The Notifications RCT Sends You, and Why
Every notification RCT sends is generated from your own data: how many days in a row you’ve scanned, how much you’ve saved from discounts, which store you visit most, or how much you’ve built up in bottle deposits. Tapping one takes you straight to the report it’s talking about.
Most app notifications are the same message sent to everyone: “don’t forget to log today.” RCT builds its notifications from what’s actually in your account, so the message only shows up when there’s something real to say.
Streaks and gentle nudges to keep scanning
If you’ve scanned receipts for three or more days running, you’ll get a streak notification acknowledging it. If you go quiet for a few days, RCT notices too, a lighter nudge appears after three days of inactivity, and a “welcome back” message after five, since a budget with gaps in it isn’t telling you the full story.
Milestones as you go
Hit 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, or 1,000 scanned receipts and RCT flags it. It’s a small thing, but scanning your hundredth receipt is a real sign you’ve built a habit, not just downloaded an app.
Insights pulled from your own numbers
A separate set of notifications surfaces things you might not have noticed on your own:
- Discount report — how much you’ve saved from discounts so far, and what percentage of your total spending that represents.
- Best discount category — which category tends to bring the best discounts.
- Deposit reminder — once your accumulated bottle and can deposits pass a few euros, a nudge to actually return them, with a comparison to last month’s total.
- Your go-to store — the store you visit most, how many times, and how much you’ve spent there.
- Store comparison — average spend per visit at your two most-visited stores, side by side.
- Category alert — when a category’s spending is up 20% or more compared to last month.
- Lifetime tracker — a note when your total tracked spending crosses a round number like €1,000 or €5,000.
Why this matters more than it sounds like it should
None of these are trying to make you spend less by guilt. They’re pointing at patterns that are genuinely hard to notice while you’re living your life, deposits piling up, one store quietly costing more per visit than another, a category creeping upward. Tap any of them and you land directly on the report they’re describing, not just the app’s home screen.