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title: "Invoice Simple vs Wave: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Invoice Simple or Wave? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Invoicing apps set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Invoice Simple vs Wave: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Invoice Simple or Wave? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Invoicing apps set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Invoice Simple and Wave
- **Competitive set**: Invoicing apps
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Invoice Simple Share of Search**: 11.3%
- **Wave Share of Search**: 27.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Invoice Simple or Wave?

- In August 2026, Wave had more branded searches than Invoice Simple among invoicing apps in New Zealand. Wave was estimated to have 530 branded searches compared to Invoice Simple’s 220, and held a 27.3% Share of Search versus Invoice Simple’s 11.3%.
- Wave was ahead of Invoice Simple in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Invoice Simple’s estimated Share of Search among invoicing apps in New Zealand moved from 12.6% to 11.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 270 to 220.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Wave’s estimated Share of Search among invoicing apps in New Zealand moved from 32.7% to 27.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 700 to 530.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand invoicing apps in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Wave in New Zealand fell 24.3% over 11 measured months, from 700 to 530 in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Invoice Simple in New Zealand fell 18.5% over 11 measured months, from 270 to 220 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Invoice Simple estimated searches | Invoice Simple Share of Search | Invoice Simple rank | Wave estimated searches | Wave Share of Search | Wave rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 270 | 12.6% | 3 | 700 | 32.7% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | 280 | 12.4% | 3 | 770 | 34.2% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 170 | 9.2% | 5 | 630 | 34.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 270 | 13.4% | 3 | 680 | 33.7% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 280 | 12.6% | 3 | 720 | 32.3% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 280 | 11.5% | 4 | 860 | 35.4% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 220 | 10.9% | 3 | 680 | 33.7% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 300 | 12.6% | 3 | 830 | 34.7% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 220 | 10.6% | 4 | 730 | 35.1% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 220 | 11.5% | 4 | 530 | 27.6% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 220 | 11.3% | 4 | 530 | 27.3% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Invoice Simple’s and Wave’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Invoice Simple**: Measured on the search terms “invoice simple”, “invoice simple invoice app”, “invoice simple online”, “invoicesimple” and “invoicesimple com”, summed into one figure.
- **Wave**: Measured on the search terms “wave accounting”, “wave accounting program”, “wave invoice”, “wave invoice app”, “waveapps” and “waveapps app”, summed into one figure.

- [Invoice Simple profile](/demand/nz/brands/invoice-simple)
- [Wave profile](/demand/nz/brands/wave-accounting)
- [All invoicing apps in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-invoicing-apps): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Invoice Simple or Wave?

In August 2026, Wave had more branded searches than Invoice Simple among invoicing apps in New Zealand. Wave was estimated to have 530 branded searches compared to Invoice Simple’s 220, and held a 27.3% Share of Search versus Invoice Simple’s 11.3%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Invoice Simple vs Wave: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/invoice-simple-vs-wave-accounting

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