Comparison

Age ID vs Match The Books

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Age ID

Instantly scan and verify identification documents using your smartphone's camera. This app helps merchants avoid fines by quickly identifying underage individuals and expired IDs. It securely logs scan history for compliance.

Highlights
  • Scan driver licenses and IDs
  • Verify ID authenticity
  • Detect underage and expired IDs
  • Log scan history
  • Reduce merchant fines
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Aim your smartphone at the barcode on a Driver License to instantly read, verify, parse and display the results: Underage, Expired ID, Alerts, etc. Age ID comes with Intellicheck's patented ID Check software to verify the authenticity of an ID by reading and verifying the format of the information encoded in the bar codes on state and provincial driver licenses, identification cards, military and government IDs. It can be used to reduce the chance of receiving fines & penalties to merchants who unknowingly sell age-restricted products to underage purchasers. It keeps track of who was scanned and when. Age ID works with devices that have an 8MP camera or higher (iPhone 6S or better). It also works with the 5th generation iPad and iPad Mini.

About

Match The Books

Streamline cash reconciliation for businesses with this app. It allows staff to count cash by denomination, log paid-outs with receipts, and automatically compares counts against POS data to flag variances. Managers gain full visibility into every shift and reconciliation.

Highlights
  • Cash counts by denomination
  • Paid-outs with photo receipts
  • POS integration for automatic variance calculation
  • Shift handoffs with rolling counts
  • Multi-location and team management
  • Variance alerts via email/SMS
  • Face ID sign-in
Features
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Match The Books is the fastest way for bars, restaurants, and retail shops to reconcile cash registers — at the start and end of every shift, right on a phone. WHAT IT DOES Staff count opening and closing cash by denomination on their phone. The app compares the count against the expected drawer, pulls expected cash and card totals from your POS (Clover, Toast, or Square integrations), and flags any variance over your set threshold. Managers can see every shift, every paid-out, and every reconciliation from the same app. WHO IT'S FOR – Owners who want clean, audit-ready books without keeping a spreadsheet – Managers who want visibility into every shift and who closed it – Staff who want a fast, no-friction end-of-shift process FEATURES - Cash counts by denomination — quickly count $100s through pennies with live running totals - Paid-outs with photo receipts — log tips out, refunds, supply runs with the receipt attached - POS comparison — pulls live totals from Clover, Toast, or Square so over/short is calculated automatically - Shift handoffs — closing counts roll into the next shift's opening so the math always lines up - Multi-location and team — one company account, unlimited locations and employees - Variance alerts — email or SMS notifications when a shift closes outside your threshold - Face ID sign-in — secure and fast PRICING Free 30-day trial. After that, $5 per location per month plus $2.50 per extra register at each location. Unlimited employees and managers. Cancel anytime — billed monthly, no commitment. Questions or want a demo? Email hadavand1979@gmail.com.

Screenshots

Age ID4 screens
Match The Books4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Match The Books at 5.0 against Age ID's 2.5. Match The Books also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Age ID's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (92 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Match The Books holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Age ID has 92 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Age ID ships an update every 2 months, Match The Books every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Age ID versus Match The Books: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAge IDMatch The Books
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (92 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings92 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntellicheck, Inc.Ali Hadavand

Customer experience

Age ID

All ratings91 ratings
Positive35.2%
Neutral6.6%
Negative58.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Match The Books

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Age ID

No in-app purchases

None

Match The Books

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Age ID free?
Age ID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Match The Books free?
Match The Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Age ID or Match The Books?
Match The Books is rated higher. Age ID averages 2.5 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while Match The Books averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Age ID or Match The Books have ads?
Neither Age ID nor Match The Books shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Age ID or Match The Books?
Age ID ships an update every 2 months, and Match The Books every 4 days. Most recently, Age ID was updated on November 1, 2026 and Match The Books on October 31, 2026.

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