Spendlo: Travel Tax Refund

Shopping in Japan or Korea? Read your receipts, estimate refunds and keep track of payments with Spendlo.

Your trip at a glance
See pending refunds, recorded payments and receipts needing confirmation. Tap a summary to open its filter, or search store names and original or translated item names.

Understand your receipts
Take a photo or choose receipt images from your library. AI reads Japanese and Korean store names, dates, items and amounts, and translates item names. Review photos before recognition. Save up to 5 images for one long receipt and correct results while comparing the original photo.

Separate tax from your expected payout
Estimates use the purchase country, date, printed tax rate and refund status. Manually record total fees, payout method and the refund amount quoted on your voucher. Unknown fees are flagged. Voucher quotes are not charged fees twice.

Keep a refund record
Track store registration, customs export confirmation and completed payment separately. Record the amount and date received. Filter unreceived refunds and view recorded received totals in each trip. You update these records manually.

Japan’s new refund system
For eligible purchases from November 1, 2026, pay the tax-inclusive price first. After departure customs confirms export, the store or its provider handles the refund. The guide explains confirmation before checking bags, carrying goods out and payment steps. Estimates distinguish the old and new systems by purchase date.

Korea’s refund options
The guide distinguishes in-store instant refunds, downtown general refunds and airport refunds. Payments already deducted at checkout or received downtown are excluded from pending refunds. Downtown advance payments still require export confirmation. Follow the voucher amount and provider instructions.

Trip reminders and spending records
Set your Japan/Korea trip and return dates. With notifications enabled, reminders are scheduled three days before your trip, on the evening before your return and on return morning. Return reminders use Japan/Korea local time. Organize receipts by trip, review spending categories and see reference currency conversions.

Free and Pro
The free version includes ads and a total allowance of 30 successful scans. A one-time Pro purchase removes ads and raises the total allowance to 3,000 scans; it does not add 3,000 extra scans. Your App Stor