Toolsy

Receipts and invoices from photos — into a spreadsheet

Send a photo from your app or put an upload form on your site — get rows for Excel. Works on printed and handwritten forms that have no QR code at all.

File deleted within an hour · No card — 40 recognitions/month after sign-up · Pay by card from your account

Sound familiar?

  • A supplier drops off a paper slip with handwritten line items — someone retypes it all.
  • A month of receipt photos sits on a phone until the last day before close.
  • QR receipt scanners are useless when half your documents have no QR.
  • You run accounting in a web app or spreadsheet and there is no built-in OCR for it.

If you live inside QuickBooks, Xero, or similar — check their built-in receipt capture first. Toolsy fits where those do not: your own site, a custom ledger, or a plain spreadsheet.

Documents we handle

You uploadYou get
Supplier packing slipLine items: name, qty, price
Cash or itemized receiptRows and totals for a sheet
Handwritten form or ticketSame output, even without a QR code
Handwritten table or ledger pageReady CSV

If a human cannot read the handwriting, OCR will struggle too. Always spot-check the result.

How to connect

Widget on your site

Create a widget in your account, copy the iframe — visitors upload photos on your page.

<iframe
  src="https://toolsy.tools/embed/YOUR_ID"
  style="width:100%;height:480px;border:0"
  loading="lazy"
></iframe>
WordPress, Webflow, Shopify →

API from your app

One POST — file plus recognition type. Response is JSON with text.

curl -X POST https://toolsy.tools/api/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer KEY" \
  -F "tool=receipt-to-excel" \
  -F "file=@doc.jpg"
PHP, Python, Node, and more →

Try the tools

Time saved

ScenarioDocs / monthPlanManual entryPer document
Small shop or sole propup to 500API Starter$19/mo~40 hr$0.04
Café, store, mini outsourceup to 3,000API Growth$49/mo~250 hr$0.02
Multi-location or large outsourceup to 15,000API Scale$119/mo~1,250 hr$0.01

Based on ~5 minutes per document when typing line items by hand.

API plans

Same plans for every scenario. One quota for API calls and embed widgets on your site.

  • · Starter — 500/month: small shop or sole prop
  • · Growth — 3,000/month: café, store, mini outsource
  • · Scale — 15,000/month: chain or large bookkeeping shop

API Starter

$19/mo

500 recognitions

Set up in account

API Growth

$49/mo

3,000 recognitions

Set up in account

API Scale

$119/mo

15,000 recognitions

Set up in account

Common questions

Does it work on handwritten slips?

Yes — that is a core use case. QR scanners do not help when the document is handwritten.

Does data go to the tax authority?

No. Toolsy only reads the image and returns text or structured data.

Does this replace an accountant?

No. It replaces manual typing. Posting and review stay with a person or your accounting system.

What if the photo is crooked or glarey?

Lighting and framing matter more than anything. Retake in even light, full page in frame, no finger on the text. Unreadable bits are marked [?].

Where does my file go?

Deleted about an hour after processing. Not used to train models.

Can I try without a card?

Yes. After sign-up you get an API key with 40 recognitions per month. For steady volume, pick a plan in your account.

Ready to try on your documents?

Start with one file in the tool — no card. For your site or app, set up the API in your account: instant key, 40 free recognitions/month after sign-up.

Related

Bookkeeping & source docs — Toolsy