❓ Frequently Asked Questions

ReceiptScanner is a free price comparison platform for UAE residents. Upload your supermarket or restaurant receipt, and our AI extracts every item and price. This builds a community database where everyone can find the cheapest prices across stores.

Yes, completely free. No subscription, no hidden fees, no ads. Upload receipts, compare prices, track your spending — all free.

Any store or restaurant that prints a receipt! Popular ones include Lulu Hypermarket, Nesto, Carrefour, Spinneys, Choithrams, West Zone, Al Maya, Viva, Day to Day, Madina, and hundreds of restaurants and cafeterias. If it has a receipt, we can scan it.

Our AI correctly extracts 90-95% of items from clear receipts. Items it's unsure about are flagged for admin review. The system learns over time — the more receipts uploaded, the smarter it gets.

Yes! Old receipts are valuable — they show how prices changed over time. The system reads the date from the receipt, so a 2021 receipt will show 2021 prices. This creates historical price data showing real inflation.

Every price comes from a real customer receipt — not from stores or advertisements. This means you see the actual price paid at the counter, including any discounts or charges.

We use multiple anti-gaming measures: outlier detection (prices way below average are flagged), trust levels (prices from multiple users are more trusted), and admin review for suspicious entries. Accounts uploading fake data are banned.

In real-time! Every time someone uploads a receipt, those prices are immediately available. The more people upload, the more current our prices are.

Yes. We only extract item names, prices, and store information. Personal details like customer names or phone numbers on receipts are optional and never shared publicly. We don't sell data. We don't show ads.

When you upload a receipt photo, we extract basic metadata (EXIF data) from the image to improve accuracy:

📍 GPS Location — Helps us verify which store branch the receipt is from and auto-detect the area. For example, if you upload from Deira, we know it's the Deira branch.
🕐 Photo Date/Time — Compared with the receipt date to ensure freshness.
📱 Device Info — Phone model, used for technical quality optimization.

This metadata is stripped from saved images — we read it during upload, then remove it from the stored photo for your privacy. Your location and device info are never shared publicly or with third parties.

💡 Tip: If you prefer not to share location, you can disable location services for your camera app in phone settings before taking receipt photos.

No! You can upload receipts and compare prices without any account. We use a cookie to track your uploads. If you want your history saved across devices, you can optionally sign in with Google.

Yes. Contact us and we'll remove all your uploaded receipts and associated data. If you clear your browser cookies, your anonymous upload history is already disconnected.