"I used to lose half my Sunday on books. Now I knock it out from the truck in 20 minutes. Got my weekends back."
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For Contractors · Service Pros · Freelancers
Stop Spending Nights and Weekends
Stop Spending Nights and Weekends
Doing Paperwork
4.9 rating
Trusted by 500+ Contractors, Service Pros & Freelancers
50,000+ Invoices Sent
Send invoices, track expenses, scan receipts, and see your profit
— in one app built for contractors, service businesses, and freelancers.
Create invoices in seconds, get paid faster, and know exactly where your
business stands — without QuickBooks, spreadsheets, or monthly software headaches.
Pay Once. Own It Forever.
No subscriptions. No cloud lock-in. No surprise price increases.
Or Buy lifetime — $149 · Buy monthly Pro — $5.95/mo
14-day money-back guarantee — try it risk-free.
💻 Windows · 🍎 Mac · 📱 Android
🔒 100% offline
Paid once
LIFETIME
40+
INVOICES PER CLICK
Trusted by 500+ Contractors, Service Pros & Freelancers
50,000+ invoices sent · $2M+ revenue tracked · Pool · Lawn · HVAC · Plumbing · Electrical · Cleaning · Detailing
At a glance
Daily Invoice Maker vs. every cloud competitor.
Why owners switch
Why small business owners choose Daily Invoice Maker
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One-time purchase
Lifetime license — pay $149 once.
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Works offline
No internet required. Ever.
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No cloud subscription
Your books never live on someone else's server.
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No monthly contracts
Or pay $5.95/mo and cancel anytime.
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Free demo
Try the full app before you buy.
✓
Local WiFi sync
Desktop and phone stay in sync over your network.
✓
Your data stays yours
Everything stored on your device.
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14-day refund
No questions asked.
Remember why you started your business?
You started your business to serve customers — not to spend Sundays entering receipts and chasing unpaid invoices.
Daily Invoice Maker handles the paperwork so you can focus on growing your business.
Real owners
Hours back every month — at a fraction of QuickBooks' price.
What service-business owners say after switching from a monthly subscription.
"Switched from QuickBooks — got every feature I actually used, none of the upcharges. Paid $149 once, done. No more $30/month forever."
SM
"Replaced four apps with this one — invoicing, mileage, receipts, taxes. My CPA actually likes the exports. Saves me 7 hours a month."
MT
"Start an invoice on my phone at the customer's house, finish it on my laptop that evening. FreshBooks couldn't do that for $20/month."
DK
4.9 ★ average rating
2,400+ service businesses on board
$149 once — no monthly fees, ever
Every screen
A look at the actual app you'll own.
Click any screen to see all the capabilities of the app.
- Price
- $149 one-time (lifetime license) — or a monthly subscription
- Category
- Small-business accounting, invoicing & budgeting software
- Platforms
- Windows 10+, macOS 10.15+, Android 8+ companion
- Internet
- 100% offline — data stays on your device, no account required
- Best for
- Contractors, freelancers, and field-service businesses
- Key features
- Invoices, estimates, service agreements, AI receipt scanning, bank-statement import, mileage, live P&L, Schedule C reports
New in 2026
Stop wasting your weekend on billing.
Whether you're wrapping up a landscaping job, finishing your weekly pool routes, or sending recurring design retainers — billing shouldn't be the hardest part of your day. The new bulk-send engine processes 40 client invoices in a single click from your Windows or Mac desktop, auto-synced over WiFi to the Android companion app so the field follow-ups are ready before you leave the office.
60 sec
to send the batch
40+
invoices · 1 click
⌫
re-entry — none
Get your time back · Get paid faster · Work smarter, not harder.
See it in action
See how fast you can send 40 invoices.
2 minutes. Watch a real owner send a full week of invoices, scan a receipt, and pull a tax-ready P&L — without leaving the app.
For best quality: click the ⚙️ gear icon in the player → Quality → 1080p.
$1,260
QuickBooks over 3 years
$149
Daily Invoice Maker — forever
0
Subscriptions · accounts · data shared
3
Platforms — Windows · Mac · Android
What your customers actually see
Polished, branded invoices — no spreadsheet vibes.
