Best Invoice App for Rideshare Drivers in Australia (2026): 8 Apps Compared

The best invoice app for rideshare drivers Australia-wide in 2026 is InvoiceSonic, because a driver is registered for GST from the first trip rather than the first $75,000, and the paperwork must show it from day one. If you need one compliant tax invoice for a corporate or private job, the free rideshare invoice template on this site builds the PDF in your browser with no signup. If you would rather the GST was taken out and paid for you, Hnry does that for 1% + GST of every payment at the time of writing. We put all eight tools through one test: does it produce BAS-ready records from the first trip, not the first $75,000?

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How we tested: the GST-from-day-one test. Three questions per tool. Does it issue a proper Australian tax invoice, with your ABN and a 10% GST line, on the first job rather than once you cross a turnover threshold? Does it keep a saved record you can total for a quarterly BAS? And does it get the one eleventh out of your account before you spend it?

The rule most articles about this get wrong. Taxi, ride-sourcing and rideshare drivers must register for GST regardless of turnover. The A$75,000 threshold that applies to nearly every other sole trader does not apply to you. Drive one Friday night for $180 and you are meant to hold an ABN, be registered and be charging 10% GST. The ATO sets that out in its ride-sourcing guidance. If you have been waiting to hit $75,000, read our note on the GST registration threshold and treat yourself as the exception.

The number that follows from that. Fares are GST-inclusive, so the GST inside them is one eleventh, not 10% of the total. On $48,000 of gross fares that is $48,000 ÷ 11 = $4,363.64, about $4,364 a year, $1,091 a quarter, or roughly $84 a week that was never yours. GST credits on fuel, servicing, tyres, the phone plan and platform fees come off that at BAS time, but the one eleventh is what you set aside first. Check a single fare with our GST calculator.

Who fails the test. Question one is a pass across the board: every tool here produces a tax invoice with an ABN and a GST line. Question two thins the field: a free PDF generator, ours included, saves nothing. Question three is where most invoicing apps fail honestly, InvoiceSonic among them — only Thriday and Hnry separate the GST from your money as it arrives, and Xero reports and lodges rather than sets aside.

One thing specific to rideshare. Uber, DiDi and Ola each send drivers a weekly statement, so you are not raising an invoice per passenger, and nothing in this list plugs into those platforms. Invoices are for the work beside the app: corporate accounts, direct airport transfers, hotel and function jobs. A payer who cannot see an ABN may be required to withhold 47%, so check whether you need an ABN to invoice.

1. InvoiceSonic — Best overall

InvoiceSonic builds a professional Australian tax invoice in about a minute: ABN field, 10% GST line, BSB and PayID fields, and the words "Tax invoice" where the ATO wants them. For a driver that matters on day one, not at a turnover milestone.

It passes the first two questions and fails the third, and we say so. Every invoice sits in a cloud history that stays accessible forever, so a BAS three quarters later still has records behind it. A quote for a corporate account can be accepted online and converted in one click, and bank transfer or PayID carries no InvoiceSonic transaction fee, so a $260 airport transfer arrives as $260.

Pros

• An ATO-shaped tax invoice with ABN, 10% GST and PayID fields from the first job, no threshold involved.
• Invoice history stays accessible forever, even after a downgrade, which is what a quarterly BAS runs on.

Cons

• Not accounting software: no bank feeds, no BAS lodgement, and nothing that separates the one eleventh from your spending money.
• No native Android app, and the free plan stops at 3 saved invoices, 1 tracked send and 1 reminder a month.

Price: at the time of writing, the free plan is A$0 and the first invoice needs no sign-up or credit card; Pro is A$19 a month billed monthly, or A$168 a year billed annually, which is A$14 a month and saves A$60. The 7-day free Pro trial requires a card. Best for: drivers wanting a compliant tax invoice and a permanent record from trip one.

2. Invoice-Generator.com.au — Best free tool

Invoice-Generator.com.au is a free tax invoice generator that builds a finished PDF in your browser with no signup, no watermark, no ads and no invoice limit. It is the right tool when a corporate account wants a tax invoice for Friday's run at 11pm.

The rideshare invoice template is pre-set with an ABN field, a 10% GST line and a live compliance checklist that flags a missing ABN before you send, and nothing you type leaves the browser. There is a separate sole trader invoice generator if you drive under your own name. It passes question one and fails two and three: it builds the document and saves nothing.

