BooksByLunch

Free bank statement OCR.
Done by lunch.

Scanned PDFs to Excel, with misread figures flagged, not hidden.

Drop your bank statement here

PDF, up to 10 pages

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Free · No signup · PDF deleted once converted

How it works.

From PDF to spreadsheet, in three steps.

  1. Drop in a PDF bank statement

    Any bank, up to 10 pages, digital or scanned. Locked PDFs are fine too: you'll be asked for the password. No signup.

  2. Every row is read and checked

    Each transaction is added to the balance before it and has to land on the balance the statement prints. If one doesn't, you'll see exactly which row.

  3. Download Excel or CSV

    Four clean columns: Date, Description, Amount and Balance, with money out negative and money in positive. Ready for a spreadsheet or your accounting software.

Is it safe?

  • Your PDF is deleted as soon as it's converted.
  • The rows are kept for an hour so you can download them, then deleted.
  • No cookies, no tracking, no ads.

Questions, answered.

Converting scanned statements, for free.

  1. How do I know if my statement is scanned?

    Try selecting the text in the PDF. If you can highlight the transactions, it's a digital statement; if the page behaves like one big picture, it's a scan. Either way, just drop it in: which kind it is gets worked out for you.

  2. What if the OCR misreads a number?

    Then that row stops adding up to the running balance, and you see exactly which row to check against your paper copy before you download. Nothing slips into your books unnoticed.

  3. How do I get the best result from a scan?

    Lay the page flat and scan it straight, in good light. Shadows, skew and blur are what trip OCR up. If your bank lets you download a digital PDF instead, that's better still.

  4. Is it really free?

    Yes. No signup and no card: one statement a day, up to 10 pages. After your first, answer one quick question and you get two more that day.

  5. What does balance-checked mean?

    Every statement prints a running balance. Each transaction is added to the balance before it and has to land on the balance printed beside it. If a row doesn't add up, you see which one before you download.

  6. Is my statement safe?

    Your PDF goes straight to NoRekey, which converts it and deletes it the moment it's done. The rows are kept for an hour so you can download them, then deleted too. No cookies, no tracking, no ads.

  7. What if my PDF has a password?

    You'll be asked for it. It's used once to open the file and never stored.

Private by design.

What happens to your statement, in short.

  • Your PDF goes straight to NoRekey, which converts it and deletes it the moment it's done. BooksByLunch never keeps a copy.
  • The rows are kept for an hour so you can download your spreadsheet, then deleted.
  • Passwords for locked PDFs are used once to open the file and never stored.
  • No cookies, no tracking, no ads. Not even analytics.
  • Your IP address is only held scrambled, in memory, to count free statements, and forgotten after 24 hours.