Tradie Invoice App · New Zealand
Most invoicing software is built for accountants. TradieNotes is invoicing software for tradies — snap a photo of your job notes or speak them aloud, and AI generates a professional GST invoice within seconds. $1 per export. No subscription.
Updated June 2026 · IRD compliant · Built for NZ tradies
Take a photo of your scrawled job notes. TradieNotes reads your handwriting, extracts the labour hours, materials, and client details, and builds a professional IRD-compliant PDF invoice. Takes seconds. Costs $1. No monthly fee.
Traditional invoicing software — full accounting platforms like MYOB and QuickBooks — is designed for businesses with dedicated admin staff. For a tradie doing their own invoicing at the end of a long day, they're overkill, expensive, and time-consuming.
TradieNotes does one thing: turns your job notes into a professional GST invoice as fast as possible. No learning curve, no monthly subscription, no setup. Just take a photo or speak your notes, check the result, and pay $1 to export the PDF.
Register for free and use code FREEBUNDLE15 to get 10 invoices free — no card required.
How it stacks up
Most invoicing software is built for businesses that invoice regularly from a desk. TradieNotes is built for tradies who invoice from the job site, the van, or the couch at 9pm.
| Feature | TradieNotes | Accounting Software |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | None | $30–$80/month |
| Cost per invoice | $1 | Included in subscription |
| Reads handwritten notes | Yes — AI powered | No |
| Voice input | Yes | No |
| Time to create invoice | Within seconds | 5–15 minutes |
| Signup required | Optional | Required |
| IRD GST compliant | Yes | Yes |
| Quote to invoice conversion | Free | Included |
| Built for tradies | Yes — NZ made | General business |
If you're a busy tradie doing fewer than 20 invoices a month, TradieNotes is significantly cheaper and faster than any subscription invoicing software. If you need full accounting — payroll, bank reconciliation, multi-user access — accounting software is the right tool. For invoicing only, TradieNotes wins on speed and cost.
See the full breakdown of accounting software pricing in NZ and the real yearly savings in our accounting software alternative comparison.
TradieNotes works for electricians, plumbers, builders, landscapers, and any other trade where you're writing job notes by hand and need to invoice fast.
Any NZ tradie who writes job notes by hand and hates doing invoices on Sunday night. Electricians doing residential service calls. Plumbers quoting and invoicing in the same day. Builders billing labour and materials weekly. Landscapers with multiple small jobs per day. Self-employed contractors and sole traders without admin support.
The key difference is the AI that reads your actual handwritten job notes. You don't retype anything — you photograph what you already wrote on site. Voice input means you can dictate from the van before you've even left the driveway. And at $1 per invoice with no subscription, the economics work whether you do 3 invoices a week or 30.
If you're invoicing under $60,000 a year, you don't need GST on your invoices at all — TradieNotes handles both GST and non-GST invoices. Select your option before exporting and the correct invoice format is generated automatically. No accountant required.
Common questions
No signup · IRD compliant · NZ made · 10 free invoices with FREEBUNDLE15
TradieNotes is invoicing software for NZ tradies. It is not accounting software and does not replace an accountant for tax returns, payroll, or financial reporting.
