Receipt-based grocery tracking

Track grocery spending without linking a bank account.

Radish builds a grocery spending view from receipts you scan or add by hand. It does not connect to a bank account or import a transaction feed; you review the items before they enter monthly totals.

Updated September 4, 2026.

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Bank feed and receipt tracking answer different questions.

Data source

Bank-feed approach: imported account transactions.

Radish approach: receipts you scan or add by hand.

Grocery detail

Bank-feed approach: usually the merchant and transaction total.

Radish approach: reviewed items, prices, categories, and household choices.

Setup

Bank-feed approach: connect a supported financial account.

Radish approach: no bank login and no separate Radish email-and-password account.

Ongoing work

Bank-feed approach: transactions arrive automatically but may need category cleanup.

Radish approach: add and review each receipt you want included.

Radish is for people who want the products behind grocery totals and are willing to keep their receipt history complete.

How it works

The receipt is the source record.

Add a receipt

Scan selected receipt photos after giving permission, or enter the receipt by hand.

Review every draft

Check the store, date, total, item names, prices, categories, and household choices.

See the month

Confirmed items become category totals and an essential-or-optional split for the selected month.

This approach trades automatic transaction imports for item-level detail and a reviewable record of what was inside each grocery purchase.

What “no bank linking” means

  • No bank credentials: Radish does not ask for a bank login or connect to a transaction feed.
  • No financial overview: Radish does not read account balances, income, transfers, or non-receipt transactions.
  • No grocery-data business: Radish does not sell grocery data, show ads, use receipt data for advertising, or use analytics for cross-app tracking. Limited product analytics excludes receipt photos, receipt text, stores, items, dates, amounts, categories, and household identifiers.
  • No separate Radish login: subscription billing and available household sync use Apple services rather than a Radish email-and-password account.

What data moves where

Optional scan

Selected photos go to receipt processing.

After explicit permission, Radish can send up to four receipt photos through its Cloudflare-hosted service to OpenAI. The response is an editable draft, not an automatically saved record.

Manual path

Photo upload is not required.

Decline or disable scanning and add the receipt by hand. Turning scanning off stops future scan uploads, but it cannot recall a request that was already sent.

Saved history

Household records use Apple sync when available.

Saved receipt history stays on the iPhone and can be sealed through Radish Core for iCloud/CloudKit household sync. Apple services remain subject to Apple’s own policies and availability.

Read the complete Privacy Policy for processing, security metadata, provider retention, deletion, iCloud, and website-log boundaries.

Grocery tracking without bank linking FAQ

Can I track grocery spending without linking a bank account?

Yes. Radish builds the grocery view from receipts you scan or add by hand. It does not connect to a bank account, read balances, or import a transaction feed.

Does Radish require a Radish account?

No separate Radish email-and-password account is required. Apple services handle subscription billing and can support sealed household sync when available, but Radish does not ask for a bank login.

Can I use Radish without uploading receipt photos?

Yes. You can add a receipt by hand. Receipt scanning is optional and starts only after you give permission; declining or disabling it leaves manual entry available.

What happens when I choose to scan a receipt?

Radish can send up to four selected receipt photos through its Cloudflare-hosted receipt service to OpenAI to create an editable draft. You review that draft before saving it.

Does Radish sell grocery data or use it for advertising?

No. Radish does not sell grocery data, show ads, use receipt data for advertising, or use analytics for cross-app tracking. Limited product analytics excludes receipt content and grocery details.

What are the limits of receipt-based grocery tracking?

The view is incomplete when receipts are missing or not confirmed. Radish does not see balances, income, or other transactions, and it does not forecast spending, recommend a budget, or promise savings.

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