OCR Receipt vs Receipt Wrangler

OCR Receipt is a desktop app for analyzing, renaming and filing receipts, invoices and business documents offline. It extracts supplier, date, tax, total and line-item details, can correct OCR typos and categorize suppliers, and indexes parsed files in a local SQLite database for text search. The product page describes dropping 50 receipts at once for background processing. Reports include PDF audit files with receipt copies appended, and the desktop tour describes HTML summaries. CSV export is available; paid tiers also include Excel export.

The site says OCR and local AI run on the computer, files remain on the local disk, and there is no telemetry or remote server sharing. Paid tiers can optionally use cloud AI with the customer's own API key. The app accepts PDF, PNG and JPG files, and supports Linux, Windows 10/11, and macOS on Intel and Apple Silicon. Free Lite costs nothing; paid one-time plans are listed at 149.00 USD, 199.00 USD and 399.00 USD, with differing batch and seat limits.

Receipt Wrangler is a free, open-source, self-hosted tool for organizing receipts and managing expense data. OCR reads receipt images, and AI parses the extracted information into receipt records. Quick Scan accepts one or more images and single- or multi-page PDFs, and can save parsed receipts immediately. Magic Fill uses an image to populate receipt fields with extracted values that users can edit before saving. Users can share receipts and track expenses together; email integration can add image attachments to a group as separate receipts. Optional AI providers include OpenAI, Google Gemini, and self-hosted OpenAI-compatible models such as Ollama. The application is designed to run in Docker and Docker Compose with a supported database and Redis. Database options are SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB, though SQLite is not recommended for long-term use. API keys let external tools interact with permissions inherited from the associated user. When AI features are enabled, potentially identifying details may be sent to OpenAI or Google Gemini for processing. Mobile crash and error reporting is on by default and can be turned off in Profile → Privacy.