Pros

• Free forever, no signup, no watermark and no invoice limit, with the GST line and ABN field already in place.
• The compliance checklist catches a missing ABN or GST amount before a client's accounts team does.

Cons

• No saved records, so nothing here helps you total a quarter of GST.
• No sending, tracking or reminders, and repeat clients are re-entered every time.

Price: free, always. Best for: drivers whose income is nearly all platform fares and who invoice only the occasional private or corporate job.

3. Solo App — Best Australian app for sole-trader drivers

Solo App is Australian and built for sole traders, bundling invoicing, expenses and tax into one app. For a driver the expenses half is what earns its keep.

It clears the first two questions and half-clears the third: the tax estimate tells you what is coming, but the money still sits in your account until you move it. There is no free plan, and from $24 a month is $288 a year at the time of writing against A$168 for InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually — the difference buys expense tracking.

Pros

• Australian-built for sole traders, so invoicing, expenses and tax are shaped for the ATO rather than translated from a US product.
• Expense capture feeds the GST credits that reduce a quarterly bill, which pure invoicing apps ignore.

Cons

• No free plan, so there is no way to test a full quarter without paying.
• $288 a year at the time of writing, above several apps here that invoice as well.

Price: from $24 a month AUD at the time of writing. Best for: drivers who want invoicing, expenses and a tax estimate from one Australian app.

4. Thriday — Best for automated bookkeeping and BAS

Thriday is a business transaction account with invoicing, automated bookkeeping and BAS built around it. It is the only tool here that passes all three questions on a free plan, because the GST is categorised as the money lands.

The catch is structural: you have to bank with Thriday for any of it to work, so your fares have to land somewhere new. It is free under A$50,000 of revenue at the time of writing, and our $48,000 driver sits just under that; one good year puts you on Standard at A$16.50 a month billed annually, or A$198 a year.

Pros

• Automated bookkeeping and BAS on an Australian product, so most of the quarterly job is already done.
• Free under A$50,000 of revenue at the time of writing.

Cons

• You must bank with Thriday to get the value, a bigger change than swapping invoicing apps.
• The free tier is tied to revenue, so a good year moves you onto a paid plan mid-stream.

Price: at the time of writing, free under A$50,000 of revenue; Standard is A$16.50 a month billed annually. Best for: drivers who want the GST and the BAS handled automatically and will move their banking to get it.

5. Hnry — Best if you want the GST paid for you

Hnry is not really an invoicing app. Income arrives in your Hnry account, Hnry pays your tax and GST, and the rest comes through to you. On question three it is the strongest pass here: the one eleventh never reaches your spending account.

At the time of writing Hnry charges 1% + GST of every payment into your Hnry account, capped at $1,500 + GST a year, with a minimum of $0.50 + GST on payments under $50. On $48,000 of fares that is $480 + GST, so $528 a year, against A$168 for InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually plus your own BAS. The cap only helps above $150,000 of payments, and on a $30 private job the $0.50 minimum works out at 1.67%, not 1%.

Pros

• GST and income tax are withheld and paid as the money arrives, so nothing depends on willpower.
• Unlimited invoices, with the fee capped at $1,500 + GST a year at the time of writing.

Cons

• It only applies to money paid into your Hnry account, so the benefit depends on routing your income there.
• $528 a year on $48,000 of fares, and the minimum pushes small jobs above 1%.

Price: at the time of writing, 1% + GST of every payment into your Hnry account, capped at $1,500 + GST a year, minimum $0.50 + GST on payments under $50. Best for: drivers who would rather pay a percentage than ever think about a BAS again.

6. Zoho Invoice — Best free app that sends and stores

Zoho Invoice is free — Zoho states no cost and no contracts — and unlike a PDF generator it sends the invoice, saves the client and keeps the history. That history clears question two at A$0, which no other free option here manages.

It puts nothing aside and lodges nothing, so question three is a fail. The other trade-off is the surroundings: it is the front door to a very large product suite, the interface is dense next to a single-purpose app, and real support is aimed at paid-suite customers.

Pros

• Genuinely free with no contract, and it stores a client list and an invoice history you can total.
• Multi-language invoicing across 19-plus languages, useful for hotel and tourism work.

Cons

• Dense interface, and the entry point to a large upsell suite.
• Nothing that separates GST from income, and no BAS support listed.

Price: free at the time of writing. Best for: drivers with a few direct corporate accounts who want sending, storage and history for nothing.

