Invoicing app alternatives for Mac: Harvest, Zoho Invoice, Invoice Ninja & GrandTotal
Monthly invoicing plans add up when you work solo, and the free ones usually come with caps, branding or a cloud account. Contando Pollos is a native Mac app for invoices and time tracking that you buy once for $27.99, with your data stored on your Mac instead of someone else's cloud. Here is how it stacks up against the apps people most often switch from.
Last updated October 16, 2026 · Competitor prices checked October 2026 on each vendor's own site
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Harvest alternative for Mac
Harvest now charges $9–$11 per seat per month plus usage-based fees (October 2026). If you work solo, get time tracking and invoicing for $27.99 once. Read the comparison →
Switch if you are a one-person shop paying a monthly seat mostly to run a timer and send invoices. Stay if you need shared team timesheets, project budgets across several people, or integrations like QuickBooks, Xero, Asana and Slack.
Zoho Invoice alternative
Zoho Invoice is free but cloud-only, capped at 500 invoices a year, and adds Zoho branding. Contando Pollos needs no account and keeps everything on your Mac. Read the comparison →
Switch if you want invoices without third-party branding, without an annual invoice cap, and without your client list living in someone else's cloud. Stay if you rely on recurring invoices, payment reminders, a client portal or the wider Zoho suite.
Invoice Ninja alternative
Invoice Ninja's free hosted plan stops at 5 clients, and self-hosting means running a server. Contando Pollos has no client cap and no server. Read the comparison →
Switch if you have outgrown the 5-client free plan but do not want a monthly bill or the job of maintaining your own server. Stay if you want open-source software you can self-host, proposals, recurring invoices, online payments or multi-user access.
GrandTotal alternative without a subscription
GrandTotal is now a subscription from €5.90 a month, with time recording on the L plan and up. Contando Pollos includes time tracking for a one-time $27.99. Read the comparison →
Switch if you liked owning a native Mac invoicing app and would rather not move to a subscription, or you only need time tracking without paying for a higher tier. Stay if you depend on features from its higher plans or plug-in ecosystem, or the subscription simply fits your budget.
At a glance
| App | How you pay | Where your data lives | Built-in time tracking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contando Pollos | $27.99 once | On your Mac | Yes |
| Harvest | Per seat per month + usage fees | Harvest's cloud | Yes |
| Zoho Invoice | Free (with limits) | Zoho's cloud | Yes |
| Invoice Ninja | Free (5 clients) or from $14/ |
Invoice Ninja's servers or yours | Yes |
| GrandTotal | Subscription from €5.90/ |
On your Mac | L plan and above |
Sources: Harvest pricing, Zoho Invoice pricing, Invoice Ninja pricing, GrandTotal, all checked October 16, 2026. Prices may change.
Why switch to a one-time purchase
- Predictable cost. $27.99 once, compared with roughly $100 or more a year for a typical paid plan.
- No account, no lock-in. Your invoices, clients and time entries live on your Mac, and every invoice exports as a PDF.
- Works offline. Invoice from a plane, a cabin, or a coffee shop with terrible Wi-Fi.
- Everything included. Time tracking, 15 templates, multiple businesses and currencies, and future updates, with no tiers.
Not sure yet? See the best invoice software for Mac compared side by side, read about one-time purchase invoice software, or watch the commercial.
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