Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 10, 2026
Receipt Scanner: Expenses (the “App”) is built to be private by default. Your receipts and expense data are stored on your device. We do not run servers that collect your data, we do not use analytics or advertising SDKs, and we never sell your information.
The short version. Receipt images and the details extracted from them stay on your iPhone. Text recognition (OCR) happens on the device. The App only connects to the internet for a few specific, optional purposes described below — currency exchange rates, managing your subscription, and (if you turn it on) backing up to your own private iCloud. None of these send your receipt images or their contents to us.
1. Who we are
The App is provided by Artiom Gaureac (“we”, “us”). For any privacy question or request, contact gaureac@gmail.com.
2. Data stored on your device
When you use the App, the following is created and stored locally on your device (in the App’s private storage), not on our servers:
- Photos or PDFs of receipts you scan or import;
- Details extracted or entered for each receipt — merchant, date, total, tax, currency, category, payment method, notes, and the recognized text;
- Any fiscal QR-code link found on a receipt (used to open the official e-receipt page);
- Reports you generate (PDF, CSV, XLSX) and app settings (such as base currency and appearance).
Because this data lives on your device, you control it. Deleting a receipt in the App, or deleting the App, removes the corresponding data from the device.
3. Text recognition happens on your device
The App reads receipts using Apple’s on-device Vision framework. Receipt images are processed locally to extract text and detect QR codes. Your receipt images and their contents are not uploaded to us or to any third-party OCR service in the current version of the App.
4. No tracking, no ads, no analytics SDK
The App contains no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no third-party trackers. We do not build advertising profiles, and we do not track you across other apps or websites. Nothing you scan, type or read in the App is measured or reported anywhere.
The one exception, stated plainly: our subscription provider shows us aggregate statistics about subscriptions themselves — how many are active, started or cancelled, and the anonymous identifier each purchase belongs to. That is what Apple’s privacy label calls “Analytics”, and we declare it there. It concerns purchases only, never your receipts or how you use the App.
5. When the App connects to the internet
The App is offline-first. It functions without a network connection. It reaches the internet only in these situations:
| Purpose | What is sent | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Currency exchange rates (to show totals in your base currency) | Currency codes and dates only. No receipt data or personal data. | Frankfurter (public European Central Bank rates) |
| Purchases & subscription management (validate, restore, unlock premium) | Purchase/transaction information and an anonymous, randomly generated app-user identifier. No name or email. The provider shows us aggregate subscription statistics built from this, and nothing else. | RevenueCat & Apple |
| Optional iCloud backup (off by default) | A backup archive of your receipts, saved to your own private iCloud Drive container. We have no access to it. | Apple iCloud |
| Opening an official e-receipt (only when you tap “Open e-receipt”) | Your browser opens the tax authority’s receipt page encoded in the receipt’s QR code. | The relevant tax authority website |
6. Third-party services
We rely on a small number of service providers strictly to make the features above work. Their handling of data is governed by their own privacy policies:
- Apple — App Store payments, subscriptions, and (if enabled) iCloud backup. See Apple’s Privacy Policy.
- RevenueCat — subscription infrastructure that validates and restores your purchases using an anonymous identifier, and reports aggregate subscription statistics back to us. See RevenueCat’s Privacy Policy.
- Frankfurter / European Central Bank — public currency exchange-rate data. No account or personal data is involved.
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing.
7. Device permissions
- Camera — to photograph paper receipts. Images are processed on the device.
- Photo Library — only to import receipt images you choose. The App does not scan your library in the background.
You can change these permissions at any time in the iOS Settings app.
8. Payment information
All purchases are handled by Apple through the App Store. We never see or store your card number or full payment details. Apple and RevenueCat process purchase records so that your subscription can be validated and restored across your devices.
9. Data retention and deletion
- On-device data stays until you delete individual receipts, clear the data, or delete the App.
- iCloud backup (if you enabled it) lives in your private iCloud and is managed by you through iCloud/Apple; deleting it there removes it.
- Purchase records held by Apple and RevenueCat are retained under their policies for accounting, fraud-prevention, and restore purposes.
10. Children
The App is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
11. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example, under the EU/UK GDPR or the CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data, and to object to certain processing. Because your receipt data is stored on your own device and we do not maintain accounts or a server-side profile of you, most of this data is already under your direct control. For the limited purchase-related data held by our providers, or for any question about this policy, contact us at gaureac@gmail.com and we will help.
12. International users
Where the limited processing described above occurs (for example, purchase validation), it may take place on servers operated by our providers in other countries. Those providers commit to appropriate safeguards under their own policies.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as the App evolves. Material changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date above and, where appropriate, through the App or App Store listing. Continued use of the App after an update means you accept the revised policy.
14. Contact
Questions about privacy? Email gaureac@gmail.com.