7. Bookipi — Best simple mobile invoicing on a tiny budget

Bookipi is a straightforward invoice app that syncs between web and mobile, and it lists overdue reminders and recurring invoices even on the free plan.

The limit is volume. The free plan stops at 3 invoices a month, fine while platform fares are most of your income and useless once you build a book of private clients. Above that, Starter is priced in US dollars, so your cost moves with the exchange rate. It passes questions one and two, and nothing for three.

Pros

• Overdue reminders and recurring invoices even on the free plan, which suits a standing weekly job.
• Web and mobile stay in sync, so an invoice started in the car finishes at home.

Cons

• 3 free invoices a month runs out as soon as direct work grows.
• Priced in USD, so an AUD-earning driver carries the exchange-rate risk.

Price: at the time of writing, free for 3 invoices a month; Starter US$9.99 per month; Professional US$52 per month. Best for: part-time drivers who invoice a couple of direct clients a month.

8. Xero — Best if your accountant already uses it

Xero is accounting software rather than an invoicing app, and that distinction decides whether it belongs on your phone. It is the right answer when a bookkeeper already works in Xero and wants invoices, bank feeds, GST and BAS in one system.

For a solo driver on weekly platform statements it is more software than the job needs. It clears questions one and two and handles lodgement, but it will not stop you spending the GST.

Pros

• Invoicing, bank reconciliation, GST and BAS in one system your accountant already knows.
• Bank feeds and BAS lodgement sit where the invoices live.

Cons

• No free plan, and no help separating GST from your own spending money.
• More accounting software than a one-car driver has any use for.

Price: paid plans available — check current pricing. Best for: drivers running more than one vehicle whose books are already kept in Xero.

What to look for in an invoice app for rideshare drivers

The platform does most of your billing. What you are buying is compliance, record-keeping for the work beside the app, and a way to survive a BAS you were signed up to on trip one.

• GST on the invoice from trip one. There is no $75,000 runway for taxi and ride-sourcing work, so a tool that hides GST behind an "are you registered yet?" question works against you.
• Records you can total for a quarter. A saved invoice history is the difference between a BAS that takes twenty minutes and one that takes a Sunday.
• Expense and GST-credit capture. Fuel, servicing, tyres, car washes, the phone plan and the platform's service fee all carry credits that cut the $4,364.
• A tax invoice the ATO would accept. It must carry the words "Tax invoice", your identity and ABN, the date, a description of the trip, the GST amount, and the buyer's identity or ABN for sales of $1,000 or more. The full list of tax invoice requirements is on this site and at the ATO.
• Somewhere for the one eleventh to go. Only Thriday and Hnry do this as a product feature. Everything else relies on you moving about $84 a week yourself.
• The payment method and its cut. Bank transfer and PayID cost nothing and clear overnight; a card fee of a couple of per cent on a $260 transfer is money you never see again.

Which one should you choose?

Price the year, not the month. At the time of writing a driver on $48,000 of gross fares pays A$0 with the free generator or Zoho Invoice, A$0 with Thriday under A$50,000 of revenue, A$168 with InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually, A$198 with Thriday Standard, $288 with Solo App, US$119.88 with Bookipi Starter, and $528 with Hnry. Against a $4,364 GST bill the software is the small number; the question is which one stops it being spent.

• If nearly all your income is platform fares and you invoice a few private jobs a year → the free rideshare invoice template, and keep your own spreadsheet.
• If you have corporate accounts or repeat private clients → InvoiceSonic on Pro, for the permanent history and quote-to-invoice conversion.
• If you will spend the GST unless someone takes it first → Hnry, with the $528 a year written off as insurance.
• If you are happy to change where your fares are paid → Thriday, free under A$50,000 of revenue at the time of writing, with the BAS automated.
• If you want sending and a saved client list for nothing → Zoho Invoice, and accept the dense interface.

When not to use InvoiceSonic or a free generator. Neither is a tax account, and for a driver that is the gap that matters. InvoiceSonic does no bank feeds, no bookkeeping and no BAS lodgement, so if the GST is always gone by the end of the quarter, Hnry withholding it per payment or Thriday categorising it as it lands will do more for you than a better-looking invoice. If you want expenses and a tax estimate too, Solo App is Australian-built for sole traders. Run several cars or pay other drivers and you are in accounting software territory: Xero or MYOB with a bookkeeper. And a free PDF generator, ours included, is wrong the moment you need to prove what you invoiced three quarters ago.

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