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Compare mobile app features

by Intuit•12• Updated 9 months ago

Learn which QuickBooks Online mobile app features are supported on mobile devices.

QuickBooks Online Mobile is available for iPhone, iPad, Android Phone and Android tablet. It will transform the way you handle everyday business transactions. In the chart below, we break out the features supported on each device.

Compare features

Use the chart to easily compare feature availability on supported devices.

Customers
Feature	iPhone	iPad	Android Phone	Android Tablet
Create and manage customers	✓	✓	✓	✓
Import customers from contacts	✓	✓	✓	✓
See a customer on a map	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vendors
Create and manage vendors	✓	✓	✓	✓
Import vendors from contacts	✓	✓	✓	✓
See a vendor on a map	✓	✓	✓	✓
Transactions
Create estimates, Invoices, Sales Receipt, and Payments	✓	✓	✓	✓
Create expenses and attach a receipt photo	✓	✓	✓	✓
Split expenses between different categories and customer	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enter negative prices and rates	✓	✓
View expense pie and bar charts	✓	✓	✓	✓
Create new vendors for expenses	✓	✓	✓	✓
Convert estimates to invoices	✓	✓	✓	✓
Receive payments for open invoices	✓	✓	✓	✓
Email invoices as PDF attachments	✓	✓	✓	✓
Email invoices to customers and get paid by credit card or bank transfer (IPN or ICN subscription required)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enable custom transaction numbers, service date fields, and class and location tracking on estimates, invoices, and sales receipts	✓	✓	✓	✓
Track expenses using location and class fields	✓	✓
Sign up for payments processing	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multicurrency support	✓	✓	✓	✓
Add account
Banking
Reconcile bank transactions from connected bank accounts	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bank and credit card feeds	✓	✓	✓	✓
Refresh bank and credit card feeds on-demand	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bulk modify transactions in bank feeds	✓	✓	✓	✓
Swipe to the left and right to accept bank transaction	✓	✓	✓	✓
See bank/credit card account balances in register	✓	✓	✓	✓

Notes & attachments
Add a new bank account	✓	✓	✓	✓
Modify multiple bank feed transactions at one time	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manually refresh bank feeds	✓	✓
Add notes, photos, and attachments to transactions	✓	✓	✓	✓
Add notes to customer	✓	✓	✓	✓
Add photos to customer	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reports
Run Profit & Loss report	✓	✓	✓	✓
View Balance Sheet	✓	✓	✓	✓
Taxes
Set up and manage tax rates in settings	✓	✓	✓	✓
Edit group tax rates	✓	✓
Activity & History
See company activity feed	✓	✓	✓	✓
See transaction history	✓	✓	✓	✓
Settings
See app version	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manage notifications for customer calls			✓
Manage notifications in settings	✓	✓	✓	✓
Subscription info (shows for accounts created on device)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Edit company information	✓	✓	✓	✓
Set PIN to sign in	✓	✓	✓	✓
Use Touch ID/Fingerprint to sign in	✓	✓	✓	✓
3rd Party Password Manager support	✓	✓
Create a gesture lock			✓	✓
See overdue invoice notifications	✓	✓	✓	✓
Create custom email messages for sales forms	✓	✓	✓	✓
Set up and manage tax rates	✓	✓	✓	✓
See What’s New			✓	✓
Access Help	In side menu	In side menu	✓	✓
See status of account	✓	✓
Send feedback	✓	✓	✓	✓
Refresh all QBO data on device	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sign up for payments
Contact support	✓	✓	✓	✓
Send error log			✔	✔

Company Switcher
Features	iPhone	iPad	Android Phone	Android Tablet
Switch companies without signing out	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free Trial & Subscribe
Subscribe to the 30 day free trial and create an account in the app	✓	✓	✓	✓
User can subscribe on their device, call support or go to QBO web> Gear> Your account	✓ Via iTunes	✓ Via iTunes	✓ Via Google Play	✓ Via Google Play


Other
Support for negative prices and rates	✔	✔
Support for other file types (pdf, doc, etc.) in attachments	✔	✔	✔	✔
Pull down on lists to update data	✔	✔	✔	✔
Use Google Maps for directions	✔	✔	✔	✔
Location of Settings & Help
Access Settings	Side menu	Side menu	Options menu	Options menu
Access Help	Side menu	Side menu	Options menu	Options menu
Localization & Globalization
AU, CA, EN, UK, US	✔	✔	✔	✔
ES, FR, FR_CA, BR	✔	✔	BR only	BR only
Widgets
Widgets for easy shortcuts to the app			✔	✔
What needs to be done on the web first
Connect to your bank	✔	✔	✔	✔
Turn on multicurrency, online payments, class, location, and service dates	✔	✔	✔	✔
Turn the preference on to split an expense between customers or categories	✔	✔	✔	✔
Have Admin or Accountant permissions to run P&L and Bal Sheet reports	✔	✔	✔	✔
Enable custom fields, location and class on web	✔	✔	✔	✔
Customize sales forms to personalize them with a logo, font, tailored columns, header, footer, and customer message	✔	✔	✔	✔
For company files created on web, must enable discounts and shipping on web	✔	✔	✔	✔

Customers
Feature	iPhone	iPad	Android Phone	Android Tablet
Track “quantity on hand”	✔	✔	✔	✔
Edit tax rates and view/pay sales tax liabilities	✔	✔	✔	✔
Pay for a subscription in the app User must contact support or go to QBO web > Gear > Your account	✔	✔	✔	✔
See bank balances by account	✔	✔	✔	✔
Payroll – not yet integrated with QBO mobile, but users can run mobile payroll independent of QBO mobile	✔	✔	✔	✔
View Chart of Accounts	✔	✔	✔	✔
Delete or activate customers	✔	✔	✔	✔
Delete estimates, invoices, sales receipts, payments, and expenses	✔	✔	✔	✔
Purchase orders
Custom reports – only 2 (P&L and Balance Sheet), users can go to the web to run more	✔	✔	✔	✔
Graphical P&L view	✔	✔
Mileage tracking	✓	✓	✓	✓
Time tracking
Accept signatures on estimates and invoices	✔	✔
Add the option to send packing slips	✔	✔	✔	✔
Job costing	✔	✔	✔	✔

Main UI differences between iPhone and iPad
	iPhone	iPad
Download, categorize, match, and accept bank transactions	✔	✔
Simplified menu lists the main QuikckBooks content areas. To create transactions, select Create + on most screens.	✔	✔

Main UI differences between Android Phone and Android Tablet
	Android Phone	Android Tablet
Expenses and related charts	✔ Same info different orientation	✔ Same info, different orientation
Grid view on transactions		✔
Search functionality	Entity specific	Global

OS
	iPhone	iPad	Android Phone	Android Tablet
OS Version supported	iOS 9.3 or later	iOS 9.3 or later	4.1 or later	4.1 or later

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