For example, the platform’s expense tracking feature allows users to photograph receipts using their iPhones or iPads. These receipts are then automatically entered into the FreshBooks system, and attached to expense sheets for reimbursement and tax purposes. Business travelers can even rebill expenses to their clients from within the mobile app.
Click the “Expenses” button on the FreshBooks home screen, and then open up the mobile app’s camera to begin scanning your business receipts. Once you’ve taken a picture, you can process the expense by manually typing in the value, the category, the client or vendor, and the date. If you want to rebill the expense, you can add the expense to an invoice, and send that invoice to the client in just a few quick clicks.
Use the expenses button to keep track of receipts
Use the app’s time tracking feature to keep an accurate record of how much time you’ve spent working on individual projects. Hit the timer’s “Start” button the moment your brainstorming meeting begins, and add notes as a reminder of what was discussed or completed during that particular meeting. FreshBooks makes it easy to convert your timer records into billable hours, which can be seamlessly included on your next client invoice.
Use the time tracking feature to count billable hours
Perhaps the most useful tool for small business owners is FreshBooks’ mobile invoicing feature. Create and send invoices from your iPhone or iPad, and check to see if your invoices are viewed. Invoicing errors can be amended immediately from within the FreshBooks mobile app, and clients can pay online using a payment gateway like Paypal.
Most popular features of all Finance & Accounting apps
Requires iOS 11.4 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
25 reviewers had the following to say about FreshBooks's features:
FreshBooks is the site to beat when it comes to managing and tracking invoices, time, and expenses for the very small business that doesn't need full-blown double-entry accounting.
Pros
Thanks to it, businesses get to manage invoices and recurring subscriptions in less than no time, and collect online payments within the same system.
Cons
Flexible invoice- and expense-management.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Flexible invoice- and expense-management.
Pros
Automate time consuming tasks like organizing expenses, tracking your time, and following up with clients with just a few clicks.
Cons
Doesn't directly integrate with the most popular e-commerce sites.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Flexible invoice- and expense-management.
Benefits like making my day to day life easier with the great features.
Pros
Flexible invoice- and expense-management.
Cons
Apart from these insignificant glitches, there is no doubt that FreshBooks is a top notch accounting product that can bring a lot to your accounting deparatament.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Ease of use, a new interface and great for light bookkeeping/accounting.
Pros
It also has strong invoicing and billing features, unique time tracking and client management tools.
Cons
it is not actually accounting software.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
FreshBooks is simple and intuitive, so you'll spend less time on paperwork and wow your clients with how professional you look.
Great tool for integrating with QBO to align A/R and forecasting future revenue.
Pros
Ability to electronically send clients invoice via email with embedded payment ability with that integrates with third party (WePay).
Cons
Ability to run reports by client payment date.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's been a great tool to track expenses, time, and keep track of clients and invoicing. While it's missing some of the features of some more robust accounting tools, it definitely offers a majority of the features a freelancer needs to keep track of the business side of things, and for a reasonable price.
Pros
- Very simple interface overall - Includes must-have accounting features - time tracking, expense tracking, invoice generation - Quickly generates some great reports - I used the P&L report feature all the time - Integration with Chronomate desktop app for project/task timers
Cons
- Not super-robust data on time for a team, for example billable vs. non-billable hours, or project profitability.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Simple tracking of expenses, easy invoicing, great time tracking.
Pros
Time tracking works well and is slick, and the dashboard & reporting features are very solid.
Cons
The basic plan only allows a limited number of clients, which can be somewhat of a nuisance, and it doesn't handle multi-currency payments as easily as it could.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
fresshbooks provides my business with could invoicing and an online payment gateway, everything is set and it has eased my reporting strategy all the reports are found at one place. this is the best tool in management. tracking of my invoices and expenses has never been this easy.
Pros
Freshbooks is a web based accounting software providing exceptional functionalities like invoicing, expense tracking, time tracking, and report payment management.
Cons
Its metric and goal setting parameters could be made better.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It is very easy to use for small-scale business and for accounting report made easy and on the job training on accounting packages
Pros
For the little time I used it, I can do a track of time and expenses effectively, it can also send customize invoices to clients by email. it is as simple as ABC It is a very popular cloud accounting app for small business, used by about five million customers worldwide It offers a wide range of freatures, from cloud-based invoicing to an online payment gateway Users can snap a picture of receipts or link to bank for quick expense tracking You can transfer your timesheet data to invoice and collect payments more quickly Its customer support received the Gold medal at the 2014 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service I love the excellent payment function The easy reporting skill and ability is splendid
Cons
The data entry interface is not attractive to me.
Rating breakdown
Frequency of use: Monthly
Likelihood to recommend
I knew nothing about traditional bookkeeping or accounting when I started my small business, and Freshbooks has enabled me to run my business smoothly and easily.
Pros
Great invoicing, great expense tracking, excellent customer support and a wonderful design and interface.
