# Best Bookkeeping App: working brief

A one-page brief for choosing bookkeeping apps. Fill it in before you compare anything.

## The job

- What should the agent do?
- What does it read?
- What may it change or send?
- Who approves it?

## The candidates

| Name | Maker's page | Read on | Address or install | Sign-in | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |

## The first run

- One job, one week, approvals on.
- Budget for the week:
- What a good result looks like:

### Count your month

Count last month's receipts, sales and bank lines. That number decides how much typing an app or an agent saves, and what per-call pricing costs you.

### Compare evidence on the same terms

For each app, read the maker's page for how entries get in, where it runs, which reports it produces and what it costs, and note the date you read it.

### Try one real month

Book one past month in the app and compare its profit and loss with your bank statement before you trust it with the next.

From Best Bookkeeping App, published by Conecto: https://bestbookkeepingapp.com/