# LedgerLite Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is LedgerLite the right Accounting solution for you? Explore 76 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/162030/LedgerLite/reviews --- LedgerLite 4.8 (76) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/162030/LedgerLite/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of LedgerLite Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 4.8 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews DW Daniel W Electrical Inspector / ProprietorConstruction, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “LedgerLite is flexible enough to handle my small businesses books, its helped me learn the fundamentals of double entry accounting, and has put me in the drivers seat of my businesses finances with easy and customizable reporting.“ June 6, 2023 DW Daniel W Electrical Inspector / ProprietorConstruction, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “As a keen learner, the prospect of letting a subscription based app do what should be a relatively straight forward job didn't make sense to me. After the free trial period ended, purchasing LedgerLite was a no-brainer.“ June 6, 2023 SS Susan S psychotherapistMental Health Care, Self-employedUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “The developer has provided many useful teaching videos online and is extremely accessible for any additional questions.“ July 12, 2024 JW Jim W Retired Certified Public AccountantNon-Profit Organization Management, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I'm a retired certified public accountant and I know the problems with competing software that have "never-ending" but "useless" enhancements and and subscription price increases.“ January 19, 2023 CC Classictile C VPWholesale, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Simple and efficient double entry bookkeeping system“ June 1, 2023 DM Diane M Psychotherapist in Private PracticeMental Health Care, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I cannot find fault with this software.“ July 25, 2020 JK James K PrincipalAccounting, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Especially with ability to import and export data in csv format, LedgerLite has the ability to interface with other data processing applications. “ September 5, 2020 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 76 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Ernic Jose V. Inspector Electromecanico Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "very easy to use, reliable and profitable" June 27, 2018 5.0 Pros I like the ease of registering financial transactions and other personal balance transactions, very simple to use and above all very profitable compared to the QuickBooks system among others .... Cons a suggestion would be good that the description field take more than 50 characters to facilitate and improve financial transactions, the rest of the LedgerLite application has been very useful in the company ... Review Source SS Susan S. psychotherapist Mental Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great accounting system" July 12, 2024 5.0 Overall, I have greatly enjoyed setting up and using my accounting system in LedgerLite. The developer has provided many useful teaching videos online and is extremely accessible for any additional questions. Pros Through learning the program, I greatly appreciate having been able to streamline my accounting system that was seriously messed up from trying to work around the hidden Quickbooks processes. It is also very easy to spot entry errors and to balance the cash accounts because of the simplicity of the system. Cons Inability to see individual vendor information. Reason for choosing LedgerLite LedgerLite had all the features I needed, was the most affordable, and included the best customer support I have ever had with any software program. Switched from [QuickBooks Desktop](https://www.capterra.com/p/212058/QuickBooks-Desktop-Pro/) Quickbooks abandoned its standalone program, having chosen to charge an exorbitant subscription price to keep the program up-to-date and secure. LedgerLite is very affordable and much more secure than Quickbooks ever was. Review Source EG Emmanuel G. Director Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Its a convenient system" March 10, 2018 3.0 Record keeping has been improved for audit purposes Pros The system is easy to setup but the chart of accounts is easy to setup. any error made can be easily corrected or deleted hence one Cons The lack of journal numbers and voucher numbering thus lack control to document. Also, you can not upload the company logo for company identity in the report Review Source Response from Responsive Software March 13, 2018 Journal, voucher, receipt, check or any other reference number belongs in the Description field. The Description field can take up to 50 characters. DW Daniel W. Electrical Inspector / Proprietor Construction Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "LedgerLite for the Win" June 6, 2023 4.0 As a keen learner, the prospect of letting a subscription based app do what should be a relatively straight forward job didn't make sense to me. After the free trial period ended, purchasing LedgerLite was a no-brainer. LedgerLite is flexible enough to handle my small businesses books, its helped me learn the fundamentals of double entry accounting, and has put me in the drivers seat of my businesses finances with easy and customizable reporting. Pros Not cloud based, gives your tools needed Cons If your new to bookkeeping (like me) there is a bit of a steep learning curve. But don't give up, once you get it you will no longer be a slave to the big corporates that charge you monthly subs to keep you dumb and steal your data. Reason for choosing LedgerLite Ledger ticked all my requirement boxes. Review Source PP Phyllis P. owner Ranching Used the software for: ### "Fantastic customer service, available to help with questions & issues. Aptly named Responsive. " February 