ReceiptIQ Pro vs ReceiptIQ Lite: Which One Should You Get?
Short answer: get ReceiptIQ: AI Receipt Scanner (we call it Pro) if you have paper receipts and want AI to read them — every line item and price, on any supported iPhone. Get ReceiptIQ Lite if you mostly type expenses in yourself and prefer a one-time $2.99 purchase over a subscription. Both are private by design, both track budgets, and both now share one of our favorite features: family sharing that syncs device-to-device with no cloud.
The two apps in one view
| ReceiptIQ (Pro) | ReceiptIQ Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Subscription — $19.99/year (or monthly); first 30 receipts free | One-time $2.99 forever; first 30 transactions free |
| Receipt scanning | Full AI on every supported iPhone — store, date, every line item + price, with accuracy post-processing; optional fully on-device AI on iPhone 16+ | Beta, on-device only — requires iPhone with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26+); manual entry is the primary flow |
| Entry methods | Scan, photo, voice input, bank-statement import, manual | Manual first; scan/photo (beta) |
| Family sharing (no cloud) | One subscription covers up to 4 devices | One $2.99 purchase covers the family — members join free |
| Reports | Audit-ready PDF (every scanned receipt on its own page) + CSV | CSV export |
| Extras | Apple Watch app, multi-currency, 5 languages | Lean and fast; 4 languages |
| Privacy | No account; on-device AI option; family sync has no server | No account; nothing ever leaves your devices |
Choose Pro if…
- Paper receipts are your reality — groceries, pharmacy, restaurants — and you want them read for you, item by item, with serious accuracy engineering behind the parsing.
- You want voice entry ("coffee four fifty at Blue Bottle"), bank-statement import, or the Apple Watch app.
- You need audit-ready PDF reports with the scans included — for taxes, reimbursement, or an accountant.
- You have any supported iPhone — Pro's scanning works on all of them, not just the newest.
Choose Lite if…
- You enter most expenses by hand and want it fast, clean, and permanently yours for $2.99 — no subscription, ever.
- You want family sharing at a one-time price: the buyer hosts, up to three family members join free and share premium.
- You're happy treating scanning as a bonus: on iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Lite's beta scanning works entirely on-device.
What they share
The same philosophy: your financial data belongs on your devices. Neither app requires an account. Both track category budgets with monthly charts. And both use our device-to-device family sync — receipts and budgets move between your family's phones over your home WiFi, verified by Apple's own cryptographic signatures, with no server anywhere in the picture (here's how that works under the hood).
Can I switch later?
Yes in spirit — both apps export CSV, and both start free (30 receipts/transactions), so the cheapest path is simply: try the one that sounds like you. If you start in Lite and find yourself photographing stacks of receipts, that's the sign you're a Pro user.
Try ReceiptIQ free — scan your first 30 receipts, no account required.
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