Best Bookipi Alternatives in Australia (2026): 8 Options Compared

The strongest of the Bookipi alternatives Australia has in 2026 is InvoiceSonic, because it bills in Australian dollars and keeps your invoice history in one account you can open on a phone or a laptop. If you only need a compliant tax invoice today and nothing saved anywhere, the free generator on this site builds the PDF in your browser with no signup. If Bookipi's free plan already covers you, staying put is a reasonable answer and we say so below. We ran all eight through one test: does it bill in Australian dollars, and does the invoice history genuinely follow you between devices?

Quick comparison

"Not stated" means exactly that: the tool's own page did not publish the answer at the time of writing, so we have not marked it a yes. "Web account" means the history sits on their server, not one handset; we did not verify a dedicated app on every phone platform.

How we tested: the AUD-and-sync test. Bookipi is a simple invoice app whose two selling points are a low price and syncing between web and mobile. So we asked three questions. Does it bill you in Australian dollars, so your statement reads the same every month? Does the invoice history sync between phone and web without paying extra? And if you stop paying, can you still reach that history?

The worked number. At the time of writing Bookipi is free for 3 invoices a month, then Starter is US$9.99 a month and Professional is US$52 a month. Starter is US$119.88 a year, and what leaves your account depends on the rate on the day. Across a 0.70 to 0.60 AUD/USD band that unchanged subscription costs A$171.26, A$184.43 or A$199.80 — a A$28.54 spread. On Professional, US$624 a year is A$891.43 at 0.70 and A$1,040.00 at 0.60, a A$148.57 swing, and many Australian cards add an international transaction fee on top. InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually is A$168 and price-locked; Square Plus is AUD $30 a month, so A$360 a year, also fixed. That is a line you can forecast, which is the whole argument for an AUD-priced tool.

Who fails the test. On currency, two fall over: Invoice Simple is priced in US dollars at the time of writing, and Billdu publishes no Australian price. On sync, the free generator on this site fails by design — it saves nothing, so there is no history to sync. On the third question almost everyone fails. InvoiceSonic is the only tool here that states what happens if you downgrade: historical invoices stay accessible and the data is not deleted.

Who should stay on Bookipi. Bookipi puts overdue reminders and recurring invoices on its free plan, and almost nothing else does that at no cost — Square includes free reminders, but recurring billing elsewhere here is paid or not listed. If you send two or three invoices a month to the same clients and want them chased for nothing, Bookipi is already doing the job, and the USD pricing never touches you because you never pay it.

1. InvoiceSonic — Best overall

InvoiceSonic passes both halves of the test: it is priced in Australian dollars, and Pro keeps a secure cloud invoice history rather than a folder of PDFs on one handset. It is the straight swap for someone leaving Bookipi over the USD charge, not over the app.

The first invoice needs no sign-up and no credit card. Pro adds unlimited invoices, recurring invoices and automatic reminders, custom branding with no footer, invoice open tracking, and online quote acceptance that converts an accepted quote in one click. Australian tax handling is built in — ABN field, BSB format, a 10% GST label — part of localised support across 19 countries. Clients pay by bank transfer or PayID with no InvoiceSonic transaction fee, so a $2,400 invoice arrives as $2,400.

Pros

• Priced in AUD, and the annual rate is locked so it cannot rise while you subscribe.
• Cloud invoice history on Pro, and old invoices stay accessible if you downgrade.
• Bank transfer and PayID with no InvoiceSonic transaction fee.

Cons

• No native Android app. There is an iPhone app; Android users add the web app to the home screen, a real step down if the phone is why you use a mobile app.
• The 7-day Pro trial requires a card up front, and the free plan is capped at 3 saved invoices a month.

Price: at the time of writing, the free plan is A$0; Pro is A$19 a month, 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: sole traders who have outgrown a free plan and want subscription, invoice and history all in AUD.

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

Invoice-Generator.com.au is a free tax invoice generator that produces a finished PDF in your browser with no signup, no watermark and no invoice limit. On the currency question it is the cleanest answer here: A$0 does not move with the exchange rate.

The Australian 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. It fails the sync half of the test completely: no account, no client list, no history. Some people want exactly that, particularly when an invoice carries a client's home address. There are separate free tools for a quote, a receipt and the GST.

Pros

• Free forever, no signup, no watermark, no invoice limit, no plan to outgrow.
• The compliance checklist catches a missing ABN or GST line before the client does.

