back up, and export your receipt history.

Use-Case Guides

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Personal spending

Warranty tracking, payment modes, and reports for household budgets
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Employee reimbursement

Employee details, per-trip tags, and one PDF claim with receipt images
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Freelancer tax records

Business details, customer and project tracking, and quarterly CSV exports

Modules

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Categories

Name and emoji per spending type, assigned by AI when you scan
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Tags

Coloured labels, several per expense, for filtering and exports
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Tax Rates

Reusable tax rates with a percentage, several per expense
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Payment Modes

Cards, cash, and corporate cards as a consistent list
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Projects

Optional module for reusable project and engagement records
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Customers

Optional module for reusable customer and client records
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Warranty Tracking

Item name and expiry date on a receipt with colour-coded status

Customisation

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Base Currency

The one currency every total, report, and export is shown in
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Decimal Places

How many decimals amounts and tax round to, with a live example
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Date Format

Day-first, month-first, or year-first dates across the app and exports

Backup Guides

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How automatic backup works

What gets backed up and when new receipts are protected
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How to enable OneDrive backup

Connect Microsoft storage for receipt images and expense data
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How to restore receipts

Restore receipt history after switching phones or reinstalling

Core Features

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Receipt Scanner

AI-powered scanning that auto-extracts merchant, date, and total
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Receipt Forwarding

Email receipts to your private address and they are filed as expenses
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Expense Tracking

Organize expenses with categories, tags, and payment modes
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Export Reports

Generate PDF or CSV reports with customizable date ranges
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Automatic Cloud Backup

Back up receipts, expenses, and settings to Dropbox or OneDrive

Integrations

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Siri Shortcuts

Use your voice to scan receipts, check spending, and export reports
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Share Extension

Save receipts from Photos, Mail, or any app via the share sheet
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Automate Reports

Auto-generate and email weekly or monthly expense reports via Shortcuts

More

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Multi-Currency

Track expenses in any currency and convert to your base currency
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Privacy & Security

Face ID lock, offline-first storage, and privacy-first design