Comparison

Invoice Maker vs FairInvoice

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

Head to head
About

Invoice Maker

This app transforms your iPhone into a private billing tool for freelancers and small businesses. Quickly create professional invoices and estimates, track payments, and send polished PDF documents to clients, all stored securely on your device without needing an account.

Highlights
  • Create invoices and estimates quickly
  • Add logo and signature
  • Track paid, unpaid, and overdue invoices
  • Export as PDF
  • Manage clients and items
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-focused on-device storage
Features
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Invoice Maker: Estimate PDF turns your iPhone into a fast, private billing tool for freelancers, contractors, consultants, service providers, and small business owners. Create clean invoices and estimates in minutes, track who has paid, and send polished PDF documents to your clients — all without an account and without uploading anything to the cloud. Create invoices in minutes Pick a client, add line items with quantities and prices, set tax rates, issue dates, and due dates, and a professional invoice is ready before your coffee gets cold. Totals are calculated automatically, so there is no manual math and no formatting work. Make estimates and quotes the same way, then convert the job into an invoice when the work is confirmed. Look professional on every document Add your logo and signature, choose a clean template, and set your business name, address, tax number, and payment terms once. Every invoice and estimate comes out looking like it belongs to a real business, helping you get taken seriously and paid faster. Track payments at a glance See paid, unpaid, sent, and overdue invoices in one clear list, so you always know who still owes you. Mark invoices as paid, keep your billing history organized, and stop letting late payers slip through the cracks. A simple dashboard shows your totals so you can understand your income without a spreadsheet. Send clean PDF documents Export any invoice or estimate as a tidy PDF, then print it or share it instantly through the standard iOS share sheet to Mail, Messages, WhatsApp, and other apps. Your documents are client-ready and easy to send the moment they are done. Manage clients and items Keep your customer details organized so you never retype the same address twice. Save clients, reuse items, set default notes and terms, and customize your invoice and estimate numbering to match how you already work. Built for privacy Invoice Maker is designed around five clear privacy promises: Offline: creating invoices and estimates, editing clients, generating PDFs, and saving all work without an internet connection. No Login: open the app and start billing — no sign-up, no account, and no password just to invoice your own clients. Privacy First: your business and client data is sensitive, and the app treats it that way from start to finish. On Device: every invoice, estimate, client record, and PDF is created and stored on your iPhone. No Cloud Upload: your invoices and client details are never uploaded to our servers — nothing leaves your device unless you choose to share it yourself. Great for real work Use Invoice Maker to bill clients on the go, hand an estimate to a customer before a job starts, send a receipt right after getting paid, or keep tidy records for tax time. Freelancers, designers, photographers, tradespeople, repair technicians, cleaners, tutors, consultants, and small business owners can create, send, and track invoices in just a few taps — even with no signal. Simple workflow: add a client, build the invoice or estimate, export the PDF, and track payment. Some features and unlimited use may require an active subscription, which may include a free trial. Pricing and terms are shown clearly before any purchase, and you can cancel anytime. Privacy Policy https://5gotogo.github.io/InvoiceMaker-privacy/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

FairInvoice

Features
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Send a professional invoice in under a minute — and keep your money. FairInvoice is the honest way to bill your own clients: unlimited invoices free forever (no "three free, then pay" bait), no account, and a fair pay-once option for Pro. Your paperwork belongs to you; we don't rent it back. DESCRIBE THE JOB, CHECK THE DRAFT Type or say one sentence about the job and Describe It drafts the invoice or estimate for you to check. Scan Lines turns a photo of a supplier receipt or handwritten quote into lines you pick. Write a Reminder drafts a polite payment reminder in your client's language. All on your device with Apple Intelligence, nothing sent to a server; shown where it's available (iOS and macOS 26, supported languages). 5 free drafts and 3 free reminders, then Pro. WATCH YOUR INVOICE BUILD ITSELF Type a line item and the PDF updates in front of you. On iPad and Mac, the form sits beside a live preview of the real PDF. GET PAID, NOT JUST INVOICED The dashboard totals what you're owed, flags overdue invoices and charts what you've been paid. Put a payment link and QR code on your PDF so clients pay in a tap, get a nudge when an invoice slips past due, and set recurring invoices. Record deposits and partial payments — every PDF shows Paid to date and Balance due. ESTIMATES THAT WIN THE JOB Send an estimate, get the nod, then convert it to an invoice in one tap, linked both ways. Estimates are Pro; your first one is free. LOOK PROFESSIONAL Six clean PDF designs. Your logo, your exact brand color and typeface, payment instructions on the PDF, and a signature drawn or typed on screen. Your currency and date format, full right-to-left support. ON YOUR MAC, IN SYNC A native Mac app too, with a desktop widget and keyboard shortcuts. iCloud Sync (Pro) keeps your invoices, clients and items on iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own iCloud. Or export one backup file and restore it anywhere — free. TAX TIME, HANDLED The Income Report totals what you've been paid by year, quarter or any range, with tax collected and per-client totals, as PDF or CSV. Optional reminders keep quarterly estimated-tax dates on your radar. YOURS. PRIVATE. OFFLINE. No account, no sign-in. Everything stays on your device — and, only if you turn on iCloud Sync, in your own iCloud, never on our servers. We receive only anonymous usage statistics, crash reports and a device record our own server registers at launch (a random ID, app and OS version, language, time zone and your announcements choice), and one optional question when you cancel Pro. None of it is your documents or linked to you. Announcements are on until you turn them off; allowing notifications adds a push token. Only feedback you send from Settings is linked: it comes with your email, so we can reply. FREE FOREVER Unlimited invoices, payment receipts, clients and saved items; the Ledger design as a clean PDF; the who-owes-me dashboard and widget; backup and restore to a single file; quarterly tax-date reminders; one estimate to try. FAIRINVOICE PRO — PICK HOW YOU PAY All six designs, an exact brand color and fonts, your logo, no footer credit, unlimited estimates, AI drafts and reminders, iCloud Sync, deposits and partial payments, pay-by-QR, the Income Report, signatures, CSV export, number prefixes and larger widgets. - Monthly — $2.99/month - Yearly — $19.99/year (best value; any free trial is shown before you buy) - Lifetime — $29.99 once. Yours forever. Not a subscription, never renews. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled; cancel anytime in your App Store settings, at least 24 hours before the current period ends. FairInvoice creates and organizes your billing documents; payment instructions on your PDFs are between you and your client — the app never touches the money. Terms of Use (EULA): https://moathothman.github.io/ExploringIdeas-legal/fairinvoice/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://moathothman.github.io/ExploringIdeas-legal/fairinvoice/privacy.html

Screenshots

Invoice Maker4 screens
FairInvoice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: FairInvoice at 3 against Invoice Maker's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Invoice Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and FairInvoice sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Invoice Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, FairInvoice every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Invoice Maker versus FairInvoice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInvoice MakerFairInvoice
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer家宝 戴Moaath Othman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Invoice Maker

Subscriptions2
  • InvoiceMarker Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • InvoiceMarker Pro Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
3 purchases

FairInvoice

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • FairInvoice Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Invoice Maker free?
Invoice Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FairInvoice free?
FairInvoice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Invoice Maker or FairInvoice have ads?
Neither Invoice Maker nor FairInvoice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Invoice Maker or FairInvoice?
Invoice Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, and FairInvoice every 2 weeks. Most recently, Invoice Maker was updated on October 11, 2026 and FairInvoice on October 28, 2026.

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