# HeyJerni: Receipt Scanner — Private Tax & Expense Tracker

> Offline AI receipt scanner and expense tracker for private financial management. (iPhone/iPad app by ng ka ho.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heyjerni-receipt-scanner/id6757729713 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ng ka ho](https://appshunter.io/developer/1800078952)
- Category: Finance, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 82 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)
- Released: 2026-05-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-06
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heyjerni-receipt-scanner/id6757729713/reviews.md

## What is HeyJerni?

HeyJerni turns a shoebox of receipts and the kilometres you drive for work into a tidy, tax-ready record, without sending a single expense to us or anyone else.

Photograph a receipt and the on-device AI reads the amount, merchant and date. Record a work drive with GPS, or say what you spent and it is written down. Import a bank statement and tick off what you never recorded. At tax time, export everything your accountant needs in one tap. No account, no bank linking.

SCAN ANY RECEIPT
• Snap one receipt or a whole stack, and each page becomes its own record
• Or share one in from Photos, a screenshot or an email
• On-device AI extracts amount, merchant and date; you just review and save
• The app remembers which merchant belongs to which category

LOG THE DRIVE, CLAIM THE KILOMETRES
• Tap Record a drive and GPS draws the route as you go. It keeps recording with the phone locked
• Or add a trip by hand, with Apple Maps place search
• Claim by cents per kilometre, with the published rate and the 5,000 km cap
• Or keep a logbook for at least twelve weeks and claim a share of what the car really costs, with the estimate shown while the period runs
• Keep fuel, servicing and rego beside the car, and get a reminder before the rego or insurance is due
• Optional Shortcuts automations start and finish a drive when you connect to CarPlay or your car's Bluetooth
• Or start and end a drive from the Drive widget on your Home or Lock Screen

SAY IT, IT IS RECORDED
• Tap + then Say it, and say what you spent: "lunch twenty dollars, parking eight"
• Several expenses in one sentence become separate drafts to check, like a stack of scans
• Heard on your iPhone in English, Cantonese or Mandarin. Needs iOS 26

READ A BANK STATEMENT
• Share the PDF your bank exports and see the month as a checklist
• Nothing is written until you tick it, so importing never doubles up a receipt
• Transfers between your own accounts stay out of your spending

IT LOGS ITSELF WHEN YOU TAP TO PAY
• A one-time Shortcuts automation on your Wallet transactions records each tap
• Optional, and HeyJerni never sees your card details. Needs iOS 26.7

ASK HEYJERNI
• "How much did I spend on groceries this month?" answered instantly, in English or Chinese
• Every figure is computed from your own records on your iPhone

SEE THE YEAR, READY FOR TAX TIME
• Insights draws your financial year by month, purpose, category and merchant
• See the estimated tax effect of your deductions, using published ATO rates
• Record Check lists what is still missing before you lodge
• Export an Accountant Pack: PDF summary, CSV of every expense, the car logbook and all receipt images

100% PRIVATE, BY ARCHITECTURE
• No account and no sign-up. We never learn who you are
• No bank linking, and no servers of ours holding your data
• Records, routes and recordings stay in an AES-256 encrypted database on your iPhone
• Ads in the free version are non-personalised; the app never asks for tracking permission
• Back up your way: an archive you keep, or an optional backup to your own iCloud Drive. None of it reaches us

FREE TO RECORD, FREE TO CHECK
Scanning, drives, voice, statements, search, Ask, Insights, Record Check and the tax estimate are all free, with a small banner ad. Two ways to switch the ad off:
• Remove Ads Forever, a single one-time purchase
• A monthly support tier, which also unlocks the Accountant Pack export. Your first export is free, so you can see it before you decide. Cancel any time in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions

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

Requires iOS 16.4 or later. iPhone 12 or newer recommended for on-device AI. Choose from eight currencies.

HeyJerni is a record-keeping assistant, not a tax adviser. For your own entitlements, check the ATO website or a registered tax agent.

