Comparison

Refundly vs PaperTrail

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

Head to head
About

Refundly

This app automates the process of tracking online returns, monitoring refund statuses, and alerting users when their money is credited. It helps users manage returns from various retailers and visualize their total refunded amounts.

Highlights
  • Track online returns automatically
  • Monitor refund status in real-time
  • Receive instant refund notifications
  • Visualize total refunded amounts
  • Manage returns from any retailer
Features
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Refundly takes the guesswork out of online returns by tracking what you sent back, how much you’re owed, and notifying you the moment your refund is credited to your account. - Track every return. Automatically log returns from your email receipts and monitor refund status. - Get notified when refunds hit. Receive real-time alerts when your money comes back. - See your total refunded. Understand your return behavior with easy-to-read visuals. - Never miss a refund. Refundly catches what falls through the cracks. Whether you’re managing returns from Amazon, Nordstrom, Target, or anywhere else, Refundly helps you stay in control—and get your money back faster. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PaperTrail

Effortlessly track business expenses and mileage for tax season. Automatically scan receipts with OCR, log miles with GPS, and generate organized reports for your accountant. Never miss a deduction again.

Highlights
  • Automatic receipt scanning with OCR
  • Background GPS mileage tracking
  • Client and project tagging
  • Annual tax summary PDF export
  • Cloud backup
  • Visual spending breakdowns
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Stop losing deductions. Snap a receipt. Log a mile. Done. PaperTrail is the expense organizer and mileage log built for contractors, freelancers, and self-employed workers who can't afford to miss a write-off at tax time. "I own a small business and this has been exactly what I needed. Helps out a ton with tracking my expenses for tax time." — John, App Store Review With PaperTrail, you can: - Scan and capture receipts in seconds — OCR extracts merchant, category, date, and total automatically - Track mileage with automatic GPS — start a trip, drive, end it. Miles calculated for you - Get instant IRS rate estimates for business, medical, and charity mileage - Tag receipts to clients or projects for billing, reimbursement, and job costing - Organize with folders, tags, and categories so every business expense is exactly where you need it - Search and filter by date, amount, category, merchant, client, and more - Export your receipt log and mileage log to PDF or CSV for taxes or reimbursements - Generate an annual tax summary PDF combining receipt totals and mileage in one clean report - Back up everything to iCloud — your receipt storage is protected even if you lose your phone - Track spending with visual breakdowns by category PaperTrail is built for the way 1099 workers actually operate. You're not sitting at a desk with a filing cabinet. You're on job sites, in client properties, running between appointments, buying materials on the fly. Every tax receipt matters. Every mile is a deduction you've earned. PaperTrail makes sure none of it slips through. Thermal receipts fade. Paper gets lost in the truck, the wash, or the junk drawer. Miles go unlogged because you forgot by the time you got home. PaperTrail captures everything the moment it happens — and keeps it searchable, backed up, and ready when your accountant needs it. Whether you're a contractor tracking job expenses across multiple projects, a gig worker separating business from personal, a freelancer managing 1099 income and deductions, or a real estate agent logging trip after trip between showings — PaperTrail handles the recordkeeping so you can focus on the work. No spreadsheets. No shoeboxes. No scrambling in April trying to reconstruct six months of business expenses from memory. Just a clean, organized expense journal that's always current, always backed up, and always ready. Your deductions are worth real money. The average self-employed worker leaves thousands on the table every year simply because they didn't track it. PaperTrail makes it effortless to capture every receipt and every mile — so when tax time comes, you hand your accountant a complete record instead of a pile of guesses. Download PaperTrail free. Every receipt. Every mile. Every deduction. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Refundly4 screens
PaperTrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PaperTrail at 100% against Refundly's 63%. PaperTrail also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Refundly's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Refundly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and PaperTrail sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaperTrail holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Refundly's written reviews are positive against 100% of PaperTrail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Refundly ships an update every 2 weeks, PaperTrail every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Refundly versus PaperTrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefundlyPaperTrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (20 ratings)4.6 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOshriNexverge LLC

Customer experience

Refundly

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

PaperTrail

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Refundly

Subscriptions2
  • Plus - Monthly Subscription3 Months trial$6.991 Month
  • Plus - Annual Subscription3 Months trial$70.001 Year
5 purchases

PaperTrail

Subscriptions5
  • PaperTrail Pro$4.991 Month
  • PaperTrail Business3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Paper Trail Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
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  • PaperTrail Business Yearly Discount$37.491 Year
  • PaperTrail Business Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Refundly free?
Refundly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaperTrail free?
PaperTrail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Refundly or PaperTrail?
PaperTrail is rated higher. Refundly averages 4.4 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while PaperTrail averages 4.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Refundly or PaperTrail have ads?
Both Refundly and PaperTrail show ads.
Which is updated more often, Refundly or PaperTrail?
Refundly ships an update every 2 weeks, and PaperTrail every 3 days. Most recently, Refundly was updated on October 1, 2026 and PaperTrail on October 15, 2026.

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