Receipt OCR that never uploads your receipts
Read photos and scans of receipts with OCR that runs entirely in your browser. Vendor, date, totals, tax and items, checked for arithmetic errors.
How on-device OCR works
The first time you open a photo, TillSheet downloads its text-recognition engine (about 6 MB, cached afterwards). The image is cleaned up — straightened tones, upscaled if it's small — and read locally. The text never leaves your browser tab; you can disconnect from the internet and it still works.
What it handles well — and what it doesn't
- ✓ Phone photos of till receipts, restaurant bills with tips, fuel receipts, coffee-shop receipts, scanned invoices.
- ✓ A stray extra digit (say
71.79read for7.79) is repaired when the receipt’s own arithmetic proves it, and you’re told about it. - ✗ Handwriting, crumpled or heavily faded thermal paper, and very dark photos. Re-shoot those flat in good light.
Digital PDF invoices are read from their text layer instead of OCR, which is exact.
How it works
- Drop receipts or invoices — PDF, JPG, PNG or WebP, straight from your phone, email or scanner.
- TillSheet reads them on your device: vendor, date, number, subtotal, tax, tip, total, line items and a suggested category.
- Check the ✓ badges, fix anything marked ⚠, then download Excel or CSV — or Xero/QuickBooks files with Pro.
FAQ
Is it really private?
Yes. Files are read by JavaScript and WebAssembly running in your browser tab, including the OCR for photos. Nothing about the file is sent over the network. You can verify it in your browser's developer tools (Network tab), or disconnect from the internet after the page loads — conversion still works.
What can it read?
Digital PDF invoices and receipts (exact text), scanned PDFs and photos of receipts (on-device OCR). It extracts vendor, date, due date, invoice/receipt number, currency, subtotal, discount, shipping, tax, tip, total and line items, and suggests an expense category.
How accurate is it?
Digital PDFs are read exactly. For every document TillSheet checks that the line items add up to the subtotal and that subtotal + tax + tip equals the total; documents that pass get a green ✓, anything else is flagged ⚠ so you can fix it before exporting. Photo OCR depends on the photo — flat, well-lit and in focus works best.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. Open TillSheet in your phone's browser and choose photos from your camera roll. HEIC photos open in Safari; in other browsers, share them as JPG.
What about password-protected PDFs?
Supported. You'll be asked for the password, which is used only inside your browser to open the file.
What's free?
10 receipts or invoices per day, 3 files at a time, with CSV and Excel export. No account needed. Pro adds unlimited documents, whole-folder batches, a line-item CSV and Xero and QuickBooks exports.