Twelve templates. Your logo. Your colors. Line items, attached job photos, partial-payment tracking, and a tear-off remittance slip on every PDF.
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12 ready-made templates
Frost, Aurora, Paper, Noir, Sage, Terracotta, Midnight, Ember and four more — your logo and colors apply instantly.
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Before / after job photos attached
Tap an invoice, attach the field photos you already took — they print inside the PDF, sized however you want.
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Pay-online links built in
Add your Zelle, Stripe, PayPal, Venmo, or Cash App link — customers tap from the PDF or the email body.
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Tear-off remittance slip
Every PDF ends with a returnable stub — old-school, but it gets paper-check customers to pay faster.
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Multi-currency, multi-language
USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, MXN and 18 more — invoices respect the format your country uses.
New in v5.12.0
Know your real $/hour — automatically.
Clock in at each stop. Add optional travel and breaks. The new Time Tracker joins your billable hours against this month's invoiced amounts and shows your effective hourly rate per customer — so you can finally see which accounts are profitable and which are quietly bleeding you dry.
- ✓ Three entry types — Visit (billable), Travel, Break (every row toggleable).
- ✓ One active timer across the whole app — clock in, clock out, switch types.
- ✓ Per-customer target rate — see effective vs. target with a green/amber/red badge.
- ✓ Overall headline — total invoiced ÷ total hours = one number for the month.
- ✓ Dashboard widget — today's billable hours + running timer at a glance.
Live screen — Stevens Estate Pool earned $146/hr against a $85 target last month.
Why small businesses switch
The whole back office — on your desk and in your pocket.
Books, budgets, invoices, receipts, mileage, contracts. Every screen works the same on Windows, Mac, and Android.
Accounting
Live P&L, budgets & books
Income, expenses, net profit, monthly trend, and expense-by-category — all live, on every device. Replaces the spreadsheet and the accountant-on-retainer.
Invoicing
Bulk-send 40 invoices in one tap
Every recurring client at once — email, SMS, or WhatsApp.
Expenses
Snap a receipt, build a budget
Smart scanner reads vendor, amount, and tax category in seconds.
Bookkeeping
Your bank becomes your bookkeeper
Drop in any statement — Chase, BofA, PayPal, Venmo, Stripe — every row auto-categorized.
Taxes
Mileage that pays your taxes
Start → drive → stop. Year-end Schedule C summary at the current IRS rate.
Contracts
Annual contracts that sign themselves
Template-driven service agreements. The customer signs on your phone; the audit log is automatic.
Same app · every device
Edit at your desk.
Edit at your desk.
Finish from the truck.
The full feature set ships on Windows, Mac, and Android — not a watered-down mobile companion. Send an invoice in the morning, snap a receipt at noon, log a visit from a driveway in the afternoon. WiFi sync keeps every device on the same numbers.
- 100% offline on every device
- WiFi sync between devices
- One license · unlimited devices
- No cloud · no account · no lock-in
For your trade
See how Daily Invoice Maker fits your business.
Pick your trade — see real screenshots, sample invoices, and the workflow other owners in your industry are using.
Invoice software for Pool Service →
Recurring routes · chem logs · per-customer billing
Invoice software for Lawn Care →
Weekly stops · mileage · seasonal recurring
Invoice software for HVAC →
Service agreements · maintenance plans · parts
Invoice software for Plumbers →
On-site estimates · signed-on-the-truck
Invoice software for Electricians →
Job photos · estimate → invoice in one tap
Invoice software for Handymen →
Mixed jobs · materials + labor + tax
Invoice software for Cleaning →
Recurring schedules · bulk-bill 40 at once
Invoice software for Mobile Detailers →
Mobile-first · WhatsApp + SMS invoices
How we compare
Pay less. Own your data. Keep working offline.
