Comparison
Ochre vs Invoice Ninja
A fact table, not a pitch: pricing model, accounts, offline use, and where each app runs. Sourced and dated — see the citations at the bottom of the page.
Last checked: 2026-10-15. Facts drawn from each vendor's own pricing page and App Store listing — see sources below. Re-verified quarterly; next check due 2026-12-15.
The fact table
| Ochre | Invoice Ninja | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One Ochre Pro plan (monthly, yearly, or a non-renewing lifetime tier) covers every business and every device, after a 7-day free trial — see pricing for the current offer. | Free tier (5 clients, unlimited invoices, 4 templates). Ninja Pro $14/mo; Enterprise $18–$300+/mo, scaling by seat count from 1 to 100+ users. |
| Account or sign-up required? | No account or sign-up screen to invoice. | Yes for the hosted cloud product. The self-hosted build does not force one. |
| Works offline? | Yes — local-first by design; iCloud sync is optional, not required. | The self-hosted build can run entirely inside your own network with no internet connection — but that is a server you run, not an offline app on your device. |
| One-time purchase available? | Yes — a lifetime, non-renewing tier is on sale alongside monthly and yearly. | No paid one-time tier — but a free, source-available (Elastic License) self-hosted option exists. The only competitor checked here with that option. |
| Multiple businesses under one price? | Yes — one price, unlimited businesses under one Ochre Pro plan. | Not stated in one sentence. The Enterprise tier is explicitly priced per seat, not per business. |
| Native on Mac, iPhone, and iPad? | Yes — iPhone, iPad, and Mac, one native SwiftUI codebase. | Yes — one App Store listing covers iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, macOS 11.0, and visionOS 1.0. |
| On-device AI? | Planned, not yet shipped — on-device via Apple's Foundation Models framework. | None named on the official pricing page. |
| Where is data stored? | On-device by default; iCloud sync only where the user turns it on. | Vendor cloud for the hosted product. Self-hosting is a documented, first-party option — the one competitor here where running your own server is a real, supported path, not a workaround. |
Sources for the Invoice Ninja column: invoiceninja.com/pricing-plans · apps.apple.com/us/app/invoice-ninja/id1503970375 · github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja · invoiceninja.org/
Where Invoice Ninja is the better choice
Invoice Ninja is the right answer for someone who wants to self-host on their own server and depend on no vendor's cloud at all — a genuinely different trade than anything else here, free and source-available if you're willing to run it yourself.
Questions
Does Ochre have a one-time purchase option, unlike Invoice Ninja?
Do I need an account to invoice with Invoice Ninja?
Where is Invoice Ninja better than Ochre?
More on how Ochre works: the user guide · pricing · every comparison on this site · one-time-purchase invoicing apps for Mac.
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