in U.S. retail merchandise was returned in 2024 — a category most consumers never claim back when they should.
Source · National Retail Federation · 2024 Consumer Returns ReportBuilt for the receipt in your hand
The receipt-aware
claim assistant.
Scan a paper or emailed receipt. Refund Raptor™ reads it line by line, knows the return and price-adjustment windows that apply, and writes the message you would have written anyway — so you can review, edit, and send it yourself in a couple of taps.
SUPERSTORE #114
CRAFT BEER 16OZ$8.50
WIRELESS MOUSE$24.99
USB-C HUB 7-IN-1$38.49
AAA BATTERY 8-PK$11.79
HDMI CABLE 6FT$14.95
TAX$7.81
TOTAL$106.53
You are not bad at returns.
The policy was just hard to read in time.
Return windows live on footer pages. They shrink during holidays. The single date that matters is buried inside a confirmation email you scrolled past on the way to ordering something else. Most people don’t lose money in a single dramatic event — they lose it quietly, one expired window at a time.
average return rate across all U.S. retail purchases — and an even higher share for online orders.
Source · NRF / Happy Returns industry brief, 2024is the most common written return window — but it is rarely the one you remember; the actual policy can shrink during sales.
Source · Consumer Reports · "How to actually use a store return policy"Refund Raptor was built so the receipt, the policy that applies to it, and the deadline you actually have all live in the same place — on your phone, before the window closes.
How it works
Capture, read, draft, track.
The whole loop in under three minutes.
Refund Raptor is a four-step loop — not a chatbot, not a marketplace. The same rhythm a careful shopper would use, just done in a fraction of the time and without forgetting the date.
01Capture
Capture
Snap a paper receipt, pick one from your camera roll, or forward a confirmation email. Thermal paper, screenshots, multi-page PDFs — all welcome.
Works offline. Originals stay on your device until you say otherwise.
02Read
Read
Each line item is parsed locally — merchant, items, totals, taxes, and the date that controls your return window — before anything is sent anywhere.
On-device parser first. Cloud is only ever the safety net.
03Draft
Draft
You get a polite, specific message tailored to that retailer’s written policy and your actual items. Edit it freely; nothing is sent without you.
You stay the author and the sender. Always.
04Track
Track
When you hear back, log the outcome. Your vault remembers what worked so the next claim takes a fraction of the time.
Yours forever. Export or delete on a single tap.
The hunt, live
Messy receipt in.
A return clock out.
A live preview of the same three-pane experience the app runs — raw capture on the left, parsed data in the middle, and a copy-ready claim on the right. Everything you see here is something the build on your phone can already do today.
Demonstration only: a sample receipt is scanned, line items are extracted, then merchant, date, and total are shown before a return countdown appears.
Receipt → structured data → huntLive demo
01Capture
02Extract
03Structure
04Hunt
Waiting for image…
Raw capture
What the app extracts
USB-C Hub Pro$64.11
Wireless Buds$120.11
Line items drive return eligibility — not just the total at the bottom.
Ready to act on
Merchant
Northstar Electronics
Purchase time
Apr 2, 2026 · 2:14 PM
Receipt total
$184.22
Return window$184.22 · 6 days left
Live signal fabric
Everything below runs on your phone — this page is the trailer, not the theater.
On-device OCRCloud assistRemote policiesPush alertsStore proximityLine-item resolveClaim draftsVault sync
Command deck
The pieces users feel first — engineered to look like a cockpit, not a brochure.
Refund Raptor is a mobile predator: it ingests messy proof of purchase, ranks what is still recoverable, and hands you copy-ready language. Here is what is shipping in the build you can install today.
Inbox → vaultForward-only
Email receipts land structured
Forward order confirmations to a private inbox address. Optional Gmail import for people who want the vault without another upload step — you stay in control of what connects.
receipts+you@inbox.refundraptor.comYour real address is personalized inside the app after sign-in.
Monthly Raptor Report
A month-end pulse on money still in play
Summaries for saves, open windows, and dollars you already clawed back — built for people who treat returns like a portfolio.
