Smart Receipts: Expenses & Tax Reviews

by AllAboutEvents

I was excited about SmartReceipts because it’s so easy to use and has the metadata recognition that actually works for once, but then I realized the year I paid for still didn’t give unlimited receipts! The pricing is burried in SmartReceipts description but doesn’t show up clearly when you upgrade. It gives you only a certain number of scans for $9.99 and then you have to buy more but it doesn’t clearly say how many for how much. It just happens. Worst of all, if makes you sign in and when you do, it crashes immediately after you reopen and try to add scans.
Worthless and now I’ve scanned all these receipts and will have to integrate them into a new app. I want a refund!!!

by OnanDu

I purchased the paid version of SmartReceipts. I started recording all my receipts for a project I was doing and it has deleted all of my receipts!! And if I want to back up my receipts to their cloud services it’s going to cost another $10! On top of that there is no support, if you press to their “email for support” button in SmartReceipts , it doesn’t work! What am I supposed to do now that all my receipts have been deleted???? I want my money back!

by Lolitsnate1

I downloaded SmartReceipts because it’s rated so highly but I cannot for the life of me figure out why?

It literally doesn’t even offer a field for “merchant” or “store.” Can you please tell me how a “receipt tracking app” is missing a merchant field? I mean, really? It’s also missing a field for “items.” As in, what did you pay for or buy with the receipt. Hello? Who works at this company? Who is using SmartReceipts? I’m absolutely baffled how they can be missing the absolute most basic information you’d want in a receipt tracker… namely what you bought, and where.

Also it costs money FOR EVERY SINGLE SCAN! ON TOP OF THE YEARLY FEE!

One of the most user unfriendly interfaces I’ve used since 2010 before there were UI people working on apps. Everything needs to be in a “folder.” What’s a “folder?” You tell me. So if you don’t remember what folder you put something in you’re out of luck.

by Cptpizza

I downloaded SmartReceipts because my company got rid of our expense tracking system and went back to excel and paper receipts. I wanted something free just to organize my receipts separately from all my other photos. I was immediately given a warning to setup automatic backups (in beta). Yet when I click this it automatically charged 10 dollars. If you are going to charge for a feature, it should not be in beta. Also, a warning indicating that a charge will occur should be required. I won’t use SmartReceipts, despite its otherwise favorable reviews.

by BKAJ1123

Tried to save a back-up file. When I export it and choose a location in my Files, there is no button available to enable you to “save” to the specific file of your choice. You are just left scrolling through different files, with no way to select one. I have to close SmartReceipts and reopen it to get back to the main screen.
Need to fix this bug. I’m using an iPhone 12 mini.

by VijayTejaP

I can say with a 100% confidence that I’ve never used an app that’s so unresponsive! It takes forever for SmartReceipts to import an image/pdf from cloud. And then after creating the receipt, SmartReceipts goes into a thinking mode which lasts at least a minute. Many times I force-kill SmartReceipts while its thinking, fully knowing that SmartReceipts still thinks even after processing my receipt.. I reopen SmartReceipts and the receipt will be there saved!

by AppDevel

It's a pretty good app, but I paid for 50 OCR scans that is supposed to scan the receipt and look for vendor, pricing, etc. It scans it every time and has yet find any relevant data so I have to manually put in the info. Totally useless. I also paid for the premium and haven't needed that yet, but probably will. I'd definitely start off with the free version and absolutely recommend against buying OCR scans. It's a useless feature that's never worked.

by Cowboy92Brew

Works great for tracking receipts and categorizing expenses immediately. Offers the ability to run multiple expense reports at once so I am able to track my receipts for consumables in one report and each depreciation schedule in separate reports. This makes tax season a breeze. The only issue is this year I had a large amount of receipts into SmartReceipts and when the report was exported the pictures of the receipts were pixelated from the size being dropped. SmartReceipts needs to have to ability to save the receipt photos at their full pixel value and then have the ability to export the reports by either logging into an online drive or send the report to the iCloud. This would allow you to receive your full report on your computer where you need it without losing the picture value of your receipts by having to send them report in an email with limited space.

by Gjc1234557

Very intuitive and flexible app. Does what it advertises. Like the product very much. 4 stars

However, Had billing inquiry/question on auto-renewal and received little help with support and no resolution. Left frustrated after several circular emails. Based on this, not worth the frustration and my time supporting this platform.

by Jlister777

I love SmartReceipts! Would give 5 starts but the yearly subscription doesn’t give unlimited smart scanning of the receipts, you have to continue to buy, which is why I bought SmartReceipts in the first place. To have to now enter all the info after take the picture is annoying! Other than that SmartReceipts is fabulous.

by Brovins

This is a great all but I am still using expensify (unfortunately). This all is missing personal credit card integration which is a deal breaker for me. I have been told that this ability is very very expensive. I think it is worth the investment and the only way take out the big E

by Asfx15

SmartReceipts is great! Specially for my business. It helps you keep track of all your receipts and allows you to log all of your expenses. The best part it allows you to turn in for your company's taxes on a spreadsheet for easy calculations when doing write offs. The only problem I have with SmartReceipts is that it doesn't allow you title the receipt the way you need to. But still an awesome app!!!!!

by Therasmith

I love SmartReceipts but can’t seem to get it to email my reports, which makes it useless if all the data is stuck on my phone. I have tried many times to email it to myself, and I never receive the email. What am I doing wrong?

by BJones_IN

SmartReceipts has greatly reduced the time involved in getting my expense reporting done. However, there are some areas where improvements are desperately needed. The buttons on some screens are invisible and you have to just poke around and hope you find them. Sharing the full pdf report is also problematic, and it would help if the created pdf would automatically be named with the name given to the report.
I hope you can implement these changes and then I will update the review to 5 stars!

by Kentonwelds

SmartReceipts works to keep track of stuff from my mobile welding business. It’s way more convenient than my mess of papers. It is hard to actually figure out how to get an expense report printed out. Those of y’all in tech support wouldn’t have a problem but for those of us who don’t even have a smartphone it’s pretty challenging. (SmartReceipts is for an iPad I only use for business)

by Oh Jeeperz!

For me, SmartReceipts needs one improvement to be a 5 star—the ability to edit an entry. If that ability is currently available, I can’t find it, so it should be easier to find. Otherwise, I think this is a great app.

by Emilkara

If you travel and you need to keep track of receipts, this is by far the best app. I’ve tried a few, to me this one has it all. Not only that, but it gets regular updates and developer actually listens and responds to comments. Definitely one of the most valued productivity apps on my phone.

by DE60

Just started using it for my travel and business expenses. Find it easy to navigate and, unlike some others I’ve tried, working very well for me. While the OCR scans aren’t perfect, they’re still timesavers. Also like the fact I can choose to scan or enter manually. Think I’ve found the last expense app I’ll ever need. 👍👍

by FB Fool In Space

I’ve been using Smart Receipts for 3 years and have loved being able to get rid of paper receipts. I use the paid version for their backup feature. But I also manually back it up each month as a safety net. I wish they would make it possible to backup and print all my folders, rather than having to do them all individually.

by Stephosorous

I tried many that weren’t user friendly, limited the inputs I could make, or weren’t practical. This one is just what I was looking for, easy to use, not fancy, let’s me input with no limits and tells me my total amount spent and daily expenses.

by Pote05

I use both the expense & mileage .. Really wish I could sync them, easier to fill Mileage out on IPad. Also, need to be able to create shortcuts on the Mileage side.. I have a set call schedule every month.. Would be nice not have to retype it in all the time.. Would be a 5 star if these things happened..