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Leaving QuickBooks Self-Employed? Here’s how Kev compares.

QuickBooks Self-Employed’s prices and features checked on their website on 4 November 2026

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What’s happening

Kev

Nothing to move to: Kev is one product, on Free or Pro

QuickBooks Self-Employed

QuickBooks has a help page for moving Self-Employed customers to QuickBooks Online or Sole Trader Plus, with up to 7 years of data

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

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Sole Trader Plus is a monthly plan plus VAT, priced live on QuickBooks’ 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

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Automatic trip tracking in the QuickBooks mobile app

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)

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Snap and categorise receipts

Invoices

Kev

5 a month on Free, unlimited on Pro. Pro also emails overdue reminders

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Yes, with card payments through QuickBooks Payments

Quotes

Kev

10 a month on Free, unlimited on Pro. Customers accept on their phone, then it becomes an invoice in one tap

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Estimates that turn into invoices

Bringing your records

Kev

Bring your past trips and expenses with you, free: export a CSV file from your old app and import it in Settings, Your data. Kev shows what it will bring in first, skips anything already there, and you can undo it

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Moves your records to QuickBooks Online for you, up to 7 years

Bank feeds

Kev

No. You log what you earn and spend as you go

QuickBooks Self-Employed

Yes

Tax

Kev

Making Tax Digital quarterly summary and how much tax to put aside, on Free. Kev doesn’t send anything to HMRC yet

QuickBooks Self-Employed

HMRC-recognised for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

Pick QuickBooks Self-Employed if…

  • Your records move across to QuickBooks Online for you, up to 7 years.
  • It connects to your bank and is HMRC-recognised Making Tax Digital software.
  • It works out and submits CIS.

Pick Kev if…

  • A free plan that stays free, if all you used was mileage, receipts and invoices.
  • Pro is £7.99 a month, with no contract.
  • Quotes, job timers and jobs that show what each one made, built for trades.
  • CIS subcontractor invoices on the free plan: Kev takes the deduction off labour, not materials, and shows what you’ll be paid.
  • Bring your trips and transactions with you: import the CSV files from QuickBooks Self-Employed, free.

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.

Try the free mileage calculator

Moving from QuickBooks Self-Employed to Kev

  1. Before you leave, download your reports, mileage log and receipts from QuickBooks for each tax year, as its help page suggests. Keep them for HMRC.
  2. Sign up to Kev. You get Kev Pro free for 14 days, no card.
  3. In QuickBooks Self-Employed, export your trips and transactions as CSV files, then import them in Kev under Settings, Your data, Import. It’s free on every plan.

How to bring your trips and expenses across

Common questions

What’s a good alternative to QuickBooks Self-Employed in the UK?

If you mainly used it for mileage, receipts and invoices, Kev covers those on your phone with a free plan. If you want bank feeds and HMRC filing, QuickBooks Online or another HMRC-recognised accounting app suits you better.

Can I import my QuickBooks Self-Employed records into Kev?

Yes, free. Export your trips and transactions from QuickBooks Self-Employed as CSV files and import them under Settings, Your data, Import. Kev shows you what it will bring in first, leaves out personal trips and anything already in Kev, and you can undo an import. Journeys from 6 April 2025 onwards come in, priced at HMRC rates. Keep your QuickBooks downloads and receipts for HMRC too.

How long do I need to keep my old records?

HMRC says to keep Self Assessment records for at least 5 years after the 31 January submission deadline of the tax year they’re for.

Where these facts come from

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

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

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