Checkboard vs PitCRM
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.
PitCRM
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PitCRM is the all-in-one workshop management platform built specifically for UK vehicle service businesses — detailers, ppf installers, vehicle wrapping, MOT centres, body shops, tinting specialists and mechanical garages. Manage your entire operation from your phone or desktop. Create and track jobs, manage bookings, send invoices, communicate with customers and run vehicle inspections — all in one place. KEY FEATURES Job Management - Create, assign and track jobs from Scheduled to Complete - Built-in job timer to log hours worked - Assign jobs to technicians with real-time status updates - Vehicle inspection reports with photo capture and damage mapping - Digital customer signature on handover Bookings & Calendar - Online booking portal for customers to self-book - Calendar view by day, week or month - Booking confirmation emails and SMS sent automatically Invoicing & Payments - Create professional invoices with VAT support - Accept card, Apple Pay and Google Pay via Stripe - Track paid and overdue invoices at a glance - Sync invoices automatically to Xero and QuickBooks Customer Management - Full customer profiles with vehicle history - Customer portal for self-service invoice viewing - Automated follow-up messages and reminders Communications - SMS, email and WhatsApp messaging - Automation rules for booking confirmations, MOT reminders, re-engagement - Branded messages with your business name Vehicle Inspections - Digital inspection reports with damage map - Photo capture using your phone camera - Customer signature captured on screen - Export to PDF UK-Native - DVLA vehicle lookup by registration plate - MOT history check - VAT-compliant invoicing and MTD-ready accounting sync - UK phone number formatting
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Checkboard at every 3 weeks against PitCRM's every 2 months. 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
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, PitCRM every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkboard | PitCRM |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Checkboard Limited | Gears and Motor ltd |
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
PitCRM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Checkboard
No in-app purchases
PitCRM
No in-app purchases









