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

Create professional PDF invoices, estimates, and receipts offline. Manage payments, track expenses, and generate reports with secure, on-device data storage and optional iCloud backup. Offers a free tier with limited PDFs per month and a Pro version for unlimited use.

Highlights
  • Create PDF invoices, estimates, and receipts
  • Offline functionality
  • Client signature capture
  • Payment tracking and reminders
  • Dashboard and reports
  • CSV export
  • Logo and signature addition
Features
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Invoice Maker: PDF & Estimate makes professional invoices, estimates and receipts on iPhone and iPad. There is no account and no sign-up, and it works fully offline, so you can bill a client from a job site, a basement or a plane. Everything stays on your device and in your own iCloud. We never see your clients, prices or revenue. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your business name, logo and currency once. 2. Create an invoice, estimate or receipt: pick a client, then add items, tax and shipping. 3. Preview the PDF and send it by email, Messages or AirDrop. 4. Record payments as they arrive. Paid, partly paid and overdue show at a glance. NEW IN 1.1 - Credit notes: credit a whole invoice, chosen items or an amount. Balances and reports update by themselves. - Client statements: open items or account activity for any period, with aging, as a PDF. - PO numbers and shipping on invoices, with optional tax on shipping. - Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen: money owed, overdue, paid this month or open estimates. - New invoice and New estimate buttons for Control Centre, the Lock Screen and the Action button. - Siri and Shortcuts: ask what you're owed, start an invoice or record a payment. - Spotlight finds invoices by client or number. FREE, NOT A TRIAL - Unlimited invoices, estimates, receipts and credit notes - Unlimited clients, payments and reports - 5 new PDFs a month; previews are always free, and resending an unchanged PDF never counts - 3 of the 9 PDF templates - Client signatures, payment links with a QR code, reminders and overdue alerts - Tax report, CSV export and iCloud backup - One business and one recurring invoice INVOICE MAKER PRO (monthly or yearly) - Unlimited PDFs - All 9 PDF templates - Client statements with balances and aging - Recurring invoices, sent on schedule - Unlimited businesses, each with its own logo, currency and numbering - Custom invoice number prefixes GREAT FOR Freelancers, contractors, consultants, plumbers, electricians, cleaners, designers, photographers, tutors and small businesses that need to send a quote today and get paid next week. WORKS WITH - PDF invoices, estimates, receipts, credit notes and statements - Any currency, with totals kept separate per currency - A tax rate per line, tax-inclusive or tax-exclusive prices, discounts and shipping - The app in 11 languages, chosen separately from your iPhone's language - iPhone and iPad QUESTIONS Do I need an account? No. There is no sign-up and no login. Open the app and make an invoice. Does it work offline? Yes. Everything works without a connection except iCloud backup and purchases. Is it free? Yes. The free version is a complete invoicing app with no time limit and no ads. Pro is an optional subscription. Can I turn an estimate into an invoice? Yes, in one tap. The estimate is kept and linked to the new invoice. Can I correct an invoice after sending it? Yes. Issue a credit note for the whole invoice, some items or an amount, and the client's balance updates. Can my client sign on my iPhone? Yes. The client signs on the screen and the signature prints on the PDF. Does it handle sales tax and VAT? Yes. Set a rate per line, choose tax-inclusive or tax-exclusive prices, and export a tax report grouped by rate. What happens if Pro ends? Nothing is lost. Every document, client and payment stays readable and exportable. Can I recover something I deleted? Yes. Deleted documents and clients stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days. Questions or problems? Write to support@amanghuman.com. We read every message. Terms of Use (EULA): https://amanghuman.com/eula?app=invoicemaker Privacy Policy: https://amanghuman.com/privacy?app=invoicemaker

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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

Invoice Maker and FairInvoice are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 $3.99 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. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Invoice Maker versus FairInvoice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInvoice MakerFairInvoice
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmandeep SinghMoaath Othman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Invoice Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$34.991 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 28, 2026 and FairInvoice on October 28, 2026.

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