Dext vs ApprovalMax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dext
Effortlessly digitize and manage business expenses from receipts and invoices. Automate data extraction, categorization, and integration with accounting software to save time and simplify tax compliance.
- Automated data extraction from receipts and invoices
- AI-powered OCR with 99% accuracy
- Seamless integration with QuickBooks and Xero
- Multiple submission methods (mobile, email, web)
- Expense itemization and categorization
- Bookkeeping workspaces for costs, sales, and reports
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Dext is the best expense tracker app that effortlessly extracts data from receipts or invoices, regardless of their size or quantity, ensuring you remain in control of your expenses wherever you are. It meticulously itemizes and categorizes this data, offering valuable insights into your business. By leveraging Dext, you can make informed decisions, save time, and seamlessly integrate expenses into your accounting systems. As a cloud-based easy expense management solution, once you sign up for Dext through the app, you gain access to various expense management features and submission methods across different devices. - Submit receipts via Mobile app - Upload expenses from your computer - Email Invoices via your dedicated Dext Prepare email-in address - Set up a Fetch connection with a supplier Key Benefits: * Expense data extraction with a simple snap: Our Optical Character Recognition, with 99.9% accuracy and combined with AI, digitizes any receipts, bills, and invoices, decoding even handwriting. * Experience even faster, automated integration with your suppliers and accountants: Your expense data seamlessly travels from 1,400+ suppliers – such as Xero, Sage and QuickBooks. We manage expense tracking, reconciliation, categorization for a simplified tax compliance. * Trustworthy data & receipt tracker: We excel in bookkeeping automation, ensuring reliable extraction and reconciliation of item transactions. No glitches, just an easy flow of expense data that enables faster business decisions. Key App features: - Camera modes: Single mode to extract a single receipt, multiple mode to capture several expenses (Dext separates each photo into a separate item), and combine mode to capture expense data spread over several pages or for very long receipts (Dext combines photos into one item). - Connect to QuickBooks (QBO) and Xero from the app: This new feature integrates software with just a couple of taps, enabling you to start tracking and sending expenses automatically to your accountant. If you work with other software like Sage, you can still connect your expenses via our cloud system on the web. - Expense itemization across all submission methods: Your data will then be categorized by industry type, expense category, document type (receipt, invoice, bank statement, credit note), owner, submission details, supplier, currency, tax amount, payment status, and more. Each of these fields can be easily edited and managed with a single tap. Three different bookkeeping workspaces: Cost data to keep track of the receipts, invoices and other expenses that your business uses to purchase goods and services. Sales workspace to track the invoices and other financial documents that your business issues to its customers for payment. Expense reports to collate an individual’s reimbursable payments. REASONS TO TRY DEXT Save hours each month by streamlining expenses, data entry, reconciliation, and categorization. Facilitate real-time submission of expense reports by employees. Whether they are on a business trip or dining out. Centralize all your documents on Dext (invoices, expense reports, bank statements, bills, receipt data, etc.) As the best bookkeeping app in the market, Dext ensures your receipt data is safely stored using bank-level encryption and fully GDPR compliant Start your 14-day free trial today! Main integrations: Xero QuickBooks online Sage accounting FreeAgent KashFlow Gusto Dropbox & More Awards: * 2024 - Winner - ‘Small Business App Partner of the Year’ (Xero Awards UK and Australia) * 2023 Winner - ‘Best Accounting Cloud-Based Software Company’ (SME News - IT Awards) * 2023 Winner - ‘Best Accounting Pre-Accounting Automation Specialists 2023’ (Acquisition International) Privacy policy: https://www.dext.com/eu/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.dext.com/eu/terms-and-conditions
ApprovalMax
Streamline your business approvals with this mobile app, allowing you to approve requests, create purchase orders, and communicate with stakeholders on the go. It integrates with cloud accounting platforms like Xero and QuickBooks Online to manage spend and revenue efficiently.
- Approve on the go
- Create purchase orders
- Instant notifications
- Real-time chat
- Due date reminders
- Administrator approval forcing
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Our ApprovalMax mobile app is a native app that provides all key decision control capabilities of the ApprovalMax web version; in particular approving on the go, raising and submitting Purchase Orders, commenting approval/rejection decisions. The ApprovalMax web version extends cloud accounting platforms such as Xero and QuickBooks Online with fully digital processes for efficient spend and revenue management. For Xero, ApprovalMax provides multi-role and multi-tiered approval workflows for Bills, Purchase Orders, Credit Notes, Sales Invoices, and enables Purchase Order creation and approval outside of Xero. It also facilitates x-way matching of Bills and Purchase Orders, and supports budgeting control. For QuickBooks Online, ApprovalMax provides Purchase Order creation and approval outside of the accounting platform. Please note: before you can start using our mobile app, the approval workflow must have been set up in the web app. Key features of the iPhone app: • Approving on the go • Instant notification about new approval requests • Real-time chat with Requesters and other Approvers • Due date reminders • PO creation on the go • Forcing approval decisions (for Administrators) Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us on: support@approvalmax.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ApprovalMax at none against Dext's 15. Dext's advantage is ratings volume (7.4K vs 34). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Dext sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. ApprovalMax asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Dext against 4.9 for ApprovalMax. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dext has 7.4K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Dext's written reviews are positive against 64% of ApprovalMax's.
Dext ships an update every 2 weeks, ApprovalMax fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dext | ApprovalMax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.4K ratings) | 4.9 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.4K — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dext Software Limited | ApprovalMax Germany GmbH |
Customer experience
Dext
ApprovalMax
Bugs and requests
Dext
Reported bugs
5 issues- Incorrect categorization of expenses
- Receipts disappearing or not uploading properly
- Inability to add custom expense categories
- Grayed out and unavailable fields in the app
- Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Allow manual adjustment of taxes
- Provide ability to rearrange receipts by date, amount, etc.
- Add option to submit receipts for approval directly from the app
- Enable access to photo folders for importing receipts
- Improve OCR accuracy and reliability
ApprovalMax
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dext
- Business (Monthly)$12.991 Month
- Business Plus (Monthly)$25.491 Month
- Business - 5 users, 250 docs$34.991 Month
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- Business - 6 users, 300 docs$39.991 Month
- Business - 7 users, 350 docs$49.991 Month
- Business - 8 users, 400 docs$49.991 Month
- Premium (Monthly)$50.991 Month
- Business - 9 users, 450 docs$59.991 Month
- Business - 10 users, 500 docs$69.991 Month
- Business (Annual)$124.991 Year
- Business Plus (Annual)$244.991 Year
- Business - 5 users, 250 docs$349.991 Year
- Business - 6 users, 300 docs$399.991 Year
- Premium (Annual)$449.991 Year
- Business - 8 users, 400 docs$499.991 Year
ApprovalMax
No in-app purchases









