Receipts Boo

Overview

I built Receipts Boo to solve two problems: managing group expenses when paying for friends, and tracking personal spending after Mint shut down. The app combines receipt scanning with analysis to give users visibility into their spending habits.

The Challenge

We needed to extract structured data from various receipt formats and make it searchable through natural language. This eliminated manual categorization and spreadsheets while enabling sophisticated spending analysis.

My Approach

We created a full-stack application that scans receipts to extract items, prices, dates, and categories. OCR technology and specialized AI models understand receipt structures, storing results in a database for analysis and visualization.

The Solution

The app lets users upload receipts through photos or PDFs, view spending breakdowns by category and vendor, and ask questions about their finances. The built-in assistant answers queries like "How much did I spend on dining last month?" using actual receipt data.

Technologies Used

Next.js

TypeScript

tRPC

Clerk

PlanetScale

Tailwind CSS

Shadcn UI

Drizzle ORM

OpenAI API

Outcomes

Receipts Boo simplifies expense tracking and provides financial insights without requiring users to be spreadsheet experts. It identifies spending patterns and recurring expenses, helping users make better financial decisions based on their actual purchase history.