6, 2018 5.0 cost savings, frees up my time on bookkeeping and reporting, customer service is excellent Pros Affordable, one time fee, not tied to monthly fees or exhorbitant costs, is a true double entry bookkeeping system, does not require you to be on the internet to use it (other than to download it or to get help), files are stored in your own computer or storage device. Can be used from year to year without paying additional costs. Can be tailored to fit your individual business needs. A great software package. I am very happy to have found this. I had just about given up finding a simple double entry bookkeeping software to the point that I set up my own books on spread sheets because I absolutely refuse to become a slave to companies charging monthly fees and that requires internet use. My own spread sheet system was so time consuming - but LedgerLite has freed me up from labor intensive bookkeeping and I'm happy, happy! Just set up your named accounts and make your entries, then generate reports, i.e. income statement, trial balance, etc. The best thing is the customer support! THANK YOU LedgerLite for developing this program and being readily available to answer questions. Cons The options for entries (NEW, EDIT, SAVE) are located at the bottom of the page which are not readily visible on my computer requiring me to scroll down for each entry to complete the transaction. It would be more convenient if the options were located at top of page eliminating the need to scroll down the page to complete the entry. Nonetheless, this is a great accounting program that I have been searching for for several years. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 17, 2018 The screen can be resized by holding the mouse cursor over the bottom edge until it changes to a double-headed arrow. You can then click and drag to resize the screen in the vertical direction. Roger V. President, Owner Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent software for my accounting needs and experience. Thorough without being complicated." June 22, 2018 5.0 Excellent after-sales customer service. Pros I have used Matthew's accounting software program since the inception of my company in 2013. For an accounting "dummy" this program made my life so much easier and less intimidating than most of the other software that I tried. Cons Related to the actual workings and output of the program I cannot think of anything that I do NOT like about this software. Review Source MB Mohammad B. Assistant Coordinator Sales Food Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Worlds easiest and simpliest software." February 15, 2018 5.0 Pros Chart of Account is very easy to design. Also cash book and pass book import export. User friendly and easy to create user and assigning rights to them according to requirement. Cons Look and unlock books very easy. I mean one can easily unlock books easily. Secondly there should be some inventory module also. Review Source DE Don E. Retired Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "I do the books for a non-profit organization (horticultural garden club) & LedgerLite is perfect fit" February 28, 2018 5.0 It was so easy to start up and it suits our type of organization. It is easy and simple to use. Pros It is an inexpensive software just perfect for our club. It is very easy to use as I use to do books manually and I'm use to double entry accounting. I use to use Quickbooks Easy Start but after 10 years the software was no longer supported and I had to buy a new computer so I wasn't able move Quickbooks over. When I searched for new software, I couldn't find a suitable software for our organization that was reasonable in price. Most software was more than what I needed and too expensive. When I found LedgerLite on the internet and studied it I found it to be just right for us. Ledgerlite was easy to set up and use. Cons I would like to close the books at the end of a year but I am getting around that by setting up the near year start date. Review Source Response from Responsive Software March 1, 2018 There is a Close Books Date on the Global Configuration screen. No entries or edits will be allowed prior to this date but you can still view and report on the data. JUDITH G. Owner Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Have used 11 years in small business; I have little accounting experience but it has worked for me" February 15, 2018 5.0 Pros customer service agent has been accessible and pro-active from the start. My accountant gets clear and usable reports. Cons Switching to US terminology and re-entering accounts. Also need to fit display to computer screen. Inconvenient & time-consuming. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 18, 2018 The display can be resized in the vertical direction by holding the mouse cursor over the bottom edge until it changes to a double-headed arrow and then clicking and dragging. In LedgerLite the data entry and editing process involves a number of definite steps designed to maintain the accuracy of the data. This can seem a bit slower until you get used to it especially if you are used to editing documents and spreadsheets. Anne R. Controller Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I have used this software for 6-7 years. Perfect for me" March 7, 2018 5.0 Works better that a spreadsheet and produces nice reports. I like that it can do a printout for each GL code Pros Each to use and simple to enter a journal entry. You can print a GL list and also statements with ease. I like that it can run on a USB stick so it portable and can be used at home and at work. Program was updated a couple of years ago and works better Cons I did not use the pre-loaded chart of accounts. I find it a bit of a change to back up to the right place There are only two file so do so. Just need to make sure you back up with a USB stick in case of loss Review Source ML Margo L. treasurer Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I am very happy with LedgerLite. It was inexpensive and does pretty well everything I need it to. " February 15, 2018 4.0 Pros It is simple and straightforward to use, The Customer Service is amazing. Anytime I have had a question, they have gotten back to me within a few hours. Cons It is possible to delete an entry accidently, and there is no way to retrieve it from within the system. