Receipts & estimated amounts

Attach a receipt photo

1. Open the expense form and tap the receipt area.
2. Choose Take Photo or Choose Photo, then select your image.
3. Review the photo and finish the expense details.
4. Save the expense.

What happens: the saved receipt is attached to the expense and other Book members can view it. Adding and viewing receipt photos is free. Receipt cropping requires Pro.

Fill in details from a receipt

Receipt scanning can suggest the total amount, merchant and date when available. Recognition runs on your device: Apple Vision on iPhone and iPad, and Google ML Kit on Android.

1. Take or select a clear receipt photo.
2. On a free account, tap Fill in amount from receipt to use an available free scan. Pro scans receipt photos automatically.
3. Check the amount, merchant suggestion and date against the receipt. Review the Book’s currency too.
4. If the app offers Use, tap it only if you want that suggested amount. Undo lets you undo a value filled from the receipt. You can also type the correct details yourself.
5. Choose the payer and split, then save when everything is correct.

What happens: scanning helps fill the form; it does not save an expense or work out an item-by-item split for you. Only the entry you save affects the Book.

Free accounts have 3 scans total per LoopSplit account, shared across devices. This is not a daily or monthly allowance. Pro adds automatic, unlimited scanning and cropping. You can still attach a photo and enter the amount manually without using a scan.

If a scan misses the amount

Try a sharp, well-lit photo with the full total visible. Check that the suggested value is the total rather than a subtotal, tax, cash tendered or change. If it cannot read an amount, enter it manually; you can keep the receipt attached.

Recognition does not send the image to a cloud recognition service. A photo you save as an attachment is uploaded to the shared Book. Read the Privacy Policy for details.

Save an amount that is not final yet

Use a Pro estimated expense when you know roughly what a cost will be, but a tip, deposit adjustment or other final amount is still pending.

1. Create an expense and enter your best estimate.
2. Enable Amount Not Final Yet, then choose the payer and split.
3. Review and save. Exact-amount splits cannot be estimated; use a supported split method.

What happens: the estimate counts toward balances immediately and stays in To Do until someone confirms the final amount. It is not a draft excluded from balances.

Confirm the final amount

1. Open the estimated expense from To Do and choose Confirm, or open its details and choose Confirm Final Amount.
2. Enter the final amount. If the estimate was already correct, use Use estimated amount.
3. Review the details and tap Save.

What happens: the existing expense changes to the final amount, its split and balances recalculate, and its confirmation task is completed. You do not need to add a second expense.

More help

Getting startedExpenses, splits & refundsLoops & To DoBalances & repaymentsFree features & LoopSplit ProAccount, sync & troubleshooting

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