AI receipt scanning
AI receipt scanning turns a photo of a receipt into structured expense data you can actually use. Recur.money will attempt to detect common fields like merchant, total, tax, and purchase date, then pre-fill an expense for you. Nothing is auto-approved: you always get a review step before it’s saved, so you stay in control.
If something looks off (it happens—receipts are chaotic), you can edit any field and save the corrected version. Over time, this workflow is meant to remove the “I’ll log it later” tax from budgeting.
Tier limits
- Free: 3 scans / month
- Premium: unlimited (coming soon)
Scan limits reset monthly. If you hit the cap, you can still add expenses manually—AI scanning is a convenience feature, not a blocker. When Premium launches, you’ll be able to scan as often as you need without keeping a mental tally.
Best results
Receipts vary wildly (thermal paper, low contrast, wrinkled corners), so image quality makes a big difference. For the highest accuracy:
- Use clear, well-lit photos (natural light is great).
- Avoid glare and heavy shadows—tilt the receipt slightly if the light reflects.
- Include the full receipt in frame, especially the totals section.
- Keep text sharp: if your camera app has a “document scan” mode, it helps.
If the scan misses an item or reads a number incorrectly, correct it once and move on—speed is the point.
Privacy
Recur.money keeps receipt images for 15 days so you can re-check details, resolve mismatches, or re-run a scan if needed. After that window, the image is deleted. The extracted transaction data (what you typed/confirmed) stays in your account so your history remains intact.
If you’re privacy-sensitive, you can treat receipt scanning like a temporary inbox: scan, verify, and you’re done.