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ProductMar 15, 20263 min read

Introducing Receipt Scanning: Add a Whole Trip in Seconds

Our new AI-powered receipt scanning feature reads your grocery receipt and automatically sorts every item into the right category.

The Problem with Adding Items One by One

Let's face it — the biggest barrier to using a home inventory app is the setup. Nobody wants to sit down and manually add 50 items to their fridge after a grocery trip. That's why we built receipt scanning.

How Receipt Scanning Works

Step 1: Snap a Photo

After your grocery trip, just take a photo of your receipt. You can use your phone's camera or upload an existing photo.

Step 2: AI Does the Work

Our AI reads every line item on the receipt, identifies the products, cleans up abbreviated names (turning "ORG WHL MLK 1GL" into "Organic Whole Milk"), and matches each item to the right category in your inventory.

Step 3: Review and Confirm

Before anything is added, you see a clean list of all detected items with their quantities and categories. You can:

  • Toggle items on or off
  • Change categories if needed
  • Adjust quantities
  • Edit item names

Step 4: One Tap to Add

Hit "Add to Inventory" and every item is saved — sorted into the right section of your home, with quantities tracked.

What Makes Our Receipt Scanning Different

AI-Powered Categorization

Other apps might read your receipt, but they dump everything into one list. Our Stash actually understands what each item is and sorts it:

  • Milk → Kitchen → Fridge
  • Frozen pizza → Kitchen → Freezer
  • Dish soap → Cleaning → Sprays & Solutions
  • Shampoo → Bathroom → Personal Care

Works with Any Receipt

Grocery stores, Costco, Target, Walmart, Trader Joe's — our AI handles them all. Different formats, different abbreviations, different layouts. It just works.

Real Numbers

Before Receipt Scanning

Adding 30 items manually: ~15 minutes

With Receipt Scanning

Adding 30 items from a receipt: ~30 seconds

That's a 30x improvement. And it means you're more likely to actually keep your inventory up to date.

Try It Today

Receipt scanning is available on the Pro plan. Start your free trial and scan your next receipt — we think you'll be impressed.

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