What?
Creating a LA Fish account takes three steps: register, enter the 6-digit code sent to your email, then choose a plan. Choosing a plan doesn't require payment: with Continue Free your account opens on the Free tier, adding receipts isn't locked, and you can upgrade whenever you like. The same account works on desktop, web, and mobile.
The order of these steps is fixed: the plan screen doesn't open until you get past verification. Both arrive as windows you can't just close — but you're not locked in: a Log Out button sits on both screens, and the plan screen also has a no-payment Continue Free option. On the Free tier your receipt archive, Smart Home Memory, Spending Summary, and 10 AI reads a month are available; when you need more, you move to a paid plan.
| Step | 🌐 Web Panel | 🖥️ Desktop | 📱 Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| New account creation | Yes — Sign Up tab | No — the Sign Up link opens the panel in your browser | Yes — Sign Up |
| Verification with a 6-digit code | Yes | No — enter the code in the panel or on your phone | Yes |
| Plan selection | Yes — paid plans by card, in the panel; Continue Free needs no payment | Continue Free is available; for a paid plan it redirects you to the panel | Yes — paid plans through the app store; Continue Free needs no payment |
| Free Trial | Requires a card; once per LA Fish account | — | Offered by the store; once per store account |
How?
🌐 Web Panel — Accounts Are Created Here
- Open the panel Go to lafish.com.tr/app and switch to the Sign Up tab at the top.
- Fill out the form Full Name, Email, Password, and Password (Repeat). Check Show Password if you want to see what you're typing.
- Give your consent Agreeing to the Terms of Use and the KVKK Disclosure Notice (Turkey's data protection disclosure) is mandatory; the marketing email checkbox is optional — leaving it unchecked costs you nothing.
- Pass the "I'm not a robot" check The form won't submit until the box below it turns green.
- Create the account Click Create Account. The panel opens, but the Verify Your Email window immediately appears on top of it.
- Enter the code Type the 6-digit code sent to your email and click Verify. The window closes.
- Choose a plan The Choose a Plan to Get Started window follows: Try 3 Days Free (if eligible), Standard, Premium, Premium Office, or Continue Free. If you pick a paid plan, the next step asks Monthly / Yearly and shows the prices right there — see the Pricing page for the current list; Premium Office is available in Turkey only. With Continue Free your account opens on the Free tier without any payment; adding receipts isn't locked, and you can upgrade whenever you like.
If you get stuck: if the verification window won't close, the code has most likely passed the one-hour mark. Click Resend Code and enter the code from the most recent email — details below.
🖥️ Desktop — Login Only, No Registration
The desktop app does not create accounts or take payments. On launch you only get a login screen; if you don't have an account, it sends you to your browser from there.
- Get to know the login screen Email, Password, Remember Me, and Log In. There's a Sign Up link on the line below.
- If you don't have an account Click Sign Up — desktop opens the web panel in your browser, where you complete registration. The app itself has no registration form.
- Verify somewhere else There's no 6-digit code screen on desktop. Enter the code in the web panel or the mobile app; or, if you prefer, just click the Verify My Email link in the verification email (it's valid for 24 hours).
- It asks if you skipped choosing a plan If your account has no choice yet, the app shows a Plan Selection Required window: Continue Free, Go to Panel, Check, Not Now. You can choose to continue on the Free tier right there; paid plans and the trial are chosen in the panel, because desktop doesn't take payments. Once you've made your choice in the panel, click Check and the app recognizes the new plan right away.
- Choose "Remember Me" deliberately If it's off, your session is valid only for that run; you'll retype your password every time you open the app.
If you get stuck: if you click Not Now, the program isn't locked: until you make a choice, it runs with the Free tier's allowances, and you can keep scanning receipts. When you touch a feature that isn't included in your plan, a window with a Go to Panel button appears — that's not an error, it's the way to upgrade.
📱 Mobile — Membership Through the App Store
- Open the registration screen Tap the Sign Up link below the login screen.
- Fill out the form Full Name, Email, Password (at least 8 characters), Password (repeat). The moment the second password doesn't match, "Passwords don't match." appears right below the field — it doesn't wait for you to submit.
- Give your consent Agreeing to the Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, and the KVKK notice is mandatory; the marketing email is optional. Then pass the robot check and tap Sign Up.
- Enter the code The Verify Your Email screen appears. Type the 6-digit code and tap Verify. This screen also has Resend Code and Log Out.
- Choose a plan On the Choose a Plan to Get Started screen, pick Try 3 Days Free (if your store account is eligible) or choose the Standard / Premium / Premium Office tier and mark Monthly or Yearly. The payment step opens in your phone's store (App Store / Google Play); Premium Office is available in Turkey only. If you'd rather start without paying, tap Continue Free: your account opens on the Free tier, and adding receipts isn't locked.
