Your freelance bookkeeper 🙂

Hey PHers,

After a very, very long 2 years, I have recently launched my app (not on PH yet, just to my waitlist and opened the app to the general public). I would love to connect with anyone who is interested in using this kind of app and get some feedback.

The App

Bookie, a bookkeeping and accounting app, with a focus on honesty, user interface and user experience, specifically targeted at freelance and self-employed people.

The TLDR of why I built Bookie

👉 Worked for a Fortune 100 company in London as a lead developer. Became a corporate stooge.
👉 Left with a few VPs and co-founded a fintech startup in London. Failed after 7 years.
👉 Became disillusioned. Quit the rat race, moved back to my home country and became a freelancer.

👉 Started using the usual suspect apps for bookkeeping and accounting. Gradually became enraged by:

👉 CONSTANT price gouging

👉 extremely confusing features and workflows

👉 horrible UI and UX

👉 more price increases

👉 really sucked the fun and excitement of going solo

👉 For better or for worse, decided I can build something better

My Goals for Bookie

⭐ Build a high-quality, easy-to-use, MVP for a very specific demographic ✅

⭐ Stay far, far away from VC money (and yes I actually declined a few offers). Everything so far has been entirely self-funded. Painfully so, in fact ✅

⭐ Launch ✅

⭐ Expose the roadmap publicly and create a user voting and recommendation system to build FOR my customers

⭐ Find a balance between profitability and user satisfaction. I actively want to spend time building 'extra' for my customers that will make them happy and excited to use the app.

What am I asking?

I’m on a mission to prove that bookkeeping doesn’t have to be a soul-sucking, price-gouging experience. If that resonates, I’d love your help with two things:

1. Support my Launch 🚀 I’m gearing up for an official Product Hunt launch soon. I’m not looking for "fake upvotes", just a group of early supporters who actually care about this space and genuinely think something like Bookie is useful.

2. Become a Co-Architect 🛠️ I don’t want to build features in a vacuum. I want Bookie to be built by freelancers, for freelancers. If you’re a solo-pro, a freelancer, or just someone who hates bad UX then let’s connect. I would love to hear your ideas for where we can take Bookie.