# About Juvo

Hi, I'm Alexey. I make Juvo, a currency converter and price scanner for iPhone.

I moved to Thailand, so I pay in a currency that isn't mine every day. Juvo is the app I use for it: I point the camera at a price tag and see what it costs in my own currency. That is also why the examples on this site are in Thai baht.

## What Juvo does

- Converts the price on a tag or a receipt through the camera, on the phone.
- Switches the converter to the local currency when you arrive in a new country.
- Keeps the latest exchange rates on the phone, so the converter works offline.
- Shows what a card payment in your home currency (dynamic currency conversion) and ATM fees cost you.
- Suggests a typical tip for 64 countries and splits the bill.

Juvo has no accounts and no ads. Before version 2.0 the app was called Currency Converter & Scanner. See [what's new in Juvo 2.0](/whats-new/).

## Where the numbers come from

**Exchange rates.** The app downloads rates from the Juvo server and shows when they were last updated. They are reference rates: your bank or exchange provider sets the amount you actually pay.

**Tips.** The [tipping pages](/tipping/) use the same figures as the tip calculator in the app. Each page shows the date the figures were last reviewed.

**Guides.** The [travel money guides](/guides/) link to the sources for their numbers and rules: card networks, regulators and consumer organizations.

## Contact

Write to [capsmol@gmail.com](mailto:capsmol@gmail.com). If something on this site is wrong or out of date, I want to know. For help with the app, see [Support](/support/).

Juvo is on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6756121931), and so is [my developer page](https://apps.apple.com/developer/id1823612518).

Juvo for iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6756121931