GrandTotal 9.3.1

GrandTotal

Mac-native invoicing software from mediaatelier for creating quotes, invoices, and estimates with custom layouts, while keeping financial data on your own computer rather than a forced cloud backend.

GrandTotal has been built exclusively for Mac since 2008 and targets freelancers and small businesses that want a desktop workflow instead of browser-based accounting. You maintain customers, a product catalog, payments, and documents in one app, with templates that control fonts, colors, and corporate layout. Existing PDF invoices can be converted into starting layouts, which speeds up branding for new users. Estimates, page breaks, subtotals, discounts, and proofreading modes are available in higher tiers, and documents can be exported as PDF or CSV for sharing and downstream processing.

Workflow and integrations

Day-to-day use emphasizes speed: keyboard shortcuts follow macOS conventions, SEPA and Swiss QR codes help customers pay faster, and dashboards show sales trends, outstanding receivables, and year-to-date comparisons. GrandTotal integrates with time-tracking tools such as TimeLog and supports plugins for accounting exports, mail clients, and project apps. Higher license tiers add electronic invoicing formats including XRechnung, PEPPOL, ZUGFeRD, and market-specific options for Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and other regions. Version 9 also brought preview editing, linked Finder folders, internal annotations, document sharing links, and advanced assistants with thumbnail navigation for long invoices.

Licensing and platform

Plans range from subscription tiers (S through XL) to Classic licenses tied to a major version, with upgrades typically available from two previous major releases. Data stays local with optional encryption; the vendor highlights GoBD compliance and offline operation without mandatory server sync. The app requires macOS 10.15 Catalina or later and is compatible with current releases including macOS Tahoe according to the vendor compatibility table. Version 9.3.1 (May 1, 2026) is a minor update with bug fixes and a new overview feature for L and XL users.