Simple Books updates

See what's new in Simple Books

Simple Books is regularly improved with practical additions and clearer ways to work. This page brings the most meaningful recent changes together.

Recent updates

Practical improvements, newest first

These entries cover meaningful additions to Simple Books rather than every small visual or behind-the-scenes change.

AI tools

Monthly AI allowances are now active

The monthly allowances included with Starter and Pro are now applied to both AI Assistant questions and AI document scans. Clear messages help you see when an allowance has been reached and when it will be available again.

Banking

Review imported statements alongside your records

CSV bank statements can now be previewed, mapped and imported, with duplicate checks and read-only suggestions for possible matches to invoices, bills and expenses. Suggestions are for review and are not applied automatically. This is a statement import and review workflow, not a live bank feed.

Business Insights

See priorities, trends and forecasts together

Business Insights brings a health summary, priorities, trends, practical recommendations and forecasts into one dedicated view, helping you move from a high-level picture into the records behind it.

Demo

Explore a fuller sample business

The demo now includes a broader set of representative records and workflows, including Pro features, with a straightforward reset option so you can return to the original sample data.

Guides

More help for everyday tasks and accounting reports

The Guides library now covers more core Simple Books workflows and accounting reports, with practical explanations designed to make each task and report easier to understand.

Browse the Guides

Reports

Open the accounting detail behind your records

Trial Balance, General Ledger, Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports make it easier to review business activity at the level of detail you or your accountant need.

AI tools

Ask about your records and prepare documents for review

The AI Assistant can answer questions about your Simple Books records. Document scanning can prepare details from bills and receipts, ready for you to check before saving them.

How Simple Books evolves

Useful improvements, added carefully

New capability should solve a practical business problem while keeping familiar tasks clear. The aim is to make Simple Books more useful without making it harder to understand.

Practical firstChanges should help with a real record, workflow or decision.
Clear in useNew tools should explain what they do and what remains for you to review.
Connected where usefulImprovements should work naturally with the records already in Simple Books.

Take a closer look

See how Simple Books works today

Explore the current feature set, try the demo with sample records or compare the available plans.