Shoeboxed vs Return Window Radar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Return Window Radar
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Return Window Radar is the quiet, private way to make sure you never miss a return deadline — or leave a refund on the table. Most of us lose money the same way: we mean to return something, the window quietly closes, and that’s that. Return Window Radar watches every return window for you and shows, at a glance, exactly how much money you can still get back. Everything stays on your iPhone. No account. No cloud. No tracking. WHY YOU’LL LIKE IT • See what’s still returnable — and the total dollars on the table — the moment you open the app. • A countdown for every purchase: what’s due today, what’s expiring soon, what’s safe. • Gentle reminders before a window closes, so a deadline never sneaks past you. • Track refunds you’ve recovered, so you can watch the money you didn’t lose add up. SCAN A RECEIPT, DONE Scan a receipt with your camera — or pick one from Photos — and Return Window Radar reads it on-device and fills in the store, date, and total for you. Snap it, confirm, and it’s tracked. KNOWS THE POLICIES Add a store and the app suggests its return window automatically from a built-in catalog of common retailers — so you don’t have to look it up. ADD IT TO YOUR CALENDAR Send any return deadline to Apple Calendar with a tap, if you’d rather be reminded there. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Return Window Radar has no servers and no analytics. Your purchases, receipts, and reminders live only on your device and are never uploaded — receipt text recognition happens entirely on-device. Stop giving away money you could get back. Put your returns on the radar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Shoeboxed at #136 against Return Window Radar's unranked. Shoeboxed also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Shoeboxed sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.39 per month and Return Window Radar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shoeboxed ships an update every 2 weeks, Return Window Radar weekly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Shoeboxed | Return Window Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | #136 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shoeboxed.com | Antonio Vargas |
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
Return Window Radar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shoeboxed
- 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
Return Window Radar
- Radar Pro - Unlimited Tracking$2.99
Questions
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