User manual
Receipt Tracker Free
Manual receipt tracking, images, exports, and per-report backup for up to 25 saved receipts.
See the app's About screen or Google Play listing for the current version.
1. Start here
Receipt Tracker Free stores receipts inside reports and supports manual entry, receipt images, PDF and CSV output, per-report ZIP backup, and optional vehicle records.
Five-minute setup
- Open Settings and choose the language, theme, default currency, and export image quality.
- Create a report with a clear name and currency.
- Open the report and add a receipt.
- Attach or photograph the receipt.
- Verify the saved amount, taxes, date, category, currency, and image.
- Create a Backup ZIP after entering important data.
2. Reports
Every receipt belongs to one report. A report can represent a tax year, business, client, vehicle, trip, household, reimbursement period, or project.
Create a report
- Select Create Report or the add control.
- Enter a report name.
- Optionally add a business name, description, tax year, date range, and logo.
- Choose the report currency.
- Save the report.
Report actions
- Open: view and manage receipts.
- Rename: change the report name without changing its receipts.
- Duplicate: create a separate report copy.
- PDF or CSV: create readable or tabular output.
- Backup ZIP: create a portable restorable copy with receipt data and images.
- Delete: remove the report and its receipts according to Free's deletion behavior.
3. Receipts
Add or edit a receipt
- Open the destination report and select Add Receipt.
- Enter the merchant, price, and currency.
- Add one or more tax amount lines when needed.
- Set the date and category. If Other is selected, enter the custom category.
- Optionally mark the receipt reimbursable and add comments.
- If vehicle fields are enabled, enter vehicle name, service type, and mileage.
- Attach an image and verify every field before saving.
Receipt images
- Take Photo opens the camera for a new image.
- Upload Existing Image selects an image from the device.
- The image editor can crop, reposition, resize, rotate, reset, and save edits.
- Full-Page Image requests full-page treatment in supported report output.
4. Find and organize
- Search by merchant, comments, category, amount, or date.
- Filter by date range, category, reimbursement status, and minimum or maximum price.
- Edit, duplicate, move, or delete an individual receipt.
- Use bulk actions to update reimbursement status, assign a category, or delete selected receipts.
- Use Other when a custom category is needed.
5. PDF, CSV, and Backup ZIP
| Format | Best use | Restorable |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, printing, reimbursement packets, and formatted sharing | No | |
| CSV | Spreadsheet sorting, analysis, and calculations | No |
| Backup ZIP | Portable per-report safety copy with receipt data and images | Yes |
Export or share
- Open the report or its report-card actions.
- Choose the desired PDF, CSV, or Backup ZIP action.
- Keep the app open while generation is in progress.
- Choose a destination from Android's save or share interface.
Restore from ZIP
- Open Settings and choose Restore From ZIP.
- Select a Backup ZIP created by Receipt Tracker.
- Wait for validation and import to finish.
- Review the imported report, receipt fields, and images.
6. Recovery and deletion
Free does not include Recently Deleted. Deleting a receipt removes it from local storage, and deleting a report removes its receipts. Recovery requires a suitable Backup ZIP exported before deletion.
Free allows up to 25 saved receipts across all reports. A ZIP restore must fit within the remaining capacity.
7. Settings
- Language, theme, default currency, and export image quality.
- Report columns, including category, reimbursement status, and comments where available.
- Vehicle maintenance fields.
- Privacy, data storage, camera and photos, terms, support, website, and app information.
- Restore From ZIP.
8. Privacy and data handling
Receipt records remain local unless the user exports, shares, restores, or voluntarily sends information to support. Free does not serve advertising.
9. Troubleshooting
- Cannot save a receipt
- Check required fields and verify that monetary values use valid decimals.
- Image is missing
- Edit the receipt and attach, import, or recapture the image.
- Output lacks a column
- Review Report Columns in Settings.
- Need a safety copy
- Export a Backup ZIP for the report.
- Cannot add another receipt
- Check the 25-receipt capacity across all reports.
10. Reference
Supported languages, currencies, and categories can change. Review the current choices shown inside the app rather than relying on a fixed website count.
Recommended routine
- Use clear report names and consistent categories.
- Verify amounts, dates, taxes, images, and reimbursement status.
- Export Backup ZIP files after important work.
- Store exported files in a trusted location and remove obsolete copies.