Comparison

Shoeboxed vs QuickReceipts Smart Scanner

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

Head to head
About

Shoeboxed

Effortlessly scan and organize business receipts and track mileage for tax deductions. Automates extraction of vendor, amount, date, and category. Offers automatic background mileage tracking for business trips.

Highlights
  • Automatic receipt scanning
  • Data extraction (vendor, amount, date, category)
  • Searchable receipt storage
  • Automatic background mileage tracking
  • Mileage deduction calculation
  • Mail-in receipt scanning service
  • IRS-ready expense reports
Features
Currently charting
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STOP CARRYING TWO APPS FOR MILES AND RECEIPTS Our mileage customers ask us the same question: "Wait, does your mileage tracker do my receipts too?" It does. You get UNLIMITED mileage tracking starting at $9/mo AND receipt capture/extraction too. And did you know we're the only receipt app that still scans paper receipts? True. AUTOMATIC, UNLIMITED MILEAGE TRACKING Your phone tracks every business trip in the background. Every evening, we text you a summary: your trips, your miles, your potential deductions. Text back which ones were for work. That's it. No buttons, no screens, no remembering to start tracking. At the current IRS rate of $0.76/mile, 12,000 business miles means $9,120 in deductions. DIGITAL RECEIPTS MADE EASY Photograph any business receipt, our app reads it and extracts the key fields in seconds. Have receipts in email? Just forward them to receipts@shoeboxed.com and they land in your account. Gmail user? Install our Gmail plugin and we read them automatically. We grab the fields the IRS requires: vendor, amount, date, and category. You get every receipt stored, organized, and searchable, ready for tax time or your accountant. PAPER RECEIPTS If you have a pile of paper receipts, just tap the Magic Envelopes icon in the app and: - We mail you a prepaid envelope - You stuff it with paper receipts and drop it in the mail - Real people in Durham, NC scan every receipt into your account SELF-EMPLOYED? YOU'RE PROBABLY MISSING THOUSANDS IN DEDUCTIONS. Most business owners miss deductions they've earned, simply because tracking receipts and mileage is a pain. Shoeboxed does the tracking and the sorting for you. REAL PEOPLE ANSWER THE PHONE Our support team works out of Durham, North Carolina. Call with a question and a real person answers. Amy, Jennifer, and Morgan have helped Shoeboxed customers for years, and they still pick up the phone. IRS-READY EXPENSE REPORTS One tap makes an IRS-ready expense report. Date, destination, distance, business purpose: everything the IRS asks for, captured for you and ready to send. HELPING BUSINESSES SAVE ON TAXES SINCE 2007 Featured in Forbes, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Built for self-employed, LLC owners, small business owners, owner/operator truckers, coaches, therapists, contractors, consultants, realtors, and every business owner who drives for work and has receipts to track. START YOUR TRIAL: • Starter ($9/mo): 50 scans + unlimited mileage tracking • Pro ($29/mo): 250 scans + unlimited mileage tracking • Plus ($79/mo): 1,000 scans + unlimited mileage tracking Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

QuickReceipts Smart Scanner

Effortlessly manage your paper and email receipts in one place. Automatically import digital receipts from your inbox and scan physical ones with on-device processing for enhanced privacy. Organize, track spending, and generate reports with ease.

Highlights
  • Scan paper receipts
  • Import email receipts
  • On-device processing
  • Customizable tags
  • Expense reports
  • PDF/CSV export
  • Cloud backup
Features
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Reimagine the way you collect and track your receipts. Introducing QuickReceipts, a mobile app designed to help you collect both your paper and email receipts. QuickReceipts is the only receipt tracking app that allows you to seamlessly scan your paper receipts and automatically import email receipts directly from your inbox. This app saves you valuable time by saving all of your receipts in one place. The goal of QuickReceipts is simple: to help consumers go paperless with receipts. Paper receipts are a hassle to manage - they’re easy to lose track of and take up space in your pocket, purse, and drawer. Easily save them to QuickReceipts with a couple simple steps. Alternatively, you can eliminate the need to snap pictures of paper receipts and start automating the way you collect and organize your receipts. You can automatically import your email receipts* directly into QuickReceipts. We utilize the latest iPhone capabilities to process receipts on your device, ensuring your data stays safe and private on your device. 

