Made for freelancers and small businesses, for use with Wave's free accounting software (required). No more paper clutter in your wallet or purse! Receipts by Wave makes it easy to track receipts, simplify your small business accounting, and make your business audit-proof.
Just snap a photo of your receipts, invoices or bills. Receipts by Wave digitizes (OCR) and imports them directly into your free Wave account. Never face a wallet, purse or shoebox full of receipts again. Your finances are always up to date and correct.
KEY FEATURES:
★ Snap photos of your receipts, confirm the details and upload it to your accounting
★ Seamless integration with the Accounting by Wave; receipt images link with your accounting transactions for easy reference in the future
★ Receipts are stored in the cloud; view on Android or download via the Wave web app when needed
★ Upload receipts from Google Drive, Dropbox and Skydrive
Note: For security reasons, do not take an image of personal identification (such as a passport) or credit cards.
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Learn more: http://waveapps.com/receipts
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Dave Oyoo
As is. For a free app I am extremely satisfied to the extent that as soon as I am done transferring my historical transactions I'll be fully sold. Now for those who say it takes forever to process, the photo has to be clear then wait for a couple of minutes surely the world doesn't end in 5 minutes, come back and hit refresh. Edit two things, insert that note and presto. My only wish was that the app accessed the entire website. But good job. Oh and bill reminders would be awesome but that's why I have Trello
Derek Anderson
Unsustainable business practices I really had high hopes for this company, but their focus seems to be on new features rather fixing usability on existing. I paid for their premium support for years and repeatedly asked for simple usability changes. They also couldn't fix my connectivity issues with my bank, where wouldn't sync then the connection would disappear. Their response is set it up again and again. If your into working smartly and efficiently, avoid this product.
Christopher Bratteli
A nice clean uncrimpled well-lit receipt from Carrabba's. What does Wave call it? "Flanagan's". Then, in addition to manually retyping the merchant name, it requires that I type in a mountain of empty fields. Really, a receipt scanner needs to allow me to snap a photo of a receipt, with minimal taps (1 to open the app + 1 to snap the picture), and then go away and quietly and *correctly* transcribe the receipt. But the interface is attractive.
Eric Smith
Currently not working at all 12/7/15 For the past 2 days j have not been able to get it to work. Receipts "process" and they disappear. It was pretty decent before but slow like others have said. *update* 10 days later - Still doesn't work. Email to support was returned 2 days later telling me to make sure my phone was up to date. I replied to that email and said my phone is indeed up to date. No response 3 days so far.... 1/6/16 still not working. How can these recent positive reviews be real?
Steven Faseyiku
Good It's a good app but needs improving. It's slow. I think that's because of the receipt verification process which incorporates character recognition. I suggest adding settings that enables users to simply manually load without online character recognition to improve speed. After all if the online verification fails, it defaults to manual but after wasting precious five to ten minutes.
Tom Pinchuk
I used to love this app. But now when I scan a receipt, it goes to processing and then does NOT show up for verification. If I look at the receipts section on the website, the receipt will show up with no ability to verify it - the only option is to delete it. Given I did not know about this bug, and trusted the app, I've lost a significant amount of business receipts in the process.
User reviews
As is. For a free app I am extremely satisfied to the extent that as soon as I am done transferring my historical transactions I'll be fully sold. Now for those who say it takes forever to process, the photo has to be clear then wait for a couple of minutes surely the world doesn't end in 5 minutes, come back and hit refresh. Edit two things, insert that note and presto. My only wish was that the app accessed the entire website. But good job. Oh and bill reminders would be awesome but that's why I have Trello
Unsustainable business practices I really had high hopes for this company, but their focus seems to be on new features rather fixing usability on existing. I paid for their premium support for years and repeatedly asked for simple usability changes. They also couldn't fix my connectivity issues with my bank, where wouldn't sync then the connection would disappear. Their response is set it up again and again. If your into working smartly and efficiently, avoid this product.
A nice clean uncrimpled well-lit receipt from Carrabba's. What does Wave call it? "Flanagan's". Then, in addition to manually retyping the merchant name, it requires that I type in a mountain of empty fields. Really, a receipt scanner needs to allow me to snap a photo of a receipt, with minimal taps (1 to open the app + 1 to snap the picture), and then go away and quietly and *correctly* transcribe the receipt. But the interface is attractive.
Currently not working at all 12/7/15 For the past 2 days j have not been able to get it to work. Receipts "process" and they disappear. It was pretty decent before but slow like others have said. *update* 10 days later - Still doesn't work. Email to support was returned 2 days later telling me to make sure my phone was up to date. I replied to that email and said my phone is indeed up to date. No response 3 days so far.... 1/6/16 still not working. How can these recent positive reviews be real?
