Checkboard vs Elewa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkboard
Streamline your home buying or renting process with instant background checks. This app verifies your identity, employment, and finances through secure connections, providing comprehensive reports to landlords and agents.
- Identity verification
- Employment verification
- Financial account connection (Open Banking)
- Income and expenditure verification
- Fast transaction times
- Personalized reports
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Checkboard is a service which allows people to save time when applying for your next home to buy or rent. We make things easy by taking a simple approach through our App to capture details about you. We confirm your identity through advanced AI techniques, capture your employment situation and connect you directly through open banking to your financial accounts to verify your income, regular expenditures to complete your application. Once submitted we get to work immediately. Our clever technology speeds up transaction times up to 75% and provides informative results in our personalised Checkboard reports. Designed for estate agents, landlords and corporate companies of all sizes, Checkboard is built to provide a one stop shop for, identity, credit, affordability, proof of funds and anti-money laundering checks. People wishing to apply to rent or buy can provide all the information needed to purchase or rent properties from one provider, all through our Free to download mobile application.
Elewa
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Our app is your one-stop solution for beauty salon chairs and maintenance services. Browse a wide selection of high-quality salon chairs with modern designs, compare features and prices, and order directly from the app. Need a repair or maintenance service? Easily submit a request and our team will handle the rest, ensuring your salon always looks and operates at its best.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Elewa at 13.0 against Checkboard's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Checkboard ships an update every 3 weeks, Elewa every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkboard | Elewa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Checkboard Limited | Hussein Elewa |
Bugs and requests
Checkboard
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing screens
- Failed uploads
- Incompatibility issues
- Payment processing problems
Requested features
3 requests- Allow uploading of documents like passports and driving licenses
- Improve stability and reliability
- Provide better customer support
Elewa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Checkboard
No in-app purchases
Elewa
No in-app purchases








