App Store Edition · Consultants & Freelancers · US · CA · AU · NZ · UK
Private client billing, retainers & expense tracking for solo consultants and freelancers.
Independent consultants, designers, software developers, photographers, video producers, social media specialists, architects and boutique agencies do not need inventory warehouses, payroll modules or complex double-entry ledgers. Keel gives you crisp client proposals, numbered PDF retainer & milestone invoices, project expense tracking, shoot/client mileage logs and clean accountant exports on your iPhone. Free to download on the App Store.
Save your invoice in Keel iCloud Workspace & download PDF
Sign in with your Apple ID in 1 tap to save this invoice to your 5 free iCloud records, export a clean PDF, and open it on your iPhone for unlimited invoicing.
Solo Consultants, Designers, Developers, Creators & Freelancers
Look like an established consultancy or studio—without enterprise accounting overhead
Corporate accounts-payable teams pay clean, properly numbered PDF invoices with clear payment terms, PO numbers, retainer milestones and tax breakdowns. Keel builds them in seconds.
Proposal to invoice flow
Draft project scopes, architectural phases, shoot day rates or consulting retainers and convert approved proposals into numbered PDF invoices.
Client & project CRM
See every client’s billed total, retainer balance, billable pass-through costs and project expenses in one view.
Software, gear & travel proof
Snap MacBook, camera gear, Adobe/Figma/cloud software, venue, client-meal and travel receipts on the go.
Who this edition is built for
Management & strategy consultants, fractional executives, business coaches, real estate agents (1099), event & wedding planners, personal trainers and boutique solo agencies.
Freelance UI/UX, graphic & web designers, software developers, photographers, videographers/video producers, social media managers, content creators and independent architects.
Freelancers switching from FreshBooks, Wave, Harvest, HoneyBook, Bonsai or Invoice2go who want private on-device billing without linking a bank feed or paying a monthly subscription.
The frustrations this edition solves.
Built for solo operators, first-time business owners and 1–5 person crews.
Spreadsheet invoice errorsManually editing old Word or Excel invoice templates and accidentally sending duplicate invoice numbers.
Chasing overdue retainers & milestonesLosing track of which client paid their 50% booking deposit and which retainer or milestone invoice is 14 days past due.
Unclaimed studio & software write-offsForgetting to log SaaS subscriptions, camera/MacBook gear, home-studio expenses, location-scout miles and client coffee receipts.
Privacy of client retainersKeeping sensitive consulting contracts, agency retainers and client fee schedules off third-party cloud databases.
Included in Keel on the App Store.
Free to download on the App Store.
Estimates
Quote the work
Write the estimate on site and send it while the customer is still standing there. When they say yes, turn it into an invoice draft — Today flags accepted quotes ready to convert.
Invoices
Invoice the customer
Clean PDF invoices with taxes, discounts and payment terms, sent by email, Messages or WhatsApp. Add a payment QR code; line items you have used before are suggested, priced from your own history.
Customers
Know your customers
A small CRM built in: each customer’s jobs, invoices and payment history in one place.
Expenses
Track expenses
Every expense recorded with its category and its receipt, under the job it belongs to — so you can see what each job cost.
Payments
Track payments
Every invoice is kept with its job and client, and each payment is recorded against it, so you can see what has been paid.
5-Folder Pack5-Folder Pack
Hand your accountant the year
At filing time, Keel compiles your 5-Folder Statutory Pack — supporting worksheets, mileage logs, income proof, job profitability, and accountant CSVs — built from the books you already keep.
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