Record-keeping apps for small shops, compared

You run a small shop: a duka, a kiosk, a provision store, a spaza shop. You sell all day, some customers pay later, and stock runs out when you are not looking. A notebook works until it gets wet, lost or full. A phone app can keep the same records and add them up for you. This guide compares the Android apps a shop owner finds on Google Play, and says plainly which one suits which shop.

• You give credit, and you also buy on credit from suppliers: SokoBook keeps a customer and supplier ledger in one place and can send payment reminders. Sellka also records what customers owe you and what you owe suppliers.
• Your network drops, or data is expensive: Sellka and Offline Shop both say their daily recording works with no connection and with no account.
• You scan barcodes, or a helper uses the till: Zobaze POS has a barcode scanner and separate logins for staff.
• You or your helper read better in another language: Offline Shop lists 29 languages. Sellka has five: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili.
• You want the app to know as little about you as possible: Daily Sales Record declares on Google Play that it collects no data and shares none.

Every score comes from the method on How we review, applied the same way to every app. Read the full table on Compare.

7 October 2026. First comparison published: seven apps, read from Google Play in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana. We read every listing again each month and date every change.

Do you use one of these apps in your shop, or a notebook? Tell us which one. Your answer helps the next shop owner choose.