Invoice Maker & Estimate App

Getting paid, not just billing, is the angle Bookipi takes. It covers quotes, receipts, proposals and invoices from branded templates, but the developer leads with what happens after you press send: notifications when the client opens the invoice, pays it or lets it go overdue, and automatic reminders that chase the latecomers for you.

Card payments through the major networks and PayPal are built in, and in the US, UK and Australia an iPhone can take contactless payments directly via Tap to Pay. Reports by month, customer or item come out as PDFs, data syncs between phone and web, and storage is ISO 27001 certified.

A tradesperson quotes from a template in the morning, converts it to an invoice once the job is agreed, and gets a buzz when the client reads it. If the client has an ongoing arrangement, recurring billing takes over and the invoice sends itself each month. Payment comes by card link, or, in the three Tap to Pay countries, by the customer touching their card to your phone. A receipt follows with a single tap. The overdue ones you never think about again, because the reminders go out automatically. Tax time means pulling a PDF by month.

Chasing money is the part of self-employment everyone hates, and Bookipi's automatic reminders are what people are hunting for when they find it. Tap to Pay is a second magnet for tradespeople in the US, UK and Australia who want to skip a separate card reader. The 4.9 rating helps it get clicked over nearly identical rivals.

The listing's five images probably split between finished documents and the status dashboard, since payment tracking is the selling point and needs showing. Invoice apps tend toward clean forms with a status colour per invoice (sent, viewed, paid, overdue), and the notification-heavy design implies that list view does much of the work.