Good It's a good app but needs improving. It's slow. I think that's because of the receipt verification process which incorporates character recognition. I suggest adding settings that enables users to simply manually load without online character recognition to improve speed. After all if the online verification fails, it defaults to manual but after wasting precious five to ten minutes.
I used to love this app. But now when I scan a receipt, it goes to processing and then does NOT show up for verification. If I look at the receipts section on the website, the receipt will show up with no ability to verify it - the only option is to delete it. Given I did not know about this bug, and trusted the app, I've lost a significant amount of business receipts in the process.
Almost pointless.... I use Wave extensively for both business and personal activity. I'm a freelancer and I've been waiting for an app for Android so I can track my income and spending from my phone instead of having to rely on the desktop. Why bother with a receipt scanner which will only work for English? (I live in Thailand) What about all the transactions for which there is no receipt? Why not just make a simple app to input transactions and sync to Wave online?
Receipts by Waves I absolutely love that I can take a picture of my receipts immediately after spending my money and account for it immediately in my books. I am NOT the most organized person in the world so this ability to account for my spending immediately is wonderful for me. Not only can I account for my spending right away, but I can separate my spending by the two businesses I own or I can classify them as personal spending. That is a huge help for me when it comes to tax preparation.
Pretty happy, but upload slow I have used Wave for over 6 years now and I love it! Sure, there are some issues at times but for a free accounting service you can't beat it. This receipt app is pretty slow with the upload process and it would be really nice if it had a split function as there are times personal items are mixed in with business but I just use notes so it's clear to me.
Great. Wish it had more features though. Great app. Love it. Take a picture of your receipt, let it process for a few minutes, then you can go in and change the name, the amount, put in your accounts and categories, then hit verify, and it saves it. I do wish it had more capability, such as to actually do the budgeting, instead of having to use a computer. Saves a lot of time for what it does though. Now I just have to learn all the parts of the desktop version! (Phone is Galaxy s3.)
Great for saving receipts Take a pic. Let the OCR type it up for you! Awesome job! Some negatives are you can only upload one receipt at a time then wait for the OCR to run. This makes doing it in batches difficult. As well once you validate a receipt it's locked and impossible to change on the mobile app.
For free, great! People are on another planet here moaning! The app is 2 things, a receipt scanner and free. Firstly, so far, 16 receipts in they have all had the right name, date and amount and all appeared on my online account. Secondly, it is free, so wow! It could be better, but then it could also be a paid for app. Some perspective is needed by people.
Always asking for an Internet connection. We use the software for our small business. For the most part it is great..now that we need to keep up with our receipts we were excited about this mobile app. However the it has nothing worked for me. I continues to state there is no Internet connection when there is one. I have not done a successful upload yet.
Doesn't work properly After scanning lots of receipts then u realize that it doesn't read the date properly, now I have to go and fix it manually, send email to support never heard from them at all. Going to wipe my data and use different software. Using free apps don't expect accuracy .
Is it smart or careless? I did not always get the expected number for a total when scanning receipts. Also, it seems to neglect to include the subtotal from the receipt. The question is, is it intentionally removing items that are not deductible, or is it simply taking numbers from the wrong line? Regarding Wave Accounting in general, it is very frustrating that you cannot use shift select to select multiple items when categorizing Bank charges. There also should be a way to simultaneously categorize multiple items as personal.
Almost perfect This is the first app I've come across that requires minimal data entry. Processing isn't picking up the dates on the receipt which can be annoying if you have a lot of receipts to catch up on. LLc isn't listed. Expense categories are based on the irs but can I edit the list based on my type of business to shorten the list?
Flat out wonderful... This app has saved me so much time and organization. My fiance owns a masonry company and I have been using Wave for a few weeks now after a lot of (failed) methods. I'm impressed. Highly recommended for the small business.
Takes forever to load Love that I can save the receipts but it takes forever to process and sometimes I have to do the same receipt a couple times before it'll take. Would really be nice to have an android invoicing app or at least be able to log into my account from my Android phone. I keep getting an error message when trying to log on using my phone.
Easy to use works great on my Samsung Galaxy. It does what I wanted to do make pictures of receipts where I can pull them up and keep track of them not bad for free. All those folks that are complaining what do you want for free no pay for an app like shoe box if you want more features.
Slow and best used only for cash transactions It's an ok addition to the Wave service, but mostly only useful for cash transactions. There's *no* personalization allowing you to choose whether/not you'd like the app the automatically process the receipt (extract & enter info). It just does it, often taking 2+ minutes each receipt. I can do it faster by hand & would prefer to. Each receipt entered also creates an entirety new transaction, so if it is something imported from your bank already, you'll need to go on your computer & manually merge both.
Needs some work Great idea but it still needs some work. Uploading receipts takes a long time, most of the time you have to go back and edit a lot of the prices and it needs some more options. It just started messing up by not uploading my receipts. Overall, it's okay.
