Is there a good app for scan and store receipts?
Prime Gap: 53 apps already serve this, and 96 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to scan and store receipts, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| photo/receipt attachment | missing-feature | 3 | 사진 첨부등이 필요하여 잠시 다른 어플 사용하다 |
| receipt scanner | missing-feature | 2 | Your scanner never works |
| receipt scanning (OCR) | missing-feature | 1 | Не хватает только сканирования чеков, чтоб вручную не вносить данные |
| email receipt scanning integration | missing-feature | 1 | have you connect or rather scan your email associated with an account for cash back |
| scan all receipt types | missing-feature | 1 | que pueda escaniar todos los resivos |
| digital receipt upload | missing-feature | 1 | Removal of the option to upload digital receipts and firing pictures of paper only |
| receipt and barcode scanning effort | ux | 1 | It's a pain to scan the receipt and products |
| cannot scan receipts | bug | 1 | cannot scan receipts |
| cloud receipt storage | missing-feature | 1 | die Möglichkeit gäbe Belege in einer Cloud statt auf dem Smartphone zu speichern |
| scan receipt as PDF | missing-feature | 1 | I'd love to see a way to scan in a recipe as a PDF! |
| no PDF support for receipt scanning | missing-feature | 1 | an app that scans images can’t support PDF |
| receipt photo capture | missing-feature | 1 | take a photo of a receipt to automatically input information |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receipt Scanner・Track Expenses | 4.6 | 3,844 | Free |
| Receipt Scanner: Easy Expense | 4.8 | 18,724 | Free |
| Receipt Saver: Scan & Organize | 4.0 | 1 | $2.99 |
| SimplyWise: Receipts, Expenses | 4.9 | 36,330 | Free |
| Receipts log | 4.0 | 2 | $1.99 |
| Smart Receipts: Expenses & Tax | 4.8 | 12,730 | Free |
| Itemize AI: Receipt Scanner | 0.0 | 0 | $3.99 |
| Receipt Elite | 5.0 | 2 | $0.99 |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 91 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
7 attempts, 5 dead and none above 22 stars; mostly stale OCR scanners with a faint LLM-driven revival, no traction.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| agrawalamod/Receipt-Scanner-in-OpenCV | stale | 22 | C++ |
| agrawalamod/Receipt-Scanner-for-Android | stale | 13 | Java |
| TheHamkerCat/llm-receipt-scanner | active | 6 | Kotlin |
| GiulioLecci11/OCR_ReceiptScanner | stale | 3 | PowerShell |
| hexagon06/ReceiptScanner | stale | 3 | C# |
| zabilal/Billd | stale | 3 | Java |
| gKushagra/receipt-scanner-ai | active | 2 |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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