I love technology, I always have, I used to play my Atari games, game all night when younger, but now I play less games, although my wife loves a good game of Candy Crush, and I seem to blog with my gaming time. (Life is all about choices). But I really love the fact that with my iPhone, I can consolidate tasks that used to take me hours with new cool apps.
Who does not love a new app? I found one over the weekend from my twitter friend, Katherine Keller, @Chumcubo, have you ever heard of Expensify? This cool app takes all the receipts you get from dinner, Home Depot, the gas station, CVS and allows you to take a picture and categorize them based on projects, needs or whatever you need for your accountant.
There are different levels to the Expensify system, and I am still playing with mine, but you can get 10 free scans per month, then after that it goes to 20 cents per scan. So if you get 100 receipts, it costs you 20 bucks after the first 10. This is a dream for people in Real Estate, not knowing where or what to expense, now you can put lunch with Client 1 here then dinner with Client 2 there.
What it will help for with entrepreneurs is keeping track of the contractor expenses. Yes, I can keep them all in a folder on Outlook, but then I still have to add them up. Expensify types them all in so you have a running total. You have all your data in one area, based on your expenses. The system can get quite complex and cumbersome, you can add more users to your account and it can even cook your breakfast, well not quite, but it will allow you more time to enjoy your breakfast.
I would highly recommend Expensify.
Jack
Hey Jack!
ReplyDeleteGreat article, thanks for recommending Expensify! I just wanted elaborate a little more on SmartScans.
Our SmartScan technology reads your receipt and inputs the information for you, eliminating any need for manual entry. Its great and saves users time and headaches. We give every user 10 free SmartScans a month. After that it is 20 cents.
One thing I did want to point out is that after the 10 free SmartScans, you can still use Expensify for free. Users can upload an unlimited number of receipts per month, however they won't be SmartScanned. You can still snap pictures of your receipts, but you will have to put the merchant, date, and amount in yourself. More info here: http://help.expensify.com/smartscan
Thanks again for the write up!