Comparison

QuickBooks Desktop vs Liberty Builders

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Liberty Builders

Features
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Liberty Builders Home Services is the franchise field app for yearly home memberships — members, technicians, sales, and operators on one phone. FOR TECHNICIANS Run My Day with assigned visits and route order. Work through consultation checklists, add photos, and record completed work. FOR MEMBERS Manage your home membership, request visits, follow scheduling updates, and view home consultation reports and invoices. FOR SALES Onboard customers at the home, add property details, and guide membership checkout. FOR OPERATORS See the franchise workday, coordinate visits, manage the team, and set franchise service areas and work hours. MEMBERSHIP BILLING Annual home memberships and service invoices are billed securely through Stripe. Your franchise provides membership terms, visit allowances, and pricing before checkout. Liberty Builders is for participating franchise members and teams. Service availability depends on your local franchise and property location. This is a home service membership app, not a home warranty or insurance product. Support: https://liberty-services.web.app/support Privacy: https://liberty-services.web.app/privacy Terms: https://liberty-services.web.app/terms

Screenshots

QuickBooks Desktop4 screens
Liberty Builders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Liberty Builders at every 9 days against QuickBooks Desktop's every 6 weeks. Liberty Builders also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickBooks Desktop ships an update every 6 weeks, Liberty Builders every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
QuickBooks Desktop versus Liberty Builders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickBooks DesktopLiberty Builders
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (120 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews4.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings120 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntuit Inc.Equestro Labs LLC

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
Show 11 more
  • 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

Liberty Builders

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

QuickBooks Desktop

No in-app purchases

None

Liberty Builders

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickBooks Desktop free?
QuickBooks Desktop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Liberty Builders free?
Liberty Builders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QuickBooks Desktop or Liberty Builders have ads?
Neither QuickBooks Desktop nor Liberty Builders shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickBooks Desktop or Liberty Builders?
QuickBooks Desktop ships an update every 6 weeks, and Liberty Builders every 9 days. Most recently, QuickBooks Desktop was updated on November 3, 2026 and Liberty Builders on November 6, 2026.

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