I thought I made $4.2k last month. My real profit was $2.2k.

For the last 6 months I thought I was doing well.

Stripe says $4.2k this month. Nice.

Then I pay $600 for tools, $400 contractors, $800 taxes I forgot about, $150 Stripe fees...

Real profit? $2.2k. Half of what I thought.

I tried Bonsai, Quickbooks, spreadsheets. All of them are built for agencies or accountants. I just wanted one simple answer: "How much did I REALLY make this month?"

So I started building a stupidly simple tracker for myself:

•  Connect Stripe

•  Add expenses in 2 clicks

•  One number: Real Profit

No invoices, no accounting, no "profit & loss statements".

I called it SoloPro. Launched it here last week to $0 MRR (as you can see on my profile lol).

Question for other solo/freelancers: how do you actually track if you're profitable? Are you using a spreadsheet, just checking bank balance, or some tool that finally worked for you?

I feel like I'm overcomplicating it and there's a simpler way I'm missing.