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Snap the receipt
Text reading on your iPhone fills in the restaurant, address, date and time, food and drink, tax, tip and total. Check it, fix anything, done.
Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone
Meet BusyMealsLog business meals with just a photo
Snap the receipt, tap who was there, answer a quick question. BusyMeals keeps the details the IRS generally asks for, before you leave the table.
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Made for people who eat with clients
💼Consultants
🏡Real-estate agents
🎥Creators
🤝Sales reps
🧾Freelancers
🏪Small-business owners
How it works
Three taps. One solid record.
Do it at the table while the details are fresh. It takes less time than splitting the check.
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Tap who was there
Pick people from your saved list, most recent first. Add a group photo if you like: faces are counted on your phone, never recognized.
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Answer a quick question
One or two taps say what kind of meal it was and why it was for business, so the record is complete.
Why BusyMeals
Records you'd be glad to hand over.
A shoebox of receipts doesn't say who was there or why. BusyMeals does, for every meal.
Done before you leave the table
No typing receipts into a spreadsheet in April. Most meals take three taps.
- Receipts read on your iPhone, in English, Spanish, French, Japanese and Chinese
- Finds receipt photos already in your camera roll
- Suggests who was there from your calendar
The details that matter
Amount, date, place, business purpose, and who attended with their business relationship. If one is missing, you'll see it.
- Restaurant matched on Apple Maps
- A heads-up when a meal of $75 or more has no receipt
- A fingerprint for every receipt and a full edit history
Reports your accountant can use
A PDF with every receipt attached and a CSV with live formulas, for any month or the whole year.
- Totals grouped by meal type
- Foreign receipts converted to US dollars
- Send it straight from the app
Quick questions
One or two taps. The right category.
BusyMeals asks who was at the table and why, then shows the percentage the IRS generally allows for that kind of meal. You can always change it.
BusyMeals keeps records; it doesn't give tax advice. Ask your accountant how this applies to you.
- Client or prospect meal50%
- Team event, employees only100%
- Working meal with employees50%
- Solo meal on an overnight business trip50%
- Food for the public100%
- Personal0%
✦ New
Film your food? 🎥
Film your food? 🎥
BusyMeals splits the receipt.
Pick "Content creation" and tap the dishes you bought to film. BusyMeals separates what was for the video from what you ate, and writes a documentation note from your answers.
- Production, meal and personal amounts that add up to the receipt
- Add the link to the video it was for
- Its own section in your report
How content food is treated depends on your situation. Ask your accountant how this applies to you.
Reports
Tax time, already sorted.
Hand your accountant one file instead of a shoebox.
- PDF: a summary, a meal log with page totals, and every receipt in an appendix.
- CSV with live formulas, so totals recalculate if your accountant adjusts anything.
- Monthly or yearly: built on your iPhone, ready to send when you are.
Good to know: you don't file these reports with your return. You keep them in case the IRS asks.
BusyMeals · Meal report
Private by design
Your receipts stay on your iPhone.
No account to create. Receipts are read on the phone, and your records are stored there too.
Read on device
Receipt text is read by your iPhone, not a server.
Faces counted, never recognized
A group photo only tells the app how many people were there.
No ads, no tracking
We don't sell your data or follow you around the web.
Yours to export
Take your records with you as PDF or CSV any time.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when it earns its keep.
Every plan has every feature. The only difference is how many meals you can log.
Free
$0
5 meals total
No subscription needed- Log up to 5 meals in total
- Every feature, so you can try it properly
Unlimited Yearly
$69.99/ year
About $1.35 a week
7-day free trial- Unlimited meals and receipts
- Every feature
- Saves 55% compared with weekly
Unlimited Weekly
$2.99/ week
For a busy stretch
No free trial- Unlimited meals and receipts
- Every feature
Subscriptions are billed through your Apple Account and renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. To avoid being charged for the Yearly plan, cancel at least 24 hours before the free trial ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by country. See our Terms of Use.
Is BusyMeals tax advice?
No. BusyMeals keeps records; it doesn't give tax or legal advice. It helps you capture what the IRS generally asks you to keep for business meals and organizes it into reports. How a meal is treated on your return is up to you and your tax professional.
What does BusyMeals record for each meal?
The amount, date and time, the restaurant and its address, the business purpose, and who attended with their business relationship to you, plus the receipt image, the meal type you chose, your notes and an edit history.
How does the free plan work?
You can log 5 meals in total with every feature. It's a free tier, not a trial, and those 5 meals stay yours either way. When you want more, choose Unlimited Yearly (with a 7-day free trial) or Unlimited Weekly.
How do I cancel my subscription?
Subscriptions are managed by Apple:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap your name, then Subscriptions.
- Tap BusyMeals, then Cancel Subscription.
Heads up: deleting the app doesn't cancel the subscription. If you cancel, you keep read-only access to your meals and exports.
How do I get a refund?
Apple handles all payments, so refunds are requested from Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. We can't issue refunds ourselves, but we're happy to help if something went wrong: email support@busymeals.app.
Where are my receipts stored?
On your iPhone. Receipts are read on the phone and your meal records are saved there. Reports are built on the phone too, and only go where you send them. Back up your iPhone and export your records regularly. Details are in our Privacy Policy.
Does BusyMeals recognize faces?
No. If you take a group photo, the app counts the faces on your phone to set up that many attendee slots. It doesn't identify anyone and doesn't create or store face data. You choose who was there.
When does it launch? Is there an Android version?
BusyMeals is coming soon to the App Store for iPhone, in the United States first. There's no Android version yet. Join the waitlist and we'll send you one email when it's out.
Start with 5 free meals
Be first in line when BusyMeals lands on the App Store. One email at launch, nothing else.
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