Cons

• No sending, tracking, reminders or payment collection, all of which Bookipi gives you.
• No account and no saved history, so nothing syncs and repeat clients are re-entered.

Price: free, always. Best for: anyone who invoices occasionally, or wants one compliant PDF today without opening an account.

3. Zoho Invoice — Best free account with a real client list

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 in a hosted account. That makes it the closest free equivalent to Bookipi's paid plans.

It passes the currency question by not charging you, and it passes sync because the history lives on Zoho's servers rather than one handset. The trade-off is the surroundings: it is the front door to a very large suite, the interface is dense, and support is a paid-suite affair. Recurring invoicing was not listed on the Australian page we checked, which matters if that is the Bookipi feature you are replacing.

Pros

• Genuinely free with no contract, and it sends and stores invoices rather than only building PDFs.
• Multi-language invoicing across 19-plus languages.

Cons

• Dense interface, and it exists partly to sell you the rest of the Zoho suite.
• Recurring invoicing is not listed, and support targets paid-suite customers.

Price: free at the time of writing. Best for: people who want sending, a client list and a saved history without paying anything.

4. Square Invoices — Best if clients want to pay by card

Square Invoices gives you unlimited free invoices, estimates and automatic reminders, and the paid tier is quoted in Australian dollars. The client taps a card link in the email and the money often lands the same day.

It passes both halves of the test — AUD pricing, hosted account — but the real cost is not the subscription. At 2.2% on online card payments, $60,000 of card-paid invoicing costs $1,320 a year in fees, more than any plan on this page; bank transfer and PayID cost nothing. Estimate auto-convert and milestone schedules sit behind Plus, and there is no job scheduling.

Pros

• Unlimited free invoices with automatic reminders, and Plus is quoted in AUD.
• Clients pay by card straight from the invoice, so money arrives faster.

Cons

• 2.2% on card payments is $1,320 on $60,000 of work — the fee, not the plan, is the price.
• Estimate auto-convert and milestone schedules are Plus only, and there is no scheduling.

Price: at the time of writing, free, or Plus at AUD $30 per month; 2.2% on online card payments. Best for: businesses whose clients will only pay by card and would rather have the money than save the fee.

5. Invoice Simple — Best like-for-like swap, if you can live with USD

Invoice Simple is the closest thing here to Bookipi in spirit: very simple mobile invoicing, a small free allowance, cheap paid tiers. If what you like about Bookipi is that it takes 90 seconds, this is the swap that keeps the feeling.

It fails the same half of the test that Bookipi does. Pricing is in US dollars at the time of writing — Starter from US$7.60 a month, Professional from US$39 a month — so you have swapped one currency-exposed subscription for another. GST handling is generic rather than ATO-shaped, so check the tax line against the tax invoice requirements. We compare the Invoice Simple alternatives separately.

Pros

• About as simple as mobile invoicing gets, with a free allowance to test.
• Cheap entry price when the exchange rate happens to be in your favour.

Cons

• Priced in USD, so you keep the exact problem you were leaving Bookipi to solve.
• Generic GST rather than an Australian tax invoice by default, and sync is not stated.

Price: at the time of writing, free for 3 invoices a month; Starter from US$7.60 per month; Professional from US$39 per month. Best for: people who want the simplest phone invoice and do not mind the billing currency.

6. Wave — Best free option with the books attached

Wave is free in Australia at the time of writing, and it puts basic accounting behind the invoicing. Free passes the currency question by default, and the hosted account passes sync.

The catch is that Wave is not built for Australia. Support here is thin, GST handling is generic rather than shaped around ATO wording, and payments and payroll are aimed at the United States and Canada. If you lodge a BAS, check every tax line before it goes out. Our rundown of the best free invoice generators in Australia covers the rest.

Pros

• Free in Australia at the time of writing, with accounting attached.
• Hosted account, so the history is reachable from any browser rather than one phone.

Cons

• GST handling is generic, not ATO-shaped, so the compliance checking falls to you.
• Australian support is thin and payments and payroll are built for North America.

Price: free in Australia at the time of writing. Best for: sole traders who want free invoicing plus simple books and will check the tax lines.

7. Rounded — Best Australian-built alternative

Rounded is built in Australia for sole traders, and it does invoicing, expenses and tax estimates in one hosted account. It passes both halves of the test without qualification, and answers a question Bookipi never tried to: how much tax to put aside.

