Free tier
Spaza shops
Daily till, stock turn, customer tabs
- Quick-log every cash sale in 5 seconds, between customers
- Photo of a Makro or Massmart slip — Imali reads it in
- Track who's running a tab and how old the debt is
- See yesterday's profit before you open this morning
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R45 airtime sale
✅ R45 logged. Today: R380.
📸 (Makro receipt)
🧾 Makro: R1,247.80 stock. Save?
Starter tier
Hair salons
Per-service invoices, tips, product stock
- Issue an invoice per client without leaving the chair
- Log tips separately so commission and profit stay honest
- Track hair products and styling stock with low-stock alerts
- Owner sees the day's takings even when she's not in the salon
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invoice
Who's the client?
Lerato — cornrows R250, treatment R120
Invoice draft: R370 for Lerato. Send?
Starter tier
Mobile mechanics
Per-job invoices, parts vs labour, fuel
- Multi-line invoices: parts, labour, call-out — one message
- Photo a parts slip from Midas — OCR pulls amount and date
- Fuel logged as expense; tax estimate updates automatically
- Customer history at your thumbs: who you serviced, when, for how much
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invoice for Sipho — brake pads R650, labour R400, callout R200
🧾 Invoice for Sipho: R1,250. 3 lines. Send?
spent R380 on petrol
✅ R380 fuel logged.
Starter tier
Taxi owners
Driver hand-overs, fuel, maintenance
- Driver sends daily takings to the owner's number — no cash counting
- Fuel and tyre receipts logged as expenses, not lost
- Monthly profit per vehicle visible without a spreadsheet
- Build the credit profile that gets you finance for the next bakkie
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Today's takings R1,420
✅ R1,420 logged. Week-to-date: R8,150.
📸 (Engen slip)
⛽ Engen: R650 fuel. Save as expense?
Premium tier
Tailors & seamstresses
Deposits, balances, fabric stock
- Deposit + balance flow on a single invoice
- Fabric and trim stock with low-stock alerts before a rush job
- Per-customer history — who ordered, what, when
- Voice note from your machine: "deposit 200 for Mrs Khumalo"
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invoice Mrs Khumalo — wedding dress R3,200, deposit R1,600
🧾 Invoice R3,200, deposit R1,600 received. Balance R1,600 on delivery.
stock
🧵 Low stock: White lace (2m left), gold thread (1 spool).
Premium tier
Caterers & kasi kitchens
Event invoices, per-head pricing, ingredient cost
- Multi-line event invoices (food, staff, transport) on one chat
- Ingredient stock with auto-deduction when you log a sale
- Voice notes for big-batch braai days when hands are full
- Per-event profit visible — know which gigs are worth saying yes to
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invoice — 60 guests at R95, drinks R1,200, staff R600
🧾 R7,500 total. 3 lines. Who's the client?
Mbeki family — 21st birthday
Sent. Marked unpaid. Imali will remind you in 7 days.
Starter tier
Plumbers & electricians
Call-out + materials + labour invoices
- Call-out fee, materials, and labour as separate line items
- Photo of the parts slip from Builders — OCR captures vendor, amount, date
- Customer asks for the invoice on WhatsApp — you send the PDF instantly
- Tax estimate based on real trailing-12-month income, not a flat ×12
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invoice 4 Park Road — call-out R350, geyser element R420, labour R600
🧾 R1,370 invoice ready. Send to client?
Premium tier
Phone repair shops
Parts inventory, per-job invoices
- Parts inventory: screens, batteries, ports — auto-deduct on each repair
- Forgiving search: "iPhone 12" finds "iPhone 12 Pro Max screen"
- Per-job invoices with parts + labour split
- Low-stock alert before the busy weekend rush
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sell iPhone 12 screen
Found 2: 1) iPhone 12 screen 2) iPhone 12 Pro screen. Reply 1 or 2.
1
Quantity? Cost in stock R1,200.
1 sold for R1,650
✅ Sold. Profit on this job: R450. 4 left in stock.
Starter tier
Carwashes
Per-vehicle tickets, tips, supplies
- Quick-log per car — "R60 standard", "R250 full valet"
- Tips logged separately so washer commission is fair
- Soap and wax stock with low-stock alerts
- Saturday peak vs Tuesday quiet — see the pattern, staff for it
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R60, R60, R250 valet
✅ 3 sales, R370 total. Today: R1,840 from 22 cars.
best day this month
🏆 Best day: Saturday 26 April — R2,950 from 34 cars.
Starter tier
Tutors
Per-student monthly invoices
- One monthly invoice per student, sent on WhatsApp
- Mark paid → income transaction books automatically
- Stationery and printing as expenses against the right category
- Tax estimate for the side hustle clear, not a year-end shock
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list overdue invoices
🧾 2 overdue: Naledi (R1,800, 12 days), Themba (R2,400, 5 days).
remind Naledi
I'll send a polite reminder PDF to her WhatsApp now.
Premium tier
Stokvels & burial societies
Contributions, payouts, pot balance
- Chairperson tracks every member's monthly contribution
- Members get auto-confirmation when their dues are recorded
- Double-contribution guard — no row gets counted twice
- Pot balance visible to authorised members in real time
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Mama Zodwa paid R500 for May
✅ Recorded. Pot balance: R28,400. 11/14 members in for May.
list missing for May
Still owed: Sibongile, Pretty, Lwazi (R500 each).
Starter tier
Cross-border traders
Multi-currency in one chat
- Log USD, EUR, BWP, MZN, NGN — 21 currencies recognised natively
- Daily ECB rates auto-cached, weekend uses last Friday's rate
- Reports denominated in your default currency, no manual conversion
- Buy stock in dollars, sell in rand — both currencies preserved on the row
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$120 from tourist
✅ $120 logged (≈ R2,232 at today's rate). Today: R3,840.
spent 850 BWP at border
✅ 850 BWP fuel logged (≈ R1,189). Cross-border trip 7 of May.
Eighteen more we'd happily onboard.
If you handle money, Imali fits. We've left the deep dives for the twelve above — every business below uses the same building blocks.
Barbers
Daily till + clipper restock
Gardeners
Weekly cash per client
Domestic bakers
Per-cake invoice, ingredient stock
Painters
Paint stock per job, m² labour
Welders
Material + labour quotes
Photographers
Deposit + balance per shoot
DJ / sound hire
Per-event invoice, kit value
Nail techs
Polish stock, weekly recap
Internet cafes
Airtime + data resale
School tuckshops
Term-end summary
Poultry / egg sellers
Daily count, feed stock
Online resellers
Per-order income + courier expense
B&B hosts
Per-night income, linen supplies
Beauty therapists
Per-treatment invoice, product stock
Bakkie couriers
Per-delivery invoice + fuel
Shisanyama stands
Daily meat cost, weekend peaks
Daycares
Monthly fees per child
Flea-market vendors
Saturday cash + stock turn