Better Made Solo
Run the day. Trust the money.
A contractor operating system for one-person incorporated consultants: mobile for the working day, web for cleanup and administration, and one money picture that ties work to cash.
Track time, capture expenses and receipts, issue or void invoices, record payments, write ledger actuals, set aside tax, pay yourself, and see what is safe to use.
Safe to use
$25,725
Ledger cash
$34,821
Outstanding
$7,200
Reserved
$9,096
Mobile workday
Timer, expenses, receipts
Web cleanup
Imports, clients, projects
Money truth
Ledger actuals + reserves
Consulting shouldn't require five apps and three spreadsheets.
Solo connects the workflow instead of turning you into a part-time bookkeeper.
The loop that works today.
Solo follows the contractor loop instead of pretending to be a full accounting platform.
Work
Start or stop the cross-device timer, or add time entries from web or mobile.
Invoice
Turn billable work into branded PDF invoices; issue, email, share, void, and edit drafts.
Payment
Record payment date, amount, and optional deposit account so cash lands in the ledger.
Ledger actual
Review bank-side transactions, write trusted app events, and keep cash balances grounded.
Obligations
Move tax set-asides to reserve accounts and record owner draws explicitly.
Safe to use
See ledger cash minus GST/HST and corporate tax reserves — without double-counting expenses.
Year-end is easier when the year was clean.
Every invoice, payment, expense, receipt, ledger actual, tax set-aside and owner draw you record during the year becomes part of the year-end picture. Solo Tax is still the tax-year layer; Solo Core now keeps the operating history organized.
The tax code changes. Your business history should not need to be reconstructed.
Solo Core is now a working contractor OS.
Free coreMobile covers the working day. Web covers administration and cleanup. The ledger and dashboard keep the money picture grounded in explicit actuals.
Mobile workday
- Cross-device timer
- Expense + receipt capture
- Quick client/project starts
- Issue, void, and share invoices
- Record payments with dates
- Reports and ledger snapshots
Web cockpit
- Clients and project administration
- CSV imports with dry-run preview
- Invoice branding and draft editing
- Ledger review overrides
- Payee/category cleanup
- Transaction history
Money trust
- Invoice payments to ledger actuals
- Paid expenses reduce ledger cash
- Tax set-aside transfers
- Owner draws
- Safe-to-use money
- CAD/USD kept separate
Field resilience
- Offline time and expense outbox
- Attach receipts later
- Sync diagnostics
- Optional app lock
- Local notifications
- Mobile bundle checked in CI
Built around how Canadian consultants actually work.
- Canadian corporation profile
- CAD + USD invoicing
- GST/HST tracking
- Configurable corporate tax reserve
- Canadian fiscal-year reporting
- Accountant-ready exports
Solo Core helps track the year. Solo Tax 2026 packages the rules and preparation workflow for a specific tax year. Reserve estimates help with planning and record keeping — Better Made Solo does not replace professional tax advice or file your corporate tax return.
Cash in the bank is not automatically safe to use.
Solo separates ledger cash actuals from the obligation reserves you still owe, then shows the contractor-friendly number: what is safe to use.
Expense payments and invoice payments can write trusted ledger actuals when you choose the account, while bank-import guesses stay in review until resolved.
- Ledger cash actuals
- $34,821
- Less GST/HST reserve
- -$3,282
- Less corporate tax reserve
- -$5,814
Paid expenses are already reflected in ledger cash, so Solo does not subtract them twice.
From paid invoice to safe-to-use cash.
A real Chromium recording from apps/web: the dashboard starts with no ledger actuals, then a paid invoice lands in the ledger and the Safe to use card recalculates from actual cash minus reserves.
Live demo · safe-to-use money
The dashboard does not treat all cash as yours.
This recorded flow pays an issued invoice into an explicit ledger account, then shows the dashboard separating ledger cash actuals, GST/HST reserve, corporate tax reserve, available estimate and the final safe-to-use number.
Live demo · ledger review queue
Imported guesses wait for a human before they become actuals.
This recorded flow creates an operating account, stages a bank-import expense, resolves its payee and category, and approves it into the reconciled ledger. The review queue is intentionally explicit: guesses stay visible until the operator chooses.
Review, resolve, approve.
A real Chromium recording from apps/web: staged import → review overrides → reconciled ledger actual.
Not an accounting degree in a browser.
Better Made Solo focuses on operating a one-person consulting business. It tracks the information your business needs without forcing you to think in journal entries, debits or chart-of-account structures every time you log an hour.
Solo Core handles the operating loop. Solo Tax 2026 handles the year's tax-specific workflow. Your accountant can still handle the work that deserves an accountant.
| Instead of | Solo shows |
|---|---|
| Accounts receivable | Outstanding invoices |
| Revenue ledger | What you've earned |
| Tax liability abstraction | What to reserve |
| Complex reports | What changed |
| Bookkeeping workflow | What to do next |
Keep your accountant. Give them a cleaner business year.
Solo is not trying to replace professional advice. It gives you and your accountant records that already connect work, invoices, payments, expenses, ledger actuals and reserves.
2026 Operating Record
- Invoice and payment history
- Expense records and receipt attachments
- Ledger actuals and account balances
- GST/HST and corporate tax reserve picture
- Owner draw history
- Client, project and report snapshots
Pay for the part that creates new value.
Core is free. It now covers the operating loop across web and mobile. A new tax year is a new one-time software purchase because the rules changed. Cloud is recurring because hosted access, mobile sync, storage and backups keep running.
Available now
Solo Core
Free
Run the business all year.
- Web + mobile clients and projects
- Cross-device timer and time entries
- Branded PDF invoices and draft editing
- Payment tracking with ledger deposits
- Expenses, receipts and paid-from accounts
- Ledger review, tax set-asides and owner draws
- Dashboard safe-to-use money
- Reports snapshots and CSV import
Coming soon
Solo Tax 2026
$99 CAD one time
Buy the tax year you need.
- 2026 tax-year rules
- Year-end preparation workflow
- Business/tax summary
- Accountant-ready records
Planned launch price. Not yet available for purchase.
Coming soon
Solo Cloud
$49 CAD / year optional
Hosted access, sync and backups when you want the managed service.
- Hosted web app
- Mobile sync
- Managed backups
- Receipt/document storage
Planned launch price. Not yet available for purchase.
Better Made is designed so cloud service and core software access remain separate.
Pay for the part that creates new value.
Core is free. A new tax year is a new one-time software purchase because the rules changed. Cloud is recurring because servers, sync and backups keep running. Human help costs money when you choose to use it.
Solo Core
Free
Solo Tax 2026
One-time, per tax year
Optional Solo Cloud
Recurring
Optional Expert / Care
When available
Built for one-person professional businesses.
Best fit
- Canadian corporation
- one owner
- B2B clients
- hourly or project billing
- CAD and/or USD
Intentionally not everything.
- Not payroll software
- Not enterprise accounting
- Not inventory management
- Not tax advice
- Not an accountant replacement
- Not a CRM
- Not a project-management suite
Solo stays focused on running a solo consulting business well.
Tax filing is only advertised when supported and certified.
Run the workday from mobile. Clean it up from web. Trust the money on both.
Start with Solo Core. Keep work, invoices, payments, expenses, ledger actuals, reserves and safe-to-use money in one contractor loop.