- If you've subscribed before If you have a previous subscription under the same store account, tap Restore Purchases; you won't need to pay again.
🔑 Password Rules and Matching the Two Fields
- Length: 8 to 128 characters. A short password bounces back from the server too — but the client catches it before it's even sent.
- The two fields must match exactly. In the web panel you can check what you typed with Show Password; on mobile, a mismatch warning appears under the field instantly.
- The button is clickable even if it looks dim. On mobile, if something's missing, Sign Up doesn't silently lock — tapping it tells you why (things like "Passwords don't match." or "Password must be at least 8 characters.").
- If you change your password later, all sessions are logged out. You'll need to log in again on your computer, your phone, and the panel. This makes sure that if someone else got hold of your password, they get logged out too.
- If you forgot your password, use the Forgot Password link on the login screen; a reset link is sent to your email. Desktop opens this link in your browser too.
📨 If the Verification Code Doesn't Arrive
- Check the time first The code is valid for 1 hour. If you registered yesterday, the code you have has long since expired.
- Check your Spam/Junk folder The email's subject starts with "Your LA Fish verification code"; search your inbox for it.
- Check the address The verification screen shows which address it sent the code to. If that's not your address, you've made a typo.
- Request a new code Click Resend Code. Don't do this back-to-back — space it out by a few minutes, since frequent resends are rate-limited for security.
- Use the most recent email The moment a new code is sent, the previous code is invalidated. If you type the code from an older email, you'll get "Code invalid or expired" — that's not a bug, it's the rule itself.
If you get stuck: if you typed your email address wrong, the verification gate never opens, and you can't fix the address yourself — you have no access to the settings behind that screen. Write to us from the Contact page and we'll fix the account.
🎁 Free Trial Eligibility
The trial lasts 3 days and unlocks Premium's allowances, including 30 AI reads a day; accounting features aren't part of the trial, and Premium Office has no trial. The rules depend on where you start it:
| 🌐 In the Web Panel | 📱 On Mobile | |
|---|---|---|
| Who grants it | LA Fish | App Store / Google Play |
| What the right is tied to | Your LA Fish account — once per account | Your store account — not your LA Fish account |
| Payment method | Card details required; you're not charged during the trial | Your store payment method is used |
| When the trial ends | If you don't cancel, it continues as monthly Premium; if you cancel before the trial ends, your account continues on the Free tier — no lock, and your data isn't deleted | |
The most commonly confused point here: on mobile, creating a new LA Fish account does not restore your trial eligibility. If you've already used the trial with the same Apple or Google account, the store won't grant it again — the right is tracked on the store account, not on our end.
If you get stuck: if you never see the Try 3 Days Free button on mobile, that's not a bug: it means that store account isn't eligible for the trial. We deliberately hide the button, because if a purchase is started as "free" on an ineligible account, the store silently charges the full price. You can choose a plan directly, start without paying via Continue Free, or start the trial from the web panel instead.
Why This Way?
Why is email verification mandatory? Because your email address is your account's only recovery path: the password reset link, membership notices, and billing notices all go there. An account opened with a wrong address, or one you don't own, turns into an account you can never get back the day you forget your password. Verifying it at registration is meant to make sure that day never comes.
Why does requesting a new code kill the old one? Every resend would otherwise increase the number of simultaneously valid codes; five live codes give someone trying to guess six digits five times the odds. So the rule was kept simple: only one code is ever alive at a time — the last one we sent. The cost is that the code in an older email stops working.
Why does a plan screen follow registration? Registration used to start a trial automatically. That was bad for both sides: users started a countdown without knowing what they were getting, and it was possible to open unlimited accounts and burn unlimited trials. Now you make the choice — starting the trial is a decision, so is subscribing directly, and so is choosing Continue Free without paying anything. Whichever you pick, your account isn't left locked.
Why does the web trial ask for a card? A card is the one thing that ties a trial to a single person. Without one, the same person could open account after account and stretch the trial indefinitely. This step doesn't exist on mobile because the store already holds a payment method and tracks the right on its own account.
Why doesn't desktop take payments? So membership is managed from a single place. Payment, renewal, and cancellation live either in the web panel or the mobile store; desktop only reads the result. That way the question "which device do I cancel from?" never comes up — details on the Membership and Payment page.
Related Pages
Installation and First Launch
If you haven't installed the app yet, look here first; the web panel needs no installation.
Membership and Payment
Changing plans, renewal, cancellation, and billing — everything after you've chosen a plan.
Adding a Receipt
Your account is open and your plan is chosen; next up is adding your first receipt.
Troubleshooting
If you can't log in, can't get the code, or see an error message, the solutions are here.
Last updated: 2026-10-06