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Award-winning apps

This collection of award-winning apps features those that took top honours in the annual Xero Global App Awards. They’re recognised for their excellence in design, innovation and customer satisfaction. The Trophy Cabinet represents the winners from the following 2025 Global App Award categories:

  • Global Small Business App of the Year and Global Practice App of the Year
  • Regional Small Business App of the Year and Regional Practice App of the Year (a winner in each region: AU, NZ, UK, US, CA, IE, Asia and ZA)
  • Innovation App of the Year, Emerging App of the Year, and People’s Choice App

Industry experts and verified customers alike have championed these apps for solving real problems for small businesses like yours. From managing inventory to streamlining payroll, these winners connect seamlessly with Xero to give you a complete, real-time view of your business finances.

How award-winning apps can help your business thrive

  • Reduce the time you spend on repetitive admin tasks
  • Gain a clearer picture of your cash flow and performance
  • Minimise errors by automating your data flows
  • Scale your operations without increasing your workload
  • Access industry-specific tools that fit your unique needs

Explore the full list of award-winning apps below or see all lists.

  1. Featured app
    Invoicing and jobs, Time tracking

    ServiceM8

    4.57 out of 5 stars
     335
    Invoicing and jobs, Time tracking
    The job management app for trade contractors & service businesses, with everything to help you cut paperwork, complete more jobs & provide amazing customer service.
  2. Featured app
    Accountant tools, Reporting and forecasting

    Mayday

    4.98 out of 5 stars
     307
    Accountant tools, Reporting and forecasting
    Mend month end. Xero People's Choice Award Winner 2025. Built for in-house finance teams and multi-entity groups. Save weeks every month by automating intercompany and core accounting operations. Close faster with zero errors, zero spreadsheet stress.
  3. Featured app
    Accountant tools, Reporting and forecasting

    G-Accon for XERO

    4.82 out of 5 stars
     201
    Accountant tools, Reporting and forecasting
    G-Accon securely connects Xero with Google Sheets. Automate reports, design dashboards, multi-entity consolidations, and push data back to Xero. Workflow automation and two-way sync will save you hours.
  4. Featured app
    Accountant tools, Ecommerce

    A2X

    4.96 out of 5 stars
     870
    Accountant tools, Ecommerce
    A2X automates ecommerce accounting into Xero for sellers on Shopify, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Walmart, and PayPal. Trusted by 1000s of the world's leading ecommerce accounting professionals. Recent Awards: Xero Practice App of the Year!
  5. Featured app
    Carbon accounting, Reporting and forecasting

    Sumday

    5 out of 5 stars
     5
    Carbon accounting, Reporting and forecasting
    Learn, measure and report on your emissions with ease. 🌎 Xero customers can now sign up to access Sumday, free for 12 months*.
  6. Accountant tools, Reporting and forecasting

    joiin

    4.91 out of 5 stars
     419
    Accountant tools, Reporting and forecasting
    Multi-entity consolidated financial reporting, group consolidations and intercompany reporting for organisations and accountants. Great-looking reports at the touch of a button 14 day free trial.
  7. Debtor tracking, Invoicing and jobs

    Paidnice

    5 out of 5 stars
     65
    Debtor tracking, Invoicing and jobs
    #1 AR Automation for Xero. Automated Late Fees, Interest, Payment Discounts. Quotes, Email & SMS Reminders. Auto-send Statements & Charge Interest on Aged Debt. 🏆 Winner Xero Global Small Business App of the Year.
  8. Documents

    fileAI

    4.76 out of 5 stars
     37
    Documents
    fileAI leverages proprietary advanced AI OCR to extract and structure data from receipts, invoices, and bank statements, and more in real time. Eliminate manual entry, ensure always up-to-date, audit-ready records, and sync seamlessly with Xero for faster, more accurate bookkeeping.
  9. Payroll HR, Time tracking

    Jibble

    4.81 out of 5 stars
     83
    Payroll HR, Time tracking
    Jibble is a 100% FREE employee time tracking app for timesheets, payroll, attendance, activity, and project tracking. Transform your business with award-winning web and mobile applications to get accurate work hours, measure the efficiency of your employees, and improve time utilization.
  10. CRM and marketing, Inventory

    MRPeasy

    4.63 out of 5 stars
     66
    CRM and marketing, Inventory
    Production planning and inventory management are trusted by over 2000 companies worldwide. MRPeasy is a powerful yet affordable cloud-based MRP/ERP software with full built-in Xero integration.
  11. Invoicing and jobs

    SubSync by Finlert

    5 out of 5 stars
     11
    Invoicing and jobs
    Simple Stripe x Xero Synchronisation. Real-time, error-free two-way synchronisation of Stripe created invoices to Xero. Allowing for simplified reconciliation, management of Accounts Payable in either system, and enhanced Xero reporting.
  12. 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.
  13. CRM and marketing, Ecommerce

    Oncord

    5 out of 5 stars
     13
    CRM and marketing, Ecommerce
    A professional website platform with built-in tools to grow a contact database, send e-mail and sms campaigns, and sell online.
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.