Comparison

HiveApp vs Smart Billing

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

Head to head
About

HiveApp

Features
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Hive uncovers in demand skills and extra capacity hidden within your workforce, enabling projects to be resourced faster with diverse and talented people already working in your organisation. Key benefits: Silos are broken down as employees are mobilised throughout the organisation. Projects are resourced faster by recruiting internally. Engagement increases as employees choose projects they want to work on. Employees become more resilient as they diversify skills.

About

Smart Billing

This app helps freelancers and small businesses manage their finances by creating invoices, tracking expenses, and generating detailed reports. It offers multi-account support and secure, private data storage on your device. View key financial summaries directly from your home screen with customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Create and send professional invoices
  • Track paid, partial, and overdue bills
  • Log and categorize expenses
  • Detailed financial reports
  • Manage multiple client profiles
  • Multi-account support
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Send an invoice from your phone, and always know who still owes you. Build a professional invoice in a minute and send the PDF on WhatsApp or email. The dashboard ranks every unpaid bill by amount and shows how many days late it is, and each client is one tap away on WhatsApp, phone or email. Record full or partial payments and see what's left until the bill is paid. Add a tax rate and the invoice is titled Tax Invoice, with the VAT shown on every line. The Smart Billing is the all-in-one invoicing, billing, and expense tracking app designed for freelancers, small businesses, and entrepreneurs. Whether you're sending invoices to clients, tracking your monthly expenses, or reviewing your revenue at a glance — The Smart Billing puts everything you need in one beautifully designed app. KEY FEATURES • Create and send professional invoices in seconds • Track paid, partial, and overdue bills at a glance • Log and categorise expenses by type • Detailed reports: revenue, profit, cash flow, tax export, and more • Manage multiple client profiles with full payment history • Multi-account support — perfect for businesses with multiple entities • Share invoices via WhatsApp, email, or PDF • Inventory: stock levels, low-stock alerts and what's selling • Quotations and advance payments, linked to each client • The whole app in English, Arabic (right to left), French, Spanish or Italian NEW FOR iOS 26 & 27 • Ask Siri about your business and get instant answers. • An AI Business Assistant powered by Apple Intelligence — ask about revenue, expenses, stock or who owes you, and get a brief on any client. It runs on your device or on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, never on anyone else's servers. • Scan receipts straight into expenses. • A redesigned Liquid Glass interface and a new extra-large iPad widget. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS The Smart Billing is built with your privacy in mind. No account. Works offline. Your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. The app shares limited usage information in fixed categories, such as which features you use — never client names, invoices, amounts or anything you type — and you can switch it off in Settings → Privacy. AI features use Apple Intelligence only — on your device or on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, where nothing is stored. No third-party AI is ever involved. WIDGETS See your monthly revenue, unpaid invoices, and overdue bills right from your home screen — without opening the app. Available in small, medium, large, and a new extra-large iPad board. PLANS • Free — up to 2 clients and 1 account. • Basic — 1 account, unlimited clients, no invoice cap, all your devices: $3.99/month or $39.99/year. • Pro — unlimited accounts: $6.99/month or $69.99/year. Upgrade from Basic any time; you pay only the difference. • Lifetime — everything in Pro, forever, for a single payment of $149.99. A one-time purchase; it does not renew. Prices in USD; your App Store may show different amounts. --- Price may vary per location. Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account using your preferred payment method. Your Subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription in the AppStore under subscriptions. --- Privacy policy: https://zaatarlabs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://zaatarlabs.com/terms

Screenshots

HiveApp3 screens
Smart Billing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HiveApp at none against Smart Billing's 5. HiveApp also leads on iOS requirement (10.2 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Smart Billing sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. HiveApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiveApp ships an update every 3 weeks, Smart Billing fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HiveApp versus Smart Billing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiveAppSmart Billing
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS10.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFUTURE WORK STUDIO LIMITEDOmar Al Homaidi

In-app purchases

None

HiveApp

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Smart Billing

Subscriptions4
  • 1 Account (1 month)$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited Accounts (1 Month)$6.991 Month
  • 1 Account (1 Year)$39.991 Year
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  • Unlimited Accounts (1 Year)$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlimited Accounts$149.99

Questions

Is HiveApp free?
HiveApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Billing free?
Smart Billing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HiveApp or Smart Billing have ads?
Neither HiveApp nor Smart Billing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiveApp or Smart Billing?
HiveApp ships an update every 3 weeks, and Smart Billing fortnightly. Most recently, HiveApp was updated on October 25, 2026 and Smart Billing on October 25, 2026.

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