At a glance
Genius Scan is a document scanner app from The Grizzly Labs for iPhone and Android. It detects the page, corrects the perspective and saves a PDF, with documents processed on the phone. The paid Ultra plan adds on-device text recognition, cloud backup and export to services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive.
Best for
People and businesses who scan receipts to track expenses, not just to file a copy.
Where it's stronger
Best for
Anyone who needs a fast, private scanner for contracts, forms, letters and receipts alike.
Where it's stronger
Every comparison on this site names what the other product does better. If we couldn't think of anything, we didn't publish the page.
Side by side
These are structural differences, not plan checkboxes. Capabilities change, so check the vendor's own documentation before deciding on any single row.
Scanning paper into a clean image
Receipt fields turned into an expense
Any document, not only receipts
Emailed receipts collected
Processing kept on the phone
Accounting sync
None of this needs a big-bang cutover. Most teams run both tools for one cycle and compare capture rates before switching anyone off.
Contracts, forms and letters can stay where they are. Only receipts move.
Photograph a receipt, or pick several from your camera roll, and each becomes an expense.
Upload receipt images you already scanned, and Smartbills reads them the same way.
Emailed receipts are collected without a scan.
FAQ
What people ask us before they sign up.
Keep comparing
The products people evaluate alongside Genius Scan.
Adobe Scan turns receipts into searchable PDFs in Adobe's cloud. Smartbills turns them into expenses, with items, taxes and totals read for you.
Read the comparisonCamScanner scans, converts and edits documents of every kind. Smartbills reads receipts into expenses and keeps them ready for approval and your books.
Read the comparisonSmart Receipts turns photographed receipts into PDF and CSV expense reports. Smartbills reads them too, finds the ones in your email and syncs everything to your books.
Read the comparisonForeceipt scans receipts and builds PDF or Excel reports for tax time. Smartbills reads every item and tax, checks your mailbox itself and syncs to your books.
Read the comparisonEach product works on its own, and when you run two, the same record carries from the receipt to the ledger entry.
Capture receipts with your iPhone or Android. Smartbills extracts merchant details, dates, line items and taxes.
The Smartbills receipt wallet for everything you buy: itemized receipts, email receipts you upload, and photos of the paper ones.
Connect Gmail, Outlook, Zoho Mail or IMAP. Automatically collect receipts and invoices from the folders you choose, including Archive and Spam.
Get started
Bring one month of your own receipts and card transactions, and we'll show you the capture rate on both sides instead of a slide deck.
