Snap it and forget it

Photograph the receipt before it goes through the wash

A receipt is easy to take a picture of and almost impossible to do anything useful with later. Gepeta reads the photo, works out what you bought and what it cost, and shows you the record before it keeps anything.

Why this never gets done

Photographing a receipt takes two seconds. Turning it into something useful takes a Sunday afternoon.

The photo sits in your camera roll until you have forgotten what the trip was even for.
The expense app wants the category, the payment method, the amount and a note before it will let you go.
The spreadsheet only starts being useful after an evening of tidying it up.

How Gepeta handles it

Say the messy version. Get the tidy one back.

Take the photo, or just say "coffee and a croissant, about six quid, on the card".
Gepeta works out the amount, the shop, the category, how you paid, and whether it counts as a need or a want.
You glance at it and confirm. If it read the total wrong, you fix that one number before anything is kept.

Things you might say

"Lunch with the team, paid on the Visa"
"Big shop at the supermarket, mostly boring stuff"
A photo of the receipt, straight from the camera

What gets written down

What you spent and where
How you paid for it
Need, want, or savings
Anything worth remembering about the purchase

What you get out of it

Your monthly total
Which categories are eating the money
Which card you lean on
A calendar of your heaviest days

Works today

What you can actually do right now

Photos of receipts, labels, and menus are read directly.
Money is one of the six kinds of record, so it feeds the spending dashboard straight away.
You can filter your spending and take the whole lot out as a spreadsheet.

Being straight with you

What it will not do

Gepeta keeps what the receipt said, not the receipt itself – the photo is not filed away as an attachment.
It reads what it can see. A faded thermal receipt in bad light is as hard for it as it is for you, which is why it shows you the total before saving.

FAQ

Questions about receipts

Can it read a photo of a receipt?

Yes. Photograph it and Gepeta works out what it was and what it cost. You see the record and confirm it before anything is kept.

Does it connect to my bank?

No, and it cannot. Your spending record comes from what you photograph, say, or export yourself.

Can I get my expenses back out?

Yes. Filter your spending however you like and export it as a spreadsheet whenever you want.