BarBooks review
A broad legal accounting suite with trust compliance, matter billing, and multi-device access.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
BarBooks is cloud-based practice management and accounting software for barristers, sole practitioners, clerks, and legal lists. Its scope covers matter management, matter-linked contacts, invoicing, time tracking, expenses, disbursements, diary management, trust accounting, bank reconciliation, and financial reporting. Firms can work through the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android applications, making it suited to teams that need legal accounting functions across devices rather than a narrowly focused bookkeeping tool.
The product’s strongest area is its connection between matters, client funds, and financial control. Matter-level invoicing and receivables reporting sit alongside configurable matter rates, expense recording, and trust ledgers for client funds and matter balances. Trust-account compliance reports and reconciliation support compliance-focused workflows, while bank transaction matching, finding, and creation are available during reconciliation. The Bank Rec Add-on adds bank transaction synchronization and bank reconciliation support. Financial reporting includes profit and loss, GST, debtor, turnover, and cashflow reports.
BarBooks is a paid product with a 14-day trial and no free plan. The published starting price is AUD 60, with tax excluded; the available plans include Enterprise, Sole Practitioner monthly and annual options, plus Bank Rec and BAS Service add-ons. Enterprise includes priority technical and customer support, training and support materials, live chat, and a help desk. Sole Practitioner plans include 1:1 onboarding, unlimited customer support, live chat, and a help desk. Firms wanting broad matter, trust, reconciliation, and reporting coverage should consider BarBooks; teams seeking a free product or wider integration coverage beyond third-party diaries may prefer another option.
BarBooks pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Trust ledgers, reconciliation, and compliance reporting for client funds
- Matter billing, time tracking, expenses, and receivables reporting
- Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android access
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan; access is through paid plans or add-ons
- Diary connectivity is limited to third-party diary integrations
- BAS completion and lodgement is a separate add-on service
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