Use case: household bills and big purchases
Keep bills, warranties and big-ticket receipts in one Google Drive folder and one sheet, so you can find the TV receipt the day it breaks.
Updated October 7, 2026 · 1 min read
At home, the receipts that matter are rare but painful to lose: the washing machine still under warranty, the medical bill, the deposit you want back. ExpenseCatcher makes "where's that receipt?" a search instead of a hunt.
The setup
One catcher is usually enough. Call it Home. Forward three kinds of things to it:
- Big purchases, for warranties and returns: appliances, electronics, furniture.
- Bills that change: utilities, insurance, phone. A Gmail filter on those senders does it for you.
- Anything you might claim back: medical costs, work expenses, childcare, depending on where you live.
Save the address as a contact called Receipts – Home on both partners' phones, so either of you can forward. Here's how.
Finding things later
Every file in your Drive is named with the date, the store and the total, such as 2026-03-14 Electro World 649.00 EUR.pdf, so searching Drive for "Electro" finds it. The sheet gives you the overview: sort by total to see the year's biggest costs, or filter by vendor to see what the energy company charged each month.
Running a side business too?
If you also run a side business or freelance, keep it separate from day one with a second catcher. Mixing personal and business receipts is what makes tax time slow.
Which plan
You start with 30 days of Basic, free. After that the Free plan covers 5 catches a month, which is enough for big purchases only. If you want bills and everything else too, Basic covers 50 a month. See pricing.