RECEIPT DECODED
Privacy Policy
Receipt Decoded checks shopping receipts for possible duplicate charges. There are no accounts, receipt history, ads, in-app purchases, or tracking.
Your choice
Camera and photo access are used only when you choose to scan or select a receipt. Before your first receipt check, we ask for your explicit permission to send full receipt photos through our service to OpenAI for AI processing and limited product-identification text for optional online lookup when you open Details. Your choice is stored locally with its disclosure version and acceptance time, and applies to future checks on this device. Declining sends no analysis request. Turn off permission in About & privacy to require a new choice before another check. We ask again if the disclosure meaningfully changes or the saved choice is unavailable. Cover personal details you do not want processed before selecting a photo.
What is processed
The selected receipt photo and the purchase information visible in it are processed to identify products, charges, related fees and possible duplicates. A photo may also include personal information, loyalty numbers or payment-card digits. We do not require your name, email, an account or an installation identifier. Your quantity answers remain on the device and are not uploaded.
Optional product identification
Opening a repeated product’s Details sends only the merchant name, item code, original product description and interpreted product name through our service to OpenAI for web search. We do not send the receipt photo, payment information or membership numbers for product lookup. Search queries may be processed by external search providers used by OpenAI. Links open external product websites in your browser, where that website’s privacy policy applies. Online matches can be approximate and may describe a different package or current catalog item. Lookup results stay only in the current receipt session and are cleared with a new receipt. No product images are requested.
Temporary handling
The current result stays in app memory. The app creates a temporary photo copy in its cache, removes it when you clear the receipt or start another scan, and clears old copies at the next launch. A crash or forced termination can leave a cached copy until the next launch or system cleanup. Your original photo in Photos is not deleted. Receipt images and extracted contents are not saved to a database or logged by our service; they are held in memory during processing and then released.
OpenAI
OpenAI receives the photo and processes its contents to produce the analysis. We request that API responses not be stored as application state. OpenAI states API data is not used to train models by default, unless the account opts in. Its abuse-monitoring systems may retain content for up to 30 days, with policy or legal exceptions. Turning off response storage does not disable these logs. We do not promise zero retention by OpenAI. See OpenAI's current API data controls at https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/your-data.
Hosting and service protection
Network providers may process IP addresses and request metadata to deliver and protect the service. Our service uses IP addresses temporarily for rate limits and saves only daily and monthly aggregate request reservations and usage totals for cost control. It does not log photos, extracted receipt text or payment details. Hosting provider: Render. Hosting region: Oregon (US West, United States). OpenAI processing: we use the standard API without regional data residency enabled. OpenAI processing is not restricted to the Render hosting region; data may be processed outside your country. Render dashboard application logs are retained for 7 days under our current workspace plan.
No tracking or sale
We do not sell receipt data or use it for advertising. The app does not use advertising identifiers, third-party analytics or cross-app tracking. Data is sent to the service providers described above only to operate and protect receipt analysis and optional product identification.
Control and contact
Use Clear Receipt or Scan Another Receipt to remove the app's current copy and result. Turn off AI receipt-check permission in About & privacy to prevent further uploads and cancel an active check or product lookup. This does not erase provider retention logs. You can revoke camera access in iOS Settings and choose which photos to share. Contact the publisher using the support email below for questions or privacy requests. Do not email receipt photos or payment information unless necessary, and redact sensitive details first.
Accuracy and changes
AI can miss or misread charges. Results are estimates and require your review. We may update this policy when the app or its processing changes. The effective date appears below.