When a scan goes wrong

Sometimes a photo is too dark, the paper isn’t a receipt or there’s no internet. moni says what happened and how to go on from there, and keeps your photo.

Lesson 19 of 32 3 min
  1. Couldn’t read the receipt

    moni found no text on the photo: it’s too dark, blurred or not a receipt at all. Retake it in good light, holding the iPhone still.

    Or tap Enter manually: the transaction form opens with the photo attached, and you type in what the receipt says yourself.

    Couldn’t read the receipt over a photo of a coffee cup, with Retake and Enter manually
  2. No receipt found

    There is text, but no purchase with a total, like a letter or a page from a book. moni won’t ever guess an amount from it.

    Retake a photo of the actual receipt, or tap Enter manually and fill in the form yourself, with this photo already attached to it.

    No receipt found over a photo of a letter, with Retake and Enter manually
  3. Already in your Flow

    moni found an expense on the same day for exactly this total: here, the Bali Buda breakfast you scanned in lesson 15.

    Cancel keeps your Flow just as it is. If you really did pay twice, tap Add anyway, and the second one is then added as well.

    Already in your Flow: Cash to Dining out, −187,110.00 IDR on August 8, with Cancel and Add anyway
  4. No internet connection

    Reading a receipt needs the internet for a few seconds. The photo is kept: tap Try again as soon as you’re back online.

    A scan that fails because of the connection doesn’t count toward your scans. Enter manually works offline, as always.

    No internet connection: reading a receipt needs the internet, with Try again and Enter manually
  5. You’ve reached your limit

    Every plan includes 300 scans a month, the free months too. Once they’re used, the camera blurs until the next month.

    Everything else keeps working. Enter manually adds the transaction by hand, and your scanned ones stay as they are.

    You’ve reached your limit: 300 receipts scanned this month, with Got it and Enter manually

If something goes wrong

Scanning is busy
Our AI partner has too much to read for a moment. moni tries once more by itself. If the card still shows up after that, wait for a minute or so and then tap Try again.
Scanning is down for now
The reading service isn’t answering right now, and it isn’t your iPhone. Try again a little later, or tap Enter manually: the photo stays attached to that transaction.
Not available in your region
Our AI partner doesn’t work in a few countries, so scanning isn’t offered there. Everything else in moni works just the same: add your receipts by hand.
Couldn’t read the total
The total is smudged or cut off. Snap the card slip from the payment terminal as the next part: moni then takes the total from it, and all the items from the receipt.