Kev vs Coconut: which suits a tradesperson on the road?

Coconut’s prices and features checked on their website on 4 November 2026

Side by side

Price: Kev
Free plan for good. Pro is £7.99 a month or £79 a year, with 14 days of Pro free and no card needed
Coconut
Bookkeeping £99.99 a year. MTD filing £12.99 a month or £129.99 a year. Full plan £159.99 a year. 14-day free trial
Free plan: Kev
Yes, for good, not a trial
Coconut
No free plan on their pricing page
Mileage: Kev
Tap start and stop. Kev measures the road route and prices it at HMRC rates (55p a mile, 25p after 10,000), and takes off your commute
Coconut
No built-in mileage tracker. Their help says to use another app and add the total by hand
Invoices: Kev
5 a month on Free, unlimited on Pro. Pro also emails overdue reminders
Coconut
Unlimited invoices on Bookkeeping and up
Quotes: Kev
10 a month on Free, unlimited on Pro. Customers accept on their phone, then it becomes an invoice in one tap
Coconut
Not on their pricing page
Receipts: Kev
Log expenses by hand on Free, in HMRC’s categories. Pro reads the photo and fills in supplier, date, VAT and total (up to 300 a month)
Coconut
Attach receipts, with bank transactions imported and sorted
Time tracking: Kev
Job timers with paid or unpaid breaks, and a timesheet, on Free
Coconut
Not on their pricing page
Tax: Kev
Making Tax Digital quarterly summary and how much tax to put aside, on Free. Kev doesn’t send anything to HMRC yet
Coconut
MTD quarterly updates and Self Assessment filing on the higher plans

Pick Coconut if…

It connects to your bank and imports transactions.
It files Making Tax Digital updates and your Self Assessment to HMRC on the right plan.
It covers property income as well as self-employment.

Pick Kev if…

Mileage tracking built in, at HMRC rates, with your commute taken off.
Quotes your customer accepts online, and job timers.
A free plan that stays free.
CIS subcontractor invoices on the free plan: Kev takes the deduction off labour, not materials, and shows what you’ll be paid.

How Kev bills you

The free plan stays free. No card needed to sign up.
14 days of Pro on us, then you only pay if you choose to.
Pay monthly or yearly, your choice. We’ll email you a week before any yearly renewal.
No contract: cancel in Settings in a couple of taps, and your records stay

Not sure yet?

Put in your business miles and see what HMRC lets you claim this year. No sign-up.

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Moving from Coconut to Kev

Sign up with just your email and a code, no password. You get Kev Pro free for 14 days, no card.
Add your vehicle and your usual commute, so Kev takes it off work trips.
Export your trips as a CSV file from your old app and import them in Settings, Your data. Journeys from 6 April 2025 come in priced at HMRC rates. Keep your old downloads for HMRC too.

How to bring your trips and expenses across

Common questions

Does Coconut track mileage?

Coconut’s own help page says it doesn’t have a mileage tracking feature built in, and suggests adding mileage from another app by hand. Kev tracks miles itself.

Can I use Kev and Coconut together?

Yes. Some people use Kev for miles, quotes and invoices, then add the totals to their filing software. Kev’s mileage report gives you the claim to add.

Can Kev file my Making Tax Digital updates?

Not yet. Kev adds up your figures into a quarterly summary. To send updates to HMRC you need HMRC-recognised software, such as Coconut’s MTD plans.

Where these facts come from

We read Coconut’s own website on 4 November 2026. Prices and plans change, so check their site before you decide.

Coconut is a trade mark of its owner. Our Kev isn’t connected with, or endorsed by, Coconut. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@ourkev.app and we’ll fix it.

See if Kev suits you, free.

Sign up with just your email, no password or card. You get 14 days of Kev Pro to try, then the free plan unless you choose to pay.

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