Bonro

Bonro is an expense-recording tool for self-employed people and small businesses managing receipts and invoices across EU or UK tax workflows. It is strongest when editable extraction and tax-format exports matter more than a generous free allowance. It organizes records, but it does not handle tax filing or advice.

Overview

Bonro links mobile capture to a browser dashboard for reviewing receipts, tracking business-expense trends and preparing exports. That joined-up workflow can suit people who need more than a place to store receipt images. The main trade-off is scale: the free plan allows five receipts a month, while regular capture requires a paid plan.

Key features

Capture and extraction

On iOS, OCR runs on-device with Apple Vision; on Android, it uses ML Kit. AI extracts merchant, date, total, VAT and category from receipt text, and users can edit each field. That makes correction part of the workflow rather than treating a scan as a verified record. Receipts can also queue locally offline and synchronize when connectivity returns.

Bonro accepts receipts forwarded to a private account inbox and parses electronic invoices. It reads ZUGFeRD, XRechnung, FatturaPA, Facturae and UBL invoices as structured data, a useful fit for businesses receiving expenses digitally as well as on paper.

Dashboard and exports

The web dashboard includes KPIs, trends, recoverable VAT, searchable receipts, uploads and tax exports. Export options include DATEV, FEC, Libro de Facturas, Registro IVA Acquisti, Auditfile XAF, HMRC SA103F, Xero and QuickBooks formats. This breadth is valuable for users who need records prepared for different accounting or tax workflows, but export access depends on plan: Free has none, and Starter is limited to a single-country tax export.

Bonro says data is stored on EU servers in Frankfurt, encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest, with production access limited to founders. Users can export or delete their data in the app. Support is by email, usually answered within one working day; Pro subscribers receive priority email support.

Pricing

Bonro is freemium, with paid plans from €6.99/mo and a 14-day trial on Pro. The caps make the choice fairly clear: Free is for occasional capture, Starter for modest single-country use, and Pro for heavier workloads or broader export needs.

The cheaper plans give up important headroom: Free has no export and a five-receipt cap, while Starter stops at 30 receipts monthly, one country and one business. Pro removes those receipt and business caps and expands export coverage, but its higher monthly price is hard to justify for a light, single-country workload. The stated trial applies to Pro.

Platforms

Bonro runs on Android, iOS and the web. Mobile apps handle receipt capture, while the browser dashboard supports uploads, search, KPI and trend views, and exports. On-device OCR on both mobile platforms and offline queuing help keep capture usable when connectivity is unavailable; synchronization waits until it returns.

Who it's for

Bonro is a sensible choice for self-employed people and small-business owners who want receipts and e-invoices organized into editable records, then exported in a format relevant to their EU or UK workflow. It is less suitable for someone expecting a free tool for steady receipt volume, tax filing, or professional tax and legal advice: Bonro provides none of those services.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Editable extraction covers merchant, date, total, VAT and category, so users can correct records before relying on them.
• Pro: Broad export support spans named EU and UK tax formats as well as Xero and QuickBooks formats.
• Pro: Paper receipts, forwarded receipts and structured e-invoices can feed the same workflow, with offline queuing for mobile capture.
• Con: Free is capped at five receipts a month and offers no export, making it unsuitable for sustained expense tracking.
• Con: Starter supports only one country and one business, so users with wider needs must move to Pro.
• Con: Bonro organizes and exports records but does not file taxes or provide tax or legal advice.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, browse Receipt Scanner Apps. Easy Expense is an alternative with a free plan allowing 10 receipt scans per month and two expense reports, plus manual tracking, data export and cloud storage. That may suit someone prioritizing more free scans and reports over Bonro’s tax-oriented export workflow.

Foreceipt offers a free plan with up to 100 receipts kept for up to 12 months, two team members, two PDF bank statements and up to 10 PDF or Excel reports; consider it if those free allowances better match your needs. Receipt Reader AI has a free plan with 10 AI scans per month, one account and PDF export, a different option for people comparing free scan limits and export needs.

Smart Receipts has a free mobile-only plan with manual receipt entry and basic expense reports, which may fit someone who prefers manual entry and does not need Bonro’s stated export breadth. Receipt Scanner is another receipt-tracking option. Veryfi Invoices OCR API is an alternative for readers considering an invoice OCR API and its $500/mo minimum commitment. Receipt Pro is an iOS alternative. 1tap receipts offers paid tiers with 100 auto-scans per year or 10,000 scans per month, respectively, for readers comparing scan-volume plans.

Verdict

Choose Bonro if you are self-employed or run a small business and need editable receipt and invoice records that can move into EU or UK tax-oriented export workflows. Its strongest reason to buy is the combination of broad format support with mobile capture and a searchable dashboard. Look elsewhere if five free monthly receipts or Starter’s single-country, single-business limits are too restrictive, or if you need actual tax filing or advice.