What's New
Every update to Receipts for YNAB, from launch to today. Built by a solo developer and fellow YNAB budgeter, shaped by user feedback.
Private Receipt Links — find a receipt from any YNAB transaction without uploading the photo.
- New Private Receipt Links — Each receipt you sync now drops a small reference code (e.g.
[RFY:20260511183022]) into the YNAB transaction's memo. Copy the code from YNAB, paste it on the home screen, and the matching receipt opens instantly. The photo stays on your iPhone the whole time. - New Receipt detail footer — Synced receipts show a copyable code at the bottom of the detail view.
- New Backfill for existing receipts — A one-time action in Settings → YNAB Account adds link codes to receipts you synced under earlier versions.
- Improved Pricing — Launch special retired. AI Scanning monthly is now $2.99/month (previously $4.99). Yearly stays at $29.99/year.
Better scanning for long receipts and stability improvements.
- New Long receipt scanning — Grocery hauls and other tall receipts now scan more accurately with adaptive processing that breaks them into optimized sections
- Improved YNAB merchant names — Long merchant names are now handled gracefully when syncing to YNAB
- Fixed Upgrade stability — Resolved a crash that could occur when updating from older versions of the app
- Improved Scan cancellation — Cancelling a scan mid-process is now faster and more reliable
Fractional quantities, gas station receipts, and scanning accuracy improvements.
- New Fractional quantities — Enter weighted items like 0.335 kg of produce. Quantities are no longer limited to whole numbers
- New Gas station receipts — Dedicated detection for fuel receipts. Correctly extracts fuel grade, total, and ignores volume/unit price
- Improved Price extraction accuracy — Fixed currency values being split across lines (e.g., "$85." and "50" now correctly read as $85.50)
- Improved Quantity accuracy — The AI no longer fabricates quantities by merging same-named items. Each receipt line is extracted individually
- Fixed Upload to YNAB button — Redesigned toolbar for easier access. Now always visible for local receipts, with a helpful prompt if no account is selected
- Improved Accessibility — Better VoiceOver grouping for line items, improved notification announcements, and Reduce Motion support throughout
AI model status, higher accuracy, and a simplified save flow.
- New AI Model Status Indicator — A card tells you when Apple Intelligence is still downloading, with a success toast when the model is ready
- Improved Scanning accuracy — Neural Engine document detection with perspective correction. Overall accuracy up from 73% to 85%, price extraction from 86% to 98%
- Improved Save flow simplified — Receipts now always save locally first. Upload to YNAB when you're ready from the receipt detail view
- Fixed Bilingual receipts — IKEA and other multilingual receipts no longer blocked by language detection
- Improved Accessibility — WCAG AA contrast fixes, VoiceOver improvements for notifications and action cards, Reduce Motion support
Complete Settings redesign and Liquid Glass polish.
- New Settings redesign — Reorganized into clean sub-pages: YNAB Account, Scanning & AI, Subscription, Data & Storage, and About
- Improved Liquid Glass polish — Tab bar and toolbar transitions now use proper glass-aware styling
- Fixed Subscription purchases — Fixed a bug where purchase buttons could stop responding. Resubscription for returning users now works correctly
- Fixed Localization — Fixed 408 entries that could display raw keys instead of English text
- Improved Accessibility — 30+ VoiceOver, Switch Control, and Dynamic Type improvements across the entire app
Multi-budget awareness and a better receipt browsing experience.
- New Multi-budget awareness — Budget name shows under the Receipts title. Filter receipts by budget. Budget and account names saved with each receipt
- New Connection status badge — Orange indicator on Settings tab when using cached data offline
- Improved Accounts & Categories — Redesigned selection views with better layout
- Improved Amount fields — Text selects all on tap with visible currency symbol
- Fixed Line item amount doubling — Syncing from YNAB no longer doubles amounts when quantity is greater than 1
Bank import matching and smarter error handling.
- New Bank import matching — Receipts automatically match with bank imports in YNAB. No more duplicate transactions cluttering your budget
- New Smart error messages — YNAB API errors now show clear explanations with one-tap actions: edit the receipt, reconnect YNAB, or retry automatically
- New Auto-retry for rate limits — If YNAB is busy, the app retries automatically with backoff
- Fixed Paywall purchase buttons — Fixed a regression where subscription purchase buttons stopped responding
On-device category learning and smarter tax handling.
- New Category learning experience — Progress badge shows how the on-device learning model is training on your preferences. First-scan tooltip explains how it works
- New Category groups — Pickers now mirror your YNAB category group ordering instead of flat alphabetical lists
- Improved Tax handling — Clearer explanation when item totals don't match the receipt total (tax, fees, and rounding differences)
- Fixed New line item defaults — New line items now start at $0.00 instead of the receipt total
- Fixed Sheet dismiss protection — Receipt verification can no longer be accidentally dismissed by tapping outside
Improved onboarding experience.
- Improved Onboarding redesign — New messaging that better explains receipt splitting, privacy-first processing, and the value of AI scanning
On-device category learning and offline access.
- New On-device category learning — The app learns your categorization preferences using on-device AI. Predictions get smarter with every receipt you categorize
- New Offline category access — Categories and accounts remain available even when your YNAB session expires. Scan and categorize offline, sync later
- New Glass tile animations — Beautiful glass-lucent scan action tiles with gyroscopic tilt and sparkle effects
- New Smart scan limits — Prorated free tier when a subscription expires mid-month, so you always get fair usage
Initial release.
- New AI-powered receipt scanning — Scan receipts with Apple Intelligence. Extracts merchant, date, total, and individual line items automatically
- New YNAB sync — One-tap sync to create split transactions in YNAB with line items as subtransactions
- New 100% on-device processing — All scanning happens on your device using Apple Intelligence. No cloud uploads, no data collection
- New Receipt vault — Store and browse receipts locally for warranties, returns, and expense tracking
- New Confidence scoring — See how accurate each scan is before syncing, with the option to review and edit
- New Multiple capture modes — Camera, photo library, or document scanner
Available on the App Store