Reconciliator vs The Checkbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reconciliator
This app helps you meticulously track your financial assets and pending transactions. It's designed for individuals who prefer detailed record-keeping, offering a convenient home screen widget for quick balance checks and app access.
- Asset tracking
- Pending transaction monitoring
- Detailed record-keeping
- Home screen widget
- Balance display
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Reconciliator is an application for tracking your assets including all pending transactions. If you're the kind of person who keeps your receipts to put them into a spreadsheet, then you might well find it useful. There is also a convenient widget available to add to your homescreen which shows the current balance and can also be used to launch the app.
The Checkbook
Manage your finances on the go with this transaction tracker. Easily record income and expenses, schedule upcoming bills, and reconcile with your bank statements for accurate balance tracking. Offers multiple accounts, customizable themes, and secure access.
- Real-time transaction tracking
- Upcoming bill and deposit scheduling
- Bank account reconciliation
- Multiple account management
- Customizable color themes
- Transaction search and filtering
- Recurring transaction setup
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Finance At Your Fingertips Track your financial transactions on-the-go in real time. Enter upcoming bill payments and deposits to see how your account balance will change. Reconcile each transaction against your bank account to balance your checkbook and ensure accuracy to the penny. * No ads. * Quick entry screen for new transactions to keep up with spending while you're on the move. * Create a new transaction in seconds with type ahead feature for common transactions. * Manage transactions in multiple accounts. * Customize color theme for each account. * Search for transactions. * Toggle visibility of reconciled transactions to see what hasn't cleared your bank account yet. * Set up recurring transactions. * Transfer money between accounts. * Basic reporting to view spending or income by category and daily spending. * Export transactions to CSV file. * Enable Face ID / Touch ID to secure access to your financial data. * Turn on iCloud Drive data storage to sync transactions across multiple devices. * Share every new transaction with a joint account owner via email or Shared Storage (subscription required) to keep app in sync for different users. Privacy Note: The developer does not collect any data from this app for the default local device or iCloud storage options. The developer only securely stores data for the Shared Storage option (subscription required) for the purpose of sharing and syncing the data with your invited users. See Privacy Policy for more details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Reconciliator at Free against The Checkbook's $4.99. Reconciliator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). The Checkbook's advantage is ratings volume (997 vs 8) and chart position (#22 vs unranked). On rating, ads, monetization model 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
Reconciliator is free to download; The Checkbook costs $4.99 up front. The Checkbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Reconciliator asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reconciliator against 4.8 for The Checkbook. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Checkbook has 997 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Reconciliator's written reviews are positive against 76% of The Checkbook's.
Reconciliator ships an update every 4 days, The Checkbook fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reconciliator | The Checkbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (997 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 76.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 997 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #22 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Pointer | Four One Four 213, LLC |
Customer experience
Reconciliator
The Checkbook
Bugs and requests
Reconciliator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Checkbook
Reported bugs
3 issues- Data loss and sync issues
- Incorrect transaction display
- Recurring transactions not working as expected
Requested features
6 requests- 📊 Spending reports and analytics
- 🔁 More recurring transaction options
- 🖨️ Check printing capability
- 🔀 Ability to split transactions
- 🔄 Easier transaction editing/deletion
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- 🔒 Backup and restore options
In-app purchases
Reconciliator
No in-app purchases
The Checkbook
- Shared Storage - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Shared Storage - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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