Wave User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience30.1% of reviews
Neutral9.9% of reviews
Negative experience59.9% of reviews

~ Based on 352 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Wave Safe?

Wave: Small Business Software appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Wave is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 6,604 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

84.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
11.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 6,604 App Store ratings for Wave.

Is Wave Legit?

Wave: Small Business Software appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Wave is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Boss app

This app never fails only get better and better it make billing so easy no stress

Not for Payroll ☹️

Affordable, easy to set up. Great for accounting, I’m happy with the expense tracking and receipt capture and bookkeeping system. However!! ‼️Payroll feature is a nightmare doused in gas rolling down a grassy hill in August‼️Trash. ZERO customer support. I emailed and chat requested 5 times in two weeks trying to run payroll for end of June after I hit a glitch.. it’s now the end of July and I obviously went with a different payroll service, (very happy with it) and still haven’t heard a whisper back from Waves “customer service”, which I had heard was at least decent. So, good and bad.
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This app is almost scam

They will keep charging you but no way to cancel it. Eventually we had to talk to our bank.

Receipts

I downloaded this so that I could more easily upload receipts for transactions. But it doesn’t work as I would expect. When you take a picture of a receipt it creates a new transaction. I was hoping it would ask me to match the receipt to an already existing transaction so that I don’t have doubles. I wait to upload transactions until after wave pulls the bank transactions. Another option would be to search for the transaction and then add it, however there is no search function in the transaction view, only a filter. It would be so easy to have a search function so I could search for the exact amount of the transaction and then upload. That’s how I do it through the web browser interface on my phone but the web interface isn’t optimized for small phones. But I guess I’ll continue to do it that way for now.
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Slow customer service

Customer service is slow. Emails take days to get a response for. Having an issue with payment processing for AMEX and after 7 days, and only after sending follow up emails do I get a response and unfortunately the response has no resolution.

Customer support

It’s a great app, but I’ve been needing customer support and all that Wave offers is an AI chat bot. It’s making things extremely difficult. Is there anyway I could get help?

App won’t even sign in

Stuck in the create account process. Deleted and wiped cookies and cache and still stuck. The website version works and I created my account. I just can’t log in on the mobile version and it keeps telling me to finish creating my account and then says we’re sorry there’s been an error. Deleted the app and gave up.
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Force you to pay

After using the app successfully and being satisfied with it, now it will not load my products and there is no human support available unless you subscribe to their plan. If you are looking for a free invoicing software, this is not it.

Clunky

Not a well designed mobile app (poor contrast). Not useful with starter plan.

Very satisfied

With many apps charging 100’s for the service this app can give you for free or other plans that are still cheaper! The app is easy to navigate, I only see this app getting better!

Useless app from a notably bad company

Dare not to use this app unless you pay their subscription and want risk being a customer of a company which lets its users down.

The app has literally no functionality as others have described in their reviews.

Many users, including ones who felt forced to pay Waves after they stripped basic features, and others who were already paying customers, have had big problems with Waves, including their critical payroll system.

Look at how many people regret using Waves after so many problems and frustrations on online forums (a simple online search will do) and think twice before joining them.
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❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌Add please packing list

Sometimes we need to make a packing list and we can’t

Narrow

The choices of dashboard are too narrow. Only the desktop version gives you account balances

Unusable without a paid subscription

I was hoping to use this for basic bookkeeping but none of those features are available without a paid subscription.

Modern & Low cost

Modern and low cost I started with receipts eight dollars a month

Business Owner

Very easy to navigate, user friendly, does all the things needed for my small business and very affordable. Been using for over 3 years now.

Good app

Works great for creating estimates/invoices and accepting payments

Best app

I’ve tried several invoicing apps before, but most of them constantly pushed me to buy a subscription. Then I discovered Wave, and it has been a game changer for my business. It makes creating professional invoices and generating estimates quick and easy, all in one place.

If you’re a new business owner, freelancer, or startup, I highly recommend giving Wave a try. It’s simple to use, reliable, and has everything you need to manage invoices without unnecessary hassle. It’s honestly one of the best business apps I’ve ever discovered, and it has saved me both time and money.
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Do not buy

I paid my fee for a full year. Two days of trying to get my bank accounts to work and no help from support. I asked for a refund and they said no. They are a rip off do not subscribe!

A child’s toy

As a seasoned professional accountant, my opinion is that wave is not worth the money. Their SaaS is terrible and business practices are less than friendly. They were super petty over refunding my first month, even though I only used the software for a week and found their SaaS completely inadequate. I really should’ve known better. It’s a very low value offering.
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