Everything ReceiptIQ AI does, and how it compares with ReceiptIQ Lite
ReceiptIQ AI scans your receipts. ReceiptIQ Lite is for typing them in by hand.
| Feature | ReceiptIQ AI Recommended | ReceiptIQ Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Getting receipts in | Scan with the camera, share an image in, speak it, or type it | Type them in by hand |
| Receipt scanning | Yes: reads every line item and its price | No. ReceiptIQ Lite never scans |
| Live capture camera | Finds the receipt and takes the photo by itself | No |
| Automatic categorization | Yes, item by item | No, you pick the category |
| E-receipts and screenshots via the share sheet | Yes | No |
| Bank statement import (PDF or photo, many transactions at once) | Yes (Beta): import the PDF or photograph it, get every transaction | No |
| Duplicate receipt detection | Yes | No |
| Tax category filled in automatically | Yes | No |
| Receipts in other currencies | Converted at that day’s rate | No |
| Voice input | Yes, in all 16 app languages | No |
| PDF report export | Yes | No |
| CSV export | Yes | Yes |
| Budgets, charts and recurring entries | Yes | Yes |
| Custom categories | Yes | Yes |
| Family sharing with no server | Up to 4 iPhones on one subscription | Up to 4 iPhones on one purchase |
| iCloud backup and sync | Yes, optional | No |
| Face ID lock | Yes | No |
| Apple Watch app | Yes | No |
| On-device AI scanning (Beta) | Optional, iPhone 16 or newer, English only; less accurate than cloud processing | No |
| Works offline | Everything except scanning | Yes, completely |
| Privacy | Photo and text are sent to be read and not kept; receipts stored only on your phone | Nothing leaves your phone |
| Languages | 16 (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, PL, NL, SV, DA, NO, FI, TR, KO, JA, ZH-Hant) | 4: EN, ES, JA, ZH-Hant |
| Price | Free for 30 receipts, then $1.99/month or $14.99/year | Free for 30 entries, then $2.99 once |
Point the camera and let go. The app finds the receipt, waits until it is flat and sharp, then takes the photo and crops it to the paper. Or import from your photo library. How the camera works
Import the PDF your bank gives you and ReceiptIQ AI reads every row into its own transaction, straight from the file, so nothing is missed. No PDF? A photo of the statement works too. A review list pairs each refund with the purchase it cancels, marks anything you may already have saved, and tells you when the rows add up to the total printed on the statement. Card and account numbers are masked on your iPhone first.
Say it instead of typing it: “I bought coffee at Starbucks for $5.35” becomes a saved expense with the store, amount and category. Voice input follows the app's language, in all 16 of them.
Reads the store, the date and every line item with its price, then checks that the items add up to the printed total.
The AI gives every item on the receipt its own category, so one supermarket trip can split into groceries, household and pharmacy. Change any of them with a tap. See a real grocery receipt split by category
A receipt in yen, euros or pounds is converted to your own currency at that day’s rate, with the printed amount kept alongside it. Japanese and Chinese receipts are read whatever language the app is set to. Read the Japan-trip story
Scan the same receipt twice by mistake and ReceiptIQ AI notices — same store, same day, same total — and tells you it's already saved instead of adding it again.
Sales tax, environmental and recycling fees, and refundable deposits are filed into their own Tax category, so you can see exactly what you paid in tax over any period.
Before every release the scanner is checked against more than 500 receipts from 13 countries, including the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Taiwan and Germany, receipt by receipt. See how we test · how the release gate works
One tap builds an audit-ready PDF report for any period: summary, per-category totals, and every receipt with its scan. Made for tax time and expense claims.
CSV or PDF for a month, a quarter, a tax year or any custom period — filtered to a single category when you need it.
Type “latte” and find every receipt that had one on it. Search works on the store name, on any single item on any receipt, on an amount (12.99 or 12,99 both work) and on a date typed as 20260918.
See spending by category and by day for any period, set a budget for each category, and watch the budget bar fill as the month goes on.
Mark a bill as weekly, biweekly or monthly and ReceiptIQ AI adds the next one on its due day, so rent and subscriptions never go missing from the month.
One subscription unlocks up to 4 devices. Pair by QR code — receipts, categories, budgets, and photos sync directly between your family's phones when they're on the same WiFi with the app open, never through a server.
When you scan, ReceiptIQ AI sends the receipt photo and its text securely to be read. Nothing is kept on our servers; your receipts and photos are stored only on your iPhone.
The app speaks 16 languages: English, Spanish, French (including Canadian French), German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Turkish, Korean, Japanese and Traditional Chinese. Receipts printed in Japanese or Chinese are read correctly whatever language the app is set to.
View your current expenses right on your wrist! Track spending, check budgets, and stay on top of your finances with the convenient Apple Watch companion app.
Comparing apps? Our iPhone receipt scanner guide lists what to check (line items, where the photo goes, export, price), and the budget app for iPhone guide shows how scanned receipts become category budgets.
