Top 5 Best iPhone Apps to Scan and Manage Receipts

Whether you need to scan receipts for your business or for your everyday life, knowing how to properly document and track your purchases can be beneficial to your overall financial health in various ways.

If you have an iPhone, and don’t use a receipt scanner, you’re probably wondering which mobile applications work best for the iOS platform.

The app that you go with will depend heavily on your unique preferences; we’ll give you some of the greatest options available and let you decide which best suit your unique specifications.

While there are many great apps out there, only the best of the best have made it onto this list.

Without further ado, here’s a comprehensive and objective list of the top 5 best iPhone receipt scanning and management applications.

1. EDITORS PICK – Expensify

Expensify is one of the most popular receipt management applications for a reason. This application is easy to use, convenient, and by far our favorite expense and receipt management application for iPhone owners.

It lets its users gain easy access to financial tracking and planning features as soon as they set the app up. Expensify also offers a superior financial report generation system.

The app lets you capture documents and can translate and store information from physical receipts and papers in a digital format.

You’ll be able to track your miles, handle invoices, quickly email pertinent information, and more. It even has automated processing and importing to make your day easier.

Expensify works with other applications like QuickBooks and FreshBooks and is a great option for iPhone users. Finally, it can be downloaded to your iPhone for free.

That being said, it takes a while to translate physical data to a digital platform which can be frustrating. Still, for simple cross-platform compatible receipt storage and expense tracking, Expensify is a fantastic option.

Pros:

• Scans and translates documents
• Works with other expense software
• Cross-platform compatible
• Free to download

Cons:

• A bit slow

Overall Functionality

With the cleanest platform and easiest operation, this is our number one option for receipt capturing, storage and management, for everyday use.

Expensify has multiple helpful submission features and offers users automated storage. It is free to download and works well with many other programs so it’s pretty much an all-in-one expense app.

While it can be a little bit slow when digitizing some expense documents, it’s a fantastic option for iPhone users who lead busy lives.

2. CLOSE SECOND – Shoeboxed

Shoeboxed is an impressive application that works great with the iPhone and is loaded with unique features. The best part about the Shoeboxed application is probably its unique and user-friendly design.

You can tell that the designers of this application put a lot of thought into how the app would function for people in real-life situations.

It’s very well-organized and totally comprehensive. You can track reimbursements, mileage, receipts, and more.

Shoebox also has been totally integrated to work with QuickBooks, Excel, Outright, and other financial software to give you an easy cross-platform compatible experience.

It’s free to download and a great option for anyone needing to track more than just receipts. It even lets you send receipts via snail mail and can scan your Gmail inbox for receipts.

Pros:

• Fully integrated with multiple financial software tools
• Can scan your Gmail inbox
• Lets you physically send receipts via snail mail
• Beautiful and user-friendly design

Cons:

• Only scans one receipt at once

Overall Functionality

Shoeboxed nearly ties with Expensify for receipt tracking and management.

It’s so easy to use and the software integration is downright impressive. It comes as a close second because while it offers nearly as many features as Expensify does, it doesn’t offer features with the same everyday usability.

All in all, though, it’s a bit of a toss-up between these applications and you’d probably be pretty satisfied with either.

3. BEST FOR IPHONE – Smart Receipts

For financial tracking and receipt management, Smart Receipts is probably the most versatile and customizable iPhone application option.

It can be used with pretty much any other financial management software because it lets you choose how to share receipt information.

You can send emails, PDFs, CSV files, JPGs, and more. It lets you create personalized professional reports for any number of situations.

This app also has a very aesthetically pleasing and unique user interface.

It has been specifically designed to work well for iPhone users. This is nice, because some applications, like Evernote, will work with iOS devices but are better suited for Android platforms.

If you need versatility and flexibility in your receipt tracking and management, this app is a good choice.

Pros:

• Versatile and functional
• Aesthetically pleasing user interface
• Works particularly well for iPhones
• Free to download

Cons:

• You can’t edit entries
• You can’t name or sort receipts easily

Overall Functionality

If you need a lot of versatility when it comes to storing and sharing information that you have scanned in from receipts, this is a great app to consider.

It works really well with iOS devices and is totally free to download. Keep in mind that if you are trying to sort, rename, or organize receipts, this is not the best choice.

4. BEST FOR BUSINESSES – SAP Concur

SAP Concur is great for business professionals who travel a lot. It completely automates the expense management process and can help you simplify your work-related expenses enormously.

The apps helps you eliminate the need to keep receipts and physical paperwork on-hand while increasing shareability and access to important information at a moments notice.

SAP Concur can be used by larger businesses or by individuals.

It’s essentially a full-on expense tracker for your iOS devices. The fact that you can scan a barcode with this software is nice since lots of business documentation applications for iMac computers don’t let you do this.

It’s also great for letting your sort receipts and has a clean and easy to understand user platform.

The only big downside is usability for everyday purposes. It’s more for businesses than for individual expense tracking or financial planning.

Pros:

• Clean platform that’s easy to learn
• Great for sorting financial documentation
• Free to download

Cons:

• Not ideal for everyday financial management

Overall Functionality

If you need an expense tracker for work, this is a fantastic option. It’s a no-nonsense receipt and expense tracker that works amazingly for iOS users.

It lets you store, sort, and scan receipts and other important financial documents.

While it isn’t ideal for financial planning, it’s awesome for anyone who needs to keep receipts for business reasons.

5. HONORABLE MENTION – Evernote

While this app works better for Android phones, Evernote is on our list because we see true potential in this application.

It lets you share and log all kinds of information and could be a great way to hang on to anything from grocery lists to receipts from a retail store.

It’s a good way to keep things secure from multiple devices at once.

However, it’s not the best option for iPhone users and it could use some work when it comes to sharing, user features, and overall functionality.

Pros:
• Great for storing all manner of information
• Cross-platform compatible
• Free to download

Cons:
• Not ideal for receipts
• Can be frustrating to navigate

Overall Functionality

This is our honorable mention because it has some great features, but could use some work. Still, we do like the way you can add in anything from grocery lists to calendar information.

It’s a good life-management app but isn’t ideal for receipts.

The Verdict

So there you have it! Our favorite options for iPhone compatible receipt scanning and manage applications.

Did we leave any awesome apps off of this list?

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