Comparison

PaperTrail vs Rendita Tracker

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

Head to head
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/

About

Rendita Tracker

Features
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Track your earnings and time. Simple and private. Rendita is a personal income and time tracker for freelancers, households, and anyone who wants to stay on top of what they earn and spend - without connecting banks, sharing data, or dealing with complexity. MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES AT ONCE Run several activities simultaneously - track your freelance work and babysitting hours at the same time. No switching, no interruptions. SMART RATES - AUTO-CALCULATED Set different rates for different session lengths. Rendita automatically applies the right rate based on how long the session runs. ADVANCES & SETTLE UP Record advance payments and track what's still outstanding. When it's time to settle up, do it in one tap - and even add a tip. FULL OVERVIEW - DAY TO YEAR Browse your history by day, week, month, or year. See booked time and net total at a glance. DEFINE YOUR OWN ACTIVITIES Create activities that match your life - freelance projects, babysitting, consulting, tutoring. Choose an icon, set your rates, and start tracking. SHARE SELECTIVELY (requires Cloud Plan) Not every activity needs to be shared. Share via QR code, link, or short code - no email needed. Invite as a Member (full access), a Contributor (time entries only), or a Viewer (read-only) - activity by activity, on your terms. LOCAL FIRST - YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU All data is stored on your device by default. No account required. No cloud, no servers, no tracking. Free, forever. CLOUD SYNC (requires Cloud Plan) Optionally sync across devices and share selected activities with your partner or team. SIMPLE & PRIVATE → No ads → No tracking → No bank connections → Minimal permissions → GDPR compliant → Data stored in the EU → No email stored Built by detail-obsessed developers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://rendita.app/privacy

Screenshots

PaperTrail4 screens
Rendita Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rendita Tracker at none against PaperTrail's shown. PaperTrail's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. PaperTrail sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Rendita Tracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaperTrail ships an update every 3 days, Rendita Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PaperTrail versus Rendita Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaperTrailRendita Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNexverge LLCVamico GmbH

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

Rendita Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Rendita Cloud$0.991 Month

Questions

Is PaperTrail free?
PaperTrail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rendita Tracker free?
Rendita Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaperTrail or Rendita Tracker have ads?
PaperTrail shows ads; Rendita Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, PaperTrail or Rendita Tracker?
PaperTrail ships an update every 3 days, and Rendita Tracker fortnightly. Most recently, PaperTrail was updated on October 15, 2026 and Rendita Tracker on October 7, 2026.

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