Our story
Two friends, one simple idea.
We know the feeling of finding last month's receipts under the truck seat. PeaceBooks started because we were tired of fighting our own bookkeeping software.
Where it started
One of us does construction and flips houses. The other is a web developer who does the paperwork for his dad's small business. Between us we had seen it from both sides: the receipts in the truck, the Sunday afternoons lost to catching up, and software full of words made for accountants, not for the people doing the work.
The tools we tried could do everything, but they asked us to think like bookkeepers to get there. We wanted something that worked the way a working day does: snap it at the till, say what happened, and know at a glance whether the month was a good one.
What we built
So we built it. PeaceBooks keeps proper double-entry records underneath, the kind an accountant expects, and shows the owner plain words on top: Income, Expenses, Profit. It reads receipts, listens when you'd rather talk, waits patiently when there's no signal, and hands your accountant a clean year.
We built it for people who'd rather be working: farmers, tradespeople, shopkeepers, landlords. Many of the people we built it for left school early to work, and they run good businesses. Their bookkeeping should be just as straightforward.
The founders
Jaydon
Co-founder · sales and operations
Jaydon works in construction and flips houses, and knows what bookkeeping looks like from the cab of a truck. He spends his time with the people PeaceBooks is for: on job sites, at farm shows and around kitchen tables, listening to what would make their week easier.
Stan
Co-founder · app developer
Stan is a web developer who does the bookkeeping for his dad's small business. He builds PeaceBooks, and he answers to the same test every day: would this make sense to someone who has never opened accounting software?
What we believe
Work, then rest.
Good work deserves a good finish, and a day off. PeaceBooks never sends reminders in the evening, and stays quiet on Sundays if you ask it to.
Honest records.
Clear records make for honest dealing with customers, with the CRA, and with each other. The app suggests; you confirm every entry.
Simple tools, served well.
Plain words, big buttons, one price, and real people who answer when you write.
Why “PeaceBooks”
Peace of mind for the work of your hands. When the records are in order, the worry about them goes away, and there's room for what matters more.
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts… and be ye thankful.”
Colossians 3:15
PeaceBooks is a Christian company. We try to show it in how we serve: honest prices, honest answers, and respect for your time and your family's. You'll find a verse of the day, quietly, at the bottom of the app's Home screen. Faith is never a condition for using PeaceBooks; everyone is welcome.
Try it with us
PeaceBooks is in testing now. Early sign-ups use it free for six months, and we read every bit of feedback.