April snapshotLive
- Open hunts
- 7
- At risk
- $412
- Recovered
- $128
OCR stackHybrid
Thermal paper, screenshots, PDFs
On-device parsing first for speed and privacy; cloud vision joins when the image fights back. Line items stay first-class — refunds hinge on rows, not just the total.
- Local fast pass for clean captures
- Assist when skew, glare, or folds win
- Admin-tunable OCR policy via remote config
Claim studio
Drafts you edit, then send as you
Merchant-aware message drafts live next to the receipt. Copy out to email, chat, or store portals — Refund Raptor never impersonates you.
Exports & alerts
JSON + CSV for taxes and backups
Priority flags on receipts, streak freeze, and nudges when retailer policies shift — the boring insurance that saves real money when calendars slip.
Policy watch
Push radar
Proximity (opt-in)
Membership orbitBilled in-app
Free to hunt — Pro when you want the full vault
Free keeps the hunt board, claim drafts, and return-window tracking. Rex Pro unlocks unlimited receipt saves, exports, and premium workflows. Pricing matches the live App Store / Play Store SKUs.
Freefrom $0
Hunt board, claim drafts, return-window tracking — 10 receipt saves / month
Rex Profrom $3.99/mo
Unlimited receipt saves · exports · email-to-vault & premium perks
Rex Pro (annual)from $34.99/yr
Same Pro features — best value when you live on the hunt board year-round
Ready when you are
Ship the hunt to your pocket in under a minute.
Install Refund Raptor, scan something messy, and watch the board rank what is still yours — same motion as the live demo above.
Three promises, not a privacy page
Built for the person holding the receipt.
Operated like it.
You stay the sender on every message.
Refund Raptor drafts a refund request, price-adjustment ask, or chargeback prep note in your tone. It never emails a retailer on your behalf without explicit per-message authorization, never impersonates you, and never auto-files disputes.
Read the termsZero ad sales. Zero data resale.
We make money only when the optional Pro subscription is worth keeping. No ad-network SDKs are bundled, no third-party data brokers receive your receipts, and every subprocessor is audited and listed by name.
See the subprocessor listOn-device first. Cloud only when it has to be.
Receipts are parsed locally on your phone before any network call. The cloud OCR fallback is only invoked when the image is unreadable, and even then only with your consent. Wipe the entire vault in a single tap from Settings.
How OCR worksProof, not puffery
Numbers we can show our work on.
Refund Raptor is a brand-new app. Instead of fabricated five-star quotes, here is the underlying market — the public statistics that explain why we built it and how much money is on the table industry-wide.
Industry baseline
14%of U.S. retail
of all U.S. retail purchases were returned in 2024 — and the share is meaningfully higher for online orders. The receipts and windows behind those returns are exactly what Refund Raptor is built to keep on top of.
Receipt rule
90 daysis the lie
is the most-cited "standard" return window in the U.S., but the policy that actually applies to your purchase often shrinks during sales, holidays, or for opened electronics. Refund Raptor reads the line items first, then the policy.
Why it works
~3 minper claim
is the median end-to-end time from "open the camera" to "draft ready to send" in our internal QA across 60+ U.S. retailers. Faster than digging through your inbox; slower than auto-filing a chargeback you might lose.
Honest disclosure. Refund Raptor launched in 2026. Once real customers give us written permission to publish their stories — with merchant and amount — they will replace this panel. Until then we will not invent them. If you have a story you would like featured, write to our team.
Ready when you are
Stop lettingreturn windowsclose on you.
Install Refund Raptor, scan whatever is sitting in your camera roll, and let the board surface what is still inside its return window. Free to start — no credit card, no email wall.
- First draft ready in about three minutes.
- On-device parsing first — cloud OCR only when needed.
- Pro is optional and cancellable from the App or Play Store.
Refund Raptor is independent consumer software. It is not legal, tax, or financial advice, not a debt collector, and not your agent. You stay the sender on every message — the app just makes sure you notice in time.