Billdu review (2026): is it worth $4.99 a month, billed yearly?
Invoice maker for freelancers and small businesses
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Billdu report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for freelancers who need invoices and basic expense tracking
Billdu makes invoices and estimates and tracks expenses, in a browser and phone apps. But Lite is capped at 10 clients, reminders and estimates need the $9.99 plan, and the Xero link and the API are Premium only.
Who Billdu is for
- Fits if you invoice a few clients and want expenses in the same app
- Works for people who want to try it free for a week with no card
Who Billdu is not for
- Tight if you have more than 10 clients on Lite, or more than 50 on Standard
- Skip it if you need estimates or payment reminders on the cheapest plan: both start on Standard
- Watch out: the Xero connection and the API are Premium only
- Watch out: the prices on the page are the average monthly price of a yearly plan, and monthly billing costs $7.99 and up
Why Billdu gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$4.99 a month on yearly billing is inside the category's cheapest quarter, but Lite is capped at 10 clients. Estimates and reminders need Standard at $9.99.
- CFree plan and trialA 7-day free trial with all features and no card. There is no free plan.
- CFeaturesInvoices, estimates, reminders, expenses and recurring invoices. A smaller job than accounting: invoicing and expense tracking, with the Xero link and API on the dearest plan.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and you build your templates and client list first.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus iPhone, iPad and Android apps, with Xero and an API on Premium.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Billdu's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Billdu's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 74 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 89 of 127) and worst on ease of use (C, above 6).
Its paid plans start at $4.99 a month, against a middle price of $18.09 for the category: 6 of the 90 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 128 accounting and invoicing tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Billdu’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 89 of 127, level with 21
- CFree plan and trialAbove 35 of 127, level with 57
- CFeaturesAbove 7 of 127, level with 78
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 127, level with 109
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 28 of 127, level with 92
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 101 accounting and invoicing tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Billdu, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Billdu you could make: invoicing, quotes and estimates, expense tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $59.88 a year.
What you could make
- Invoicing, quotes and estimates, expense tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Xero among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Billdu’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Billdu?
Billdu is an invoicing app for freelancers and small businesses, available in a browser and as iPhone, iPad and Android apps. It creates invoices, estimates and delivery notes, tracks expenses and invoice status, and sends payment reminders. Three plans differ mainly in client limits and team size.
Worth knowing
- Lite is capped at 10 clients and Standard at 50; only Premium has unlimited clients.
- Estimates, quotes and payment reminders need Standard or higher.
- The Xero connection is listed only on Premium, and the API is Premium-only.
- Displayed prices are the average monthly price of an annual plan; the page says USD and EUR prices are the same.
Key features
- Invoices and estimates
- Create invoices on every plan; estimates, quotes and delivery notes start on Standard.
- Payment reminders and receipts
- Standard and Premium send payment reminders and receipts so unpaid invoices are chased from the app.
- Expense tracking
- Unlimited expenses on every plan, with a barcode scanner; recurring expenses are on Premium.
- Recurring invoices
- Premium can bill the same client on a schedule without recreating the invoice.
- Accountant and team access
- Team members, accountants included, count toward the plan's limit of 1, 2 or 10.
- E-invoicing by country
- The site lists e-invoicing pages for Spain (VeriFactu), Belgium (Peppol) and Slovakia (eFaktúra).
Billdu pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Billdu is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $4.99 per month, billed annually ($7.99 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $4.99 per month, billed annually ($7.99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial with all features, no card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $4.99per month, billed annually ($7.99 billed monthly) | Unlimited invoices and expenses for 10 clients and 1 user, with invoice status tracking and client signatures. |
| Standard | $9.99per month, billed annually ($14.99 billed monthly) | Adds estimates and quotes, delivery notes, payment reminders and receipts; 50 clients and up to 2 team members. |
| Premium | $19.99per month, billed annually ($27.99 billed monthly) | Unlimited clients, up to 10 team members, recurring invoices and expenses, API access and priority support. |
Read from billdu.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Billdu before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave up to 30% with an annual plan
Billdu says annual billing saves up to 30% against paying month to month.
Stated on billdu.com
How people rate the Billdu app
4.8
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
- 5 stars89%
- 4 stars7%
- 3 stars2%
- 2 stars<1%
- 1 star2%
26,296 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Works with
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Common questions
Does Billdu have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Billdu is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Billdu have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Billdu is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Billdu open source?
Billdu is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Billdu have an API?
Yes. Billdu offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.