The headline price is rarely the price. This page lists what the main UK certificate apps charge, works each one out as a monthly cost, explains what "unlimited certificates" does and doesn't cover, and names the four things that quietly push the bill up.
Certio: Starter £4.99 a month · Pro £9.99 a month, unlimited certificates · no VAT to add · no contract
Each supplier's own published price, and what that works out at a month. Where a price is quoted per quarter, per year or as a one-off licence, the monthly figure is our arithmetic, and we say so.
| Software | Published price | Works out at | VAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certio Starter | £4.99 a month1 | £4.99 a month£59.88 a year | None to addCertio Software Ltd is not VAT registered |
| Certio Pro | £9.99 a month, unlimited certificates1 | £9.99 a month£119.88 a year | None to add |
| Tradecert | £18 a month, plus £7 per additional user; office users free2 | £18 a month ex VAT, or £21.60 with 20% VATOur arithmetic. One extra user takes it to £25 ex VAT, £30 inc | Ex VAT2 |
| iCertifi | £59.99 for 3 months, £89.99 for 6 months or £125.99 for 12 months3 | About £20.00, £15.00 or £10.50 a monthOur arithmetic, inc VAT, billed through Apple | Inc VAT3 |
| iCertifi Cloud Pro | £24.99 a month or £190 a year34 | £24.99 a month, or about £15.83 a month paid yearlyOur arithmetic, inc VAT | Inc VAT3 |
| EasyCert Pro | One-off licence £174.95 for one PC; first 12 months of Customer Care included, then £49.95 a year per licence56 | About £14.58 a month in year one, then about £4.16 a monthOur arithmetic, if you keep paying the annual renewal | Tysoft's site doesn't say whether prices include VAT5 |
| EasyCert Mobile | One-off licence £224.95 for the PC software plus one phone or tablet5 | About £18.75 a month in year one, then the £49.95 a year renewalOur arithmetic | Not stated5 |
Competitor prices checked on 12 September 2026. Prices change, so check with each supplier before you buy.
It is the most common phrase in this market and the least consistent. Three questions sort it out.
Some free tiers let you fill a certificate in and then watermark the PDF or lock the export until you subscribe. A certificate you cannot send to the landlord is not a certificate. Ask what the plan lets you export.
"Unlimited certificates" rarely means unlimited AI. Board scans and tester-screen reads are often sold as tokens or credits on top of the plan. Tradecert lists 250 AI tokens a month with extra tokens at 2p2. iCertifi sells tokens at about 3p per circuit scanned7.
An unlimited plan that charges per head is not flat. Check whether the price covers your mate on the van, your apprentice and the office.
The most expensive line on most quotes. Tradecert lists £7 per additional user on top of £18 a month2. Extra EasyCert licences are £59.95 each8. iCertifi Cloud Pro sells Team 5 at £699 and Team 10 at £1,099.99 a year3. Certio's price is per business: on Pro you add workers without adding to the bill.
A price quoted ex VAT is 20% higher than it looks: £18 a month becomes £21.60. Some suppliers quote inc VAT, some ex, and some don't say. Certio Software Ltd is not VAT registered, so there is no VAT to add and £4.99 or £9.99 is what leaves your account. If you are VAT registered yourself, note the flip side: there is no VAT on our invoice for you to reclaim.
Free tiers often gate the output rather than the input. Tradecert says a subscription is needed to download PDFs without watermarks2. iCertifi's trial mode needs a subscription to send, save, print or export a certificate9. Budget for the paid tier from day one.
Board scans priced per circuit add up over a year of EICRs. So do support renewals on one-off licences: EasyCert's Customer Care is £49.95 a year per licence after the first 12 months6. Add a year's worth before you compare.
Starter is £4.99 a month: EICR, EIC, Minor Works and PAT on the BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 model forms, branded PDFs, jobs and customers, and a small monthly AI allowance for board scans and tester-screen reads. Pro is £9.99 a month: unlimited certificates, priced quotes from a drawing, invoices with CIS and reverse charge VAT, card payment links and receipts. No VAT to add, no per-certificate fee, no per-user fee, no contract. Every plan is free for the first 7 days; a card is taken at sign-up and nothing is charged for 7 days, so cancel before day 8 and you pay nothing.
See the full pricing page →Cheap is only worth knowing about if you also know what is missing.
EICR, EIC, Minor Works and PAT. No EV charger, solar PV, fire alarm or emergency lighting certificates yet. If you issue those, you will need a second app or a different one.
Certio produces PAT testing records, but there are no printed barcode labels or barcode look-ups.
The Android app is a direct download while the Google Play listing is in testing. The iPhone app is in App Store review, so iPhone users are on TestFlight or the web portal until it is approved. The web portal works in any browser today.
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Monthly figures in the "works out at" column are our own arithmetic from each supplier's published price, and are rounded. Tradecert, iCertifi, iCertifi Cloud Pro, EasyCert, Tysoft, Stripe, App Store and other product names are trademarks of their owners. Certio is made by Certio Software Ltd and isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any of them. Product names are used only to identify the products compared, using public information checked on the dates above.
Cancel before day 8 and pay nothing. Then Starter is £4.99 a month and Pro £9.99 with unlimited certificates. No VAT to add, no per-certificate fee, no contract.
Try Starter free for 7 days →A card is taken at sign-up and nothing is charged for 7 days. Or go straight to Pro at £9.99 a month.