## Key features

- On-device AI receipt scanning
- Offline bank statement import
- Natural language spending queries
- Tax-ready export options
- Optional Wallet transaction automation
- 100% private, no cloud sync

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Supporter | $2.99 | per month |
| Believer | $5.99 | per month |
| Champion | $9.99 | per month |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heyjerni-receipt-scanner/id6757729713/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Game changer for expense tracking

*2026-09-11*

Offline processing for privacy + fast AI scanning. Couldn't ask for a better expense tracker!

## Frequently asked questions about HeyJerni

### How does HeyJerni handle my financial data privacy?

HeyJerni is designed for 100% privacy. It operates entirely offline with no account creation, bank linking, or cloud synchronization. Your data is stored in an AES-256 encrypted database on your iPhone.

### Can HeyJerni scan receipts offline?

Yes, after an initial one-time AI model download (approximately 1.3 GB), HeyJerni functions completely offline. Scanning, categorizing, and querying your spending all work without an internet connection.

### What are the subscription options for HeyJerni?

HeyJerni offers several subscription tiers: Supporter at $2.99/month, Believer at $5.99/month, and Champion at $9.99/month. These plans likely offer enhanced features or support for the app's development.

### How does HeyJerni help with tax preparation?

HeyJerni is built around the Australian financial year and can generate a Tax Pack. This includes a PDF summary, a CSV of every expense, and all associated receipt images, making it easy to provide documents to your accountant.

### Does HeyJerni automatically log payments made with my iPhone?

Yes, HeyJerni offers an optional one-time Shortcuts automation that monitors your Wallet transactions. When you pay with your iPhone, the expense can be automatically logged with merchant and amount, without HeyJerni ever seeing your card details.

### What languages does the 'Ask HeyJerni' feature support?

The 'Ask HeyJerni' feature allows you to ask questions about your spending in plain English or Chinese. All figures are computed directly from your own records stored on your iPhone.

### How does HeyJerni handle importing bank statements?

You can import your bank's exported PDF statement, and HeyJerni will present it as a checklist. Nothing is automatically logged; you tick off transactions to add them, preventing duplicates. Transfers between your own accounts can be excluded from spending.

### What is the age rating for HeyJerni?

HeyJerni has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for young children and adults, with no mature content.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.4 — 2026-10-04

A new look, and widgets for your Home and Lock Screen.

• Redesigned throughout in Liquid Glass, with a new typeface made for the app in English and Chinese.
• Widgets for your Home and Lock Screen. Drive starts and ends a drive with one tap and shows the km as you go. Subscriptions shows what this month costs and what is due next. Touch and hold the Home Screen → Edit → Add Widget → HeyJerni.
• Apple Pay auto-log now files public transport top-ups and fuel under Transport, even the first time you tap.
• Faster to open, to scroll and to search, and a smaller download.
• Every guide in Help now goes one step at a time, with the screen shown large.
• Fixes: a retry no longer makes a duplicate record, every receipt reaches the Accountant Pack, and supporters no longer see ads.

Your records, routes and receipts still never reach us. No account, no bank linking, no servers of ours.

### 2.3 — 2026-09-29

Your car and your voice, in the record.

• Record a drive. Tap Record a drive and GPS draws the route as you go, with the phone locked, and usually even after the app is closed. Or add a trip by hand with Apple Maps place search.
• Claim the kilometres. Cents per kilometre with the published rate and cap, or a logbook kept for at least twelve weeks, with its estimate shown while the period runs, with the cents per km figure beside it to compare.
• Everything about the car in one place. Fuel, servicing and rego sit beside the car, and a reminder arrives before the rego, insurance or service is due, as many days ahead as you choose.
• Start drives from the car. Optional Shortcuts automations start a drive when you connect to CarPlay or the car's Bluetooth, and finish it when you get out.
• Say it, it is recorded. Tap + then Voice, and say what you spent, several things at once if you like. Each one becomes a draft to check, like a stack of scanned receipts. English, Cantonese and Mandarin, heard on your iPhone. Needs iOS 26.
• The Accountant Pack now includes the car logbook and each car's claim, and its screen shows how many expenses, receipts and trips go in. Tap any of them to see the records.
• The Records card draws how the year's spending built up. Tap it for Insights.
• Help in Settings: two new step-by-step guides, for voice and for the car, with the real screens in each step.

