# Billdu review (2026): is it worth $4.99 a month, billed yearly? > Invoice maker for freelancers and small businesses Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** Billdu Ltd (since 2012) - **Website:** https://www.billdu.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you have more than 10 clients on Lite, or more than 50 on Standard. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial with all features, no card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Lite | $4.99 per 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 | $9.99 per 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 | $19.99 per 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 https://www.billdu.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Billdu before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save up to 30% with an annual plan** (Annual discount): Billdu says annual billing saves up to 30% against paying month to month. Source: https://www.billdu.com/pricing/ ## 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). ## Good for - Freelancers who invoice from a phone - Small businesses with a short client list - Teams in Europe that need local e-invoicing formats ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 7-day free trial with all features and no card. There is no free plan. - **Features: C.** Invoices, 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you build your templates and client list first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iPhone, iPad and Android apps, with Xero and an API on Premium. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Invoicing, quotes and estimates, expense tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Xero among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 26,296 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id527885754 ## Works with Xero **Tags:** Invoicing, Quotes and estimates, Expense tracking, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [Invoice Simple](https://toolgpa.com/tools/invoice-simple): Mobile and web invoice maker with monthly invoice caps. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/billdu-vs-invoicely) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.billdu.com/pricing/ - https://www.billdu.com/ - https://www.billdu.com/about-us/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/billdu Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).