Slipsheet is a business expense tracker app for freelancers and small-business owners who want their receipts as clean rows, not a new accounting system. Take a photo of a receipt and upload it, or forward the PDF or email receipt, and each one becomes a row you check, then export as one CSV.
The usual alternative is a shoebox of slips and a weekend spent typing them into a spreadsheet, one date, merchant and amount at a time. A business expense app should take that typing off your hands without asking you to move your books, sign up for company cards or learn a finance team's workflow.
How it works
- Take a photo, then upload it. Use your phone's camera, then upload the photo to Slipsheet. There is no in-app camera. Screenshots and PDFs upload the same way, and Slipsheet reads JPG, PNG, HEIC and PDF files.
- Or forward it. Send emailed receipts and PDF attachments to your Slipsheet email-in inbox, so nothing has to be printed or saved first.
- Check each row. Every receipt lands in a review queue as one row with its date, merchant, total, currency and tax. Fix any field before it reaches your export.
- Export one CSV. Download slipsheet-YYYYMMDD.csv with 9 columns: date, merchant, total_amount, currency, tax_amount, category, client_tag, notes and file_name. On Pro, confirmed receipts can also sync to a Google Sheet.
What to look for in a business expense tracker app
Whichever expense tracking app you try, these are the questions worth asking during the trial.
- Capture that fits how receipts reach you. Paper slips, PDFs and emailed receipts all turn up. Check that you can upload a photo and forward an email, not just one or the other.
- A review step before anything is final. Reading a receipt is never perfect. You want to see each row and fix a field before it reaches your export.
- An export you can open anywhere. A plain CSV with one row per receipt opens in a spreadsheet and goes into most accounting software through its import. Be wary of a format only one product can read.
- Tax in its own column. If you claim sales tax, GST or VAT back, the tax amount should sit next to the total, not inside a note.
- Tagging by client or project. If you bill costs back to clients, tag each receipt as it comes in so you can filter by client later instead of sorting at tax time.
- A pricing model that matches your volume. Flat monthly plans with a receipt allowance are easier to predict than paying per receipt or per user. Check what you get on each plan.
- Low lock-in. Ask whether you can leave with all of your data in a file that still makes sense without the app, and whether the app requires a particular accounting system or card program.
How Slipsheet answers those questions
| What to look for | Slipsheet today |
|---|---|
| Capture | Upload a photo, screenshot or PDF, or forward an email receipt. No in-app camera. |
| Review | Each receipt is a row in a review queue before it reaches your export. |
| Export | One CSV, slipsheet-YYYYMMDD.csv, with 9 columns. Google Sheets sync on Pro only. |
| Tax | tax_amount is its own column, next to total_amount and currency. |
| Client tagging | Every row has a client_tag column. Multi-client tagging, filtering and per-client CSV exports are on Pro. |
| Pricing | Flat monthly plans with a receipt allowance. No per-receipt pricing. |
| Lock-in | The CSV is yours. QuickBooks and Xero only through CSV import. Excel, OneDrive and Microsoft 365 are coming soon. |
Two things Slipsheet does not do: it doesn't detect duplicate receipts, and it doesn't combine several receipts into one. If the same receipt arrives twice, you spot it in the review queue.
Pick something else if
Pick a spend-management tool instead if your team needs corporate cards, approval workflows, mileage tracking or reimbursement routing. Slipsheet doesn't issue cards, route expenses for approval, log mileage or pay anyone back. It turns receipts into rows for one ledger. If you're weighing a dedicated tracking app against Slipsheet, see our expense tracking app vs Slipsheet comparison.
Tracking every day vs reporting once
This page is about the day-to-day job: getting each receipt recorded as it arrives. If what you actually need is a finished report for a client, employer or accountant, read our guide to choosing an expense report app. Slipsheet covers both with the same CSV.
Pricing
- Starter: $5/mo for up to 250 receipts, or $50 a year.
- Pro: $12/mo for up to 1,500 receipts, plus Google Sheets sync, or $120 a year.
Both plans start with a 14-day free trial, no card needed. There is no per-receipt pricing. Start your free trial.
FAQ
Can I take receipt photos inside the Slipsheet app?
No. Slipsheet has no in-app camera. Take the photo with your phone's own camera, then upload it to Slipsheet, or forward an emailed receipt instead. Slipsheet accepts JPG, PNG, HEIC and PDF files, and every receipt becomes one row that you review before you export it.
What does the Slipsheet export look like?
You get one CSV file named slipsheet-YYYYMMDD.csv with 9 columns: date, merchant, total_amount, currency, tax_amount, category, client_tag, notes and file_name. It opens in Google Sheets, and on the Pro plan your confirmed receipts can also sync to a Google Sheet.
Does Slipsheet connect to QuickBooks or Xero?
Only through CSV import. There is no direct connection to QuickBooks or Xero and no export shaped for either one. You export the 9-column CSV and bring it in with their import tools. Excel, OneDrive and Microsoft 365 connections are coming soon and are not live yet.
How much does Slipsheet cost?
Starter is $5 a month for up to 250 receipts. Pro is $12 a month for up to 1,500 receipts and adds Google Sheets sync. Paid yearly, the plans are $50 and $120. Both start with a 14-day free trial, and you don't need a card to start it.