Scan receipts anywhere, auto-convert currencies & prep taxes for freelancers.
Solopreneurs and indie hackers lack affordable tools for multi-currency expense tracking and automated tax categorization.
SnapDeduct uses your phone camera for instant OCR on receipts in any currency, converts to your home base, and categorizes for tax deductions. Built mobile-first for on-the-go solopreneurs, it compiles everything into filing-ready summaries. Affordable and dead simple.
Indie hackers and solopreneurs managing multi-currency expenses from international clients or operations
Mobile OCR-first with geo-based tax rules, optimized for travel-heavy indies.
supportive
Camera scan extracts amount, currency, merchant via Tesseract/Google Vision.
Applies local tax deductibility based on scan location.
Voice/manual entry for non-receipt expenses.
Instant FX rate + AI-suggested tax category.
PWA app with charts and reports.
Scan multiple receipts at once.
Export to accountant via link.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| home_currency | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| scanned_image | text | Yes |
| amount_local | int | No |
| currency | text | No |
| tax_category | text | No |
| location | text | Yes |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| country_code | text | No |
| category | text | No |
| deductible_rate | int | No |
Relationships:
/api/scanProcess OCR and categorize
/api/expensesList recent expenses
Basic cats
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 250 | 2% | $100 | $1,200 |
| Month 6 | 1,500 | 6% | $1,800 | $21,600 |
Traveling indie? Scan, convert, deduct – tax-ready in your pocket for $20/mo.
Share demo video on Twitter/X nomad communities and r/digitalnomad. Offer free Pro to first 50 signups via Carrd waitlist. Engage in freelance Facebook groups.
Simple scan
No multi-curr or tax
Curr + tax focus
User-generated geo-tax data moat from scans.
Rise of digital nomads needing mobile tools amid global travel rebound.
OCR accuracy varies
Manual edit + ML fine-tune
Success: 100 emails
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