MyInvoices & Estimates Deluxe

Worthless and unusable

Awesome program I have a small business and at this time this is all I need If all you need is billing and estimates this is the program for you......

I have been using My Invoice software for years. I recently upgraded to Version 10 and have since asked for a refund and deleted the program from my computer. Obviously, no bookkeeper was consulted in the design of this program. The reports module is a joke and the payments section is not much better. Although it is possible to create attractive invoices (if you work at it)this is the only bright spot of this software. The invoice register is just short of worthless. It is hard to believe that they could screw this up so badly. IMHO this version is a GIANT step backward. After working with it for a day I gave it 1 1/2 stars out of five. After working with it for two days I reduced it to one star and on the third day I lowered my rating to zero stars. Words cannot adequately express my frustration and my disappointment. Like one reviewer said it might work okay with a few dozen invoices but try to handle a thousand invoices and payments of dozens of invoices from multiple customers on a single deposit. I dare you afterward to generate a meaningful report that tells you who paid for what. It cannot be done. I rarely write rants such as this one but I rarely am enraged this much. My Invoices and Estimates Deluxe v 10 is worse than worseless. Wish I could have back all the time I wasted on it.

This product worked well for a little while, but stopped after the version 10 was released. Now it does not work at all. All my invoices are lost until they release a fix or I find a back door into the software.

nice

Very complicated program. Nothing like the old versions. Returned it because wasn’t working for what I needed. Opted to send back myself (cheaper). Only to find out I got a restocking charge of the same price refunded tax. Not happy. Cheaper to have kept it

If it hadnt been for the bad reviews, I would have tried this program a long time ago...I have been using an inexpensive, minimalist & somewhat glitchy invoice program for the last twenty years, and with the end of Windows 7 came my end of that software. So the trial and error began. I read review after review, on Amazon and online. I tried Quickbooks Online...they froze my account all while still charging the subscription fee...if you sign up with your mobile then you cant access certain account changes on your computer...youll also be charged more monthly just to have a field for purchase order numbers? Really?? Then I tried the free NCH Suite offered by Amazon..its only free for what, two weeks, then it wont print (that was a waste of time). It seems that every invoice company is just trying to lock customers into the lifetime monthly fee. I do my expense reports on an Excel Spreadsheet I bought several years ago, and I like to write out my checks. All I needed was a program to make invoices (with customizable fields) and lists of those on a monthly or annual basis...just something basic. Upon opening this program up, it appeared that Id be stuck with using the brightly colored templates, but after going into customize and clicking on the box fields; then the color tabs above, I changed the background to white and the field heads to a light blue color, thus low ink use. The font sizes can also be changed. I like how the list of invoices is on the left hand side and always visible. This program also allows for emailing and creating PDFs. If you need something basic that doesnt overly connect all your accounts...this is well worth a try! Sincerely

I have previously used version 2 and version 3 - both are far superior to this piece of garbage. When I start next-years invoice database, I will be going back to version 3. Difficult to create template - the text boxes change format after editing complete. The invoice editing screen format resets to screwy defaults each time the program is started and has to be changed to more easily find desired invoices or to edit invoices. Borders default to 1 on all sides, which if you do the math wastes 40% of the page (8.5x11) is lost to the border. If you also count the extra border built into the form, the loss is closer to 48%. On the default invoice template, only 2-3/4 x 7 (less than 25 of the page) is allocated for the Date/Description/Hours/Rate/Amount. The template can be edited and you can make it to fill more of the page, but it is a lot of work - then when you print, you have to reset the margins each time the program is started. On the invoice editing screen, the widest entry field is the date, which has room for about 25 characters. The description entry field shows one line with room for about 18 characters visible on one line (two lines if you go back to edit a line), the hours, rate, and amount have room for about 18 characters each. So, each time you start the program and go to the invoice entry page, you have to expand the filter half of the screen, then decrease the date width, then expand the description field width, then fiddle with the hours, rate, and amount fields to get reasonable field viewing widths. The invoices listed can be filtered (although the filters have to be reset each time you start the program) The default is all Overdue invoices are listed. The brilliant programmers consider all invoices are overdue, no matter the date on the invoice nor whether or not they are paid. There is a box to check to Only Show Overdue, but that does nothing - it even shows an invoice that I have dated 12/31/2017. You can check a box to Hide Paid, which does work, but the box has to be set each time you start the program. Both v2 and v3 of the program automatically prompt to perform a backup on exiting the program, v10 does not, you have to remember to backup and click on the non-obvious Microsoft style do something but I dont know what to call it icon on the left of the menu bar. This piece of crap uses the Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP1 English database engine. I dont know if the limitations on MyInvoices and Estimates Deluxe is because of this database engine (I deeply distrust any database engine produced by Microsoft because of problems I have seen in the past with how poorly they work with other Microsoft products). The only reports I need that the program provides are sales by customers and sales by terms. Both seem to work fine. I did purchase v11 of the program to see if it was any better, but I just threw it in the garbage - it seemed as bad or worse that this. The only use I can see for this is food for the nearest dumpster. When 2017 rolls around, I am switching back to either version 2 or version 3. It seems no one who runs a business or who ever has had to write invoices was ever consulted in the creation of this program. If they were consulted, then there was a totally incompetent collection of idiots calling themselves software engineers and programmers. Those responsible for approving the release of either version 10 or 11 should be fired. UPDATE: Periodically getting message that database is corrupt and need to run a non-existant utility to fix - had to restore from backup. I am going to have to revert back to previous version, unfortunately, I will have to manually enter all invoices since I updated. Fortunately, I do not have a large number of invoices. Had an instance of duplicate invoice number created. Would give this no stars or negative stars if that were an option. UPDATE #2: I couldnt deal with this any more. I went back to version 3 and all is well. I still had my old invoice files, so I just updated all the entries and payments. I should have read the reviews before wasting money and time on this version.

Simply cant click an invoice and mark it paid. Multiple steps required. One customer, several invoices, you gotta open each invoice individually and type in amount paid. Cumbersome. There are other things I dont like but Im not here to write a novel. I could but Im too busy wasting time on invoices.

I needed technical assistance with password, to no avail. I went back in an set up my company again and created an invoice, but I could not save the invoice. I kept receiving an error message, which said Data Saving error. I tried Live Chat, but they only provide the service from 9-5. I truly regret having purchased this product. It was a wasted investment.