SoloDesk vs. Milkee

With SoloDesk — CHF 0. Everything you need to run your books is included on Free: send invoices, track payments, report VAT, send quotes. When you need to process more documents, upgrade to Mid. When you don't, stay on Free.

With Milkee — Basic starts at CHF 24.90 per month on annual billing (CHF 29.90 if you pay monthly). That is Basic: simple bookkeeping (Milchbüechli), QR-bills, time tracking, AI receipt scanning, bank connection — but no double-entry accounting, no VAT reporting, and no quotes. For those, you upgrade to Business at CHF 34.90 (annual) / CHF 39.90 (monthly) — CHF 418.80 to CHF 478.80 per year.

With SoloDesk — send an invoice, and if anything needs correcting after it has been sent, issue a credit note. It references the original invoice, reverses the VAT automatically, and clears the receivable. The books stay clean. Your accountant sees the full picture at year-end without a tangle of manual adjustments.

With Milkee — there is no dedicated credit note feature on any tier. If a client returns a delivery, a service is cancelled, or a billing error comes to light, the correction happens outside the tool.

With SoloDesk — take a photo or upload a document. SoloDesk reads every line: each item, its amount, VAT rate, and what category it belongs to. SoloDesk learns your suppliers over time — after a few confirmations for the same vendor, it already knows how to categorise the next one. One tap closes everything: the expense is recorded, matched to your bank statement, and your books are updated.

With Milkee — the AI reads four fields from a receipt: supplier name, date, total, and VAT rate. It suggests a category based on general patterns, not your specific history. Milkee itself is clear about this: the AI suggestions are non-binding — the final decision is yours. After the scan, each part of your accounting updates separately.

With SoloDesk — open the dashboard. Your VAT liability for the current quarter is on the home screen, updated with every confirmed transaction. The effective method is available on all tiers, including Free. All three Swiss VAT rates are handled automatically. When the quarter ends, ESTV Form 405 is pre-filled.

With Milkee — VAT reporting is not available on Basic at all. It is locked behind the Business tier at CHF 39.90 a month. On Business, both methods are available — but your current VAT balance is not on the main dashboard. You navigate to the accounting module to find it.

With SoloDesk — you photograph a receipt at a supplier before you leave. You send an invoice from your client's site the moment the job is done. You check whether a payment cleared on the train home. Everything runs on your phone. There are no features that require switching to a laptop.

With Milkee — the app is available on iOS and Android. It handles receipt scanning, time tracking, and travel costs. Invoicing, bank reconciliation, and reporting are not listed as mobile features. For those, you return to the desktop.

SoloDesk is free and complete from day one. Milkee charges extra for the features you will use from the start. Start with the complete one.