Comparison

Receipt Scanner vs Scanly

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

Head to head
About

Receipt Scanner

Features
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Receipt Scanner turns a pile of paper receipts into tidy, tax-ready expense records — right on your iPhone, no account required. SCAN IN SECONDS Point your camera at a receipt and the edges are detected automatically. On-device OCR fills in merchant, date, total, tax and a suggested category. Import photos or PDFs too. BUILT FOR TAX & REIMBURSEMENT Group expenses into categories and export clean reports as PDF, CSV or Excel for any period — ready for tax filing or expense claims. Attach the receipt images to the PDF. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your receipts stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads and no analytics SDK inside the app. Optional iCloud backup uses your own private iCloud — only you can see it. FAIR PRICING Scan and store receipts, search, edit and build reports for free. Pro unlocks unlimited scanning, report export and iCloud backup. Pay weekly, monthly or yearly — the annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial. FREE • 10 receipt scans per month (manual entry unlimited) • Unlimited storage, search, editing and custom categories • Report builder with live preview • ZIP export & import PRO • Unlimited receipt scanning • Export reports as PDF, CSV & Excel (Share & Save) • iCloud backup & restore SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Receipt Scanner Pro unlocks unlimited scanning, report export and iCloud backup & restore: • Weekly: $3.99 per week • Monthly: $5.99 per month • Yearly: $49.99 per year, including a 7-day free trial for new subscribers Prices are in USD and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically 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 ID settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use (EULA): https://gaureac.github.io/receipt-scanner-expenses/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://gaureac.github.io/receipt-scanner-expenses/privacy.html

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Scanly

Features
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Snap a receipt. Scanly reads the merchant, the date and the total in about a second, files it, and moves on. No forms, no typing. Photograph a whole stack in one go — every receipt in the batch becomes its own expense, listed together so you can save them all at once. Scanning happens on your iPhone, not on a server. Your receipts sync through your own iCloud, so they follow you to a new phone — and no server of ours ever sees them. WHAT IT DOES • Scan paper receipts and screenshots — merchant, date, total, currency • Capture several receipts in one session and review them as one list • Fix anything in one tap; the number is always yours to correct • Group spending by category and see where the month actually went • Pick a period — 30 days, 3 months, 12 months or everything • Create and send invoices as PDFs, and track which ones are still unpaid • Handle receipts in dollars, euros, pounds, yen and dong — converted at real rates • Export any period to a spreadsheet for your accountant or your tax return • Works in English, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese BUILT FOR Freelancers and small businesses who need the paper trail without the bookkeeping ritual — and anyone who has ever emptied a wallet full of faded thermal receipts in April. PRIVACY Text recognition runs on your device using Apple's own frameworks. Your records and receipt images are stored in your private iCloud, under your Apple Account — we operate no server that holds them, and there is no account to create. Turn iCloud off and the app keeps working entirely on the device. SCANLY PRO — SUBSCRIPTION Unlimited scans, spreadsheet export and invoicing. Free tier includes 20 scans a month. • Monthly — US$19.00 per month • Annual — US$143.99 per year A 14-day free trial is available once per Apple Account. 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. Manage or cancel in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Prices in other countries are shown in your local currency on the purchase screen. Terms of Use (EULA): https://invoice.basity.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://invoice.basity.net/privacy Support: https://invoice.basity.net/support

Screenshots

Receipt Scanner4 screens
Scanly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Receipt Scanner at none against Scanly's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Scanly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.00 per month. Receipt Scanner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Receipt Scanner versus Scanly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReceipt ScannerScanly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtiom GaureacWiz Studio

In-app purchases

None

Receipt Scanner

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Scanly

Subscriptions2
  • Scanly Pro — Monthly14 Days trial$19.001 Month
  • Scanly Pro — Annual14 Days trial$143.991 Year

Questions

Is Receipt Scanner free?
Receipt Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scanly free?
Scanly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Receipt Scanner or Scanly have ads?
Neither Receipt Scanner nor Scanly shows ads.

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