Cons
The reports are not always what my accountant is looking for at tax time - we end up having to sort of Frankenstein different reports and the like together.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering FreshBooks
If you're just starting out as a Freelancer, this is an ideal tool for you! You'll be thankful for it constantly!
On the dashboard, you can see an overview of your outstanding invoices, total profit, expenses and advanced reports.
Pros
Easy to use, good movile apps, has a great customer service , amazing friendly design.The invoicing and time-tracking system is seamless.It allows you to set up recurring invoices and automatic payment reminders, and accept credit and debit card payments for your invoices online.
Cons
It isn't well suited for businesses with inventory, as it lacks features for inventory tracking, vendor management and purchase ordering. Its invoice customization options are more limited than those of many of its competitors.
Rating breakdown
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
They have been fantastic! Support almost always answers by the second ring. Been very impressed top to bottom with their product and support.
Pros
Time is easy to track, it's easy to organize projects and send estimates and collaborate with others as well.
Cons
I would love to see more payment gateway integrations and more third party integrations for tracking time/expenses.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
I would rather opt for a software that is easily scalable and pay slightly more (depends), rather than having the need to familiarize with a new software all over again and port in my previous data.
Pros
Unlimited invoices and estimates, time tracking, online payments, expense importing for lite users.
Cons
Data exporting isn't as straightforward and simple, I had to export data and make sure all formats are in place before integrating it with other systems.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Hey there, thank you for taking the time to share your review of FreshBooks.
FreshBooks as a software is designed for small service-based businesses, but I certainly understand your concerns about scaling for larger companies or as a business grows. Our Product Team has been doing lots of great work to add new features and functionalities to FreshBooks, like new reports and other features to make running your business easier.
If you have specific integrations that you were having some trouble setting up (requiring you to export your data first) I would ask that you reach out to us at support@freshbooks.com. We can take a look at the softwares that you are trying to integrate with and figure out the best solution. ^DM
Management of invoices: no longer do I have to worry about clients who would want to pretend they are not getting the invoices in a bid to postpone my payment.
Pros
Its simplicity in offering an efficient means of managing expenses, financial reports, time tracking and invoices.
Cons
Though I embrace the team's promise of an improved mobile software.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
it is good for invoicing it allowed me to consolidate several things into one it save me of both money and time over all it was great.
Pros
Every thing is pretty good its time tracking report of clients is too good its so easy to place and remove third party apps
Cons
I have no knowledge or any background of accounting i depended on others at tax time for prefect report of tax making Fresh books make me this easy and mobile app was more interactive user app
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
- Time saving
Pros
- Easy to submit hourly timesheets - Easy to generate invoices - Detailed reports for accounting and taxes
Cons
- No scheduling - Removing Paypal as a payment method - Poor UI - If you have a lot of clients and projects under each client the interface can be messy
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Invoice and tracking time made easier.Accurate accounting information
Pros
Can build custom,well designed invoice for clients.Easy and simple to use even for a non-accountant type.It allows to track time and track expenses.Excellent customer service and connectivity to bank and financial institutions in a excellent manner.It has an easy access on mobile device also.
Cons
The report can be little improved to make more flexible and strong.Offer more flexible for the estimating module layout.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Time tracking for projects, electronic invoicing and reporting
Pros
If you're just looking for a simple tracking method and invoicing system for your projects such as web design or other related type consulting jobs than this is a great find.
Cons
I really don't have anything negative to say other than I feel like pricing could be a little more diverse especially for those just starting out.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
It is very useful for me about expense tracking and item management.
Pros
It is very well designed and has attractive invoice templates.
Cons
I am not sure if it has more facilities to get billed for millions of clients.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Free Trial
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Up and running almost immediately. Good tracking of all AR functions.
Pros
Fast invoicing and AR reports.
Cons
Perhaps too much focus by Freshbooks on mobile interface and functionality.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Hey Starr, thanks for taking the time to write this review of FreshBooks!
As you've stated, the classic FreshBooks, while easy to use and great for invoicing clients, is a single entry accounting system. This is actually something we are aiming to address (and have been working on) in the new FreshBooks. In the new FreshBooks, we've recently launched some new reports - the General Ledger, the Chart of Accounts, and the Trial Balance reports.
If you're interested in giving these a try, you can move your account to new FreshBooks using the "Try the All-New FreshBooks" button at the top of the page when logged into your account. If you don't see this option in your FreshBooks account, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Support Team at 1-866-303-6061 Monday through Friday, 8am-8pm EST or support@freshbooks.com. ^DM
Great invoicing tool for self-employed as well as Small businesses.
Pros
Integration with wide variety of third party tools.
Cons
Does not support all currencies. Does not support all credit card providers.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Everything from time tracking to invoices to expenses.
Pros
Easy to use, clean, quick, user friendly, client friendly
Cons
Limited reporting and graphing, not a robust accounting software, not a robust project management program
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering FreshBooks
If you are a small to medium business that needs a tool to manage projects, track time and send invoices, this is your tool. Setup is quick and easy and my clients love the ability to accept estimates and quickly pay invoices.
