SubTotal vs Invoice Maker
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 Maker
Create professional invoices and estimates quickly with customizable templates and branding options. This app is designed for freelancers and small businesses to streamline billing and get paid faster, offering offline functionality and PDF export.
- Create unlimited invoices and estimates
- Customizable invoice templates
- Add logos and business branding
- Export and share as PDF
- Duplicate invoices for quick edits
- Works offline
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Send a professional quote, win the job, then turn it into an invoice in one tap — all as polished PDFs, without accounting software. Invoice Maker is built for freelancers, contractors, consultants and small businesses who need to quote, bill and get paid. Create estimates and invoices, preview the PDF, and send it by email, Messages or WhatsApp, or print it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your business details and logo once 2. Create an estimate or invoice — tax, discounts and totals calculate automatically 3. Preview the PDF exactly as your client will see it 4. When your client says yes, convert the estimate to an invoice in one tap 5. Send it, then mark it paid when the money arrives ESTIMATES & QUOTES • Title your PDFs "Estimate" or "Quote", set per business • Set how long your prices are valid; expired estimates are flagged so you know who to follow up • Mark estimates sent, accepted or declined • Convert to an invoice with every item carried over and the next invoice number INVOICES • Clean, professional templates with your logo and signature • Tax (inclusive or exclusive), discounts and your currency • Your payment details printed on every invoice • Saved clients and items, so repeat work takes seconds • See what's paid, outstanding, overdue and due soon MORE • Run more than one business, each with its own numbering, currency and template • Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC A native app on each device, kept in sync through your own iCloud account. Start a quote on your phone and finish it on your Mac. NO ACCOUNT No sign-up or login. Your estimates and invoices stay on your devices and in your iCloud. FOCUSED ON QUOTING AND INVOICING Invoice Maker isn't bookkeeping software — no ledgers, bank feeds or payroll. PRICING Free to download: set up your business, add clients and items, and create and preview estimates and invoices. Sending, sharing and exporting PDFs requires Invoice Maker Pro — monthly, yearly (with a free trial for eligible new subscribers), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SubTotal at 94% against Invoice Maker's 60%. SubTotal also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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 Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SubTotal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of SubTotal's written reviews are positive against 60% of Invoice Maker's.
SubTotal ships an update every 6 days, Invoice Maker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubTotal | Invoice Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (24 ratings) — better | 4.6 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timo Partl | Collins Cheruiyot |
Customer experience
SubTotal
Invoice Maker
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 Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SubTotal
- Pro version iOS$8.99
- Pro version macOS$17.99
Invoice Maker
- Unlimited access for 1 month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Unlimited access for 1 year3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Unlimited access forever$89.99
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