What is Kontuly?
Kontuly is desktop accounting software for Australian small businesses, sole traders and bookkeepers. It runs on Mac, Windows and Linux, keeps each business's books in a file on your own computer, and works offline.
It handles the everyday bookkeeping jobs: bringing in bank statements and coding each transaction, sending quotes and invoices, recording bills, tracking who owes you and who you owe, reconciling your bank account, and working out your GST and the figures for your BAS. Reports such as the Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet are worked out on the spot from everything you've recorded.
What does "double entry" mean here?
Every amount is recorded as a balanced pair of entries: money out of one account always equals money into others. You rarely see this. When you code a bank transaction or approve an invoice, Kontuly writes the entries for you, so your accountant gets books they can rely on.
What else does it do?
Besides invoices, bills and banking, Kontuly has quotes and contracts, recurring invoices and bills, purchase orders, tracked stock, time tracking, foreign-currency invoices and bills, budgets, fixed assets, customer statements and overdue-invoice reminders by email. The full list is at kontuly.com/features.
Who makes it?
Kontuly is made by Phenom Central, an Australian company. This release is for Australian businesses only (GST, the BAS, the ABN and Australian dollars), and the app and its documents are in English.
Is it released yet?
Kontuly is in beta (version 0.2). Licences aren't on sale yet, and the download is sent to each beta tester by email. See Is Kontuly in beta? or join the beta.
Related questions
- Who is Kontuly for, and is it right for my business?Kontuly suits Australian sole traders, small businesses and bookkeepers who do the books on one computer. Here's what it doesn't do yet.
- Is Kontuly cloud software? Where are my books kept?Kontuly is desktop software, not cloud. Each business is a file on your own computer. Here's what does go online, and how your books are kept safe.
- Is Kontuly in beta? How do I join?Kontuly is in beta (version 0.2). Licences aren't on sale yet; Australian testers sign up at kontuly.com/beta and are emailed a download link and a licence key.
- How do I prepare my BAS figures in Kontuly?Kontuly's GST Report prepares the G1, 1A and 1B labels of your BAS, plus PAYG labels if you set them up. Here's how to run it for your BAS period.
- How do I create and send an invoice in Kontuly?Write an invoice in Kontuly as a draft, check it with Preview, then approve it to record the sale and email it to your customer with the PDF attached.
- How do I reconcile a bank account in Kontuly?Reconcile a bank account in Kontuly by entering the statement date and closing balance, then ticking entries until the difference is zero.
More about getting started
- Does Kontuly run on Mac, Windows and Linux? How do I install it?Kontuly runs on macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), 64-bit Windows and Linux. How to install it on each, and what happens the first time it opens.
- Does Kontuly do my BAS?Kontuly prepares your BAS figures (GST, PAYG withholding and instalments) and TPAR figures from your books. It doesn't lodge them with the ATO.
- How do I set up my first business in Kontuly?Kontuly's setup wizard creates your books in four steps (business name and ABN, GST registration, financial year, main bank account), changeable later.
- How do I try Kontuly with a sample business?Open Kontuly's sample business, a small design studio with three months of made-up invoices, bills and bank lines, to try things before using your own books.
- What does the Kontuly Dashboard show?The Kontuly Dashboard shows cash at bank, profit this year, what you're owed and owe, GST for the period, and a Needs attention list of jobs waiting on you.