Invoicera

Invoicera

Invoicera is another new application which has cropped since I did our preliminary needs analysis.

Invoicera (watch out how you spell that – it’s easy to get too many vowels in at the end) – also purports to handle multiple currencies and bank accounts.  Given our new requirements to do just that, I gave it a quick spin.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get very far – as the above screenshot shows.

Most of the new cuddly web 2.0 accounting apps I’ve been playing with allow you to jump straight in and create an invoice with very minimal setup required.

No clients listed?  No problem, create one on the fly – using the data you enter into the invoice.

No products or taxes set up? – no worries, we can handle those too.

I could have persevered with Invoicera – but I didn’t.  For me, there are other apps out there which are easier to get to grips with.

The clincher for me was not being able to set up a specific currency per bank account either.  I’m guessing that means that it works the same way as KashFlow – you can invoice in any currency you want, but there’s are no back-end reconciliation features to assist in coping with fluctuating exchange rates.

One final gripe, our business doesn’t produce estimates – ever. Yet Invoicera has an ‘Estimates’ tab cluttering up the interface. By comparison, Freshbooks lets you customise which tabs are visible so that you can tailor the app to your own business needs.

Not a biggie, I know – why not just ignore the ‘Estimates’ tab? However, details like these make the difference between a good app – and a great one.

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