Most invoicing tools lock you into a $20–40/month subscription, store your data in their cloud, and stop working when their server has a bad day. We do the opposite.
| Feature | Daily Invoice MakerFrom $5.95/mo · $349.95$149.95 lifetime | QuickBooks OnlineFrom $30/mo | FreshBooksFrom $19/mo | WaveFree + $16/mo Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-time purchase (lifetime license) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Works 100% offline — no internet required | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Your data stays on your device (not in someone's cloud) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Unlimited invoices & customers | ✓ | Plus tier+ | Plus tier+ | ✓ |
| Unlimited team users included | ✓ | $200+/mo | $10/user/mo | Limited |
| AI receipt scanner included | ✓ | Add-on | Add-on | ✗ |
| Recurring invoices & subscriptions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Pro tier |
| Bulk invoice sending (one click) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No forced subscription | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Windows + Mac + Android sync over WiFi | ✓ | Cloud only | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| Average monthly cost (3 yr) | $4.17/mo | $35/mo | $22/mo | $16/mo |
Competitor pricing reflects publicly listed monthly rates as of Q1 2026. Names are trademarks of their respective owners. We are not affiliated with QuickBooks, FreshBooks, or Wave.
Pricing
Pay once. Or pay monthly. Your call.
Most owners take the lifetime license — it pays for itself in about five months versus a $35/mo subscription.
QuickBooks Online
$35/ month
3-year total: $1,260
- Invoices & estimates
- Basic mileage tracker
- Cloud-only — no offline mode
- Price increased 3× in 2 years
Daily Invoice Maker
$149· once
3-year total: $149 · or subscribe monthly
- Invoices, estimates, agreements, mileage
- Bulk-send 40+ in one click
- AI receipt scanner · bank import
- Windows · Mac · Android, all offline
- Lifetime updates — no recurring fee
FreshBooks Plus
$25/ month
3-year total: $900
- Invoices & estimates
- Time tracking (add-on)
- Cloud-only — no offline mode
- No bulk-send · no receipt AI
Comparison reflects publicly listed prices for QuickBooks Online Simple Start ($35/mo) and FreshBooks Plus ($25/mo) as of 2026. Both providers have raised prices repeatedly; 3-year totals assume current rates, which historically only go up. The Daily Invoice Maker lifetime license never changes — and a monthly subscription is also available.
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Questions
Answers, before you ask.
Is there a small-business accounting app you pay for once instead of monthly?
Yes. Daily Invoice Maker is a one-time purchase of $149 for a lifetime license — no monthly subscription. It covers invoicing, estimates, expense tracking, budgeting, mileage, and tax-ready profit-and-loss reports. A monthly subscription option is also available if you prefer to pay as you go.
What is the best offline alternative to QuickBooks for contractors?
Daily Invoice Maker is built for contractors and field-service businesses and runs 100% offline on Windows, Mac, and Android. Unlike QuickBooks Online, your books never leave your device, there is no required login, and there is no recurring fee on the lifetime plan. It includes invoicing, estimates, service agreements, AI receipt scanning, and Schedule C tax reports.
Does Daily Invoice Maker work on both desktop and mobile?
Yes. The full feature set ships on Windows and macOS desktops and on an Android companion app — not a watered-down mobile version. You can start an invoice at your desk, photograph a receipt at the gas station, and log a service visit from a customer driveway. Optional WiFi sync keeps every device on the same numbers.
How much does Daily Invoice Maker cost compared to QuickBooks and FreshBooks?
Daily Invoice Maker is $149 once for a lifetime license, or a monthly subscription. QuickBooks Online Simple Start is about $35/month ($1,260 over three years) and FreshBooks Plus is about $25/month ($900 over three years), based on 2026 list prices. The lifetime license never increases in price.
Can it scan receipts and import bank statements automatically?
Yes. The AI receipt scanner reads the vendor, amount, and tax category from a photo in seconds. You can also import CSV bank statements from Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, PayPal, Venmo, Stripe, and more — every transaction is auto-categorized for your Schedule C.
What kinds of businesses use Daily Invoice Maker?
It is used by service businesses that bill on the job: pool service, lawn care and landscaping, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, handyman and home repair, house and carpet cleaning, pressure washing, pest control, mobile detailing and mechanics, roofing, painting, locksmiths, and more.
Stop renting your business software.
Accounting, invoicing, budgeting — on your desktop and your phone. $149 once, or monthly. Free demo first.