Description
Recu is a minimal, privacy-first receipt tracker that runs entirely on your iPhone, powered by Apple's MLX local AI stack. No clouds, no manual spreadsheets—just clear insight from the receipts you already have.
Free to start, yours to keep:
Free forever: Download and track up to 10 receipts with full AI-powered features—completely free, no time limits.
One-time Pro upgrade: Unlock unlimited receipts and iCloud sync with a single payment. No subscriptions, ever.
On-device AI only: Your financial data never leaves your phone, and processing happens locally using specialized models.
Built for clarity: Turn raw receipts into a living history of what you spend, when, and why.
Scan, recognize, understand:
Recu goes beyond basic OCR to actually understand your receipts.
VLM extraction: Identify merchants, line items, totals, and complex tax breakdowns from messy photos or PDFs.
Effortless capture: Camera-like scanning for quick entry, with automatic extraction of merchant, total, and date.
Private storage: Receipts and parsed data are stored securely under your control.
Local AI "brain":
All intelligence lives on your device.
On-device models: AI runs directly on your iPhone for parsing and understanding your receipts.
Auto-categorization: Suggested categories for each purchase that learn your habits over time.
You stay in charge: Override entries, tweak amounts, adjust currencies, or edit categories anytime—AI drafts, you decide.
Find anything with semantic search:
Never scroll endlessly for "that one receipt" again.
Find items by merchant name, line item name and filter by date period
From receipts to a spending story
Recu is designed as a roadmap from simple capture to deep insight.
Today – Effortless capture: One place for all receipts, no manual typing.
Next – Living history: Monthly spending breakdowns, cost-of-living tracking, and instant search.
Then – Smart nudges: Weekly "Spending Story" summaries, gentle alerts for price creep, and behavior-aware insights.
Later – Panic-free tax: Separate personal and business, export tax-ready records, and keep an audit-proof index of your receipts.
Beyond – On your side: True inflation tracking, staple inventory awareness, and a private, searchable memory of your purchases.
Designed for people who care about privacy
Recu is for anyone who wants modern AI-powered receipt tracking without giving their financial life to a server.
Individuals tracking daily spending or cost of living
Freelancers and small businesses wanting cleaner records without complex accounting tools
Privacy-conscious users who want AI help without sharing data with third parties
No accounts to create, no ads, no recurring fees—just a focused tool that keeps your receipts, and your data, under your control.