Receipt OCR · Bookkeeping

Snap receipts on your phone — auto-stored, auto-categorised

Take a photo, our OCR extracts vendor, date, VAT and total. Every receipt becomes a row in your bookkeeping table — searchable, sortable, exportable to CSV for your accountant.

📱 Mobile-first·🇬🇧 UK + Polish receipts·💷 Export to Xero / QuickBooks / Sage

How it works

From physical paper to a categorised bookkeeping entry in 10 seconds.

1

Snap a photo

Open BankConverter on your phone, tap the camera, take a picture of the receipt. Or drag a PDF from email if you already have it.

2

OCR + parser

Google Vision OCR reads the text, our parser extracts vendor, date, VAT, total, line items, payment method. Handles UK and Polish receipts.

3

Review & categorise

Confirm the auto-detected fields, assign to a category (Materials, Travel, Utilities, etc.), add a note. The parser remembers your patterns.

4

Export when ready

Download a CSV of all receipts in a date range. Push directly to your accounting software. Your accountant gets a clean bookkeeping table — no shoebox.

A bookkeeping table that you actually keep

Every receipt is a permanent row. Searchable by vendor, date, amount. Filter by category or VAT rate. Bulk-export.

Structured data, not photos

  • Each receipt = one row with 12 structured fields
  • Vendor name, date, total, VAT amount, subtotal, payment method, currency
  • Line items where extractable (description × price)
  • Category tagging (Materials, Travel, Fuel, Utilities, …)
  • Original image stored — re-OCR anytime if a field needs correcting
  • Encrypted at rest with per-user key
  • CSV / Excel export with one click — ready for Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent
  • Search across all receipts (vendor, description, amount range, date range)
DateVendorTotalVATCategory
28/05/26Shell Tothill£42.03£7.00Fuel
28/05/26Tesco Stores Ltd£18.74£3.12Materials
27/05/26Wickes Group plc£234.50£39.08Materials
27/05/26Pret a Manger£8.95£1.49Subsistence
26/05/26Halfords£56.99£9.50Motor
26/05/26BP Connect£67.30£11.22Fuel
25/05/26Screwfix Direct£128.40£21.40Materials

Built for phones, works in any browser

No App Store, no install hoops. Visit the site on your phone, add to home screen — it works offline-capable like a native app.

Add to Home Screen — done

BankConverter is a Progressive Web App (PWA). On your phone, open the site, tap the menu, choose “Add to Home Screen.” You get an app icon. No App Store gatekeeping, no 30% revenue share.

The PWA shell opens the camera directly, captures the receipt, uploads in the background. Your data syncs to the cloud and is accessible from any other device with the same account.

Native iOS and Android apps are on the roadmap if you prefer the App Store experience.

How we compare

UK accountants pay £15-25/month for Dext or AutoEntry. We do the same job for £9.99 — and bundle bank statement conversion.

Feature BankConverter Dext AutoEntry Hubdoc
Mobile receipt capture
OCR field extraction ✓ Google Vision
UK + Polish receipts ✓ Built-in English only English only English only
Bank statement converter ✓ Included ✓ Add-on
Stored bookkeeping table
CSV / Excel export
Xero / QB / Sage integration CSV import Direct API Direct API Xero only
MTD for Income Tax submission ✓ From Apr 2026
Monthly price (incl. VAT) £9.99 £20+ £14+ Free with Xero

Pricing as of May 2026. Competitor prices from dext.com, autoentry.com, hubdoc.com. We’re not affiliated with any.

Auto-categorisation built in

19 default categories matched to UK accounting conventions. Override anytime.

Materials

Wickes, B&Q, Screwfix, Travis Perkins, Toolstation, Howdens

Fuel

Shell, BP, Esso, Tesco Petrol, Sainsbury’s Petrol, Asda

Travel & Transport

Uber, Taxi, Rail, TfL, National Express, parking

Subsistence

Pret, Costa, Greggs, Tesco, M&S, restaurants, food

Telephone & Internet

BT, EE, Vodafone, Three, Sky, Virgin Media

Utilities

British Gas, EDF, Octopus Energy, Severn Trent

Marketing

Google Ads, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn, Mailchimp

Software & IT

Adobe, Microsoft 365, Xero subscription, AWS

Motor Expenses

Halfords, ATS Euromaster, MOT, Car Insurance

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Last updated: 28 May 2026. Receipts encrypted at rest. Data processed in UK only. ICO registration ZA734932.