SubTotal vs Invoice Generator & Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Invoice Generator & Creator
Easily create and send professional invoices and estimates from anywhere. Customize templates, save client details, and generate receipts quickly. Deliver invoices via email, text, print, or PDF.
- Create invoices and estimates on the go
- Generate invoices from estimates
- Customize invoice templates
- Save line items, clients, and settings
- Set up clients from contacts
- Generate receipts
- Deliver via email, text, print, or PDF
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Invoice Generator & Creator is the app that has all the necessary features for easy creation and exchange of invoices: * Create invoices and estimates wherever you are with a customer, between jobs, or at home. * Automatically generate invoices from estimates with one tap * Simply choose an invoice template and customize * Save frequently used line items, clients and settings for faster invoicing later * Quickly set up clients from your phone contact list * Generate receipts with a pre-built receipt template * Tax on item or total, inclusive or exclusive * Deliver via email, text, print or PDF • Add notes For full app's features use you need subscription. Privacy Policy: http://soft-ltd.tilda.ws/privacypolicy Terms of Use: http://soft-ltd.tilda.ws/termsofuse
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Verdict
SubTotal and Invoice Generator & Creator both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of SubTotal's written reviews are positive against 41% of Invoice Generator & Creator's. SubTotal also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Invoice Generator & Creator's advantage is ratings volume (276 vs 24) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. SubTotal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Invoice Generator & Creator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. 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 SubTotal against 4.8 for Invoice Generator & Creator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Invoice Generator & Creator has 276 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of SubTotal's written reviews are positive against 41% of Invoice Generator & Creator's.
SubTotal ships an update every 6 days, Invoice Generator & Creator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubTotal | Invoice Generator & Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (24 ratings) | 4.8 (276 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better | 40.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 276 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timo Partl | Kossi Adzo |
Customer experience
SubTotal
Invoice Generator & Creator
User reviews
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
Invoice Generator & Creator
From 276 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Super easy to use
- 👍 Very user friendly
- 👍 Ace site
- 👍 Good
- 👍 Very good app
Room to improve
- 👎 Unusable without payment
- 👎 Forced payment
- 👎 Sneaky payment offers
- 👎 Not practical
- 👎 Impossible to make complete invoice
Bugs and requests
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
Invoice Generator & Creator
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot get past yearly offer to continue monthly
- App requires review before opening
Requested features
2 requests- Add sale tax option for invoices
- Allow monthly subscription without forced yearly offer
In-app purchases
SubTotal
- Pro version iOS$8.99
- Pro version macOS$17.99
Invoice Generator & Creator
- Invoice Maker (1 week)$4.997 Days
- Invoice PRO (weekly)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Invoice 1 Week$9.997 Days
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- Invoice 1 Week3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Invoice 2 Months$19.992 Months
- Invoice 3 Months$29.993 Months
- Invoice 1 Year$39.991 Year
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