The price is the strongest argument on this page for not choosing our number one. Solo is $99 a year regular AUD at the time of writing, against A$168 for InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually, and Rounded adds expenses and a tax estimate for the lower figure. Promotional pricing varies, so check year two. Against that, there is no free plan, and Pro at $70 a month regular AUD is a different conversation.

Pros

• Australian-built, so expenses and tax estimates are shaped for the ATO.
• Solo is $99 a year regular AUD at the time of writing — cheaper than most paid plans here.

Cons

• No free plan, so there is no way to test a real month without paying.
• Promotional pricing varies, so confirm the renewal price first.

Price: at the time of writing, Solo $99 per year regular and Pro $70 per month regular in AUD; promotional pricing varies. Best for: sole traders who want invoicing, expenses and a tax estimate from one AUD-priced app.

8. Billdu — Best for trying an app before you pay

Billdu is a small-business invoicing app with a free generator on the website and a 7-day free trial of the app itself, after which you move to a paid plan. As a way of testing whether a full invoicing app is worth it, a week costs nothing.

On our test it is the least transparent of the eight. The pricing page we checked published no Australian price, so we cannot tell you whether your statement will read in AUD — and after the arithmetic above, that is not a detail. Sync and Australian GST handling were not stated either. That does not make it a bad app; it makes it one to price and trial yourself first.

Pros

• Free invoice generator on the website plus a 7-day trial of the full app.
• A genuine small-business invoicing app rather than a document builder.

Cons

• No Australian price published on the page we checked, so the currency question is open.
• Free access to the app ends at day 7, and GST handling and sync are not stated.

Price: free generator; the Billdu app has a 7-day free trial then paid plans — check current pricing. Best for: people who want a week with a full invoicing app before committing.

What to look for in a Bookipi alternative

Two things decide this, and neither is the feature list: what currency the subscription is in, and where the invoice history lives. The rest is negotiable.

• The currency on your bank statement. US$119.88 a year lands between A$171.26 and A$199.80 across a 0.70 to 0.60 band, before any international transaction fee.
• Where the history actually lives. A hosted account keeps invoices on a server you can sign into from anything. A phone-only app keeps them on the phone, and phones get dropped.
• What happens if you stop paying. Ask in writing first. InvoiceSonic states that historical invoices stay accessible on downgrade; most tools here say nothing.
• A real Australian tax invoice. Registered for GST, it must carry the words "Tax invoice", your identity and ABN, the date, a description of what was supplied, the GST amount, and the buyer's ABN for sales of $1,000 or more. That list is the ATO's, and overseas templates miss part of it.
• How you get paid, and what that costs. PayID and bank transfer clear overnight and cost nothing. Card at 2.2% costs $1,320 on $60,000 of work, which dwarfs every subscription here.
• Whether you need an account at all. Four invoices a month to four different people is not a software problem. Our comparison of the best invoice apps in Australia covers that line.

Which one should you choose?

Priced over a full year at the time of writing: A$0 with the free generator, Zoho Invoice or Wave; A$168 with InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually; $99 with Rounded Solo; A$360 with Square Plus plus 2.2% on card payments; and US$119.88 with Bookipi Starter, which is A$171.26 to A$199.80 depending on the day.

• If Bookipi's free plan still covers you and the reminders matter → stay put, and revisit when you pass 3 invoices a month.
• If you have outgrown the free plan and want an AUD price and a reachable history → InvoiceSonic on Pro.
• If you want sending, a client list and a saved history for nothing → Zoho Invoice.
• If your clients will only pay by card → Square Invoices, with the 2.2% written into your prices.
• If you want expenses and a tax estimate alongside the invoicing → Rounded, at $99 a year for Solo regular AUD.

When not to use InvoiceSonic or a free generator. If you invoice from an Android handset all day, InvoiceSonic has no native Android app and the web app on the home screen is a compromise — Bookipi's mobile sync may suit you better, and that is a fair reason to stay. If the annual number is what matters, Rounded Solo at $99 a year regular AUD at the time of writing is cheaper than InvoiceSonic Pro billed annually and adds expenses and a tax estimate. If you need bank feeds, BAS lodgement or payroll, none of this is accounting software and you want Xero or MYOB. And a free PDF generator, ours included, is the wrong tool the moment you need a saved client or a reminder.

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