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MacAccounting & Invoicing
5 hand-verified accounting & invoicing for Mac.
AccountEdge Pro and MoneyWorks are the two full desktop accounting packages, sold to small businesses since 1989 and 1992 respectively. AccountEdge Pro covers sales, purchases, banking, payroll, inventory, and a general ledger in one local desktop app, at $20/mo for a single user, with an optional paid AccountEdge Connect add-on (from $15/mo) for browser-based remote access instead of a fully cloud-hosted plan. MoneyWorks, from New Zealand’s Cognito Software, runs natively on Apple Silicon and integrates with Mail, Contacts, and AppleScript/Automator, spanning four editions with differing feature depth — worth a direct-site price check before buying, since the vendor’s own pages have shown differing numbers for the same edition (e.g., Express listed at both $274 one-time and $286/yr).
GnuCash is the free option, full stop — GPL-licensed, volunteer-maintained, with native Apple Silicon and Intel builds, covering real double-entry accounting (bank/stock/mutual-fund accounts, small-business invoicing, QIF/OFX/HBCI bank-data import) at the cost of a less Mac-native interface. Billings Pro and Invoice Rex both narrow the job to time tracking and invoicing for freelancers rather than full-blown accounting. Billings Pro (Marketcircle, also behind Daylite CRM) syncs across Mac, iPhone, and iPad with a genuinely free tier (1 invoice/estimate/statement per month) before a subscription unlocks more, though several App Store reviews flag timer and sync reliability issues since the shift to subscription pricing. Invoice Rex, from Charlie Monroe Software (Downie, Permute), syncs privately through your own iCloud account with nothing stored on the developer’s servers, per the developer, for $4.99/mo or $49.99/yr — reviewers call its invoice-template editor confusing even while praising the rest of the app.
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AccountEdge Pro
$20/mo (single user)Desktop double-entry accounting for small businesses on Mac — invoicing, payroll, inventory, and a full general ledger, running locally rather than in a browser.
MoneyWorks
From ~$274 one-time (Express) — multiple editions and licensing options, see vendor siteNative Mac accounting and ERP software from New Zealand’s Cognito Software — cross-platform with Windows, shipping since 1992.
GnuCash
FreeFree, open-source double-entry accounting software for personal and small-business use, with native Apple Silicon and Intel builds.
Billings Pro: Time & Invoice
Free (1 invoice/estimate/statement per mo); subscription for more, via in-app purchaseTime tracking and invoicing from Marketcircle (makers of Daylite CRM) — free for light use, subscription for more.
Invoice Rex
$4.99/mo or $49.99/yr (14-day free trial); included with SetappInvoicing and lightweight accounting for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, from Charlie Monroe Software (Downie, Permute) — synced privately via iCloud.
The verdict
We haven't singled out a top pick here yet — every one of the 5 is hand-verified, so start wherever your job description points you. 1 of the 5 is free, and 1 is open source. Paid options range $4.99–$20, one-time or subscription depending on the app.
Mac accounting & invoicing — questions people ask
Is there free accounting software for Mac?
GnuCash is free and open source (GPL), covering real double-entry accounting including small-business invoicing. It trades some Mac-native polish for that — it’s a long-running cross-platform project, not a from-scratch Mac app.
Is there a one-time-purchase accounting option instead of a subscription?
MoneyWorks offers one-time-purchase editions (from roughly $274 for Express) alongside subscription pricing, depending on the edition and licensing option you choose — the vendor’s own site has shown conflicting numbers, so confirm before buying. AccountEdge Pro, Billings Pro, and Invoice Rex are all subscription-based.
What’s the difference between full accounting software and an invoicing app like Invoice Rex or Billings Pro?
AccountEdge Pro, MoneyWorks, and GnuCash all include a general ledger, bank reconciliation, and (for AccountEdge and MoneyWorks) payroll and inventory. Billings Pro and Invoice Rex are narrower — time tracking, invoices, estimates, and statements, built for freelancers rather than full bookkeeping.
Which of these sync to iPhone or iPad?
Invoice Rex syncs Mac, iPhone, and iPad through your own iCloud account, per the developer. Billings Pro also syncs across Mac, iPhone, and iPad, though some reviewers report sync reliability issues since it moved to a subscription model.