ScanLedger vs Daybook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScanLedger
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Never type a receipt again. ScanLedger turns your phone camera into a receipt scanner and expense tracker. Point it at a receipt and AI reads the merchant, date, total, subtotal, tax, tip, line items and currency for you, suggests a category, and flags anything that needs a second look. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan receipts with AI: every field gets a confidence tag, so you know what to double-check • Import from your photo library: scan up to 5 receipt photos at once • Keep scanning offline: with no connection, the receipt is read on your device • Catch mistakes: smart checks warn about possible duplicates, totals that don't add up, unusually large amounts and future dates • Add receipts by hand: manual entry for when the paper is gone • Find any receipt fast: search by merchant, category, note, tag or amount, filter by date, and see the original photo in list or grid view • Stay organized with tags and notes • Get clear scans in low light with flash on, off or auto SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES The monthly spending report shows your total spent, daily average, month-over-month change, a category chart, your 6-month trend and top merchant, and alerts you when a category runs high. An optional weekly recap keeps you up to date, and a reminder nudges you if you haven't scanned in a few days. READY FOR TAX TIME AND EXPENSE CLAIMS Export receipts by date range in two formats: • PDF expense report: one file with a summary, totals by category, the receipt list and your receipt photos • CSV spreadsheet: opens cleanly in Excel or Numbers Send it to your accountant, use it for self-employed bookkeeping, or attach it to an expense claim. MULTI-CURRENCY USD, GBP, EUR, CAD, AUD and TRY. The currency is detected from the receipt, and reports are converted to your default currency. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No sign-up. Your receipts and photos are stored on your phone, and you can delete all local data in one tap. FREE PLAN 10 AI scans every 30 days, unlimited manual entry, the full monthly spending report, and CSV or PDF export of up to 10 receipts at a time. SCANLEDGER PRO Unlimited AI scans, unlimited CSV and PDF export, custom categories and priority support. Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scanledger.cagrikirt.dev/privacy.html
Daybook
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Daybook records every expense and income, keeps your tax relief ready, splits the bill with friends, and keeps your business books apart from your own. Local first: everything stays on your iPhone, with no account, no server of ours and no bank login. EVERY EXPENSE AND INCOME, IN SECONDS Add what you spend and what comes in, in a few taps. Daybook remembers each shop's category, so your morning coffee is filed correctly from the second visit. Find any record by searching a shop, a note or the words on a scanned receipt. TAX RELIEF, READY WHEN YOU FILE (PRO) Mark what you can claim as you go, under reliefs you name yourself, each with its own yearly limit, and keep the receipt with every claim. At year end, seal it into one file: the figures, every claim and its receipts. SPLIT A BILL WITHOUT THE ARITHMETIC Equally, by share or by item straight off the receipt, with service charge and tax shared fairly. Say who paid, or that you paid for someone else, and see who owes whom on one People page. What friends owe you is kept apart from your own spending, so your budget only counts your share. PERSONAL AND BUSINESS, KEPT APART (PRO) A second set of books for your business, with its own accounts, budgets, people and categories, one tap away. Nothing crosses between them, and each has its own colour. Paid for the business on your own card? The spending goes to the business, and it shows what it owes you back. RECEIPTS READ BY YOUR IPHONE'S OWN AI Point the camera at a receipt or pick a photo. The shop, date, total, tax and line items are read on your iPhone. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Apple's on-device model reads the hard ones too, on its own: free, no key, and nothing leaves the device. Other iPhones use Apple's on-device text recognition. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Daybook speaks English, Malay, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese. TELL DAYBOOK Type what you spent, like "lunch 15 with Ali", or send a photo, and check the record before it is saved. Read by Apple Intelligence where your iPhone has it, or with your own Gemini key. In Settings › Category notes, tell the AI how you file things. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no analytics, no ads, and no bank login. Your records live on your iPhone; backups go to your own iCloud, never to us. Face ID locks the app when you leave it, and your figures are hidden in the app switcher. BILLS, CARDS AND PAY ON A SCHEDULE Reminders for bills and subscriptions, with Mark paid right from the alert, and a list of every reminder still to come. Auto-debits and your salary can record themselves on the day. One Shortcuts automation writes down every Apple Pay payment from your phone or watch, with a category suggested to check. Credit-card statements carry unpaid balances over and keep the rest due after part-payments. BUDGETS AND REPORTS A monthly budget with per-category limits, unspent money rolling over, and bills still to pay counted before they land. Monthly and yearly reports, top merchants and trends. Refunds come off what you spent. PREFER A CLOUD AI? OPTIONAL Add your own Google Gemini key and a receipt is sent only to Google, under your own account, only when you ask. On Google's free tier, Google may use what it is sent to improve its products; see our Privacy Policy. WHEREVER YOU ARE About 150 currencies. With Daybook Pro, keep an account in US dollars, euros or another currency, with what it is worth in yours. FREE Recording, receipts read on your iPhone, budgets, reports, reminders, splitting bills, CSV export, backups, and AI reading with your own key. DAYBOOK PRO Tax relief claims, a second set of books for business, the Insights report, statements as PDF or spreadsheet, every receipt photo kept for good, and accounts in other currencies. Monthly, yearly with a free trial, or once outright. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.cortexbizsolution.com/products/daybook/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.cortexbizsolution.com/products/daybook/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daybook at every 5 days against ScanLedger's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. ScanLedger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Daybook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ScanLedger ships an update monthly, Daybook every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | ScanLedger | Daybook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CAGRI KIRT | Jin Zhang Low |
In-app purchases
ScanLedger
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Daybook
- Daybook Pro$2.991 Month
- Daybook Pro (Lifetime)$49.99









