Stop paying, lose access to invoices you already made — that's the Joist deal. A 2026 review put it best:
"I'm retiring now and must pay a monthly fee to access records I paid a monthly fee to create. EXTORTION!!!"Joist App Store review · May 2026
| Joist | Slap Invoice | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Monthly forever + "Elite" upsells | $49.99 once |
| Your old invoices when you stop paying | Behind the paywall | PDFs in your Files app. Yours, period |
| Estimates → invoices | Yes | Yes — one tap |
| Payment processing | Their rails, their cut | Your links + QR. We take $0 |
| Offline on a job site | Spotty | Fully offline, local-first |
| Export | While subscribed | CSV + PDF zip, free, always — even on the free tier |
Retiring someday? Your Slap Invoice archive is a folder of PDFs and a CSV — readable in 30 years, no subscription required.