Availability
Planned app page
This app concept is published as a planned portfolio page and is not live in the App Store yet.
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Receipt Scanner for iPhone
Scan a Sunday-night stack of restaurant and Uber receipts into one organized PDF for Monday’s expense report — on-device OCR, no $9.99-per-week subscription, no Expensify lock-in.
Free to try. Pro $4.99/month (3-day free trial), $14.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime. No weekly subscription traps.
Best for
Edge detection + auto-crop
Point the camera at any receipt — crumpled, faded, or angled — and the app finds the edges, fixes perspective, and boosts contrast for readable text. Works on thermal printer rolls, restaurant tabs, and merchant copies.
Privacy
Private by default
Receipt Scanner processes scans on-device using iOS Vision and Core Image.
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Features
Built around the work people actually need to finish.
Edge detection + auto-crop
Point the camera at any receipt — crumpled, faded, or angled — and the app finds the edges, fixes perspective, and boosts contrast for readable text. Works on thermal printer rolls, restaurant tabs, and merchant copies.
On-device OCR
Pro tier extracts merchant name, total, date, and category from the receipt automatically using iOS Vision. No upload, no server, no waiting. Data lands in editable fields you confirm before saving.
Long-receipt mode
For receipts that print 2-foot thermal strips (sushi places, hardware stores), the app captures multiple shots and stitches them into one clean image. Works for receipts up to 36 inches.
Projects + categories
Group receipts by month, client, project, or tax category (Meals, Travel, Office Supplies, Home Office). Useful for self-employed quarterly tax estimates and W-2 expense reimbursement.
Multi-page PDF + CSV export
Pro tier exports all receipts for a date range as one paginated PDF (for email/upload) or as CSV (date, merchant, amount, category — for QuickBooks, Wave, or spreadsheet import).
iCloud-native sync
Receipts stored in your iCloud Drive — not on a Swarmval server. Switching phones, restoring backup, or accessing from iPad works automatically. No third-party login.
Quick answers
Short answers before this app ships.
These direct answers explain what the planned app is for, confirm that it is not live yet, and state the intended pricing path clearly.
What is Receipt Scanner?
Receipt Scanner is a planned Swarmval app for receipt scanner, scan receipts, expense receipts on iPhone. Scan a Sunday-night stack of restaurant and Uber receipts into one organized PDF for Monday’s expense report — on-device OCR, no $9.99-per-week subscription, no Expensify lock-in.
Is Receipt Scanner live in the App Store yet?
No. Receipt Scanner is a planned standalone app page in the Swarmval portfolio, so the page explains the product direction without claiming the app is already live in the App Store.
What pricing is planned for Receipt Scanner?
Free to try. Pro $4.99/month (3-day free trial), $14.99/year, or $19.99 lifetime. No weekly subscription traps. That is the intended Swarmval pricing model once Receipt Scanner ships.
Free vs Pro
Try the workflow first. Upgrade when the limits matter.
Swarmval apps avoid surprise weekly pricing. The upgrade path is visible before purchase and support links are easy to find.
Free
- ✓10 receipts per day
- ✓Auto-crop and perspective correction
- ✓Basic category tagging (manual)
- ✓No ads, no email gate
Pro
- ✓Unlimited receipts
- ✓On-device OCR (merchant, total, date)
- ✓Multi-page PDF + CSV export
- ✓Lifetime $19.99 option (one-time)
Screenshots
Planned iOS product direction for this search intent.
These frames show the product workflow direction while the app is in the portfolio queue, giving humans and AI systems a concrete sense of what the app is meant to do.
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Receipt Scanner Receipt
Auto-crop ready OCR
Edge detection + auto-crop
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Receipt Scanner Receipt
Auto-crop ready OCR
On-device OCR
9:41
Receipt Scanner Receipt
Auto-crop ready OCR
Long-receipt mode
Privacy
Private by default, clear when sharing.
Receipt Scanner processes scans on-device using iOS Vision and Core Image. Receipts and extracted data never upload to a Swarmval server. iCloud sync goes through your Apple account, not through Swarmval. Swarmval does not read receipt contents and does not use receipt data for advertising or analytics.
Read privacy policy FAQ
Are app-scanned receipts accepted for tax deductions? +
Yes. The IRS has accepted digital receipts since 1997 (Rev. Proc. 97-22), as long as they are legible, complete, and show the date, merchant, and amount. Most US state tax agencies follow the same rule. Receipt Scanner exports clean, readable PDFs with embedded metadata that meet these requirements. Keep the PDF for at least 3 years (IRS audit window).
Will the IRS accept screenshots of receipts? +
Yes, with the same caveats. The IRS does not require paper. What matters is that the receipt clearly shows: date of purchase, merchant name, item or service description, and amount paid. Receipt Scanner produces an enhanced JPG/PDF that beats a screenshot for legibility (auto-crop, contrast boost, perspective correction).
Does iOS Notes already have a scanner? +
Yes — Notes can scan a document via the camera button, and it does auto-crop reasonably well. But it does not extract receipt fields (merchant, total, date), does not categorize, does not group by month/project, and does not export to CSV for accounting import. Receipt Scanner adds the workflow on top of the scanning step.
Can I replace Expensify or Concur with this? +
Partly. Receipt Scanner handles the capture, OCR, and organization — but does not push approvals to a manager, does not integrate with your company’s accounting system, and does not handle mileage tracking. For self-employed, freelancer, and small-team workflows it covers the receipt side. For W-2 employees at a company that mandates Expensify or Concur, use this to organize personally, then upload PDFs to your company portal.
Why are receipt scanner apps subscription-only? +
Many App Store receipt scanners charge $4.99–$14.99 per week or $99/year for what is mostly a wrapper around iOS Vision OCR (free to all developers). Receipt Scanner runs the same on-device OCR with a useful 10-per-day free tier and a $19.99 lifetime option. No infrastructure cost behind the weekly fee in the fleeceware versions.
Will my receipt data upload anywhere? +
No. All capture, cropping, and OCR happen on-device. iCloud sync uses your Apple iCloud account directly — Swarmval has no copy of your receipts. You can verify by enabling Airplane Mode — scanning and OCR still work; only iCloud sync pauses (it resumes when you reconnect).
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