Expenses guide

Scan a receipt into an expense

Use a receipt photo to prefill a Nestiva expense, then verify the extracted amount, currency, date, and category.

4 minute readUpdated August 28, 2026
What you’ll accomplish

Use a receipt photo to prefill a Nestiva expense, then verify the extracted amount, currency, date, and category.

How to do it

  1. Start a new expense

    Open Expenses and choose the receipt scan action.

  2. Choose camera or library

    Capture a readable receipt or select one existing photo.

  3. Review the draft

    Check every extracted field, especially the total, currency, transaction date, and category.

  4. Decide whether to keep the image

    Enable Keep receipt only if you want the compressed image attached after saving.

  5. Save

    Correct any uncertain value and create the expense.

Before you finish

Check that you are in the intended Personal or household workspace and review the saved result. Nestiva keeps each workspace separate so the same action can produce different records or settings depending on the active space.

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