No longer works to upload receipts I have been seeking help on this issue for months. Upload feature does not work from my S4. It's very difficult to switch accounting systems midway. If this issue is fixed, we have a five for convenience and efficiency. Until then, we have a 1.
Wave app is very inconsistent It can work at snails pace at time. The auto reporting feature, capturing receipt data is actually a manual process carried out by workers in India. This explains why virtually every receipt is incorrectly returned and requires edits.
Doesn't make sense to me... It is NOT a realistic app. I have to go online to manage my receipts. It would be much better if I could do everything (simply) from the app on my phone (Samsung Note), and not have to wait to log in, online, to the website..
Nice try but some problems need to be solved. Too bad Wave doesn't seem to care about improving this app. Can't set a default currency. Can't edit fields after confirm. We do make mistakes and if you do then you have to delete the receipt and renter. You can't even correct a transaction on the website. You have to delete. Thats just dumb. Also would be nice to enter expenses without image.
Time saver Great time saving when I can combine this with emailing receipts in. Had a couple crashes when processing pictures taken by the camera. I'm sure it's a small bug fix. I've had similar functionality in enterprise products. So awesome to have it in a small business product and free
Great way to keep track of my business receipts I don't have a good method for keeping up with my business receipts. They send up stuck down in a purse or bag. It's much easier to take a picture of the receipts to have them all in one place through this app.
Useless This is hopeless. The app takes several minutes to 'process' each receipt after which I have an image of it and absolutely none of the information recognised and pulled through. There are amoeba on Saturn who could do a better job of this.
Good app for small businees when using wave Getting over using this app, thought it was great at the start but now its just an annoyance .. shame the idea is good and when it works it can be great .. but it takes a long time to load . And crashes losing my recipts sometimes . No way to re edit them if youve done a mistake . Could be really good if they updated it and if it didnt keep crashing.. and freezing
Using for Food Truck business Had tried a few other expense/accounting apps at the same time as this one. All of the features I want in an accounting app are free with wave. No issues so far!
If you want to double your work - then this app is for you. Take photos of your receipts then wait for them to upload. Once uploaded you can go online and correct almost EVERYTHING that was uploaded because its WRONG. Spend hours sorting through your receipts again and learning new ways to swear at your phone. Great for those on hypertension medication. Get it today.
Has good &concise instructions. Integrated with the Wave accounting app. This will save me a lot of time next tax season. the rest of the story OOPS! OCR is grossly inconsistent in reading receipt script. Garbage in - garbage out. Great concept, through put sucks. Disappointed.
Been promising software improvements for 3+ years now. Developers are lazy. The only customer service is to send an email. Sent one May 22nd, asked for a follow up mid June. Finally got an answer today July 7th and the response is basically, sorry, our software sucks. I'm appalled, and since my CPA has been begging me to switch, I am exporting my data in light of this. Saving a few bucks every month is absolutely not worth the software limitations and poor customer service.
Could be great This app would save mr so much time and effort but instead iys mostly a frustration. Still doesnt work right on my devive. It crashes brings up the wrong categories and accounts when trying to verify.
Problem taking photo Direct photo capture function will fail every 1st time you try. The program will close and you need to restart. Once restarted, you can capture photo and upload directly. If picture/file upload, you will not encounter the same problem
Seems to be very intuitive but... Once you've submitted or verified something, there's no way to edit afterwards. I'd like that option. It's a waste of time to delete and redo. I just started to use this so there could be other things that turn up later but for now they seem to have gone beyond my expectations with both the app and the service.
Works pretty good Quote convenient way of adding expenses to Wave when not say at the PC. However, not sure if it's my Android phone running the latest Android OS or if it's the Wave app that needs updating, but the app just doesn't want to open, it just buffers... Maybe it needs a bit more time to open, in any case it's a bit annoying.
Functionality Keeps Getting Worse When I first started using the app, it worked great. The OCR was accurate and everything was processed very quickly. Now, more often than not, a scan is being processed and then just disappears. I often have to scan an invoice three or four times before it comes back for review. When it finally does get processed, the recorded information is usually wrong. With all the changes I have to make, it's like entering every invoice by hand. I have no faith in this app.
Takes too long to move / categorise transactions I love the principal of the app, however, in practical terms when trying to categorise transactions after and hitting 'Move Transaction', it takes 27-30 seconds on average per transaction. Unusable for 7 pages of transactions (avg 50 transactions per page)! Have closed account.
Can't access business accounts The Web app is great but this mobile app won't give me the option to select my business accounts. Also there is no option to add the business accounts to the phones profile. This issue makes the app unusable in my case.
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★ Minor bug fixes and improvements.
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Updated
April 1, 2015
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100,000 - 500,000
Current Version
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