Your records, routes and recordings still never reach us. No account, no bank linking, no servers of ours.

### 2.2 — 2026-09-21

The year, drawn. And a few things that make the app easier to live with.

• Insights. Tap Insights on the Records card to see your year by month, purpose, category and merchant, with what is deductible so far at the top. Tap any bar to open the records behind it.
• What your deductions are worth. Answer a few questions once and Insights and the Accountant Pack show the estimated tax effect of what you have recorded, using the published ATO rates. It is arithmetic, not advice.
• Record Check that goes somewhere. Each line now opens the records it is about in a sheet, with the ones that change your deduction listed first. Close the sheet and you are back on the list, with the count updated.
• Automatic iCloud backup, if you want it. Off until you turn it on. Once a day your records are saved to your own iCloud Drive, and each receipt image is sent once. Nothing comes to us, and you can see or delete the backup in the Files app. A new iPhone restores everything from it.
• A proper start. New here? Five short pages cover your currency, the three ways a record gets in, and what the year turns into at tax time. A Getting started card on Records ticks itself off as you go.
• How to use HeyJerni. Settings now has eight short guides, a step to a page, from scanning a receipt to handing the year to your accountant.
• Choose your currency. New records start in the currency you pick, and the year is totalled in it.

Also in this build: the Accountant Pack screen keeps its export button in reach, the support sheet is the height of what is in it, and the Traditional Chinese text reads as written Chinese throughout.

Your records still never reach us. No account, no bank linking, no servers of ours.

### 2.1 — 2026-09-12

Three things that were harder than they needed to be.

• Pinch a receipt to zoom in. Faded thermal print is readable now: pinch, drag around the page, double tap to fit it back on screen.
• A statement import waits for you. Leaving the checklist used to throw the import away and you had to share the PDF again. It now sits on the Records screen until you tap Discard, so you can add a few charges today and the rest tomorrow.
• Picking a purpose is one tap. On the "set categories by shop" step, the purpose chip opens a list instead of cycling through five options every time you tap it.
• Statement charges arrive with a category. The checklist now names one for the shops an Australian statement is full of, from myki top-ups and tolls to Dan Murphy's, Specsavers and Aussie Broadband, so most rows need no filing at all. Water, power and gas have a category of their own at last.
• Transfers stay out of your spending. A statement is full of money moved rather than spent, and it used to arrive ticked, ready to be written in as expenses. The import now starts by asking about the accounts behind those lines, once per account, and remembers the answer for next month.
• Send things straight to HeyJerni. The share sheet in any app now offers HeyJerni: a statement PDF opens the checklist, a photo or screenshot of a receipt opens review, already read.

Also in this build: shorter buttons, dates that follow the language you chose rather than the phone's, and better contrast for the green labels in dark mode.

Everything still runs on-device. No account, no cloud, no bank linking.

### 2.0 — 2026-09-07

A complete rebuild around receipts and Australian tax time.

• Scan a stack of receipts in one go — each page becomes its own record
• Tap to pay and it logs itself — an optional Shortcuts automation turns each Wallet transaction into an expense
• Ask HeyJerni: questions about your spending, answered on your iPhone
• Search the text printed on the receipts themselves, not just merchants and notes
• Tax Pack export: PDF summary, CSV and every receipt image in one archive
• Record Check: see what is missing before you lodge
• Full backup and restore — your archive, kept wherever you choose
• Remove Ads Forever as a one-time purchase, or a monthly tier if you would rather support the work
• Rebuilt design, faster AI, and a new app icon

Everything still runs on-device. No account, no cloud, no bank linking.

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