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Wait, did you already know that? I’ll be honest… I did too but I rarely take the time to scan receipts and usually throw them out right away.
This is a mistake. Cash back apps and reward apps like Swagbucks make it easy to earn money for receipts that you get for everyday purchases at grocery purchases, gas stations, and shopping, and all you need is a receipt.
Want More Than Pocket Change? Start With These Two
Receipt apps are worth using, but keep the math in mind. Scanning groceries pays in cents per item, and it takes a full month of shopping before it adds up to much. If you want bigger payouts for about the same effort, start with these two and run the receipt apps alongside them.
Bigcash pays you to try new apps and games. Bonuses run up to $15.
Testerup pays for every app you test, around $5 per completed task.
They pay for different things than receipt apps do, so there is no reason to choose. Use both.
Legit Apps That Will Pay You for Your Grocery Receipts
Ready to scan receipts for money? These grocery rebate apps can really get you money — for your receipt purchases.
1. Fetch Rewards
Fetch is the one to install first because it takes any receipt from any store, with no offers to activate beforehand.
How it worksSnap a photo of any receipt after you shop. Groceries, restaurants, gas, anything.
What you earn25 points per receipt, plus bonus points when a partner brand is on it. 1,000 points is worth about $1.
Signup bonusGet a $3 bonus with promo code C1JAV.
Cash outGift cards, including Amazon and Walmart.
Best forEveryone. It is the lowest-effort app on this list.
Easiest Apps to Earn Cash Back with No Receipt Scanning Required
6. SavingLoop
Every app above needs a receipt. SavingLoop does not.
There is no purchase to make and no photo to take. The team behind it has been at this since 2016 and has been covered by Business Insider, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, and Yahoo Finance.
How it worksOne free spin a day. Every spin lands on a real cash bonus.
What you earnA few dollars up to $75, depending on where the spin lands.
Cash outStraight to PayPal, your bank, or as cash.
Best forAnyone who wants a payout without buying anything first.
These three round out the category. We have no partnership with any of them, but leaving them out would make this list less useful. They take the same photo you already took.
11. Amazon Shopper Panel
Amazon Shopper Panel pays the highest flat rate of any app on this page. The catch is getting in at all.
How it worksUpload up to 10 receipts a month from any store, or answer short surveys.
What you earn$1 per receipt, the highest flat rate of any app on this page.
Cash outAmazon balance or a charity donation.
The catchInvite only. You join a waitlist and wait for a spot to open.
12. NCP
NCP, short for National Consumer Panel, is the NielsenIQ and IRI panel. It pays in points rather than cash and rewards the people who stick with it the longest.
How it worksScan the barcodes of what you bought with the NCPMobile app after each trip.
What you earnPoints toward digital gift cards, plus surveys, special programs and sweepstakes entries.
Cash outA digital gift card catalog rather than cash.
Best forPeople who will stick with it. Rewards build slowly but steadily.
CoinOut has the lowest cash out threshold here, so you see real money fastest even though the amounts are small.
How it worksPhotograph any receipt from any store, including small local shops the big apps reject.
What you earnUsually 1 to 25 cents a receipt.
Cash out$1 minimum for an Amazon gift card, the lowest threshold in the category.
Best forGetting paid quickly rather than getting paid much.
How Much Can You Actually Make Scanning Receipts?
Be honest with yourself about the numbers before you download five apps. A single grocery receipt is usually worth a few cents on Fetch and a dollar or two on Ibotta if you matched offers before you shopped. Nobody is paying rent with this.
The trick is that these apps do not compete with each other. They cannot see what you submit elsewhere, so the same grocery receipt can go into Fetch, Ibotta, and Receipt Hog on the same trip. Stacking two or three is what turns pocket change into a real grocery credit each month.
A sensible setup: install Fetch and Ibotta first because they cover the most stores between them, add Upside if you drive, and let Receipt Hog collect whatever else is in your wallet. Check Ibotta offers before you shop, since that is the one that rewards planning.
The Bottom Line
That is the full list of apps that pay you for receipts, plus a few that pay without one. If you use these services, you will be surprised how much money you can actually save at the end of the day. So don’t throw out your receipt next time so you can enjoy your cash back later. Happy shopping!
Brian Meiggs founded My Millennial Guide and has spent over a decade writing about money. He tries every app and product before it goes on the site. No fluff, no guesswork. Named to the Northern Virginia 40 Under 40 earlier this year, and featured in WSJ, Business Insider, and Entrepreneur. Off the clock: chess, the gym, a quiet night in.
