How DoubleBooks works
A separate ledger for each part of your money, personal or business, kept as plain files you own. You record what happened in plain words, and real double-entry accounting keeps the books balanced underneath.
- One set of books, or several
- Keep a personal ledger, a business ledger, or both. Each one is its own complete set of books. When you pay yourself from the business, you record the transfer once and both sides stay right.
- Your books are files you own
- Every ledger is a plain file on your own computer. Back it up or move it like any other file, and if you stop paying for online sync you keep everything.
- Money from here, to there
- Record what happened the way you would say it out loud. The money came from your checking account and went to the phone bill, and DoubleBooks works out the accounting.
- Real double-entry underneath
- Every amount comes from one place and lands in another, so your books always balance. Open any transaction and the debit and credit entries are there, for the day you or your accountant want them.
A ledger for each part of your money
Most money apps pour everything into one pile and leave you to sort it out. DoubleBooks keeps a separate ledger for your personal money and one for each business you run. Keep one of them or keep all of them.
Each ledger is its own complete set of books, with its own accounts, its own balances, and its own reports. You switch between them in a click, and nothing ever bleeds from one into another.
Your books stay yours
Every ledger is a plain file on your own computer. The desktop app is free, export always works, and if you stop paying for online sync you keep your data.
This is the part we cannot take back later. A file on your disk goes on working whatever happens to the company that wrote the app, which is the honest answer to whether a small business like ours will still be here.
Double-entry, done for you
In double-entry accounting, every amount comes from one place and lands in another. That is what keeps your books honest: the two sides always match.
You record what happened in plain terms, like paying a bill or depositing a check. DoubleBooks handles both sides so your balances stay correct, and you never have to think in debits and credits unless you want to.
Move money without losing track
Pay yourself a salary from the business. Put more of your own money into it. Each is a transfer between two separate ledgers, not a shared expense.
You record each transfer once, and both ledgers stay right. When tax time comes, you can see exactly what moved between them and why.
Reports that tell you the truth
Look at one ledger to see how a single business is doing. Step back to see every ledger you keep, together.
Balances, income, and spending are always up to date, because they are built from what you recorded, not from a monthly import you have to reconcile.
The free desktop app is what puts those files on your own disk.
About the free desktop app →