# Paper notebook or Dashing: when should the daftar move to a screen?

> Dashing is a free one-branch cashier that adds up debts, stock and profit, like your debt notebook but with totals. When to move from paper to a screen.

Dashing (dashingerp.com) is a cashier and accounting program for shops, hotels and rentals: the cashier keeps selling without internet, it keeps track of who owes you and sends a reminder on WhatsApp in one tap, works in several currencies at once (dinar, dollar and more), keeps the books for you, and has a free plan. In Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani) and English, with an assistant called Dash that answers from your own numbers.

Canonical: https://dashingerp.com/en/compare/paper-notebook

Dashing is your notebook, but it adds up. It fits a shop where the totals are slow to add up, a customer disagrees about what they owe, more than one person writes in the book, or you want to know your profit. It is free for one branch, with no card.

_Last updated 2026-10-29_

| | Paper notebook | Dashing |
|---|---|---|
| **Invoicing / VAT** | None; not reportable to a bank or tax office (2026-10) | Invoices, receipts, WhatsApp link, optional VAT |
| **Inventory** | None; no link to stock (2026-10) | Stock drops on each sale |
| **Accounting depth** | No totals unless you add them (2026-10) | Balance per customer, income statement, balance sheet, month close |

_How many Iraqi shops still use a paper notebook is not public; we found no survey (2026-10). One 2026 paper puts cash at about 90% of transactions and 23% of adults with a formal account, which shows the setting is friendly to paper._

## Where Dashing is better

Totals: every customer has a balance that moves with each payment, aged at 30, 60 and 90 days. Statement: staff send it on WhatsApp with one tap, a polite way to ask, instead of an awkward conversation. Safety: a page can be lost or edited; in Dashing nothing is deleted, an invoice is voided with a visible entry, and the shop is backed up nightly. Stock and profit: each sale lowers stock and feeds the income statement. Limit: you can set a credit limit per customer.

## Who Dashing fits

- Several people writing in the book, many customers on credit, disputes about amounts, a second branch, or a bank or accountant asking for statements.

## Common questions

### Do I have to give up my notebook?

No. Start by entering old customer balances; the notebook can stay beside it until you trust the screen.

### What if the power goes out?

The cashier keeps selling offline on the device while its battery lasts, and uploads sales once when the connection returns.

### Is it really free?

Yes for one branch: no card, no expiry, sales never capped. A second branch needs the yearly plan.

## Sources

- [ijler.umsida.ac.id/index.php/ijler/article/view/1537](https://ijler.umsida.ac.id/index.php/ijler/article/view/1537) (2026-10-28)
- [kapita.iq/content/issue/measure-it-manage-it](https://kapita.iq/content/issue/measure-it-manage-it) (2026-10-28)

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashingerp.com/compare/paper-notebook
- کوردی: https://dashingerp.com/ckb/compare/paper-notebook

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