Invoice & Estimate Maker vs SubTotal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Invoice & Estimate Maker
Quickly generate professional invoices and estimates for your clients. Customize templates with your business details, add unlimited customers and services, and track payments on the go. Convert estimates to invoices with a single tap.
- Create invoices and estimates
- Customize company details and logo
- Unlimited customers, products, and services
- Professional invoice themes
- Track payments
- Email invoices in PDF format
- Convert estimates to invoices
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Invoice & Estimate Maker app help you to quickly create professional invoices and send them to your customers. Its a perfect app for web designers, contractors, musicians, freelancers and all kind of small business owners. You'll be able to create invoices and estimates with-in few seconds. This business app allows you to create unlimited customers, products and services. You can choose from highly professional templates to generate invoice PDF and send it to your customer. You can enter all information about your business i.e. your company name, logo, address, email, phone number and more. Manage all your invoices and billing on the go. The app shows you all outstanding invoices and help you to get paid faster. This app does not requires you to have an active internet connection. So you can invoice your customer before leaving the place where there is no network available. The app also keeps track of all the payments made towards an invoice. You can also sign the invoice or estimate on your device. Features: * Create invoices and estimates. * Customize company details and logo. * Add unlimited customers, products and services. * Professional invoice themes. * Realistic invoice signature. * Track payments. * Configure multiple taxes (i.e. Service Tax, VAT etc). * Discount on item or total. * Email invoice in PDF format. * Notes to specify terms / conditions. * Convert estimate to invoice with just a single tap. * iCloud backup & restore. * Import customer from contact address book. * Statistics * Add "Paid" stamp on paid invoices. * Fast & easy interface. Please leave a 5 star rating if you find this app useful. Your support help us keep improving this app. Information about the auto-renewable subscription - You can purchase for monthly subscription ($1.99/month) or annual subscription ($19.99/year). - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - For more information on how to cancel subscription, please review - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Privacy policy: http://www.svgapps.com/privacy-policy - Terms of use: http://www.svgapps.com/terms
SubTotal
Create professional PDF invoices, quotes, and estimates quickly for your small business. Personalize templates with your logo and branding. Supports e-invoicing standards and offers cloud sync for easy access across devices.
- Create PDF invoices, quotes, and estimates
- Cloud sync across platforms
- E-invoicing support (Factur-X & ZUGFeRD)
- Personalize with logo, color, and font
- Track invoices and mark as paid
- Beautiful PDF templates
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Create professional PDF invoices, quotes, and estimates in minutes. SubTotal gives freelancers, contractors, consultants, and small business owners a simple way to handle client billing without a complicated accounting system. Create documents your way • Make and send PDF invoices, quotes, and estimates • Choose from professional templates and layouts • Personalize documents with your company logo, colors, and fonts • Manage invoices and mark them as paid when payment arrives • Turn WorkingHours time-tracking data into an invoice with one click PDF and electronic invoicing Save, share, view, or email polished PDF documents and e-invoice XML files. Create electronic invoices in supported formats, including Factur-X, ZUGFeRD, and XRechnung for EN 16931 workflows. Continue across your devices Start an invoice on your phone or tablet, then continue on supported laptop and desktop versions. Optional cloud sync keeps your invoice data available across devices using iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, or WebDAV. Cloud sync requires SubTotal Pro. Simple, flexible pricing SubTotal is free to use, with no ads or subscription. A free 7-day trial lets you test Pro features, including cloud sync, e-invoicing, all PDF fonts and layouts, custom PDF fonts, embedded QR codes, and removal of the hyperlink from the PDF footer. SubTotal Pro is a one-time purchase linked to your Apple ID and unlocks Pro access for iOS/iPadOS. A separate Pro purchase may be required on other platforms. SubTotal does not guarantee conformity with legal, tax, invoice creation, issuance, storage, or e-invoicing requirements in your country.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: SubTotal at free with in-app purchases against Invoice & Estimate Maker's subscription. SubTotal also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (94% vs 74%). Invoice & Estimate Maker's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 24) and chart position (#181 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Invoice & Estimate Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SubTotal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Invoice & Estimate Maker against 4.8 for SubTotal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Invoice & Estimate Maker has 12K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Invoice & Estimate Maker's written reviews are positive against 94% of SubTotal's.
Invoice & Estimate Maker ships an update every 3 months, SubTotal every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Invoice & Estimate Maker | SubTotal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12K ratings) — better | 4.8 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #181 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SVG Apps | Timo Partl |
Customer experience
Invoice & Estimate Maker
SubTotal
User reviews
Invoice & Estimate Maker
From 12K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Professional-looking invoices
- 💡 Customizable with company logo
- 🚀 Quick to create estimates and invoices
- 👍 Helpful for small businesses
Room to improve
- 🐛 Issues with emailing invoices/estimates
- 🐛 Data sync problems between devices
- 🔒 Lack of customer support responsiveness
- 🔒 Subscription renewal issues
- 🐛 Unexpected app lockouts
SubTotal
From 24 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 💰 One-time purchase, no subscription
- 🔄 Seamless syncing across devices
- 📱 Great integration with WorkingHours
Room to improve
- 🐛 Some features missing for advanced users
- 🤔 Limited customization options for templates
- 🐛 Bugs reported after updates
- 🐛 Issues with umlauts in PDFs
- 🐛 Rounding differences in calculations
Bugs and requests
Invoice & Estimate Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Quantity and price changes not saving correctly
- Inability to edit customer information
- Losing all past estimates/invoices when switching devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to track material expenses and payroll
- Allow adding multiple phone numbers and emails per client
- Implement a way to back up data
- Provide a phone number for customer support
- Add option to sort/track created sections (e.g., labor, materials)
SubTotal
Reported bugs
7 issues- Description text gets deleted when adding concepts
- Text on positions not saved and positions not editable after update
- App crashes when opening or editing invoices/estimates after update
- UST-Satz (VAT rate) stuck at 0% and not adjustable on Mac
- Umlauts not displayed correctly in PDF (bank details, item descriptions)
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- Rounding differences in calculations
- Invoices can still be modified after being marked as sent
Requested features
38 requests- Auto populate/save item descriptions
- Column for date of service or purchase
- Option for separate categories for items
- Function to show payments applied
- Customizable PDF templates
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- Yearly reports
- Dark mode
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- More invoice template designs
- Date format option (MM/DD/YYYY)
- Option to change date format to US
- Field for tax number
- Field for service period (from-to date)
- Save button and undo function when creating invoices
- Keyboard-driven navigation and shortcuts
- Ability to input PO numbers
- Ability to attach files
- Dashboard for monthly/quarterly comparisons
- Option to mark invoices as locked after PDF creation
- Option to add discount on the entire invoice in percent
- Product catalog for quick item insertion
- Ability to change tax to 'total hours worked'
- Option to include total hours worked at the bottom of the invoice
- Translate phrases like 'Add tax', 'Discount', 'Line item sum' to Russian
- Marking invoices in the list for easier selection
- Support for recurring invoices
- Ability to convert quotes to invoices without overwriting
- More flexibility in invoice layouts and placeholders
- Option to drag and drop order of items
- Global BCC for email sending
- Recipient email not automatically copied from contacts
- Small free text field for email body
- Ability to add a header or text area and make it bold
- Option to add down payments
- Option to add explanations per item (material, labor, etc.)
- Possibility of generating EÜR (Einnahmenüberschussrechnung)
- More options for customizing invoice appearance
- Client database with saved information
In-app purchases
Invoice & Estimate Maker
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
SubTotal
- Pro version iOS$8.99
- Pro version macOS$17.99
Questions
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