TipPal vs Patterson Accounting

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Run your whole business from your pocket. Patterson Accounting gives freelancers and small business owners effortless invoicing, one-tap receipt capture, live mileage tracking, and Pat — an AI accountant who actually knows your books. • Send invoices and get paid online with 0% platform fees • Snap a receipt — Pat reads the merchant, amount, and date for you • Track drives with live GPS mileage and automatic IRS-rate deductions • Log billable hours and pull unbilled time straight onto invoices • Ask Pat anything: cash flow, overdue invoices, what to set aside for taxes • Face ID lock, real-time payment notifications, and a weekly cash-flow digest INVOICING THAT GETS YOU PAID Create a professional invoice in under a minute, send it as a PDF or a payment link, and watch it move from Sent to Paid. Partial payments, overdue reminders, and recurring invoices are built in. EXPENSES WITHOUT THE SHOEBOX Photograph a receipt and it's categorized and filed. Month-by-month totals keep you audit-ready. MILEAGE ON AUTOPILOT Start a trip, drive, stop — the deduction is calculated at the current IRS rate. Every trip is logged with its purpose. PAT, YOUR AI ACCOUNTANT Pat answers questions about your own books in plain English: what came in this month, who still owes you, how much to set aside for quarterly taxes. Important numbers always carry a verify-before-filing note. Free to start. Patterson Pro unlocks unlimited Pat, unlimited clients and invoices, and 500 receipt scans a month — 7 days free, then $19.99/month or $191.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://pattersonaccounting.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://pattersonaccounting.app/privacy