Is there a good app for scan and store receipts?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
99
Opportunity /100
99
Demand /100
87
Competition /100
100
Execution gap /100
11
Apps serving it
97
Mined complaints
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| receipt upload errors out | bug | 2 | it errors out and won't let you upload receipts |
| receipt scanner | missing-feature | 1 | I like it more if it has receipt scanner |
| 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 scanning requires repeated photos | ux | 1 | It’s a hassle to take receipts centered and it asks you take pictures over and over to confirm |
| receipt scanning fails to extract data | bug | 1 | the app won’t scan the receipt and input data |
| receipt capture fails to scan | reliability | 1 | the receipt capture often fails to scan properly or doesn’t work at all |
| receipt scanning too slow | performance | 1 | it takes to way to long scan a a receipt now |
| requires internet to save receipt | reliability | 1 | Why should I need to be connected to the internet to be able to save a receipt? |
| no PDF receipt support | missing-feature | 1 | Doesn't support PDF |
| cannot upload receipt files, only photos | missing-feature | 1 | Receipts also have to be uploaded from photos with no ability to upload files from your phone |
| have to rescan receipts multiple times | bug | 1 | I've had to take pictures three or four times of the same receipt |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimplyWise: Receipts, Expenses | 4.9★ | 35,466 | Free |
| Evernote Scannable | 4.9★ | 417,996 | Free |
| Scanner Pro・Scan PDF Documents | 4.9★ | 330,191 | Free |
| iScanner: PDF Document Scanner | 4.8★ | 1,381,582 | Free |
| Adobe Scan: PDF & OCR Scanner | 4.9★ | 1,555,961 | Free |
| Scanner App: Genius Scan | 4.9★ | 1,333,960 | Free |
| TurboScan™ Pro: PDF scanner | 4.9★ | 293,988 | $9.99 |
| CamScanner - PDF Scanner App | 4.8★ | 1,818,444 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 99 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.
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