QuickBooks Desktop vs ADAS CoPilot™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickBooks Desktop
Streamline expense tracking by capturing receipts and bills directly from your mobile device. Automate entries, attach documents for audit trails, and track business mileage with ease. Designed for existing QuickBooks Desktop users to save time and stay organized.
- Scan receipts and automate expense entries
- Upload bills and automate bill entries
- Attach documents to transactions
- Track business mileage with auto-calculated distance
- Organize digital audit trails
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Are you a QuickBooks Desktop Pro Plus, Premier Plus or Enterprise customer? Save time with receipt and bill capture to automate entries. No more lost receipts or time consuming expense reports! Easily attach documents to transactions. Scan receipts - Save time by automatically creating categorized receipt expense entries. Just photograph, import and review. - Stay organized by attaching digital receipt images to expense transactions for audit trails. - Accurately categorize, modify or record multiple receipt transactions at once. Upload bills - Save time by automating bill entries. Just photograph, import, and review. - Stay organized by attaching files to bill transactions for simplified audit trails. Attach documents to your transactions - Attach documents to transactions faster by directly uploading them. - Save time by directly attaching multiple documents to transactions at once. - Stay organized by eliminating the need to store physical documents. Track your business mileage - Add your business miles on your mobile and manage it all in QuickBooks Desktop. - Distance will be auto-calculated using starting and ending locations. - QuickBooks automatically fetches the IRS standard mileage rate to calculate mileage expenses.
ADAS CoPilot™
Access comprehensive ADAS system knowledge, repair procedures, and OEM information instantly. Streamline research, improve accuracy, and boost productivity for automotive businesses. Generate detailed inspection reports for clients.
- ADAS system identification
- Component location details
- Calibration requirements
- Access to I-CAR RTS information
- ALLDATA repair procedures
- OEM position statements
- ADAS inspection report generation
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ADAS CoPilot™ Pro provides ADAS & Calibration knowledge, information, repair procedures, position statements and more in seconds…. • Get a list of ADAS systems, components, component locations and required calibrations • Get immediate access to I-CAR RTS information • Get immediate access to ALLDATA repair procedures (must have ALLDATA) • Get immediate access to OEM position statements • Get access to OEM information system sites • Generate a detailed ADAS inspection report for your files or customers Why Should Your Business Use ADAS CoPilot™? • Improve Appraisal and Repair Plan Accuracy • Dramatically reduce Research time and effort • Increase ADAS service and calibration revenues • Reduce Supplements • Improve Employee and Business Productivity • Improve Cycle Times • Improve Repair Quality • Reduce Liability • Add Another “Bullet Proof File” Component
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ADAS CoPilot™ at 5.0 against QuickBooks Desktop's 1.9. ADAS CoPilot™ also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). QuickBooks Desktop's advantage is ratings volume (119 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ADAS CoPilot™ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickBooks Desktop has 119 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
QuickBooks Desktop ships an update every 6 weeks, ADAS CoPilot™ every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickBooks Desktop | ADAS CoPilot™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (119 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intuit Inc. | Summit Mobile Solutions, Inc. |
Customer experience
QuickBooks Desktop
ADAS CoPilot™
Bugs and requests
QuickBooks Desktop
Reported bugs
45 issues- App freezes at logo screen
- Receipts take hours to show on desktop
- Doesn't work with desktop version
- Broken after working
- Receipt management doesn't work
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- Transaction creation failed
- Not flexible to change business name
- New app not out yet, but discontinued app still charging
- App won't work with subscription
- Scanning is a joke, takes too long
- Seldom works correctly
- Mimics phone screen, can't link or find company
- Can't recognize QuickBooks invoice
- Only allows 1 page documents
- Mileage app is somewhat pointless
- Developers focus on logos, not fixes
- Can only select bank account for credit card receipts
- Have to scroll through all accounts to find the right one
- Shows no company
- Duplicate company names
- Scan tool stopped working
- Can't add multiple employees/users per account
- Doesn't support JPEG upload to bills
- Doesn't sync with desktop
- Freezes on upload
- Companies don't show up
- App crashes every time
- Camera recognition is horrible
- Nightmare to attach receipts
- No receipts travel to desktop
- Company shows up many times
- Deleted companies still show on mobile app
- No camera access after update
- Camera doesn't recognize edges of receipts
- Scan only captures partial receipt
- Limited functionality, can't update file names or delete receipts
- Can't login despite being administrator
- Subscription confusing, keeps asking to pay more
- Doesn't connect with QuickBooks
- ID or password invalid
- Company duplicated with different IDs
- Hard to attach receipts
- Have to scroll through expense accounts
- Semi-functional mileage app
- Save button is behind the keyboard
Requested features
16 requests- See sales orders or purchase orders on sign-on
- Ability to see documents (sales orders/purchase orders)
- PDF conversion for scans
- Ability to type expense account description
- Get receipt recognition back
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- Allow PO's to be made from the app
- Scan directly into QB again
- Support going straight to bills
- Fix bug where credit card is not recognized as a card
- Allow users to hide or delete deleted companies from the mobile app
- Allow camera and photo access
- Improve scanning to capture entire receipt
- Allow switching between companies
- Allow attaching multiple pages
- Improve mileage tracking functionality
- Allow direct upload of receipts to bills
ADAS CoPilot™
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QuickBooks Desktop
No in-app purchases
ADAS CoPilot™
No in-app purchases
Questions
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