The first invoice a new treasurer sends is often a plain, handwritten document with no number and no due date, and the second is usually from an app, because the first one was paid rather late. The question then becomes which app to trust, since Invoice Simple, Wave and Zoho Invoice each draw the line between free and paid in a slightly different place.
Step by step: choosing an invoicing tool
- Count roughly how many invoices the club or family sends in a typical month.
- Check whether VAT applies, which most small clubs and sole traders do not need to worry about.
- Try Jobbit's invoice tool first, since it has no monthly invoice count to run into.
- Compare the result with a free trial of Invoice Simple, Wave or Zoho if you want a second look.
- Sign up once with an email address; no bank card is needed on Jobbit's free plan.
- Check the invoice number, the due date and the total before it is sent out.
- Keep every invoice on file, in case the year-end accounts need checking later.
How the well-known invoicing apps compare
| App | Free plan | Paid price |
|---|---|---|
| Invoice Simple | Three invoices a month | Essentials $6.99 a month, Premium $19.99 |
| Wave | Unlimited invoices and bookkeeping | Pro $19 a month |
| Zoho Invoice | Up to five clients, 500 invoices a year | Free (Zoho Books from about £10 a month) |
What it costs and what is free
Jobbit's invoice generator runs on the free plan, which needs no bank card and gives 100 credits a day, with no monthly invoice count to bump against. Jobbit's full comparison of Invoice Simple, Wave and Zoho also covers FreshBooks and Xero, for larger accounts.
A club example
The Pensioners' Club in Rajec sends around ten invoices a year for hall hire, which was always one or two more than Invoice Simple's free tier allowed, so the treasurer kept switching between an app and a plain document. Moving to Jobbit removed the monthly count entirely, and every invoice since has carried the same tidy layout and a proper number.
