Comparison

IRIS Elements Bookkeeping vs Ei Live!

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

Head to head
About

IRIS Elements Bookkeeping

Features
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Manage your business on the go with IRIS Elements Bookkeeping. Whether you are self-employed, a limited company, a partnership, or a GP. IRIS Elements Bookkeeping provides you with everything you need to manage your cash flow and grow your business. Including creating invoices and utilising IRIS Pay, our leading invoice payment solution, to facilitate faster payments. This mobile app works with IRIS KashFlow or IRIS Elements Cashbook, allowing your information to be shared between products. IRIS Elements Bookkeeping is currently available on iPhone. iPad support is not available at this time. Key features Invoices and payments: 1. Create and manage sales quotes, sales invoices, purchase orders, and purchase invoices. 2. Send invoices and record payments against them. 3. Add invoice notes, apply CIS deductions, process refunds, and more. 4. Convert quotes into invoices. 5. Learn in real time when invoices have been paid. 6. Track the status of invoices and manage overdue invoices. 7. Access IRIS Pay, our market leading invoice payment solution. 8. Create products Customer and supplier management: 1. Create new customers and suppliers. 2. Import customers from Companies House. 3. Set customer credit limits. 4. Send out customer and supplier statements. 5. Track customer statistics in real time, including amount due and amount overdue. Cash flow management: 1. Track your business performance by month, year, and accounting period. 2. Get an overview of your bank accounts and track the amount owed to you and by you.  3. Track your overdue invoices. 4. Track your sales growth. 5. Search and filter your transactions.

About

Ei Live!

Features
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EI Live! – Your Smart Home Event Companion Discover. Connect. Experience. The official EI Live! app powers your visit to the UK’s premier Residential AV & Smart Home trade show, held 17–18 September 2025 at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre.

Screenshots

IRIS Elements Bookkeeping4 screens
Ei Live!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ei Live! at none against IRIS Elements Bookkeeping's 3. IRIS Elements Bookkeeping's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, 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. IRIS Elements Bookkeeping sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Ei Live! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
IRIS Elements Bookkeeping versus Ei Live!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIRIS Elements BookkeepingEi Live!
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIRIS Software Group Ltdgther ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

IRIS Elements Bookkeeping

Subscriptions3
  • New Subsciption$24.991 Month
  • IRIS annual starter pack$199.991 Year
  • IRIS annual business pack$324.991 Year
None

Ei Live!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IRIS Elements Bookkeeping free?
IRIS Elements Bookkeeping is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ei Live! free?
Ei Live! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IRIS Elements Bookkeeping or Ei Live! have ads?
Neither IRIS Elements Bookkeeping nor Ei Live! shows ads.

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