Snap it and talk for five seconds. Second Meal reads the vendor, date and total, writes down who you were with and what it was for, and keeps the answer ready for the day someone asks.
The problem
Three years later an examiner asks what a $340 dinner was for and who was at the table. The receipt is in a shoebox, the answer is gone, and the deduction goes with it. The receipt was never the hard part. The story on the back was.
Photograph the receipt in the parking lot. Vendor, date, total, card and category are read for you.
Hold the button and talk. It writes down the purpose, who was there and which production, in your own words.
Bills, card statements and quotes are understood as what they are, matched to the receipt that paid them.
Photograph the serial number when it arrives. Your kit list builds itself, ready for an insurance claim.
Answer once about a vendor and every future receipt from them is already filed correctly.
Daily spend, by category and production, with a weekly summary you can hand to a bookkeeper.
Built for a bad day
Amount, date, place, business purpose, and for a meal, who was there and their business relationship. Second Meal collects those at the moment you still remember, not three years later.
The invoice, the receipt and the order confirmation become one line item with the rest attached as evidence.
The same purchase photographed twice, or emailed and scanned, is caught and merged instead of double-claimed.
Who changed what, when, and what the value was before. Corrections are history, not overwrites.
How it works
The receipt, the invoice, the statement. Paper or email, it does not matter.
“Lunch with Chuck about the night schedule.” It fills in the purpose, the people and the production.
It is filed, named, categorised and searchable. Ask it anything later in plain language.
Private by design
Receipts, notes, recordings and spending stay on your device unless you choose to send them somewhere.
The reading and the transcription happen on your phone. No account is required to use it.
No advertising, no third-party trackers, no selling your spending to anyone, ever.
Early access
Second Meal is in development. Leave your email and we will tell you when the beta opens.
Please read
It is not a tax, accounting, legal or financial advisor, and using it creates no professional relationship. Whether an expense is deductible, how it should be categorised and what a tax authority will accept are decisions for you and your own accountant. Documents are read automatically and the reading is sometimes wrong, so review anything you rely on. Your records live on your device, and keeping them backed up is your responsibility. Full terms and privacy policy.