Comparison

Beancount vs Receipt Scanner Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Beancount

This app helps you manage your finances by recording transactions in text files. It then generates financial statements like income statements and balance sheets to provide insights into your financial health.

Highlights
  • Record financial transactions
  • Generate income statements
  • Create balance sheets
  • Visualize financial data
  • Improve financial life
Features
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Your ledger is a plain-text file. You own it for good. Beancount brings serious double-entry bookkeeping to your phone without locking your financial history inside a proprietary database. Record a purchase in seconds, inspect the underlying Beancount file, and keep a Git history of every change. FINANCIAL CLARITY • See net worth, assets, liabilities, income, and expenses • Compare spending across months, quarters, and years • Explore cash flow, profit trends, budgets, merchants, and account reports YOUR BOOKS, YOUR FORMAT • Keep real Beancount-syntax text files • Browse commits, authors, and line-by-line changes • Edit the ledger source directly and take your files with you BUILT FOR REAL BOOKS • Full double-entry transactions, splits, transfers, and reimbursements • Multiple ledgers, currencies, investments, crypto, and property • Receipt capture, payee and account suggestions, search, and filters Beancount is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.

About

Receipt Scanner Pro

Digitally store and organize your business receipts. Generate date-based PDF reports to manage expenses efficiently. Streamline financial tracking and eliminate paper clutter.

Highlights
  • Scan receipts
  • Digital receipt storage
  • Generate PDF reports
  • Date-based reporting
  • Expense management
  • Organize finances
Features
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Effortlessly manage your business expenses with our intuitive app. Scan receipts, store them digitally, and easily generate date-based PDF reports. Say goodbye to paper clutter and keep all your receipts organized in one place. Perfect for business owners looking to save time and stay on top of their finances. Simple, smart, and efficient — transform the way you manage your expenses today! https://appitech.co/privacy.html https://appitech.co/terms_of_use.html

Screenshots

Beancount3 screens
Receipt Scanner Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Beancount at Free against Receipt Scanner Pro's $1.99. Beancount also leads on rating (3.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). Receipt Scanner Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Beancount is free to download; Receipt Scanner Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beancount holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beancount has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Beancount versus Receipt Scanner Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeancountReceipt Scanner Pro
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.4 (9 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB60 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStargately, Inc.ALi DEMiRCAN

Customer experience

Beancount

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Receipt Scanner Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beancount

No in-app purchases

None

Receipt Scanner Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beancount free?
Beancount is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Receipt Scanner Pro free?
Receipt Scanner Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beancount or Receipt Scanner Pro?
Beancount is rated higher. Beancount averages 3.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Receipt Scanner Pro averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Beancount or Receipt Scanner Pro have ads?
Neither Beancount nor Receipt Scanner Pro shows ads.

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