# Bonstructer: Receipt Scanner — Expense tracker & budget

> Expense tracker & budget (iPhone/iPad app by Christof Scholl.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bonstructer-receipt-scanner/id6817796640 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Christof Scholl](https://appshunter.io/developer/6817796642)
- Category: Finance, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 47 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-06
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is Bonstructer?

Bonstructer is the receipt scanner and expense tracker you can ask. Snap a paper receipt: Bonstructer reads the shop, date and every line item and files the receipt with its original photo in your notebook.

SCAN
• Paper receipts with the camera, long receipts in several parts
• QR eBons, photos, PDFs and pasted till text
• Often reads faded and crumpled receipts too
• Fix a misread line right in the receipt

ASK
• "How much did I spend on groceries this month?"
• Answers with tables and totals you can check in your notebook
• Statistics and charts by shop, category and month

SAVE AND PLAN
• Price check: what you paid against current offers in your area and your own price history
• Shopping list from the things you buy again and again
• Send a receipt by email, for example to your tax advisor or employer
• Split a receipt with flatmates or your partner
• Share notebooks with your household

MY RECIPES
• Your personal recipe book: snap a recipe card or cookbook page with the camera, ingredients and steps are filled in for you
• Put your recipes straight into the week plan, the ingredients go on the shopping list
• The chat knows your recipes: ask what to cook from them or have one adjusted, for example for four people or vegetarian

TRY IT WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT
"Try as guest" opens a demo notebook, lets you scan one receipt of your own and ask one question, no sign-up needed.

PRICING
Basic use is free. AI features such as scans and chat questions use AI credits (AIC). Buy AIC as a one-time top-up that never expires, or get a plan with monthly AIC and more storage. The app shows the price before every purchase. Plans renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; cancel any time in your Apple Account settings.

PRIVACY
App servers and receipt originals are stored in Google Cloud in Frankfurt, Germany. Receipts are read by Google Vertex AI, without data retention. No ads, and we never sell your data. Delete your account and data at any time.

Answers are written by an AI based on your receipts. They can be wrong; check amounts on the receipt when it matters. Bonstructer is not tax or legal advice.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy: https://bonstructer.com/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Family | $12.99 | per month |
| Family plan yearly | $129.99 | per year |
| Large plan monthly | $8.99 | per month |
| Large plan yearly | $89.99 | per year |
| Medium plan monthly | $3.99 | per month |
| Medium plan yearly | $44.99 | per year |
| Small plan monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Small plan yearly | $24.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10 AIC top-up | $2.99 | one-time |
| 25 AIC top-up | $5.99 | one-time |
| 50 AIC top-up | $11.99 | one-time |


## Is Bonstructer safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Bonstructer.

## Is Bonstructer legit?

Bonstructer: Receipt Scanner has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bonstructer is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.12 — 2026-10-26

• Recipes: chat with Bo about a recipe and get variants
• Add meal plan dishes to your phone calendar
• Gluten-free diet in your profile: items with gluten or traces of it are marked on receipts
• More reliable sign-in

### 1.0.11 — 2026-10-25

• Supports iPhone Duo: unfolded, the app uses the whole large screen
• Shopping list: new add bar at the bottom. Tap, type, pick a match; if nothing fits, your text becomes the item. "Recently used" below the list, one tap adds again
• Check a product by barcode right from the bar: red, yellow or green for your allergies
• Allergy hints on receipts, now also in the meal plan
• All lists look the same and save themselves; the same item from several lists shows once
• Meal plan: a draft before your shopping day, "Adjust" a dish instead of only swapping, remove with undo
• Invite your household, parcel tracking for more carriers, messages no longer cover buttons

### 1.0.10 — 2026-10-23

• Recipes: change the number of people next to "Ingredients", amounts adjust instantly
• Below the persons stepper you see how many pieces a recipe makes (e.g. "makes about 15 pieces"), new "Makes" field when editing
• Recipe actions sit in a pinned bar that folds away while you scroll
• Better base-recipe suggestions: "Quark-Teig" matches "Quarkteig", "Butter" no longer suggests a buttermilk bread
• Link your own base recipe as an ingredient, recipe titles in capitals read in normal case, small fixes

### 1.0.9 — 2026-10-22

• Pantry: amounts with units (pieces, kg, l), matching products are merged, used up/spoiled asks first
• Recipes show kcal per 100 g, estimated from the ingredients
• Short intro on first launch
• Profile: kitchen appliances and a verified email address for notifications
• Chat history as a panel inside the Chat tab, version number under More, small fixes and improvements
• New: Family plan – up to 5 people, each with their own account, share one subscription.

### 1.0.8 — 2026-10-21

• Search across all notebooks: find receipts in every notebook at once
• Parcel drop-off slips from Hermes, DHL, DPD, GLS and UPS: tracking number with a link to the carrier's tracking page
• Recipes and flyers as full screens; edit imported recipes before saving, and the chat knows your recipes
• Gluten-free: one switch for celiac disease and gluten allergy, short hints with icons
• Statistics: categories as a bar list with month bands
• Scan help, shop address on the receipt, small fixes and improvements

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