Comparison

Receipt to PDF vs JoeEditor

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

Head to head
About

Receipt to PDF

Features
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Scan paper receipts, import PDF e-receipts and photos, and turn them into clean PDFs, expense reports and reimbursement packets — all on your iPhone or iPad. One purchase, no subscription, no account. NEW IN 4.0 • Import e-receipts: add PDF receipts from email or websites, screenshots and photos. Every page goes through the same on-device text reading and review as a scan. • Backup & Restore: save your whole library — receipts with their original page images, mileage, per diem, clients, projects and budgets — to one file you keep in Files, iCloud Drive or on a computer. Restoring only adds what is missing; nothing is overwritten, and a safety copy is saved first. • Recurring Charges: finds subscriptions and regular bills in your own receipts, with cadence, next expected charge, yearly cost and price increases. • Siri & Shortcuts: "Scan a receipt", a monthly spending summary, and Open Reports. • Correct multi-currency totals: amounts in different currencies are kept separate everywhere, including the summary PDF. CAPTURE AND READ • Apple's document scanner with perspective correction. • On-device text recognition suggests merchant, date, total and tax across every page. • Smart filing suggests a category from your own history. • Duplicate warning before saving. ORGANIZE • Searchable library with Schedule C categories, clients, projects and billable/reimbursed status. • Date filters: this month, last month, quarters, this year, custom. • Warranty and return-window tracking with optional reminders. • Mileage log and per diem entries. REPORT AND HAND OFF • Reports: totals, audit readiness, sales tax/VAT, budgets, merchant insights, monthly chart and category share. • Export CSV, summary PDF, audit report PDF, or a ZIP of every receipt PDF. • Reimbursement packets: one PDF with a cover, totals per currency, an index and every proof page, plus a manifest. Up to 100 receipts and 300 pages per packet; no currency conversion; building a packet does not mark receipts reimbursed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no servers, no analytics. Receipts stay on your device until you share them. • Optional 4-digit passcode covers the whole app. Reference figures are based on public IRS materials for organization only — not tax advice. iPhone and iPad.

About

JoeEditor

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JoeEditor is a fast, minimal text editor for Mac and iPad. Built for people who want to write code, markdown, notes, or anything else without an AI in the corner trying to help. Native, sandboxed, universal. No tracking, no ads, no telemetry. EDITING • Tabbed interface — open as many files as you need, drag to reorder • Markdown preview, side-by-side • Syntax highlighting for Markdown, JSON, YAML, HTML, and CSS • Bracket matching, auto-close, and smart indent • Word wrap toggle (Mac) • Customizable font and theme • Minimal mode — hide every chrome element for a clean writing surface FIND & REPLACE • Standard find with case-sensitive and whole-word options • Regex find and replace • Find across all open tabs in one search TEXT TOOLS • Sort, reverse, deduplicate, and trim lines • Convert case (upper, lower, title) • Encode/decode URL, Base64, and HTML • Tabs ↔ spaces conversion • Add prefix or suffix to every line • Add or remove line breaks by delimiter • Extract a column from delimited text • Remove empty lines or collapse extra spaces • Insert date and time at cursor INSPECTOR • Character info, code points, hex values • File info: encoding, line ending, size • Live word, line, and character counts • Share sheet integration iCLOUD SYNC • Open tabs sync between your Mac and iPad • Settings sync — font, theme, tab bar position, and more • Files in iCloud Drive open natively PRINTING • Native Mac and iPad print • Optional filename header and page-number footer PRIVACY • Zero tracking. Zero ads. Zero data collection. • No telemetry. No analytics. No "anonymous usage statistics." • No AI features. No cloud round-trips. • Sandboxed; only files you explicitly open are read. JoeEditor opens fast, stays out of the way, and lets you get to work.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Receipt to PDF at every 5 days against JoeEditor's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Receipt to PDF costs $3.99 and JoeEditor $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Receipt to PDF ships an update every 5 days, JoeEditor monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Receipt to PDF versus JoeEditor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReceipt to PDFJoeEditor
Price$3.99$3.99
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert CorbinJoseph Morganelli

In-app purchases

None

Receipt to PDF

No in-app purchases

None

JoeEditor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Receipt to PDF free?
Receipt to PDF costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JoeEditor free?
JoeEditor costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Receipt to PDF or JoeEditor have ads?
Neither Receipt to PDF nor JoeEditor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Receipt to PDF or JoeEditor?
Receipt to PDF ships an update every 5 days, and JoeEditor monthly. Most recently, Receipt to PDF was updated on November 5, 2026 and JoeEditor on November 5, 2026.

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