Crunchr is an Australian iPhone app built around the camera: snap a paper receipt or upload an e-receipt, and its AI fills in the details with tax-ready categories. The Paper Keep starts from the other end — most receipts already arrive by email, so it connects to your inbox and collects them for you.
Pick by the job you need done, not the feature count.
A personal receipt archive that fills itself from your email.
Connects Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Fastmail and other IMAP inboxes, imports months of history, and keeps every original with Australian tax-year summaries. A$3/mo flat, in any browser.
An Australian iPhone receipt scanner for tax time and expense claims.
Snap or upload receipts, AI fills in details, tax-ready categories, photo-text search and exports to spreadsheets, Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks. iPhone only; a desktop add-on is sold separately.
Everything below about The Paper Keep is shipped today — not a roadmap item.
| Feature | The Paper Keep | Crunchr |
|---|---|---|
| Getting receipts in | ||
| Scans your email inbox for receipts Finds receipts already sitting in your email without you touching each one | Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Fastmail and custom servers via IMAP app passwords, with up to 12 months of history | E-receipts are uploaded one at a time from messages or emails |
| Personal forwarding address Set an auto-forward rule once and new receipts flow in | Not confirmed in the cited sources | |
| Camera capture of paper receipts | Photo upload from any phone browser; no native app | The core of the app |
| Platforms | Any browser — phone, tablet or computer, iPhone or Android | iPhone; desktop access is a paid add-on; no Android app confirmed |
| What each receipt becomes | ||
| AI extraction of vendor, date, total, category | Claude-powered parsing of emails, PDFs and photos | |
| Line items extracted, each taggable Split a mixed shop into work and personal items | Per-item categories and tags | Line-item capture not confirmed in the cited sources |
| Search inside receipts | OCR text, line items, notes, tags, sender | Searches text in receipt photos |
| Email originals and inline images archived Inline images downloaded before retailer links stop working | Not confirmed in the cited sources | |
| Tax time and exports | ||
| Tax-ready categories | Categories plus deductible and GST totals per July–June year | Tax-ready categories or your own |
| Work-from-home deduction estimator (AU) Fixed-rate vs actual-cost comparison | Not confirmed in the cited sources | |
| Accounting software exports | CSV and full-data export instead | Spreadsheets with photos attached; Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks |
| Expense reimbursements and teams | By design | Reimbursements and team plans |
| Price | ||
| What it costs | A$3/mo or A$30/yr, everything included, 14-day free trial | Australian App Store in-app purchases checked 24 October 2026: app A$6.99 or A$72.99–A$76.90; app + desktop A$9.99 or A$109.99; 7-day free trial |
By Boden from The Paper Keep. This comparison uses the vendor’s public pricing and documentation linked below, checked on 24 October 2026. It is not an independent hands-on test. “Not confirmed” means the sources do not establish support; it does not mean the feature is absent. The Paper Keep prices are Australian dollars (A$); competitor prices marked US$ are US dollars, and A$ competitor prices come from Australian listings. Annual prices require annual billing; promotions, taxes and regional prices may differ. Check the vendor’s checkout before buying.
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The Paper Keep doesn't try to be everything. If any of these describes you, pick accordingly.
If you mostly collect till receipts and want to snap them on the spot in a native iPhone app, Crunchr is built for exactly that.
Crunchr handles reimbursements and team plans. The Paper Keep has no concept of a claim or an approver.
Crunchr exports straight to accounting software. The Paper Keep exports CSV.
Online orders, subscriptions, bills and e-receipts are collected from your inbox automatically, including the last year of history, instead of being uploaded one by one.
The Paper Keep works in any browser on Android, iPhone or a computer, with no desktop add-on.
A$30 a year includes everything, including the WFH estimator and line-item tagging.
Crunchr and The Paper Keep both aim at Australians getting their receipts ready for tax time, but they collect them differently. If your receipts are mostly paper and you live on an iPhone, Crunchr's camera-first app is a strong choice. If most of your receipts arrive by email — online orders, subscriptions, bills and e-receipts — The Paper Keep collects them for you at about half the annual price of Crunchr's app-only plan.
Want the wider field? See the full comparison or our roundup of personal receipt apps.
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