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I built a receipt organizer and tracker app on iOS in May this year and now it has just past $200 in monthly recurring revenue and >$500 in December. Before thi
by lhr0909 9mo ago
I built a receipt organizer and tracker app on iOS in May this year and now it has just past $200 in monthly recurring revenue and >$500 in December. Before this I have been collecting my own receipts and scanning them into a private website I built for myself, then one day I was like, why don't I make it into an app so it is easier to use and I can share it with others?
https://receipt-genie.com https://receipt-genie.com
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/receipt-organizer-receiptgenie/id6740299816 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/receipt-organizer-receiptgenie...
- aristofun 9mo agoWhat do you use for OCR, I wonder if it's LLM isn't that too expensive (or flaky if cheap) to be scalable?
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- lhr0909 9mo agoI was using an OCR service but I have migrated to use LLM recently. It is actually cheaper and more scalable because it is accurate enough and I can also get more information (guess currency and timezone, and translate, and even help tag the receipts) with a single prompt. Currently it sits just a tad bit cheaper than my previous OCR service per receipt scanned. Since I am providing this as an app instead of as an automation, there is UI for user to make edits and they seem to be happy enough about the results with very minimal need to edit. I have also been playing with open source VLMs like Qwen3-VL and it was surprisingly not too far behind. I think the next generation I should be able to switch over and save a bit more on cost.
- aristofun 9mo agoThanks for elaborating! Btw, what model is currently cheap yet accurate enough for you?