You should not have to retype a stack of invoices. You also should not have to upload a client’s bills to a website you do not control.
Invoice & Receipt Extractor does the reading on your Windows PC. The PDF stays on that machine. You check the numbers, then you export the rows.
What you need before you start
A Windows PC, the invoices or receipts as PDFs, and about ten minutes. Scanned pages are harder than digital PDFs. Handwriting and faint photos of receipts will miss lines. Read the page before you trust a total.
The free queue is 5 files. A larger queue, saved sessions, and spreadsheet export are Pro: $7.99 a month, $59.99 a year, or $119.99 once.
Get it from the Microsoft Store: Invoice & Receipt Extractor
The steps
- Add the PDFs, or drop a folder on the window. The app skips a repeated file.
- Read the source text. Digital PDFs are read directly. Scans use OCR on the PC.
- Open each row next to the page. Fix a wrong date, amount, or vendor before you export. A total that does not match the page is a row you still have to correct.
- Export. CSV is included. Spreadsheet export is a Pro feature.
- Keep the original PDFs. The export is a working copy, not a replacement for the bill.
What this is not
It is not bookkeeping software and it does not file your tax return. It does not send the PDF to Compile North. If a line looks wrong, the page wins.
If you would rather not do it yourself
Send five invoice or receipt PDFs and we will return the spreadsheet. Write to [email protected] with the subject "Five invoices". Do not send files you are not allowed to share.
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