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Top apps for accountants for 2026

Over the last year, accounting professionals transformed their workflows by embracing integrated tools that help eliminate manual data entry, freeing them to focus on high-value client advisory. The Advisor’s Arsenal Power List features the most popular practice management software for accounting firms that connect seamlessly with Xero to help drive your practice.

How practice management software can help your accounting firm thrive

Practice management software acts as a central command centre for your firm, providing a real-time view of work-in-progress, deadlines, and client task statuses. By automating repetitive admin, you can increase your firm’s capacity, often without adding staff.

Meet 5 popular practice apps for Xero

  • Ignition: Automates onboarding by instantly converting accepted proposals into Xero invoices. It handles client record creation to ensure a single source of truth across your practice.
  • FuseSign: A purpose-built digital signature tool that allows contacts to sync directly from Xero Practice Manager (XPM) for a fast e-signing experience.
  • MyWorkpapers: A cloud-based solution that streamlines accounting workpapers and compliance workflows, enabling teams to manage queries more effectively.
  • SuiteFiles: Centralises document management and collation, offering a secure client portal and integrated e-signing within a single platform.
  • ContentSnare: Simplifies the collection of client information by automating file requests and providing a professional space for clients to upload documents.

Explore the full list of most popular practice management software below or see all lists.

  1. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    AccountKit

    5 out of 5 stars
     81
    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    AccountKit is to accountants & bookkeepers what the V8 engine is to petrol heads. It’s an incredibly powerful suite of tools that will have your Xero Practice Manager purring so efficiently you’ll be taking care of even the most arduous tasks in no time.
  2. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    Rechargly

    4.93 out of 5 stars
     15
    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    The easiest way to get paid for software disbursements. Rechargly empowers accounting firms to manage any software they pay for on behalf of their clients. We turn needlessly complex CSVs into paid invoices while giving your practice control of partner discounts split and margins.
  3. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    XBert

    5 out of 5 stars
     58
    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    AI-Powered Work Intelligence that monitors Xero data entry & your practice, ensuring team efficiency and accuracy. Practice Analytics to onboard & price clients. Information management linked to smarter workflows. Client portals to gather information with ease. XPM and Xero Integration.
  4. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    Ignition

    4.93 out of 5 stars
     526
    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    Ignition helps accounting and professional services businesses reclaim time, profitability and cash flow. Automate proposals, billing, payment collection and workflows in a single platform to transform how your firm engages clients, bills and gets paid.
  5. Documents, Practice manager

    SuiteFiles

    4.8 out of 5 stars
     52
    Documents, Practice manager
    With SuiteFiles, you get a fully integrated document management solution to manage all your files, emails, and client communication in the cloud – so you can ditch the admin, simplify your workflows, and focus on doing work that delights your clients.
  6. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    FuseSign

    5 out of 5 stars
     7
    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    FuseSign is an affordable, intuitive, and easy to use Digital Signature tool. Send documents to multiple recipients and have them signed and returned to you within minutes instead of days for the price of a stamp, it's legally binding and can be used for a wide range of signature requirements.
  7. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    Karbon

    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    Karbon helps accounting firms maximize productivity and scale with ease. Karbon brings your team, clients, communication, work, proposals, billing, payments, and reporting all together in an AI-powered platform, enabling your firm to reach its full potential.
  8. Documents, Practice manager

    Content Snare

    4.94 out of 5 stars
     51
    Documents, Practice manager
    The simple way to onboard clients, collect documents and get answers, without the endless back and forth. Similar to a client portal, Content Snare is like a checklist for your clients with automatic reminders.
  9. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    Link

    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    Enhance your Xero Practice Manager without adding complexity. Link provides scheduling, capacity planning, workflow management, KPI tracking, and practice reporting - helping practices get more from Xero.
  10. Accountant tools, Practice manager

    Vinyl

    5 out of 5 stars
     35
    Accountant tools, Practice manager
    Vinyl is your AI notetaker and meeting assistant for accountants and bookkeepers. It records, transcribes, and files meeting notes, syncing your client records from XPM—saving time, boosting accuracy, and keeping every client conversation tracked and searchable. Trusted by 220+ firms.
Although Xero reviews each app in the Xero App Store, we can’t give any guarantees. It’s up to you to assess the performance, quality and suitability of any app before going ahead.