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 18, 2018 It's true LedgerLite doesn't have an UNDELETE function in case you delete an entry accidentally. That's the reason we made DELETE a three step process and included a prompt asking "Are you sure you wish to delete this entry?" (Perhaps we should have made it a four or five step process!) If it's any use LedgerLite also lets you switch to what it calls TRUST MODE which prevents any deletions whatsoever. This mode is designed to comply with the requirements of solicitor's trust accounting. In this mode if you make an error you can only correct it by making another entry. In TRUST MODE the database becomes an immutable record of every transation entered. JL Joseph L. Retired Bus/Acct Teacher Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I use LedgerLite for bookkeeping and issuing financial reports for my tenant association." February 21, 2018 4.0 Ease of recording financial transactions and generating financial reports. I also love the ease of correcting minor errors with the editing features. This save on making numerous journal entries. Pros I like the ease of recording financial transactions in the cash register and other non-cash transactions in the general journal. Cons Retained Earnings does not apply to non-profit associations and there is no automatic closing mechanism for accounting year. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 24, 2018 Net Income on the Income Statement and Retained Earnings on the Balance Sheet can be renamed to something more applicable to a non-profit e.g. Surplus of Income Over Expenditure or Accumulated Surplus. LedgerLite is designed for flexibility and therefore has no built-in concept of financial periods. Ledger postings are recorded on a real-time continuous basis. Because of this LedgerLite can produce financial reports for any arbitrary date or period. However LedgerLite does have a function to zero Income and Expense accounts as at a specified date and also allows you to close the books as at a specified date (the Close Books Date.) JB Jane B. Director Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use accounting software for the non-accountant user." February 17, 2018 5.0 Pros It's simplicity, user friendly and cost effective. Good video tuition and email support from the customer rep. Cons 1\. Not a biggie - but could be able to upload company profile image to startup screen. 2. Be able to change headings eg - Income Statement to "Profit and Loss Account" 3. A better quality image upload of invoices to the Cash Book. Should be able to upload a pdf doc as preferred image commonly used for archiving. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 20, 2018 Thank you Jane for your feedback and suggestions. We will definitely keep these in mind when we are working on future upgrades to LedgerLite. RP Roger P. Director/Accountant Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very easy to use if you want a basic general ledger without the need for AR, AP or stock ledgers." February 15, 2018 5.0 A basic general ledger to prepare monthly accounts for a small business, without the need for a AR, AP or stock ledger. Pros It provides a standard general ledger which is a piece of cake to operate. I had no need to purchase all the extra stuff that Quickbooks, MYOB or Xero offer. I run a cashbook; GL reconciliations for loans and stock in Excel. Also in Excel I have a list of general journals. From these files I enter my data into LedgerLite. Easy. No need to go through multiple database forms to create a simple P&L and BS. Cons Perhaps the lack of upgrades. I think the designers could gradually add more functionality. I also have multi-currency bank accounts and manage multi-currency in Excel, as there is no feature in LedgerLite for this. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 17, 2018 If you are working in different currencies our suggestion is to treat each currency as a separate accounting entity. Of course this won't work if you need to produce consolidated accounts in a specific currency and do conversions on the fly at current exchange rates. Unfortunately the complexity of this is beyond the scope of LedgerLite. AR Alan R. Treasurer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I have used LedgerLite for 3 years or so for the accounts for a Local Community Group. It's perfect" February 17, 2018 5.0 Pros It does exactly what it says on the tin. Simple to use and great responsive customer service if you hit any problems. I would recommend it highly Cons Just a little clumsy in getting new accounts into categories for the income statement or balance sheet. I keep forgetting how to do this. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 19, 2018 If you go to our website you'll find links to YouTube videos illustrating the use of LedgerLite. One of these videos deals specifically with how to arrange the Income Statement and Balance Sheet. JM Jeanette M. Treasurer Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Needed simple and inexpensive software to track my club's transactions. LedgerLite does it." February 20, 2018 5.0 Pros I like the simplicity of it. I don't need modules for payroll, inventory, purchase orders etc - I just need to track revenues & expenditures, bank balances etc. The simplicity also makes it very easy to correct, if something is entered wrong. I also like that it is local on my computer - no need for online access. And the price is great! Cons Would like to be able to report on each subentity separately. I would like to know a bit more on how the subentities are intended to work. