Price tag converter for travellers
Point at any price tag. Know what it really costs.
Priceglot puts your home currency above every price in view, live, without a tap. Tap one to see the price on your card, the tax refund you could claim and what it costs at home.
Coming soon
Coming soonLive · JPY to AUD · 3% card
The real price
The exchange rate is only the start
A converted price isn't what you pay. Your card adds a fee. Many countries refund their sales tax to visitors. And the same thing might cost less at home anyway.
Priceglot's price sheet puts all of it on one tag: the conversion, your card's fee, a tax refund estimate and, if you want it, the price at home with links to the retailers.
What it really costs
Wool jacket, Tokyo · home currency AUD
- Price on the tag¥24,800
- Mid-market conversionA$224.11
- On your card (3% fee)A$230.83
- Tax refund estimateup to A$20.37, less fees
- Best case after refundA$209.85
- Same jacket at home (example)A$279
- VerdictCheaper here
Illustration. The refund is up to the 10% consumption tax inside the price (¥2,255), less the refund operator's fee, if customs confirms the export. The home price is an example; in the app, home-price compare finds real retailer prices.
Japan's tax-free shopping now works as a refund
Shops in Japan now charge the full price, including the 10% consumption tax (8% on food and drink). You get the tax back later. Keep the goods unused and with you, and confirm them at a customs kiosk or with Visit Japan Web before you check in your bags, within 90 days of buying. The shop's refund operator then pays you back, less any fee it charges. If one item on a receipt is missing, the whole receipt is refused. Read the Japan guide.
How it works
Three steps, no typing
Point
Open the app at a shelf, a menu board or a market stall. Every price in view gets a chip in your money, as you move.
Tap
Tap a chip for the price sheet: what it costs on your card, the refund estimate and a reminder to pay in local currency.
Decide
Ask what it costs at home. Priceglot finds the item at retailers in your country and tells you if it's cheaper or dearer here.
Pricing
Free for every trip. Pro when you want it.
Free
US$0
- Live scan of every price in view
- Price sheet: card fee, refund estimate, pay-in-local reminder
- Calculator converter, offline
- 1 trip and 1 card
- 3 home-price compares to try
- No ads
Trip Pass
US$4.99
14 days of Pro, for one trip.
- Unlimited home-price compare
- Unlimited trips, CSV export
- Receipt scan
- More cards
Lifetime
US$14.99
Pro on every trip, paid once.
- Everything in the Trip Pass
- For as long as the app is available
- No subscription, ever
Tax-free shopping
Refund rules for 34 countries
Rates, minimum spend, where to claim and the date we last checked, with official sources for every figure.
- AustraliaRefund available
- AustriaRefund available
- BelgiumRefund available
- CanadaWithdrawn
- ChinaRefund available
- Czech RepublicRefund available
- FranceRefund available
- GermanyRefund available
- GreeceRefund available
- Hong KongNo tourist refund
- IndiaNo tourist refund
- IndonesiaRefund available
- IrelandRefund available
- ItalyRefund available
- JapanRefund available
- MalaysiaNo tourist refund
- MexicoRefund available
- NetherlandsRefund available
- New ZealandNo tourist refund
- PhilippinesChanging
- PortugalRefund available
- Saudi ArabiaNot confirmed
- SingaporeRefund available
- South AfricaRefund available
- South KoreaRefund available
- SpainRefund available
- SwitzerlandRefund available
- TaiwanRefund available
- ThailandRefund available
- TurkeyRefund available
- United Arab EmiratesRefund available
- United KingdomWithdrawn
- United StatesNo tourist refund
- VietnamChanging
Privacy
The camera stays on your phone
Live scan reads price tags on the device, with Apple's Vision framework on iPhone and Google's ML Kit on Android. Exchange rates are stored on your phone, so it works with no signal.
Only two things you start yourself go to our server: home-price compare and receipt scanning. No account needed, no ads, no tracking on this site. Read the privacy policy.
Questions
What is Priceglot?
Priceglot is a price tag converter for your phone. Point the camera at a shelf and every price in view gets a chip above it in your home currency, live, with no tapping. Tap a chip to see what it really costs: the price on your card with your card's fee, an estimate of any tourist tax refund, and, if you want, what the same item sells for at home. It's also an everyday currency converter that works offline.
Is Priceglot free?
Yes, and the free version is the full converter. Live scan, the price sheet with card fees and tax refund estimates, the calculator converter, one trip and one card profile are free, with no ads. A Trip Pass (US$4.99, 14 days) or Lifetime (US$14.99, one payment) adds unlimited home-price compares, unlimited trips with CSV export, receipt scanning and more card profiles. There's no subscription.
How is this different from iPhone Live Text?
Live Text can convert one price after you tap it. Priceglot converts every price tag in view at once, continuously, without a tap, and keeps working offline. It also shows what the price costs on your card, what the tax refund could give back and what the item sells for at home, which a plain conversion can't.
Is the tax refund figure exact?
No, it's an estimate. Priceglot works out the tax inside the price from the country's standard rate and shows what a refund could be, using the share refund operators typically pay where an official source gives one. Operators deduct fees, some goods are taxed at reduced rates, and you only get a refund if customs approves your claim. Each country guide on this site shows the rules, the sources and the date we last checked them.
Should I pay in local currency or my own?
Always the local currency. When a card machine or ATM offers to charge you in your home currency, its provider sets the exchange rate, and consumer group BEUC measured those rates at roughly 2.6% to 12% worse than the reference rate. Our guide to dynamic currency conversion explains how to spot it.
Does the camera send my images anywhere?
No. Live scan reads price tags on your phone, with Apple's Vision framework on iPhone and Google's ML Kit on Android, and the camera feed never leaves the device. Only two features you start yourself send anything to our server: home-price compare (the tag text and, if you add it, a crop of the photo) and receipt scanning (the receipt photo). The details are in our privacy policy.