QuickReceipts is free to use, but you can upgrade to QuickReceipts Pro for up to 100 custom tags, secure cloud backup, and multi-device access. Perfect for freelancers, consultants, and anyone managing receipts across multiple projects. Features: - Access your paper and digital receipts in one place - Scan paper receipts and use our on-device processing to extract vendor, address, total, tax, tip, date, and time - Upload pictures of paper receipts from your photo album - Manually create receipt entries - Automatically sync your last month of receipts in your inbox - Import additional email receipts as needed - Get notified of new email receipts in your Gmail inbox - Search your inbox and import emails directly from the app - Create customized tags to categorize purchases (up to 10 free, 100 with Pro) - Multi-select and bulk edit multiple receipts - Add notes and flag receipts for easy reminder - Create expense reports by date range and tags - Export receipts by PDF, CSV, and ZIP file - Secure cloud backups of your data - Quick share receipts using a share sheet - Filter and sort your receipts - Create folders to organize your receipts - Track spending with helpful spending overviews - Look at purchases by vendor - Enhanced Insights to help you dig deeper on spending trends - Custom reminder notifications - Utilize Quick Insights, our on-device purchase intelligence - Modernized design with functionality familiar to iOS users - Consumer privacy friendly with on-device processing and intelligence * Note: QuickReceipts is only compatible with Gmail inboxes at the moment. Access to different email inboxes will be released down the road. QuickReceipts is compatible with Gmail inboxes and available exclusively for iOS devices in the United States and Canada. We’re always updating and adding new features to the app, so stay tuned for more! The future of receipts is here - download QuickReceipts now and get started for FREE. If you want more from the app, QuickReceipts Pro is available. What you get from Pro: - Up to 100 custom tags to organize receipts your way - Access receipts from multiple devices - Batch import more receipts from your inbox - Enhanced insights to dive deeper into spending patterns Pro is available for $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year. Subscriptions renew automatically - cancel anytime. Learn more about Pro on our website. Ready for a better way to manage your receipts? Get started today! Have a feature request or need help? Email us at support@quickreceipts.co Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ QuickReceipts Terms of Use: https://quickreceipts.co/terms

Screenshots

Shoeboxed4 screens
QuickReceipts Smart Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: QuickReceipts Smart Scanner at 4.8 against Shoeboxed's 4.5. QuickReceipts Smart Scanner also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 60%). Shoeboxed's advantage is chart position (#110 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Shoeboxed sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.39 per month and QuickReceipts Smart Scanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

QuickReceipts Smart Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.8K and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Shoeboxed's written reviews are positive against 76% of QuickReceipts Smart Scanner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shoeboxed ships an update every 2 weeks, QuickReceipts Smart Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Shoeboxed versus QuickReceipts Smart Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoeboxedQuickReceipts Smart Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings)4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews75.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better1.8K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#110 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShoeboxed.comQuickReceipts, Inc.

Customer experience

Shoeboxed

All ratings1,811 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral8.4%
Negative31.6%

QuickReceipts Smart Scanner

All ratings1,777 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative20.0%

User reviews

Shoeboxed

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Highly recommended
  • 🚀 Efficient receipt management
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🤝 Excellent customer service
  • 💰 Helpful for taxes and expenses

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy app updates
  • 🕰️ Slow processing of receipts
  • 🔍 Inconsistent data capture
  • 🔒 Account and data issues
  • 💰 Expensive paid plans

QuickReceipts Smart Scanner

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great receipt app
  • 👍 Easy and simple to use
  • 💡 Developers make improvements
  • 🔒 Privacy-friendly
  • 👍 Good core features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and loses data
  • 🐛 Deleted all receipts
  • 👎 OCR only scans total, not item details
  • 🐛 Unable to recover lost data

Bugs and requests

Shoeboxed

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Receipts disappearing or not syncing
  • Login and account creation problems
  • Slow performance and app crashes
  • Incorrect data extraction from receipts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved mileage tracking
  • Faster receipt processing
  • More customization options
  • Better integration with accounting software
  • Ability to edit/correct receipt data

QuickReceipts Smart Scanner

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on usage
  • Loses all uploaded receipts

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to scan multi-page receipts
  • Automatic deletion of old receipts
  • Manual vendor input option

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Shoeboxed

Subscriptions10
  • Starter Plan1 Month trial$7.391 Month
  • Starter Monthly7 Days trial$9.001 Month
  • Shoeboxed Mobile Premium1 Month trial$14.951 Month
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  • Lite Plan1 Month trial$14.951 Month
  • Shoeboxed Mobile Pro1 Month trial$24.991 Month
  • Pro Plan1 Month trial$24.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$29.001 Month
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$79.001 Month
  • Starter Annual7 Days trial$97.001 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$290.001 Year
2 purchases

QuickReceipts Smart Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • QuickReceipts Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • QuickReceipts Pro Yearly$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Shoeboxed free?
Shoeboxed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QuickReceipts Smart Scanner free?
QuickReceipts Smart Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Shoeboxed or QuickReceipts Smart Scanner?
QuickReceipts Smart Scanner is rated higher. Shoeboxed averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while QuickReceipts Smart Scanner averages 4.8 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Shoeboxed or QuickReceipts Smart Scanner have ads?
Neither Shoeboxed nor QuickReceipts Smart Scanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shoeboxed or QuickReceipts Smart Scanner?
Shoeboxed ships an update every 2 weeks, and QuickReceipts Smart Scanner fortnightly. Most recently, Shoeboxed was updated on November 6, 2026 and QuickReceipts Smart Scanner on November 10, 2026.

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