On iPhone, you can now enter what your bank charged for a foreign receipt before the scan finishes. Quenta for Android 0.1.0 is on Google Play, and both apps get a Today button in the date picker and clearer Email in settings.
Available inQuenta for iPhone 0.1.3 on the App StoreQuenta for Android 0.1.0 on Google PlayWeb app, from 31 October
Add the bank amount before the scan finishes
A receipt that is still uploading or being read now shows Foreign receipt? Add bank amount in your receipts list.
- Tap Foreign receipt? Add bank amount to open Post to.
- Enter the amount from your bank notification. The field is labelled with your bank account's currency, for example Amount charged (GBP).
- Tap Save.
The row then shows the figure, for example Bank amount: GBP 12.34. Quenta still reads the original amount and currency from the receipt, keeps them separate and puts them on the Xero transaction. If the receipt turns out to be in the same currency as your bank amount and the two don't match, it goes to Review so you can check it. Neither figure is changed for you.
The field is optional. You can still add or correct the charged amount after the scan, as before.
How to add the bank amountQuenta for Android on Google Play
Set today's date with one tap
The date picker has a Today button. Tap it to set the receipt date to today's date on your phone.
Choosing a receipt dateQuicker sharing from other apps
When you share a receipt to Quenta, your saved companies and bank accounts appear in the share panel straight away, while the connection refreshes. Tap Done to save the receipt and close the panel. The upload continues when a connection is available.
Share a receipt from another appSwipe to delete in Team receipts
Admins can now swipe a receipt in Team receipts to delete it, with the same confirmation as My receipts. If the receipt has already been submitted to Xero, the confirmation warns you that the Xero transaction will be deleted too.
Team receiptsEmail in settings, in two sections
Settings, Email in now shows sender setup in one section and the addresses your receipts are sent to in another, as it has on the web since October.
Email receipts into QuentaFixes and improvements
- iPhone, Android
Receipt default settings explain the difference between using your last-used company and bank account and a fixed choice.
- Android
Company admins can verify email domains for receipt forwarding.
- Web
Receipt files you drop, paste or pick before your company and bank account settings have loaded now wait, then upload to that company and bank account once the settings are ready, even if you move to another page in the app. They don't survive reloading or closing the tab.
Quenta for iPhone 0.1.2 takes receipt photos and PDFs shared from other apps, lets you correct a receipt before it posts to Xero and can restore deleted receipts for up to two years. Since August, Quenta also reads totals and VAT more carefully, and Xero links back to each receipt.
Available inQuenta for iPhone 0.1.2 on the App StoreWeb app
Share receipts from other apps
Share a receipt photo or PDF to Quenta from another app. Choose the company and bank account in the share panel, then tap Done.
Share a receipt from another appCheck a receipt before it posts to Xero
Changing a field no longer submits the receipt straight away. Correct what you need, with total, net and VAT shown and editable together, then confirm and post to Xero. If you close a receipt with unsaved edits, Quenta asks before discarding them.
Review and fix receiptsRestore deleted receipts for up to two years
Open Settings, then Restore Deleted Receipts, to bring back a receipt deleted in the last two years. You can also restore it and resubmit it to Xero. Receipts you haven't deleted don't expire.
Save your preferred company and bank account
Choose the company and bank account new receipts should use. The preference is saved to your login, so it's the same on your phone and on the web.
Separate My receipts and Team receipts, with search and filters
My receipts and Team receipts are now separate views. Search by merchant, description, category, company, bank account, submitter or amount. Filter by company, bank account, category and date, and by person in Team receipts, using a date preset or a custom range.
Team receiptsTotals and VAT, read more carefully
Quenta tells a receipt's final total apart from subtotals and VAT summaries that cover only part of it, and itemises the Xero transaction only when the breakdown is complete. A VAT summary that covers part of the receipt no longer sets off a total warning. A real conflict still asks you to check, with a message that says what disagrees.
Xero links back to the receipt
A transaction Quenta posts to Xero now carries a link back to its receipt in Quenta.
Verify an email domain for forwarded receipts
Company admins can verify an email domain for receipt forwarding. In Settings, Email in now shows sender setup in one section and the addresses your receipts are sent to in another.
Email receipts into QuentaFixes and improvements
- Web
Editing a receipt no longer submits it. You confirm when it's ready.
- Web
Receipt default settings explain the difference between using your last-used company and bank account and a fixed choice.
- iPhone, Web
A receipt whose date could be read more than one way goes to Review instead of posting, and clearly read dates raise fewer warnings.
- iPhone
Swipe from the left edge to go back from receipt and settings screens.
- iPhone
Fixed a crash when swiping to delete a receipt.
- iPhone
Dates follow your phone's regional format.
- iPhone
Receipts saved offline stay visible in your list, with image previews.
- iPhone
Forms keep the field you're typing in above the keyboard.
