HomeBudget with Sync vs Quick Checkbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HomeBudget with Sync
Track expenses, income, bills, and account balances with integrated budgeting and analysis tools. Features family sync for household collaboration and cross-platform availability.
- Expense and income tracking
- Bill management with reminders
- Account balance tracking
- Budgeting and category analysis
- Family sync for multiple devices
- Receipt photo attachment
- Multi-currency support
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Now available in mobile [iPhone/iPad] and desktop versions [Mac OS, Windows], including instant data sync between mobile/desktop versions. (Separate purchase required for each OS platform). A lite version of HomeBudget is available under the free applications category. Give it a try. Contact support@anishu.com, if you need help. We have no way of contacting you if you post an issue as a review. -- HomeBudget is an integrated expense tracker designed to help you track your expenses, income, bills-due and account balances. It offers support for budgeting, and allows analysis of your expenses and income, including charts and graphs. Two key differentiating features of HomeBudget are: 1. Integrated set of features. The features within HomeBudget are well integrated such that a bill can become an expense (when you pay for it) and also adjust the account balance at the same time. 2. Family sync. HomeBudget includes Family Sync, an advanced feature that allows a group of devices within the household to exchange expense and income information, and work together within a single budget. Once setup, the devices sync with each other automatically over the air. Family Sync works across all features including Bills and Accounts. Please refer to the Family Sync Quick Start guide at http://www.anishu.com for information on configuring Family Sync. KEY FEATURES: Expenses: - Create/Edit/Delete expenses and recurring expenses - Browse expense entries by month, by category/date with the ability to drill-down - Optionally associate an account and payee with an expense - Attach photo images of receipts; drag and resize images on screen - Support for multiple currencies and automatic exchange rate conversion - Search expense entries Income: - Create/Edit/Delete income and recurring income - Optionally associate an account with the income Bills - Create/Edit/Delete bills and recurring bills - Support for Payees, and track payments by Payee. - Make payment on bills either an as expense or as a transfer (to avoid double accounting your expenses) - Calendar and list view of Bills - Bill reminders Categories and Budget - Create/Edit/Delete expense categories and sub-categories - Set a budget, and track expenses at the category/sub-category level. - Associate icons with the categories and reorder category display order - Budget rollover - Classify expenses into fixed, variable and discretionary and compute your disposable income Accounts - Support for Accounts such as Checking, Savings, Credit, Debit, Cash, etc. - Associate your expense and income entries with your accounts and accurately track account balances. - View transactions, and do transfer between accounts. - Ability to choose a different base currency for each account Reports - Trend chart for Expense, Budget and Income for the last 6 months - Pie/Bar charts for expense break-down (Available in the Expenses screen). - Export data/reports by email or via WiFi Family Sync - Automatically sync multiple devices (iPhone, iPad, iTouch) in the household and see the same numbers on all devices over 3G and WiFi - Work within the same budget with other members of the household Other - Backup/Restore complete application data, including all receipts - Ability to upload your own list of category icons - Large numeric keypad for expense/income amount entry - HomeBudget follows the locale/region setting on your device and shows date and currency symbols appropriate for your region Visit http://www.anishu.com to see more screenshots, and to download the user guide (PDF, 42 pages).
Quick Checkbook
Manage your personal finances with this app that allows you to track multiple accounts, add transactions, and view financial reports. It offers features like recurring transactions, reconciliation, and various reporting options to help you understand your spending.
- Multiple account tracking
- Add/edit transactions
- Recurring transactions
- Transaction reconciliation
- Income/expense reports
- Split transactions
- Data backup and restore
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Quick Checkbook is a smart personal finance management app, you can track multiple accounts info easily and conveniently. With Quick Checkbook, you will manage your accounts at a glance. You can see clearly balance of all your accounts and each account, add recurring or no cycle transactions, mark transaction as cleared or not, transfer between accounts, and reconcile transactions etc. In reports page, you will see visually where your money comes and goes. Key Features: ⁃ Create multiple accounts, such as checking, saving, credit and cash etc. ⁃ Add/Edit income/expense/transferring transactions. ⁃ Add/Edit recurring transactions with different cycle. ⁃ Mark transaction as cleared or not. ⁃ Add payee info for a transaction. ⁃ Reconcile transactions. ⁃ Check balance of all accounts and each account. ⁃ Check total cleared of all accounts and each account. ⁃ Pie reports for categories of income and expense. ⁃ Histogram reports to compare income and expense. ⁃ Supports the split transactions. ⁃ Supports more comprehensive cycle types. ⁃ View the daily expenses in calendar. ⁃ Supports reconcile account after each transaction. ⁃ Supports different currencies & Running Balance for each account. ⁃ Supports managing Payers and Payers. ⁃ Supports more function chart statistics. ⁃ Adds the function of closing useless accounts and archiving data. ⁃ Set your own currency. ⁃ Pass code protection. ⁃ Search transactions. ⁃ Send data by email in form of PDF, CSV or HTML. ⁃ Supports AirPrint. ⁃ WiFi Backup & Restore. ⁃ iCloud Backup & Restore. ⁃ Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports migrate data to paid version. ⁃ Supports both iPhone and iPad. If you have any questions or suggestion, please mail to userfeed@vip.tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Quick Checkbook at Free against HomeBudget with Sync's $4.99. HomeBudget with Sync's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Quick Checkbook is free to download; HomeBudget with Sync costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HomeBudget with Sync holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of HomeBudget with Sync's written reviews are positive against 67% of Quick Checkbook's.
HomeBudget with Sync ships an update fortnightly, Quick Checkbook every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HomeBudget with Sync | Quick Checkbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.3 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.2% of reviews — better | 67.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #23 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anishu, Inc. | 倩 赵 |
Customer experience
HomeBudget with Sync
Quick Checkbook
User reviews
HomeBudget with Sync
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💰 Helps manage finances
- 🔍 Detailed expense tracking
- 🔒 Secure data storage
- 🔄 Syncs across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sync issues between devices
- 🕰️ Recurring transactions limited to 2 years
- 🔍 Difficulty finding/editing past transactions
- 🔧 Lack of updates and new features
- 💸 Paid app with limited free version
Quick Checkbook
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Convenient for tracking multiple accounts
- 📊 Helpful charts and reports
- 🔍 Good search functionality
- 🗓️ Recurring transactions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Recurring transactions issues
- 🔍 Difficulty editing account names
- 🔍 Confusing category options
- 💰 Ads and limited free version
- 🔍 Lack of split transaction feature
Bugs and requests
HomeBudget with Sync
Reported bugs
3 issues- Balance calculation errors
- Recurring transactions not working as expected
- Crashes after iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to move expenses between categories
- Automatic currency conversion
- Customizable dashboards and reports
- Integration with banking/financial accounts
- Dark mode support
Quick Checkbook
Reported bugs
4 issues- Transactions disappearing or duplicating
- Balance calculation errors
- Language changes unexpectedly
- Recurring transactions not working as expected
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to edit account names
- More customizable category options
- Split transaction feature
- Running balance display
- Dark mode option
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- Export/print transaction history
In-app purchases
HomeBudget with Sync
No in-app purchases
Quick Checkbook
No in-app purchases
Questions
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