Comparison

Receipt Scanner vs Purchy

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

Head to head
About

Receipt Scanner

Create professional invoices, estimates, and receipts with a user-friendly interface. Streamline financial management by tracking income, items, and customers. Easily convert estimates to invoices and organize expenses for tax season.

Highlights
  • Effortless invoicing
  • Easy estimates
  • Receipt tracker
  • Bill organizer
  • Professional document creation
  • Financial management
Features
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Receipt Scanner: AI Tracker Scan, organize, and manage your receipts and expenses with ease. Receipt Scanner uses AI to scan your receipts, detect important information, and automatically extract the necessary details. You can also manually enter receipt data, customize your receipt fields, and create categories to organize your expenses your way. Whether you're managing personal purchases or business expenses, keep your receipts and expense information organized in one convenient place. Key Features AI-Powered Receipt Scanning Scan receipts with AI and automatically detect and extract important details such as merchant name, date, and total amount. Manual Expense Entry Prefer to enter information yourself? Add receipt and expense details manually whenever needed. Custom Receipt Fields Create and adjust receipt fields to capture the information that matters most to you. Expense Categories Create custom categories to organize your receipts and expenses easily. Expense Tracking Keep track of your purchases and expenses in one place. Receipt Organization Keep your receipt information organized and easily accessible. Reports Create and manage expense reports for personal or business use. Currency Conversion Manage expenses across different currencies. Manage Your Receipts Your Way Whether you scan a receipt with AI or enter the details manually, Receipt Scanner gives you the flexibility to organize your expenses according to your needs. Create your own fields and categories, keep your receipts organized, and make expense tracking simpler. Simplify your receipt and expense management with Receipt Scanner. Download today and keep your expenses organized. Pricing: 1 Year subscription price: $39.99/year Privacy-policy: https://inventoone.com/info/f/privacy-policy---invoice-maker Terms-of-services: https://inventoone.com/info/f/terms-of-services---invoice-maker

About

Purchy

This app helps you track purchases, manage return deadlines, and identify price drops on items you own. It organizes your receipts, provides spending insights, and ensures you don't miss out on potential refunds or savings.

Highlights
  • Tracks return deadlines
  • Monitors price drops
  • Organizes receipts
  • AI-powered spending insights
  • Secure data encryption
Features
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Your bank already knows what you spend. Purchy reads it and tells you what's coming. Connect an account and Purchy pulls your real charges — the recurring ones, the ones that renew quietly, the ones you meant to cancel months ago. Add your inbox second and each charge gets its receipt: what you bought, what the bill is supposed to be, and how long you have to send it back. Night watch for your money. The Perch Your day in one card. Available balance, today's budget, and the days left until your next paycheck. Purchy finds the paycheck in your own transaction history, sets aside the bills due before it, and divides what's left across the days remaining. Spend nothing today and tomorrow's number goes up. At a glance A month calendar with a figure on every day — what posted, what's due, payday, return deadlines. Next 7 and next 30 totals sit above it, and tapping a day tells you what lands on it. Recurring review Purchy shows you the charges it found and asks one thing at a time: keeping it, cancelling it, or not yours. It only asks about the ones that could still bill you this cycle, so dead subscriptions stop asking and stop counting against your budget. Before the charge, not after For a charge you said you'd deal with, Purchy pushes three days out, again two days out, and again the day before. If a bill lands well off what it usually costs, you hear about that too. Purchy calendar The charges you care about, written into the calendar app you already use, with reminders two days and one day ahead. Ask Purchy Ask about any charge and Purchy goes and reads the receipt email behind it, then links you straight to that email. Answers are generated by AI and can be wrong — the receipt is right there to check. Capture Point the camera at a paper receipt and Purchy reads it — merchant, total, date — and starts the return clock on it. Returns and receipts Purchy tracks the return window on what you bought and reminds you before it closes. Bank first, inbox second The bank is the source of truth. Your inbox explains it. Start with either one and add the other whenever you want — connecting a bank costs nothing. iPhone and iPad Purchy runs on both, from the same account. Privacy Bank access is read-only and inbox access is read-only — Purchy never moves money and never modifies your mail. Your data is used to provide the service and is not sold. Receipt and charge text is processed by AI services (OpenAI and Anthropic) to produce answers, and those answers can be wrong. What is collected and why: https://purchy.app/privacy Subscription information Purchy Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. • Monthly: $12.99/month • Yearly: $99.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://purchy.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://purchy.app/terms

Screenshots

Receipt Scanner4 screens
Purchy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Receipt Scanner and Purchy are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Receipt Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Purchy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Receipt Scanner against 5.0 for Purchy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Receipt Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, Purchy every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Receipt Scanner versus Purchy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReceipt ScannerPurchy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB88 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperINVENTO ONE PRIVATE LIMITEDDynamic Dev Solutions

Customer experience

Receipt Scanner

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Purchy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Receipt Scanner

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Purchy

Subscriptions2
  • Purchy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Purchy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Receipt Scanner free?
Receipt Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Purchy free?
Purchy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Receipt Scanner or Purchy?
Purchy is rated higher. Receipt Scanner averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Purchy averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Receipt Scanner or Purchy have ads?
Neither Receipt Scanner nor Purchy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Receipt Scanner or Purchy?
Receipt Scanner ships an update every 2 weeks, and Purchy every 8 days. Most recently, Receipt Scanner was updated on November 3, 2026 and Purchy on October 31, 2026.

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