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 22, 2018 A subentity can be anything e.g. a project, subsidiary company, or division. To create a subentity go to Subentities on the Maintain menu and add a new record (this works the same as the other Maintain screens.) Then when you make an entry in the ledger or cashbook you can select the subentity from a drop-down list associating it with that subentity. Also a new Subentities menu will appear at the top allowing you to switch between subentities and Consolidated. Everything works the same except all screens and reports show only entries associated with the selected subentity. To switch back to seeing all entries select Consolidated. NOTE: If you're using LedgerLite in a multi-user setup you can also assign each user to a specific subentity. BC Birch C. Sole Proprieter Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Ledger Lite fits the needs of my small company perfectly. " February 26, 2018 5.0 it helps me run my business, plan for future development of my business and feel confident of my current financial situation. Pros It has all the components i need. The customer service is prompt and helpful. The cost of the software is affordable. The layout and functionality is easy to follow. Review Source JT Jack T. VP Wholesale Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Accounting Software" January 5, 2020 5.0 Very good and easy to use program for the value. Pros Easy to use and it is accurate. Presents the financial information in a readily nice format that is even presentable to give to an outside accounting firm. Cons Not as flexible in entering transactions or moving around the journal entry screen as I would like. Review Source BL Bob L. Accountant Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I have been using Ledgerlite for a couple of years and it is very easy to use." February 16, 2018 4.0 Pros The ability to make entries and corrections. There is always a check to make sure the transactions are in balance. Cons It may have some limitations if the user has extensive inventories or accounts receivables, but that has not been a problem for me. Review Source SC Steve C. Director Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to Use - Terrific Value - Recommended" March 7, 2018 5.0 Pros We wanted a program that was easy to set up and administer and that was not an enormous investment as we have relatively few transactions per month (holding company). This software did the trick. Review Source TK Tepu K. Managing Director Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy to understand, flexible and easy to use " February 15, 2018 5.0 dont need to hire an accountant and can be more up to date with expenses. Pros It is simple and easy to use and easy to understand compared to other similar software, does not require deep knowledge of accounting, cloudservices to store the data, affordable! All reports are in csv. form and can be modified afterwards to our needs. Cons Reporting, should be more flexible to modify and to use, to suit everyone, Would like to see also comparison between years, accounting periods should be possible to end like in other sofwares. Each year should be separately handled. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 20, 2018 Comparative Income Statements and Balance Sheets can be switched on from the Workstation Configuration screen. Go to the File menu and select Configure. On the Workstation tab put a check next to Comparative Reports. Then click on OK. You can also select whether you want to show Previous Period or Budget amounts on the comparative Income Statement. RQ Ransom Q. Owner Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I was looking for software that was easy to use and economical. LedgerLite fit the criteria " March 2, 2018 4.0 Pros Very easy to use and maneuver around in. Very convenient to log in and start input. Corrections in input can be accomplished easily. Cons Was not Apple compatible. Had to set it up using a conversion program, but once set up it worked great Review Source Response from Responsive Software April 5, 2018 LedgerLite will work with any version of Windows including emulators for the Mac or Linux. (e.g. some people are using LedgerLite with WINE or WineBottler.) RE Renee E. Vice President / Treasurer Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "I received immediate help when setting up this product which was great and continued if needed" February 16, 2018 5.0 The ongoing help as I am unfamiliar with any type of bookkeeping software and received help with the set up and ongoing as new questions arose do to my lack of experience. Pros The cost is certainly a big factor plus the fact it is paid up for your use of the software so no costly updates are involved. Review Source JC Jeff C. CEO Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Efficient with no bloated software. Inexpensive" February 15, 2018 5.0 Pros I like how simple it is to use. Data entry dream software. No lag waiting for the entries you make to load. Best bang for the buck by far. Cons I guess the lack of flashy reports. But really that's no big deal. Reports are customizable so that's great and the fact the user interface and reports are not flashy makes the software FAST with quick data entry. Review Source RS Rehan S. Business Development Manager Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "in short although being a non accountant, the software is very much to the point " February 26, 2018 4.0 Pros get straight to business, does what its suppose to and delivers. Program is light and does not consume too much hard drive space, actually it hardly consumes anything. Cons learning curve if you don't know anything about bookkeeping. it would be great with an easy walkthrough for common layman, or dummies that don't know , because most of us are. Review Source Response from Responsive Software February 26, 2018 We have plenty of information on our website to assist with the learning curve and you can always email us with questions. Similar Products Featured