Do the job. The accounts do themselves.

Book it, bill it, and it’s already in your accounts. One app for UK trades, paid for once.

Start your free trial 7 days free, no card

Built for mechanics and MOT, plumbers, electricians and builders, gardeners, repair shops, salons and therapists, events, and consultants.

Example job

BookedThu 09:00

Battery replacement

Ellie Marsh · VW Golf AB12 CDE · Bay 1, about 2 hours

Receipt 0417Paid by card
Battery (supplied and fitted)£149.00
Labour£58.00
VAT at 20%£41.40
Total£248.40
In your booksFiled automatically
Sales£207.00
VAT to HMRC£41.40
Profit after parts£111.00

One app from the first booking to the balance sheet.

Most job apps stop at the invoice and leave you paying for bookkeeping software as well. BusyMoss keeps going, so the work you do is already in your figures.

Your day, booked

Day, week and month views, multi-day jobs, and who's doing what. Each trade gets its own job details.

  • Vehicle reg and MOT class, property and access notes, device and serial number, client preferences
  • Reminders to send the customer, ready to tap
  • Before and after photos on every job
BusyMoss schedule showing three jobs booked today in a workshop bay: a battery replacement, brake replacement and interim service.

Receipts that file themselves

Quotes, invoices and receipts with proper numbering, part payments and credit notes. Overdue ones come to you to chase.

  • Sent as a PDF by email or message, with your after photo if you like
  • Takings, outstanding and overdue on one screen
  • Every payment lands in your accounts as it's made
BusyMoss dashboard showing revenue this month, outstanding and overdue invoices, today's jobs and a list of things to do.

VAT worked out as you go

Registered or not, cash or standard scheme. Your VAT return figures build up from every receipt and bill, ready to download.

  • Expenses, bills and a parts check against what you charged
  • Profit and loss, ledger and balance sheet
  • Making Tax Digital quarterly figures for income tax
BusyMoss Tax and VAT screen: VAT registered on the cash accounting scheme, with the VAT return for the quarter showing output VAT, input VAT and the estimated amount due.

Pay your team

Set up each employee once, then run payroll: deductions worked out, payslips printed and a payment file for your bank.

  • Tax code, NI, student loan and pension
  • Wages and what's owed to HMRC go straight into the books

BusyMoss isn't HMRC-recognised payroll software, so you still send the payday report to HMRC, for example with HMRC's free Basic PAYE Tools.

BusyMoss payroll screen with two employees, gross pay, PAYE, National Insurance, pension and net pay for the monthly run.

And the bits that save the evenings.

All included in every licence. Nothing to add on later.

Snap a receipt

Photograph a paper receipt and it becomes an expense. The total, VAT, date and shop are read on your phone; the photo never leaves it.

Before and after photos

Kept against the vehicle, the address or the device, so next time you can see what you did last time.

Your team, their own logins

Choose what each person can see and do. Two-step sign-in with an authenticator app keeps it locked down.

Customers and their history

Every job, receipt and photo for a customer in one place, with message templates for reminders.

Works without signal

Install it on your phone or computer like an app. It keeps working offline once it's set up.

Your records stay yours

Your business records live on your device, or on your own server if you choose. Your BusyMoss account only holds your licence.

Backups in one click

One file with everything, photos included. Restore it on a new computer and carry on where you left off.

Exports for your accountant

Spreadsheet exports of sales, expenses and VAT when your accountant asks for them.

BusyMoss on a phone: today's revenue, outstanding and overdue totals and jobs today.
BusyMoss schedule on a phone showing today's bookings.

In your pocket between jobs.

The same app on your phone, laid out for one hand. Check the next job, take the before photo, send the receipt before you've left the drive.

Run it the way your business works.

Pick when you buy, change later. Your records move with a backup file.

On this computer

Just you, or staff sharing one computer

Install it from Chrome or Edge and you're done. Staff can share it, each with their own login.

Ready today

Across the office

Several computers, phones on the Wi-Fi

A Windows app that serves the office, with phones and tablets joining over Wi-Fi and daily backups.

Coming soon

Your own cloud storage

OneDrive, Dropbox or Google Drive

Keep your records in a file in your own cloud storage and open it on another computer. One device at a time.

Ready today

Your own server

Advanced: several people at once, anywhere

Run BusyMoss's server on your own free Convex account. We send a setup package, and the whole team signs in at the same time.

Ready today

BusyMoss cloud

Any device, anywhere, nothing to set up

We host it for you, on a monthly plan of its own. It isn't part of the Founder licence.

Opening soon

Pay once. Keep it.

No subscription, no monthly bill that grows every year. Founder prices are an introductory offer.

Founder

£67.99once

Up to 5 users and 5 devicesAny mix: 3 computers and 2 phones, for example.

Founder Team

£99.99once

Up to 12 users and 12 devicesFor a bigger crew, or the whole family business.

  • Bookings, jobs and photos
  • Quotes, invoices and receipts
  • VAT, expenses and the balance sheet
  • Payroll, payslips and bank file
  • Team logins and two-step sign-in
  • Backups and exports
Try it free for 7 days

Prices include VAT. Start with the free trial: everything is unlocked and no card is needed. When you're ready, buy your licence inside the app, by card or PayPal. If you don't, BusyMoss turns read-only and your records stay there to view and back up.

Why we built BusyMoss

Running a trade business means doing the work all day and the paperwork all evening, in a diary, a receipt book, a spreadsheet and a separate bookkeeping app that never quite agree.

BusyMoss puts it in one place, so the job you finish is already in your books. And it costs the same next year as it did this year.

From the BusyMoss team

Questions people ask

Is it really pay once?

Yes. The Founder licences are a one-off payment with no subscription. The only monthly option will be BusyMoss cloud, a separate plan for people who want us to host it, and it isn't open yet.

Where are my business records kept?

On your own device, in a file you choose, or on your own server, depending on how you run it. Your BusyMoss account only holds your trial, your licence and which devices you use.

What happens when the free trial ends?

If you haven't bought a licence, BusyMoss becomes read-only. Nothing is deleted: you can still view, export and back up everything, and buying a licence unlocks it as it was.

Can my team use it at the same time?

On one computer, staff take turns with their own logins. For several people at once, run it on your own server today, or use the office app or BusyMoss cloud when they open. Your licence covers as many devices as it has users.

Does it file my VAT return or payroll with HMRC?

No. BusyMoss works out your VAT return figures and your payroll, and gives you the numbers and files to submit. Payroll still needs the payday report sent to HMRC with recognised software, such as HMRC's free Basic PAYE Tools.

Do I need to be VAT registered?

No. Leave VAT off while you're under the threshold and switch it on when you register. Past receipts stay exactly as they were issued.

Finish the job. Not the paperwork.

Start your free trial 7 days free · then from £67.99, once