- iPhone
View in Xero opens the matching bank transaction.
Quenta for iPhone 0.1.1 adds tap to focus and shows both amounts on foreign receipts. Since the first release, foreign receipts post on an estimated amount, VAT can be edited line by line on the web and licences are sold by the seat.
Available inQuenta for iPhone 0.1.1 on the App StoreWeb app
Tap to focus
Tap the receipt in the viewfinder and the camera focuses right there. It stays sharp up close too.
Photograph a paper receiptForeign receipts post on an estimate and show both amounts
When Quenta has an exchange rate for the currency, it no longer stops a foreign receipt to ask what your bank charged. It estimates the amount and posts it. Without a rate, the receipt still asks in Review. The receipt shows its own amount first and the amount charged to your account underneath, tagged estimated until you enter the real figure.
If Quenta reads the wrong currency, change it and Quenta reposts the receipt.
Foreign-currency receiptsSee and edit the VAT
A receipt shows Total, Net (before VAT) and VAT together, and you can edit each. Receipts with more than one VAT rate post to Xero as separate lines.
Seats and Billing & users
Pro is now sold by the seat. Open Billing & users on the web to choose a plan and how many seats you need. Paid invoices are emailed to the payer and filed as receipts that don't use your scans.
Receipts deleted in Xero come back to Review
If a receipt's transaction is deleted in Xero, Quenta returns the receipt to Review, so you can repost it or dismiss it.
Resolve a Review itemFixes and improvements
- iPhone
The camera no longer uploads a black photo.
- iPhone
A receipt saved offline says it's safe, and an upload in progress shows as a filling Uploading meter.
- iPhone
The Sign in with Xero button follows Xero's light theme.
- iPhone, Web
Your Xero history with a merchant helps choose the category, and a receipt still asks when the history isn't clear.
- Web
My receipts and Team receipts are separate tabs, and Team receipts can be searched and filtered, including by amount.
- Web
View in Xero opens the transaction itself, each receipt has a link you can share, and a date filter offers This month, Last month, Last 3 months, This year or a custom range.
- Web
Delete a receipt from the list or from the receipt itself, after one confirmation.
- Web
Dates follow your regional format, and View PDF opens a PDF receipt.
- iPhone, Web
On a receipt with split VAT, the zero-rated line uses Xero's Exempt Expenses where your organisation has it.
The first Quenta for iPhone release. Photograph or upload a receipt, and Quenta reads it and posts it to Xero with the image attached, asking only when something needs you.
Available inQuenta for iPhone 1.0 on the App StoreWeb app at app.quenta.so
Photograph a receipt and Quenta posts it to Xero
Sign in with Xero and connect your company. On iPhone, tap + and photograph the receipt, or import a photo, image file or PDF. On the web, upload the file.
Quenta reads the receipt and posts a bank transaction to Xero with the contact, a reference and the receipt image attached. Anything it isn't sure about goes to Review instead.
Scan a receiptReview at the top, in red
Receipts that need you are pinned to the top in red, with the reason in plain words. Everything else is listed newest first. A Submitted receipt opens its transaction in Xero.
Resolve a Review itemQuenta remembers how you code a merchant
The first time Quenta meets a category, it asks which account to use and ranks its suggestions. Tick Remember this choice and the next receipt from that merchant is coded the same way.
How Quenta applies what it has learnedChange a receipt after it's submitted
Open a Submitted receipt to recode it on the same Xero transaction, move it to another company or bank account, or delete it. If Xero refuses because the period is locked or the transaction is reconciled, Quenta tells you why.
Change a Submitted receiptReceipts are saved on your phone first
A capture is saved on your phone before anything is uploaded. With no connection it shows as Queued offline and uploads when you're back online.
When you are offlineTeam receipts
Invite your team. Admins see team receipts according to their Xero role, and members who can only submit capture receipts for an admin to allocate a bank account.
Team receiptsForward emailed receipts
Each company gets an email address. Forward a receipt to it and Quenta handles it like an upload.
Email receipts into Quenta10 free receipts a month
Every organisation gets 10 free receipts a month. Pro is bought on the web, not through the App Store.
Fixes and improvements
- iPhone, Web
Choose the company with Submit to and the bank account with Paid from, and mark favourites in either list. Your top favourite becomes the default when you switch company.
- iPhone, Web
Search your receipts and filter by company, bank account or category.
- iPhone, Web
Departments map to Xero tracking categories, with a default department and a company-wide option to hide any of them.
- iPhone, Web
Admins can choose which bank accounts each member sees, and hide accounts for the whole company.
- iPhone
Several captures can upload at once, and swipe to delete removes a receipt.
- iPhone
A scan that fails gets a Retry button in Review.
- iPhone
Quenta sends push notifications, and keeps them silent while the app is open.
- iPhone, Web
Xero errors are explained in plain words, and a receipt shows exactly what was posted.