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Unpaid invoices, gently collected.

Tidepool tracks every invoice, senses when a client goes quiet, and sends polite, perfectly-timed nudges — so you get paid without the awkward “just bumping this” email.

Free for 3 invoices · No card required · $48k recovered this week

6.2 daysmedian faster payout
93%of nudges get opened
0awkward emails written
NUDGE OPENED“Oh! Paying today 🙏”
tidepool / ledger
+$2,340 this week
Outstanding · March
$8,412
M
Meridian Studio — Brand sprint#1042 · due 12 days ago
$2,800
2nd nudge sent
J
J. Okafor — Edit + color#1043 · due in 3 days
$1,150
watching kindly
P
Petal & Post — Packaging#1039 · paid yesterday
$960
paid · no chase

Next nudge ready: warm follow-up to Meridian, Thursday 9am. Approve & send?

✓PAID · JUST NOW$960 from Petal & Post

01 — Why it works

Like a tidepool: calm on the surface, doing a lot underneath.

You do the work. Tidepool does the watching, the waiting, and the wording — keeping every invoice warm until it lands in your account.

Ledger that watches itself

Connect Stripe, Wise, or your bank. Tidepool matches payments to invoices and flags quiet clients at day 3, 10, 21 — before dread sets in.

Nudges, not nagging

A sequence that starts warm and firms up slowly. Clients feel reminded, never chased. You approve every word — or let autopilot swim.

Tone tuner

Slide from friendly → firm. Tidepool rewrites your reminder in your voice: same facts, different current. Big-client diplomacy included.

Proof you’re professional

Branded invoice pages, late-fee math handled gracefully, and a paper trail that makes “the check is in the mail” much harder to say.

02 — The tone tuner

Same invoice. Three currents.

Pick a tone and watch the same reminder rewrite itself. This is the actual Tidepool voice engine — polite by default, precise when it counts.

03 — From the shallow end

Freelancers who stopped dreading payday.

★★★★★
“I used to lose Sundays to invoice anxiety. Tidepool collected two late payments while I was on a hike. I cried a little — in a good way.”
MKMara KesslerIllustrator, Berlin · $11.4k recovered
$11.4krecovered by Mara in 90 days
−6 daysaverage wait, across all users
41 hrssaved yearly on follow-ups
4.9★from 1,900 freelancer reviews

04 — Pricing

Pays for itself with one nudge.

Monthly Yearly −20%

Drifter · for trying

$0 /forever

For your first few invoices.

  • 3 active invoices
  • Manual nudges
  • 1-click pay links
  • Email support
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Tidepool Pro · for freelancers

$12 /mo

Unlimited invoices + autopilot nudges.

  • Unlimited invoices & clients
  • Auto nudge sequences
  • Tone tuner in your voice
  • Late-fee & tax-ready reports
  • Priority support
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Studio · for small teams

$29 /mo

Shared ledger, many inboxes.

  • Everything in Pro
  • 3 seats + roles
  • Shared client history
  • Custom invoice pages
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30-day money-back · Cancel anytime · Your clients never pay Tidepool a cent

Stop writing “just bumping this.” Let the tide do it.

Join 12,000+ freelancers who get paid 6 days faster — without one awkward email.

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