The mobile bookkeeping app every client will actually use
The mobile app practices use to run client bookkeeping from anywhere. Clients capture receipts, invoices, and mileage on their phone. You set the rules, approvals, and integrations on the web. Clean data flows straight to Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, and 30+ accounting platforms with 99.9% accuracy.
An app that's easy yet powerful for your clients and easy on your books, trusted by 12,000+ firms.
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G2 Regional Leader
Spring 2026
G2 Momentum Leader
Summer 2026
Best Expense Software
2025
Small Business
App of the Year Winner
2024 • UK • US
Best Accounting
Cloud-Based Software
2023
G2 Regional Leader
Spring 2026
G2 Momentum Leader
Summer 2026
Best Expense Software
2025
Small Business
App of the Year Winner
2024 • UK • US
Best Accounting
Cloud-Based Software
2023
BUILT FOR PRACTICES
Why 12,000+ firms run client bookkeeping on the Dext mobile app
A mobile app your clients actually use, with the control and automation your firm needs.
One app every client actually uses
A simple mobile app clients use daily to capture and submit data, and communicate with you. Better data, better advice.
Stop chasing receipts, less fixing errors
Capture data correctly from the start to prevent duplicates and rework. Clean data flows from the app to your accounting software among Xero, Sage and many others.
Automate the admin, keep the judgement
Categorisation, tax rules, approval thresholds – set once on the web, applied on every receipt your clients submit.
Approve expenses in minutes
Manage expenses, mileage, and approvals on the go. Define workflows, create, approve, and publish expenses in the mobile app to keep everything moving fast.
SEE IT IN ACTION
See how the Dext mobile app works
Watch how clients capture, you control, and data flows to your accounting platform in minutes.
Ready to see it in action in your own workflow?
KEY FEATURES
Everything your firm and clients need, in one app
The Dext mobile app gives you the flexibility to scan and manage financial documents wherever you are. Simplify your bookkeeping and save time so you can focus on building bigger things.
Clients capture in seconds, on the go
Let clients capture receipts, invoices, and mileage in the app, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
Single mode – extract one receipt at a time
Multiple mode – capture several documents in one session
Combine mode – merge multi-page invoices into a single record
Automation across web and mobile
Your client setup applies across web and mobile, including rules, categories, tax rates, and publishing controls.
Connect with your accounting software
Dext connects to Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage, MYOB, FreeAgent, and 30+ accounting platforms.
Client Collaboration in context
Message clients directly on transactions to resolve queries quickly and keep communication clear, all from the mobile app.
Expense management and approvals
Manage expense claims end to end in the mobile app, from creation and mileage tracking to approvals and publishing.
YOUR STACK, SUPERCHARGED
How Dext fits into your bookkeeping app stack
Dext isn't a replacement for your accounting ledger – it's the mobile front-end that feeds it.
Your firm keeps the ledger
Your firm keeps Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage as the system of record. Dext doesn't replace it.
Dext handles pre-accounting
Dext handles everything that happens before the ledger: capturing receipts and invoices from clients.
AI extracts & applies rules
Extracting the data, applying your rules, with 99.9% accuracy across receipts, invoices, and statements.
AI extracts & applies rules
Extracting the data, applying your rules, with 99.9% accuracy across receipts, invoices, and statements.
The mobile front-end that feeds your ledger
Your firm keeps Xero, QuickBooks, or Sage as the system of record. Dext handles everything that happens before the ledger – capturing, extracting, applying your rules, and publishing clean transactions into the accounting software you already use.
Ready to bring mobile bookkeeping
into your practice?
Over 700,000 businesses and 12,000 bookkeeping and accounting firms worldwide use Dext's AI bookkeeping to make more time for the things they do best.
Dext works with the systems that work for you
Dext offers over 30 accounting software integrations and connects with over 11,500 banks and institutions. This means you can use Dext at the heart of your accounting and bookkeeping workflows without any worries.
See the ROI
Dext delivers for your firm
Most firms underestimate what manual processing and lower-cost tools are really costing them. See how much time, capacity, and revenue you could recover with Dext.
"Dext is an easy return on investment. For the costs it has to run, the time it saves. Just the time it saves, pays for itself."
Jonathan Carr, Co-Founder, Gravitate Accounting
Plans to suit your practice
All pricing plans cover the accounting essentials, with room to grow.
Join thousands of businesses who rely on Dext
Businesses globally
Accounting and bookkeeping firms
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CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL
“Dext AI Assist has already made a noticeable difference to how we work. It’s reduced the amount of manual entry and corrections we need to do, saving us several hours. It’s easily the smartest AI tool I’ve seen to date and has real potential to change how bookkeeping gets done".
Michele Grisdale, Founder, Rainforest Bookkeeping
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Our support service answers your technical questions by chat or email and offers you valuable advice to support your digital transition.
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Receipt scanner app frequently asked questions
The mobile app is an extension of your Dext account. Clients use it to capture and submit data, while you set up workflows, rules, and controls on the web. Everything syncs in real time between the mobile app and the web platform, ensuring your data is always up to date.
Yes, you can control whether clients can publish data to your accounting software. These settings apply across both web and mobile.
Yes, the mobile app connects to Xero, QuickBooks Online, and 30+ accounting platforms. Integrations are set up once and apply across your account.
Yes, you can create, submit, approve, and publish expense claims in the mobile app. Advanced workflows can be configured on the web and apply in the app.
Yes, you can message clients directly on specific transactions. Clients receive notifications and can respond in the mobile app, keeping communication clear and in context.
You can approve and authenticate payments in the mobile app. Payments are created on the web, and expense and mileage claims sent to Xero can be paid using Dext Payments (UK only).
Dext is a bookkeeping automation app that works alongside your accounting software – not a replacement for it. Dext handles the pre-accounting work: capturing receipts, invoices, and bank statements via the mobile app, email, or direct upload, then extracting the data with AI and publishing it directly to accounting platforms like Xero, QuickBooks Online, and Sage. Your accounting software stays the system of record; Dext makes sure clean, accurate data gets into it.
The best mobile bookkeeping app for an accounting or bookkeeping practice is one that gets every client submitting clean data into the same system. Dext is used by 12,000+ accounting and bookkeeping firms worldwide for exactly this reason: clients capture receipts, invoices, and mileage on their phone; you set the rules, workflows, and approvals on the web; and Dext's AI extracts the data with 99.9% accuracy before syncing it to Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage, and 30+ accounting platforms.
Yes. The Dext mobile app is available on both iOS (via the App Store) and Android (via Google Play). Accountants, bookkeepers, and their clients can all use the same app to capture receipts and invoices, log mileage, manage expense claims, message on transactions, and publish items directly to connected accounting software.
No. If you're an accountant or bookkeeper, you can invite your clients to use the Dext mobile app for free as part of your subscription. Your clients capture and submit documents from the app at no extra cost to them, and everything they submit flows into your Dext account ready for review and publishing.
Dext is a mobile bookkeeping app that combines automated categorisation, real-time data sync, and seamless integrations with cloud accounting platforms, helping accountants reduce manual work and improve accuracy.
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