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Photograph a receipt. Get every line read out.
Take a photo of the receipt from the cash and carry or the supermarket, and the shop, the date, each line with its price and the total are read for you. Long receipts can go in a few photos.
Photos of one receipt
Lay it flat in good light. A long receipt can go in up to 6 photos, top first, each overlapping the last a little.
The photos are read by a machine and not kept by us. What was read, and the photos, stay in this browser until you save them to an account or remove them. Up to 5 receipts an hour without an account.
What you get back
The shop, the date, every line with its price, the VAT and the total, and a check that the lines add up to what you paid.
Why bakers keep receipts
Ingredients are most of what a bake costs, and their prices move. The receipt is the record of what you actually paid, and the evidence behind what you claim as expenses.
Taking a good photo
Flat, in daylight, with the whole width in frame. For a long receipt take it in sections from the top down, letting each photo overlap the one before: a repeated line is read once.
Where your photos go
They are sent to be read and are not kept by us. The result stays in this browser until you save it to an account or remove it.
Common questions
- Can I photograph a long receipt in parts?
- Yes. Take up to six photos from the top of the receipt down, each overlapping the last a little. They are read together as one receipt, and a line that appears in two photos is counted once.
- Why do the lines not add up to the total?
- Usually a discount, a multibuy or a coupon printed away from the line it applies to, or a line the photo cut off. The reader shows the difference so you can look for it.
- Do I need to keep paper receipts?
- HMRC accepts digital copies of receipts as records if they are clear and complete. Keep records for at least five years after the 31 January submission deadline for the tax year they belong to.
- Is it free?
- Reading is free without an account, up to 5 receipts an hour. A free account keeps your receipts, with their photos, and matches each line to your ingredients.
What BakeCheck does when the baking is a business
This page works out one thing, once. BakeCheck keeps the record behind it — the ingredients, what each product is made of, the allergen declaration, and a label you approved on a date you can point at. All of that is on the free plan.
Make an account — or read what else it does first.
Other free tools
- Free label maker
Type ingredients and amounts, get a UK declaration in descending weight order with allergens emphasised.
- Cake cutting guide
Printable cutting diagram for a round cake — equal slices at true size, with the angle and edge width worked out.
- Cheesecake cutting guide
The same geometry sized for a cheesecake tin, in the sizes and slice counts people actually ask for.
- Brownie cutting calculator
Work a traybake into equal portions — by the number you need, or by the portion size you want.
- Recipe scaler
Paste a recipe and scale it — to the number you need to make, or from one tin size to another.