8 Apps That Pay You The Most To Scan Your Receipts

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I hope you’ve found Part 1 and Part 2 of my money-saving series useful so far. We’ve covered online cash-back apps, survey sites, beta-testing technology, community forums, and mystery shopping opportunities. Today, wrapping things up with Part 3: Apps that will reward you for scanning your receipts! Who doesn’t want to get paid to upload receipts??

Fetch Rewards

Unlike Ibotta, you don’t have to search for offers before you shop. The app knows what you bought as soon as you scan it and credits you points you can redeem for gift cards. Use code ND1GH for a sign-up bonus. Check the app often for special offers – they’ll sometimes have certain brands or types of produce you can buy to earn more points. You can also earn by playing games.

CoinOut

As seen on Shark Tank! Earn cash for each receipt you scan. Each one is only a few cents, but it adds up over time. You can also earn cashback for online shopping, taking surveys and doing “missions”. Sign up here.

ReceiptPal

Accepts ANY receipt, grocery or otherwise. It also gives you credit for emailed receipts AND for watching Amazon Prime. All kinds of awesome. I like that you can accumulate points quickly with this one.

Receipt Hog

Also accepts any type of receipt. You earn coins based on the value of your receipt. These can be redeemed for gift cards. It takes longer to accumulate rewards, but still profitable. My nephews love that you can change your hog avatar and dress him in a variety of costumes!

Ibotta

Mainly grocery receipts but also offers cash back shopping offers for other stores like Target, Walgreens and Groupon. For some offers, you must also scan the bar code of the product after scanning the receipt to prove you bought it. You can cash out once you’ve earned $20. It takes a while to earn that, but about every other day there is a cashback offer worth between 10 and 25 cents that applies to ANY purchase, so it’s worth scanning. Sign up and start earning here.

Shopkick

This is an app I LOVE using to scan product bar codes in stores (and earn kicks just for walking into a store!). Recently they added the capability to earn points for certain receipts as well! Wal-Mart has a lot of earning opportunities in this app, as does Target. Use bonus code CARD490903 for 500 bonus kicks! That’s enough to redeem your first gift card!

Swagbucks

I like this app because you can earn points for fresh produce and a wide variety of other items on your receipts. Get $5 free by signing up with my link. Swagbucks also has a bunch of other ways to earn including surveys, games, online shopping, and even internet searches.

Checkout 51

Another grocery receipt scanning app. Must earn $20 to cash out. Sign up bonus here.

Maybe you’re not much of an online shopper or survey taker, but surely you get receipts each week, right? Why not put them to work for you? It may seem time-consuming at first, but I group all my receipt-scanning apps together on my phone and scan all of them together at the end of each week. It takes 5-10 minutes, at most. I earn around $20/month through all of them combined. Not a bad return!

Let me know what your favorites are, and if I’ve missed any that have been profitable for you.

Thanks for reading!