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Receipt Scanner to Google Sheets: Photos In, Clean Rows Out

Receipt Scanner to Google Sheets: Photos In, Clean Rows Out

Slipsheet is a receipt scanner to Google Sheets for freelancers and small teams. Upload a receipt photo, PDF, or image on the web, or forward it by email. Slipsheet reads the date, merchant, total, tax, and currency, you confirm, and one clean row lands in your Google Sheet. No retyping, no OCR text dump.

The shoebox problem

You know the routine. Receipts pile up in a shoebox, a glovebox, and an inbox folder called "expenses." Once a month you sit down and type them into a spreadsheet, one row at a time: date, merchant, total, tax. Or you try a free OCR app, and it hands back a wall of text where the total, the tax, and the store phone number all run together, so you end up typing the row anyway.

What you wanted was simple. A receipt goes in, and a tidy row comes out in the Google Sheet you already use.

How Slipsheet fills the gap

Slipsheet takes the receipt in whatever form you have it: a photo of a paper slip, a PDF from an email, or a saved image. Add it through web upload, or forward the email to your Slipsheet inbox. Slipsheet has no in-app camera, so any phone or scanner photo works as the source.

From there it reads the fields, not just the text. You review the date, merchant, total, tax, currency, and category, add a client tag or a note if you like, and confirm. On the Pro plan, that confirmed receipt becomes one clean row in your Google Sheet. On every plan you can export a 9-column CSV that opens in Google Sheets or Excel.

Three ways to get receipts into Google Sheets

Raw-text OCR appHand-typingSlipsheet
What you getA block of raw text per receiptExactly what you typedSeparate fields, reviewed by you, as one row
Your work per receiptFind the total and tax in the text, then type themType every field by handUpload or forward, check, confirm
PDFs from emailOften a separate stepOpen, read, retypeForward the email or upload the PDF
Getting it into SheetsCopy and paste, then clean upAlready there, after the typingDirect sync on Pro, or a 9-column CSV on every plan

A raw-text app solves reading, not sorting. Hand-typing is accurate but slow. Slipsheet does the sorting into fields and leaves the final check with you.

Plans at a glance

Go deeper

For the full setup, follow the step-by-step receipt to Google Sheets workflow. For how syncing behaves once it is on, read about Google Sheets direct sync, and see what lands in each column on the Google Sheets integration page.

Frequently asked questions

Can I scan receipts with my phone camera in Slipsheet?

Slipsheet has no in-app camera. Take the photo with any camera you already use, then add it through web upload or forward it by email. Slipsheet reads the image or PDF and pulls out the fields for you.

Which plan sends receipts straight to Google Sheets?

Direct Google Sheets sync is on the Pro plan, $12/mo for up to 1,500 receipts. The Starter plan, $5/mo for up to 250 receipts, includes the 9-column CSV export, which you can open in Google Sheets. Both start with a 14-day free trial, no card needed.

Does it work with Excel, QuickBooks, or Xero?

Excel and Microsoft 365 connections are coming soon. Today you can open the CSV export in Excel. QuickBooks and Xero work only through CSV import, not a live connection.

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