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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 22nd, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of QuickBooks Solopreneur ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 123 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Owner/Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Very Useful Software " December 21, 2022 5.0 Excellent. I love this software! It has really made my job easier!! Pros I love the Transaction processing. I can quickly snap a photo of a receipt and then categorize it. It has helped me keep up to date on all my receipts, income, etc. Cons I found this software to be very easy to use. I don't have anything to add here that I don't like Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Recommendation from a colleague Alternatives considered [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur Based on a recommendation from a colleague and a short demonstration that he gave me. Review Source Owner Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Has made tax returns so much easier" May 1, 2023 5.0 Overall I’m pleased with the progress and support received Pros After 2 years of last minute panic in January to get all expenses and income pulled together from a million sources, this tool has made things so much easier with everything being tracked real-time from accounts (banks, cards and paypal) and I add receipts as I go along where I can so all I have to do after year end is some categorisation and reconciliation / gap filling work Cons I have 2 businesses and am unable to list them separately but within the same account at present. As I use the same bank account and credit cards for both accounts I would like to be able to easily tag expenses to each business as I believe you can do with Xero Alternatives considered [Xero](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/) Review Source Small Business Owner Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Misleading UX Ease of Access Claim & Terrible Customer Service" February 8, 2022 2.0 My overall experience from sign-up, account setup, attempted input of expenses, and the whole cancellation proces was a 0-star rated experience. I was beyond floored, having only had it for 2 weeks, that canceling all of these things and getting a refund has proved impossible for a company so highly rated. Pros I thought the user interface looked great and seemed easy enough, it claimed to have all of the add-ons/plug-ins and apps I could need for my small business. It was highly rated on most SaaS review sites so I trusted it. Cons First, the customer service for a company of this size with so much critical acclaim for its software is below subpar. The customer service phone line rarely works or understands what you're saying/asking for; the chat option simply leads to the service representative telling you they aren't able to help with that then sending a link to the right team followed by a disclaimer that the links are usually down or not currently working so you should save the link and continue retrying. The actual QB Self-Employed is not easy to use and not straightforward at all. Downloading a complicated spreadsheet has proved easier than navigating this. The final nail in the coffin is that in order to use QuickBooks Payments, you are required to open a QuickBooks Checking account with a debit card, whether you like it, use it or not. Alternatives considered [Zoho Books](https://www.capterra.com/p/163115/Zoho-Books/)[FreshBooks](https://www.capterra.com/p/142390/FreshBooks/)[Xero](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/) Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur It was a consistently high-rated and cost-effective option for a single-person small business. Review Source Owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Small business must" October 3, 2023 5.0 Pros All year you can save recites and keep track of expenses and income so simply and be ready for tax time Cons I got logged out once and couldn't get logged back in and was sorta difficult to get it fixed but was eventually back on it Review Source Owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Needs a lot of improvement and better customer service" December 14, 2021 1.0 Pros It helps me do billing, accounting, and sending invoices to clients. Cons The website times out before you can save an invoice. This happened many times and I lost hours of work. There is no way to change it! My invoices have many items and it takes me time to go through my notes and my calendar to compile it. If the designers of the software did billing, they would actually know that. Please add a feature to not get timed out. Also their customer service is not available on weekends. Like many self employed I do my billing on weekends and I cannot get any help. However their homepage has customer service available for new customers 24/7. It seems new business is more important that paying customers. Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur I chose it to help with billing but frankly I have lost a lot of time being timed out of work. I am very disappointed. Review Source Response from Intuit December 15, 2021 Hi there, Ishtiaq. Thank you for leaving us a review. We'd love to lend a hand to help the time out issues you're experiencing. If you haven't already try signing into your Self Employed app. Then, tap the top-left corner and swipe down. Tap "Touch ID and Passcode". Assuming the TouchID is toggled on, there'll be a "Require" setting. Tap on it to adjust this to a longer timeframe to cut down on sign-outs. Hope this helps! -Kristina, The QuickBooks Team Owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Crippled Software" June 20, 2022 1.0 See above. It’s designed only to frustrate you into upgrading. But I’m going to a spreadsheet rather than pay them anymore. The Quickbooks I used 25 years ago was excellent. Pros Terrible software. Nothing good to say. Cons 1\. Once you have entered a billing item you can’t change the price or remove an item from your catalog. 