Apron Books Club is Apron’s partner rewards programme for accounting and bookkeeping practices. In simple terms, you earn lifetime points for using Apron in your own practice and across client accounts. Those points move you through tiers, and each tier unlocks practical benefits like plan discounts, higher document allowances, support perks, and CPD credits.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through how Apron Books Club works, how points and tiers are earned, and what you actually get at each tier. We’ll also share the “practice first” approach we recommend, because it’s the quickest way to understand the workflow before you roll it out to clients.
As a quick credibility note, we (Zoe Whitman and Jo Wood at The 6 Figure Bookkeeper) have been testing Apron in real workflows for our own business, so this is written from a bookkeeper’s point of view and a business point of view.
What is Apron Books Club?
Apron Books Club is an automatic rewards programme. If your practice uses Apron, you’re enrolled by default. That means you can start earning points straight away.
It’s designed to reward the habits that make a difference in real bookkeeping work, for example:
- capturing documents consistently
- making supplier payments through a shared workflow
- running payroll payments in a more streamlined way
- using expense cards so employee spend is easier to track
- keeping core finance jobs in one place, instead of scattered across tools
How Apron Books Club works
Books Club is this simple.
Use Apron, earn points, move up tiers, unlock better benefits.
Points come from your practice and your clients
Apron awards points based on activity in:
- your firm’s own practice account
- your client accounts (whether the work is done by you or the client)
That matters because you can build points while you’re testing Apron internally, and then continue building as you roll it out across clients.
Points are capped per account
Apron sets clear ceilings, so you know what’s possible:
- up to 120 points from the firm’s own practice account
- up to 60 points per client account
Points update overnight
Books Club points refresh once each night. So if you complete actions today, you’ll usually see the updated total tomorrow.
That’s helpful to remember if you’re onboarding a few clients in one go, you might do a lot of work in a day, then see the jump in your tier the next morning.
Why we recommend “practice first”
If you want to get confident with Apron and build early momentum in Books Club, start inside your own practice.
Here’s why:
- Your firm account can earn up to 120 points, which Apron says is enough to reach Silver, just by setting up and proving the workflow internally.
- You learn the steps in a low risk environment, so you’re not figuring it out while a client is chasing a payment.
- Once you’ve built the workflow once, rolling it out to each client account becomes far quicker.
Apron also states that using Apron for the firm’s own bookkeeping and payments can be free, which removes some friction when you’re testing it internally. (We’d still check the current wording on Apron’s site, because pricing and inclusions can change.)
How you earn points in Apron Books Club
Apron awards points for specific “first” actions across key features. The exact list can vary, but examples include:
- processing documents through capture
- making supplier or bill payments
- running a payroll payment
- completing an expense card payment
- using core transactions that connect payments and bookkeeping
The main thing to understand is this. Books Club rewards setup and adoption. So once you’ve built the workflow in your practice, repeating it for each client becomes a repeatable onboarding process, and each client can contribute up to 60 points.
Apron Books Club tiers and benefits
Apron defines four tiers based on points earned, New Partner, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.
New Partner (0 to 99 points)
- 15% off client subscription plans
- 250 documents per client per month
- 1 CPD credit per year
Silver (100 to 499 points)
- 10% off the practice Capture plan
- 20% off client subscription plans
- 400 documents per client per month
- 1 CPD credit per year, plus exclusive events and rewards
Gold (500 to 1,999 points)
- 20% off the practice Capture plan
- 25% off client subscription plans
- 500 documents per client per month
- Dedicated account manager, priority support, and up to 3 CPD credits per year
Platinum (2,000+ points)
- 30% off the practice Capture plan
- 30% off client subscription plans
- Unlimited documents per client
- Dedicated account manager, priority support, and up to 5 CPD credits per year
Where Apron Card fits, and why it matters
Apron Card sits inside the wider workflow that Books Club rewards. It’s built to help businesses manage employee spend with:
- real time visibility
- custom limits
- approval workflows
- easier tracking of expenses as they happen
From a bookkeeper’s perspective, this matters for two reasons.
Firstly, expense card usage is one of the behaviours that can earn points. Secondly, it can reduce the “end of month scramble” where someone sends a pile of receipts after the fact. When spend is captured as it happens, it’s usually easier to code, reconcile, and keep organised.
FAQ, Apron Books Club for bookkeepers
What is Apron Books Club?
Apron Books Club is Apron’s partner programme for accountants and bookkeepers. Firms earn lifetime points for using Apron across the practice and client accounts, and those points unlock tiered rewards like discounts, higher document allowances, and CPD credits.
How does Apron Books Club work, and what do bookkeepers actually get?
Books Club tracks point earning actions (documents, payments, payroll, expense cards). As your points increase, you move through tiers that unlock discounts and perks. The tangible benefits include client plan discounts, Capture plan discounts, higher document allowances (up to unlimited), support upgrades, and CPD credits at higher tiers.
How do Apron Books Club points work?
Points come from both your firm account (up to 120 points) and each client account (up to 60 points). They’re earned based on specific “first” actions, such as processing a document or making a payment. Because of this structure, many firms build momentum by testing in the practice first, then scaling through consistent client onboarding.
How do bookkeepers earn points quickly?
Start with your own practice account. It has a defined maximum of 120 points, so it’s the quickest place to build early points while you learn the workflow. After that, rolling the same setup out to client accounts becomes much faster.
What are the Apron Books Club tiers?
New Partner (0 to 99), Silver (100 to 499), Gold (500 to 1,999), and Platinum (2,000+). Each tier unlocks better discounts, document allowances, and support or CPD benefits. In other words, the tiers give you a “what next” pathway, use the core features, then repeat across clients.
How often do points update?
Books Club points refresh once each night, so actions taken today typically show in your total the next day.
Does Apron Books Club include CPD?
Yes. Apron lists CPD credits as a tier benefit, from 1 CPD credit per year at lower tiers up to 5 per year at Platinum.
Your action plan, how to put this into practice
If you want to test Apron properly and move up the Books Club tiers without overthinking it, follow this simple order:
- Use Apron inside your own practice first, capture, pay, payroll, expenses.
- Process your first document using the method you’ll actually use long term.
- Run one payroll payment end to end, so you know every step.
- Make one supplier payment using the approval flow you want clients to follow.
- If you plan to use Apron Card, issue a card and run the first transaction so you can see how spend controls and capture behave.
- Onboard clients in batches and repeat the same setup each time.
- Check your Books Club tier after the nightly refresh, then plan what you need for the next tier.
Apron Books Club
If you want a more connected way to handle capture, payments, payroll, and expenses, Apron Books Club rewards the habits that make that possible.
Start in your own practice first, learn the workflow, then roll it out to clients with the same steps each time. That’s how you build confidence, and it’s also how you move up the Books Club tiers systematically.
Head to Apron’s Books Club page to check the current points actions and tier benefits, and map out your next steps.
