Grocery spending tracker

Track grocery spending by item, category, and month.

Radish turns reviewed grocery receipts into a monthly spending view with totals by category and a household-defined essential-versus-optional split. It tracks groceries from receipts instead of a bank feed.

Updated September 12, 2026.

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Explore a sample

What made up this grocery month?

Inside a grocery monthIllustrative example
$202.903 receipts · 3 stores

Follow a category to the items and trips behind it.

Beverages$15.85
  • Sparkling water · 3 packsFred Meyer · Jul 11$15.85
Dairy$28.79
  • Greek yogurt · multipackFred Meyer · Jul 11$8.49
  • Yogurt · 4 cupsTrader Joe’s · Jul 18$8.30
  • CheeseWhole Foods · Jul 25$12.00
Meat$31.50
  • Chicken · family packTrader Joe’s · Jul 18$31.50
Pantry$58.40
  • Sourdough breadTrader Joe’s · Jul 18$8.50
  • Rice · 2 bagsTrader Joe’s · Jul 18$14.40
  • CoffeeTrader Joe’s · Jul 18$12.50
  • OatsWhole Foods · Jul 25$9.00
  • Olive oilWhole Foods · Jul 25$14.00
Produce$34.37
  • Baby spinach · 3 bagsFred Meyer · Jul 11$14.99
  • Apples · 2 bagsTrader Joe’s · Jul 18$11.20
  • TomatoesWhole Foods · Jul 25$8.18
Seafood$33.99
  • Wild salmon filletFred Meyer · Jul 11$12.99
  • SalmonWhole Foods · Jul 25$21.00

Invented purchases, shown as a website example. No customer data, upload, or account. In the app, your history includes only receipts you review and save.

Example monthly view

See the grocery month behind the total.

Eight sample receipts in July total $954.88.

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Before the total changes

Review the items that will join the month.

Check names, prices, categories, and household choices while the original receipt is still available.

Radish Review showing editable receipt items, categories, and essential or optional choices before confirmation.
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After confirmation

See what makes up the grocery month.

The saved receipts become a monthly total with categories and the household’s confirmed essential-versus-optional split.

Radish Spending showing a sample July total from eight receipts, a monthly report, categories, and an essential versus optional split.

How receipt tracking becomes a monthly view

  1. Add a grocery receipt. Scan up to four photos, or add the receipt by hand.
  2. Review the draft. Check the store, date, total, item names, prices, and categories.
  3. Make the household choices. Mark matching item families essential or optional.
  4. Confirm the receipt. Radish includes the reviewed items in the matching month and category totals.

What the grocery expense view summarizes

  • Selected month: switch between months with saved receipt history and share a monthly PDF from Monthly report.
  • Reviewed total: the combined spending represented by confirmed receipts in that month.
  • Receipt count: how many saved receipts make up the selected month.
  • Category totals: the reviewed item amounts grouped into categories such as beverages, seafood, dairy, or fruit.
  • Essential or optional split: the amounts created from your household’s saved item-family choices.

Essential and optional are your definitions.

Radish does not decide whether milk, snacks, a specialty ingredient, or any other item is necessary for your household. You make that choice while reviewing an item.

A choice can apply to matching items on future receipts, and you can change it whenever the household’s view changes.

See a practical method for defining essential and optional spending for your household.

Grocery spending tracker FAQ

Can Radish track grocery spending by month?

Yes. Radish groups the reviewed receipts you save into a monthly spending view, where you can select a month and see its receipt total and item-level breakdown.

Does the grocery spending tracker show categories?

Yes. Radish summarizes saved grocery items by their reviewed categories, so you can see which categories make up the month instead of seeing only store transactions.

Who decides whether grocery spending is essential or optional?

Your household does. Essential and optional are editable household choices, not judgments made by Radish.

Can I correct a receipt before it changes the spending totals?

Yes. Review the proposed store, date, total, item names, prices, categories, and essential or optional choices before confirming the receipt.

Can I set a monthly grocery budget in Radish?

Yes. You can set a monthly grocery budget and compare it with saved receipt spending. The budget stays on this iPhone and is not shared through household sync. Radish does not recommend a budget, predict future spending, or promise savings.

Does tracking grocery spending require a bank connection?

No. Radish builds the grocery view from receipts you scan or add by hand. It does not connect to a bank account or import a transaction feed.

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