You can raise the invoice from your phone, put the IRN on it and get it to the retailer in a minute. The rest of the day still runs off paper and the office desktop: the van load, the supplier bills, the reminders and the bank statement somebody matches by hand.
Takkada is the Livekeeping alternative for distributors who want the whole day on the phone, not only the invoice. Both apps create Tally vouchers from mobile and generate e-invoices and e-way bills. Takkada adds e-invoice cancellation, delivery challans, dispatch loading, purchase bills from PDF, and UPI collection matched back into Tally.
Both apps raise the IRN and the e-way bill from the phone. When the buyer cancels the order or the truck never leaves, Takkada cancels the e-invoice or the e-way bill from the same screen, with the portal reason code, and writes the status back against the voucher.
Photograph the supplier bill or drop the PDF in, and the purchase voucher is built with its item lines ready to check. Bank statements import and match the same way. It is the data-entry hour nobody wants at the end of the day.
The PDF reaches the retailer on WhatsApp within seconds of you saving the voucher, and the UPI link is on it. Getting the bill to him and getting him a way to pay it stop being two separate jobs.
Any UPI app, any amount, no transaction cap and no monthly fee. On low-ticket distribution where a hundred retailers each pay a few thousand rupees, the percentage a gateway takes is the difference the collection has to earn back.
The receipt entry posts against the correct invoice on its own, including when one payment covers three bills or arrives with no reference at all. That is the work Livekeeping leaves on the desk, because it has no collection rail to reconcile from.
| What you need | Takkada | Livekeeping |
|---|---|---|
| Tally data on a phone | Yes | Yes |
| Voucher creation from mobile into Tally | Yes, 13 voucher types including credit and debit notes | Yes. Credit and debit notes not found in the release notes. |
| Generate e-invoice and e-way bill from the phone | Yes, included from the compliance plan up | Yes, sold as a paid add-on tier |
| Cancel an e-invoice or e-way bill from the phone | Yes, with the portal reason codes and eligibility check | Not offered. Voucher cancellation in Tally is a different thing. |
| UPI payment link on every invoice | Yes, at zero MDR with no cap and no monthly fee | Not offered |
| Receipt posted into Tally automatically | Yes, including partial and unreferenced payments | Not offered |
| Invoice dispatched to the retailer automatically | Yes, as the voucher is saved, from Takkada's number or your own (paid add-on) | Reminders on outstanding bills, not dispatch on save |
| Purchase bill photo or PDF into a Tally voucher | Yes, with bank statement import alongside it | Not offered |
| Warehouse-level access control per team member | Yes | Not offered |
Livekeeping details compiled on 8 August 2026 from their App Store version history, their pricing sheet and their marketplace listings. Their release notes are published frequently, so check the current version before you decide on this table alone.
E-invoice and e-way bill from the phone are part of the plan here rather than a separate compliance tier. Payment collection is an add-on available on every plan.
Assurance ₹4,860/year + GST on a 3-year term
See what every plan includesThree things a distributor notices. Takkada cancels an e-invoice or e-way bill from the phone, where Livekeeping stops at generating them. It builds the van load and brings supplier bills in from a PDF. And it carries UPI collection with each receipt matched back into Tally, which Livekeeping does not offer.
Livekeeping puts e-invoice and e-way bill generation in an upper add-on tier on top of its base subscription. Takkada includes generation and cancellation from the compliance plan upwards, with no separate compliance charge. Payment collection is the piece sold as an add-on here, and it is available on every plan rather than reserved for the top one. Exact figures for both are on the pricing section.
No. Both products work the same way, through a connector running on the machine that already has Tally on it, reading and writing against your existing company. Your voucher numbering, ledger groups, stock items and history stay exactly as they are. You can run both for a period if you want to compare them on the same books before deciding, which is what we normally suggest.
No, and neither can anyone else. GSTN announced a voluntary e-way bill closure facility for 1 August 2026, then Advisory No. 668 of 29 July 2026 placed the whole set in abeyance and withdrew the advisories from the portal, telling everyone to make no production changes. Until GSTN revives it, closure does not exist to be offered. Cancelling the e-way bill and cancelling the IRN are separate facilities and both work today.
They ship updates frequently and have been polishing the mobile GST creation flow for well over a year, so that path is well worn. They also sit inside a much larger distribution network, which usually means an easier local support conversation. Neither of those is a feature you can put in a table, and both are real. If mobile invoicing with GST documents is genuinely all you need, they cover it.
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