TaxTrail scans a receipt, reads it on your device, and files it
against the right IRS Schedule C line. No account. No cloud. No ads.
Why on-device matters. Every other receipt app uploads your
purchases to a server so software there can read them. TaxTrail uses Apple's
Vision framework, which runs on the phone itself — so there is no server holding
a record of where you shop, what you buy, or what you earn. Not because we
promise not to look. Because there is nothing to look at.
What it does
Reads the receipt on your device. Edge detection and
perspective correction first, then text recognition — the photo quality is
what limits accuracy, so the scanner fixes that before reading.
Files it against Schedule C. 29 tax categories mapped to
actual IRS lines, plus Schedule A, Form 8829, Form 4562, COGS and personal.
Handles sales tax properly. Separates the taxable base from
the tax, remembers merchant and city rates, and gets the math right on
receipts that print a rate instead of an amount.
Splits one receipt across categories. The hardware-store run
that was half job materials and half personal, with the tax apportioned.
Exports for your CPA. CSV, Excel, TXF, and QuickBooks —
plus a full archive with every receipt image, so you can throw the paper out.
Multi-page capture for the long ones that never fit in a
single frame.
What we collect
Data
Collected?
Receipt images
Never
Merchants, amounts, categories
Never
Your name, email, or account
There is no account
Location
Never leaves the device
Analytics, crash, or advertising SDKs
None. At all
Purchase history, if you buy Pro
Handled by Apple and RevenueCat under an anonymous ID — never linked to you, never used for tracking
Free for 10 scans a month, with full parsing, categorization and CSV export —
not a trial that expires. Pro removes the limit and adds Excel, TXF and
QuickBooks exports: $6.99/month, $39.99/year
(7-day free trial), or $99.99 once.
No ads, ever. An app that sells your purchase history is the
thing this exists to replace.