2. You can not reorder the rows in your invoice. 3. You can not insert a new item in the middle of your invoice. 4. You can not include images of receipts for reimbursement. 5. You can not give your invoice a job title. I enter a title as the first billing item so my client has some way of knowing what job but that appears nowhere in my invoice list so I can see which job is which. 6. There’s more but to think any self employed professional could use this is absurd. 7. Customer support doesn’t welcome feedback, they just say you’ll have to pay more money than what I pay now. I am not on a free plan, this costs real money. Review Source Response from Intuit June 22, 2022 We want to thank you for trying QuickBooks Self-Employed, Alexander. We'd be happy to pass this feedback on to the Engineers. They do look at this to add or update existing features. Keep an eye out for anything new on the QuickBooks Blog (https://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/whats-new/). Wishing you all the best! -Kristina, The QuickBooks Team Owner Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Sticken with Quicken" August 17, 2021 5.0 My overall experience with QuickBooks self employed is I am completely satisfied and enjoy the use of the software currently as my bookkeeper. It has been an asset to my small business Pros The thing I am most fond of with QuickBooks Self-Employed version is the ease of use. The software offers a user the functions that cover all necessary withholding categories that are required on a state and federal level. It inputs the correct taxes, insurance, fees etc. required by law within your area. And if you are not within regulation it notifies you and offers the user direction into making sure you are financially in accord to the law. Cons What I like least about the software is the exporting IOC information can get tricky sometimes depending on how it will be opened by the receiving device. Switched from [Zoho Expense](https://www.capterra.com/p/142384/Zoho-Expense/) Zoho just was not working for me. It is a little less detailed in expense reports and categories to expense, just not as many features as this Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur It has the most functions in it that completely cover my needs Review Source Consultant Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Not as Effective as Desktop" November 20, 2023 3.0 While I love the mileage tracking and the lonks to banks, it is really frustrating when i spend 20 minutes categorizing mileage as personal or business, only to discover that thw changes have not been saved Pros Love the mileage tracking and that it links to my bank and credit card accounts Cons Difficult to categorize entries and correct reports. Categories are not customizable. If the app does not connect to the internet, changes made do not save. Switched from [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Review Source Owner, Operator Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "It was great, and then they made it terrible" June 23, 2022 2.0 I used to tell everyone how great it was and then they made the self employed app no longer functional. Invoices can't be organized by date, it is riddled with errors that have prevented me from being able to update my business address for over 8 months now (in spite of them promising a fix every time) and to top it off discounts can no longer be added to an invoice. It is really remarkable how they took something so great and have managed to make is so dysfunctional . Pros One of the best things about QB self employed was that I had everything organized at my fingertips all the time. Cons Unfortunately, the customer service on the product is abysmal. Everything has to be "escalated" to engineering and then they somehow not only fail to fix the problem but actually oftentimes manage to make it worse. Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur Because I was an idiot apparently. Review Source SB Steph B. Sole trader Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Continual issues" February 18, 2021 2.0 Terrible. Pros Ease of setting up, including adding new customers, searchability (reasonably CRM-like) Cons Everything else. Only 50% of customers could see how to open invoices easily, maybe 20% of those didn't get an openable version at all and I had to give them my bank details. Appalling error rate with importing bank transactions - missing transactions, some duplicated. Many were given a ridiculous categorisation such as an incoming payment from an existing client categorised as a business expense with a negative value. Usually failed to tie up scanned receipts/invoices with the bank feed meaning huge numbers of transactions had to be edited. Customer service is unwieldy, hard to get to from within the online or app software, community based, and usually told "we'll suggest it to our team" and you see that over the years loads of people have made the same suggestion to no avail. Or you get "that would be a really bad idea" despite the fact their competitors do it. Mileage tracker is terrible - sometimes it turns itself off completely, other days it records some parts of journeys, sometimes clocking off when you're driving, other times clocking off while you're on an appointment. P&L and tax reports categorise quite a few categories as non-deductible so you have to recalculate. I'm sure there's more but it's too painful to recall. Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur Cost, ease of use for sole traders Review Source Musician Musician Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Perfect accounting software for the self-employed " February 9, 2023 5.0 Love it. Super easy to use and has been a huge help to managing my business. Pros Easy to use. Budget-friendly. I can track my mileage and transactions with ease. Invoicing is convenient and looks great. Cons I wish it could integrate with the quickbooks for small businesses. Review Source Owner Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Perfect For Self Employed Accounting!" November 10, 2022 5.0 Overall I definitely would recommend this to anyone who is self employed or has a simple one person business. It's definitely geared toward beginners so don't expect all the bells and whistles that you'd get with the more advanced versions of Quickbooks, but it's perfect to track your finances as a self employed person. There's a good reason Intuit is the leader in this space! Pros I love the interface, design and layout of QuickBooks Self-Employed! I use the online version and they've really designed it exactly for people who are self employed like myself. It makes tax time super easy and makes it easy to budget and keep track of expenses. You can also make invoices cleanly and quickly. Overall I love that it's geared for self employed individuals, as the name suggests! Cons While I do love how simple it is, it's sometimes even a little too basic or user friendly. I can't fault it too much for this since that's also what make it so great, but don't expect this to be as in depth as regular Qiuckbooks as it really is just geared for self employed folks, and I would even as it's for beginners. Switched from [Quicken](https://www.capterra.com/p/151854/Quicken/) I made the switch because I was looking for something simpler, and this is it! They also had a 50% off the first 3 months, which I have to say enticed me to try it! Review Source Realtor Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Quick Books Self Employed" June 10, 2024 4.0 Overall it’s a good product and does what we need. Pros This product makes it easy to keep up with our business. We like the reports we are able to pull, not just a P and L. It lets us get as specific as we can. We like the classes and tags. Cons It’s not super intuitive. There was more of a learning curve than what we planned on. Review Source Ruben I. Broker Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "It Keeps Everything Organized!" April 4, 2023 5.0 Pros It has all my income, expenses and mileage in one place. Looks nice, feels nice, smooth for the most part. Hard part is being consistent with updating it with your information/miles/marking transactions as personal or business related. Cons The mileage tracker is a bit annoying sometimes, it is always there if it is turned on and, it's probably just mem but I end up turning it off to get rid of the pop-up on my phone. Review Source Business Owner/managing member Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Use with caution" October 17, 2022 1.0 Pros The software is easy to use when it functions correctly. Cons Login issues are the worst. The issues happens when you need the software the most. I have had this issue twice and it alway happens during tax time or when you are trying to correct your bookkeeping for accuracy. The issue is an internal problem and you have to submit a case and get a case number from support. For startups, small, veteran, minority, or disadvantage businesses intuit is the worst company to do business with they have so many bad reviews, they are bias in their business and they will contribute to the failure of your business. Switched from Its easier for accounting, bookkeeping, and taxes due to the structure of the business. Review Source Owner Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Quickbooks Self Employed Is The Single Worst User Experience Of My Career" March 23, 2022 1.0 I continue to receive an error message that my free trial has expired despite my purchase of an annual subscription in August. I have an email receipt, but Intuit appears uninterested in fixing my problem. I have been passed from one inept rep to the next and asked the same questions without resolution. I would LOVE a refund at this point, but Intuit points me to Apple since I purchased the product with Apple Pay. Pros I initially thought the functionality would be handy, however, I have changed my mind. I am unable to create an invoice due to a glitch in Intuit’s billing. Cons I have spent over 20 hours in the last two weeks trying to access the product I paid for 6 months ago. Customer Service is inept at best and I have yet to receive the promised callback from anyone I have spoken with. Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur I believed the ease of use would be helpful. Review Source Response from Intuit March 23, 2022 We'd like to ensure that you get the support you need to get your billing issue resolved! You can reach our support team via phone or chatting with them directly by following the steps listed here (https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/manage-intuit-subscriptions/contact-quickbooks-self-employed-support/00/185820). Wishing you the best. -Kristina, The QuickBooks Team Owner - Travel Specialist Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Inflexible transaction categories & connected bank naming" March 13, 2024 3.0 Not too bad generally for what I need it for. Very mixed experiences with support. Seems to have deteriorated of late, with agents repeating pat answers and fobbing off with published advice that I'd already researched prior to contacting support. Pros Ease of use and bank account connectivity. Cons Inability to edit connected bank account names in QBSE to differentiate multiple accounts held with the same bank. Inflexibility in setting up transaction categories. Understand it's based on those required for tax returns, but I prefer to do my tax returns in spreadsheets with data imported from QBSE. Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur Ease of use. Simplicity of set up and meeting my basic needs. Review Source Outdoor pursuits instructor Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Inuit Quickbooks Self employed app" December 7, 2022 3.0 I had this app for a year and a half and still returned to doing my own taxes as I found it to be inaccurate and very hard to edit. Pros That it tracked your traveling and helped you gain a goo idea of how much you may have spent on vehicle outgoings. Cons Submitting tax returns was incredibly hard and I feel the calculations were incorrect. Review Source Owner/ Designer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Highly recommend for all small business owners" April 26, 2021 5.0 Great. Very happy I am using it. QB SE is a trusted and affordable resource for keeping my business and tax items in check. Pros I love the different features QB Self-Employed has: Auto-mileage tracking, invoicing, tax checklist, it tells you when an invoice has been viewed and payed, transaction tracking, business reports, and it syncs with TurboTax Cons I wish the invoicing feature was more sophisticated. For example, I wish I could send estimates instead of an "invoice" at times, but I have another program I use outside of QB that can do that for me. It's probably in a more expensive QB service but I wish it were available for Self-Employed. Alternatives considered [FreshBooks](https://www.capterra.com/p/142390/FreshBooks/)[Xero](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/) Reasons for choosing QuickBooks Solopreneur Price, features, user-friendly Review Source President Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great software for small biz owners" January 16, 2023 5.0 Pros Keeping employee records and printing payroll checks. Cons Can be difficult to run annual reports at tax time. Review Source Signe J. Owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Simplifies my Accounting" April 30, 2021 5.0 I highly recommend QBSE to self-employed individuals who are looking for an affordable, intuitive, user-friendly way to do their accounting. I've been using it for 5+ years and it hasn't let me down yet. Pros Quickbooks Self-Employed is very easy to use. It has simplified my accounting significantly. I can track receipts, import transactions from my bank account, pay my federal quarterly taxes, create invoices, export all of my info to Turbo Tax, and do so many other key business functions from within the software. Cons While I love QBSE, I do wish there was an easy way to calculate and pay quarterly state estimated taxes. That would make the experience even better. Review Source JS Jeffery S. Owner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Okay Basic Software For Small Businesses or Self-Employed However, There Are Better and Free Alternatives" May 15, 2018 3.0 Overall, not worth the cost to me. Especially with those who are self-employed or have small businesses. Pros This does what it is supposed to do and only that which is track money. It also can track mileage automatically and gives you an overview of the distance you have traveled each day. Cons It is basic, it lacks functionality that should be considered 'basic' such as being able to categorize expenses and income. You can also not utilize many needed integrations for other software which basically forces double entry. It is expensive considering there are other free alternatives that have way more features and integrations Review Source Content Creator Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "QuickBooks is pretty much everything I need!" October 7, 2022 5.0 Such a great software for my freelance needs, would love more features or mobile optimization but it works perfectly! Pros I love the ability to track miles automatically, and labeling purchases as business or personal makes keeping track of my cash flow a breeze. Cons I wish the mobile capabilities were a bit easier to use (tagging features, etc) Review Source Bakari C. Web Content Developer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Useful For Tax Purposes" December 7, 2020 4.0 Pros I’ve been using QuickBooks Self-Employed for over five years now, and I can definitely say that it has grown and improved over time. I mainly use it to get an estimation of my quarterly taxes, but I also use it for sending invoices and tracking business-related mileage. I like that the web application includes rules for setting up automation so that I don’t have to approve every transaction that appears in my Self-Employed account. QuickBooks makes it very easy for me to export the documents I need for my accountant, and also forgetting the report of my overall income, spending and profits. Cons Because QuickBooks imports all my income and pending transactions, I don’t understand why it’s not set up to be used as a budgeting application, like Mint or YouNeedABudget. Except for sending out invoices and keeping track of mileage, I don’t use application on regular basis. Review Source Karim A. Freelance Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Nice accounting software " February 10, 2021 4.0 Quickbooks is very good accounting software with all accounting solutions and also cost effective. Pros Quickbooks is a very good accounting software for SMES sectors business industry for their daily use of keeping financial records and reporting purpose. The best thing is to keep record of sales, inventory, baking and daitors creditors also reporting option is good and cucustomized Cons As for as I concern there is issues in this software Switched from Low budget good accounting software for startup and small businesses Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.