Checkout 51 pays you for buying this week's offers. Smartbills keeps the whole itemized receipt, so you can split the grocery bill, return something or claim a warranty later.
At a glance
Checkout 51 is a cash back app founded in Toronto. New offers on groceries, gas and everyday items come out each week; you activate one, buy the item at any store, then photograph your receipt to earn. Cash back at gas stations is for US members.
Best for
People who want every receipt kept and useful after the purchase.
Where it's stronger
Best for
Shoppers who check weekly offers and don't mind photographing receipts to earn.
Where it's stronger
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Side by side
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Cash back on weekly offers
How receipts arrive
Splitting a receipt with someone
Return and warranty reminders
Tax receipts sorted by category
Gas station offers
No need to switch everyone at once. Settle what's open in the old app, then start the next shared bill in Smartbills.
Keep earning on weekly offers. Smartbills keeps the receipt.
Stores that use Smartbills send the receipt on their own.
Keep receipts for big purchases, where returns and warranties matter.
Medical, childcare, donation and tuition receipts get a running total for the year.
FAQ
What people ask us before they sign up.
Keep comparing
The products people evaluate alongside Checkout 51.
Caddle pays Canadians for surveys, purchases and reviews. Smartbills keeps your itemized receipts for splitting, returns, warranties and tax credits.
Read the comparisonIbotta pays cash back on offers you add before shopping. Smartbills keeps every itemized receipt for splitting, returns, warranties and tax time.
Read the comparisonFetch pays you points for scanning receipts. Smartbills keeps the itemized receipt as a record you can split, return against and use at tax time.
Read the comparisonSplitwise keeps a tally of who owes whom after you type each expense in. Smartbills starts from the store's itemized receipt, so splitting is tapping what you had.
Read the comparisonEach product works on its own, and when you run two, the same record carries from the receipt to the ledger entry.
The Smartbills receipt wallet for everything you buy: itemized receipts, email receipts you upload, and photos of the paper ones.
A tax receipt organizer that sorts medical, childcare, donation and tuition receipts by category as they come in and keeps a running total all year.
Split a bill by what each person actually had, starting from the receipt already on your phone, and the balance clears when a friend pays you back.
Get started
Get the app for free, pay as usual, and tap what you had. Your friends see their share in their own free account.
