Track your hours.
Know your tax.
TradeLedger tells tradespeople, freelancers and sole traders exactly what they've earned and exactly what they owe — not just a rough estimate. Fully offline, built around real UK tax rules.
Free to download · Premium from £4.99/mo · No card needed to start
Built for whoever works for themselves
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
A single-purpose tool for one job: know your true take-home pay, every single day.
See exactly what you've earned
Log a shift by date and start/end time — hours are calculated for you. The earnings card walks the full chain from Gross Earnings through Expenses, Taxable Profit, Tax and Net Earnings, with a period-on-period comparison so you can see if you're up or down. Swipe left and right to move between pay periods.
A full year, at a glance
The Yearly Dashboard pulls every shift and expense into one view: total hours, gross earnings, expenses, tax and net for the year, your best-performing month, monthly average, and effective tax rate — plus a month-by-month chart and breakdown table.
Built for Self Assessment
Tax Rundown breaks down any custom date range — or tap "This Tax Year" to auto-fill 6 April to today — into an accurate UK banded breakdown: Personal Allowance, Income Tax and Class 4 NI, with a month-by-month table. Exactly what you need when it's time to file.
Small details that add up
Expense tracking
Log business expenses by category — Materials, Travel, Equipment, Other. Deducted from gross earnings automatically before tax.
Flexible pay periods
Track weekly or monthly, with a configurable start day. Swipe between periods right on the earnings card.
Earnings goals
Set a net earnings target per pay period and watch a progress bar fill in — turns green the moment you hit it.
CSV export
Export your complete earnings and expenses history via the native share sheet — opens in Excel, Sheets or Numbers.
Full dark mode
System, light or dark — your preference is applied instantly, before the app even paints the first frame.
Daily reminders
An optional, gentle nudge at a time you choose, so a day of work never goes unlogged.
Works fully offline
Everything lives on your device by default. No signal down a chimney or on a building site? No problem.
Accurate UK tax bands
Real 2024/25 Self-Employed rates — Personal Allowance, Income Tax and Class 4 NI — not just a flat guess.
Four steps. Then you're tracking.
A short onboarding wizard asks for your hourly rate, tax preference and pay period — then gets out of your way. No account, no card, no clutter.
Start free. Upgrade when it pays for itself.
Premium is billed through the App Store or Google Play — cancel any time from your device.
Standard
Free
- Shift logging with automatic hours
- Hourly wage, up to £999/hr
- Simple or UK Self-Employed tax mode
- Weekly or monthly pay periods
- Earnings card with period comparison
- 3-period history & year-to-date profit
- Dark mode & daily reminders
Premium
£4.99/mo
or £39.99/year · 7-day free trial
- Everything in Standard, plus:
- Expense tracking by category
- Period earnings goals with progress bar
- Yearly Dashboard & insights
- Tax Rundown for Self Assessment
- CSV export
Good to know
Do I need to create an account?
No. TradeLedger works fully offline out of the box — everything is stored securely on your device. An optional account for cross-device sync is planned for a future update.
What tax rules does it use?
TradeLedger includes accurate UK Self-Employed 2024/25 tax bands (Personal Allowance, Income Tax, Class 4 NI), or you can switch to a simple flat percentage if that suits your situation better.
How much will Premium cost?
Premium is planned at £4.99/month or £39.99/year, with a 7-day free trial, billed through the App Store or Google Play — never a card number typed into the app.
Is my data private?
Yes. By default your shifts and expenses never leave your device. See the Privacy Policy for full details.
When is TradeLedger launching?
It's in active development for iOS and Android. Drop us your email and we'll let you know the moment it's live.
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