iCheckBalance vs Checkbook Wiz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCheckBalance
Manage your finances with a comprehensive checkbook and bill tracking tool. Easily reconcile statements, track recurring bills, and visualize your cash flow with insightful charts. Secure your financial data with passcode and biometric locks.
- Spreadsheet-like interface for statement reconciliation
- Track pending and reconciled transactions
- Recurring bill setup and calendar view
- Cash flow charts and balance visualization
- Multi-line in-app calculator
- Passcode and biometric lock security
- Data backup and CSV export
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iCheckBalance is an easy to use checkbook app and a bill tracking app in one. + iCheckBalance has a simple spreadsheet like interface that makes reconciling statements a snap. + Transaction rows can be moved up or down to change the sequence to match your bank statement. + New transaction rows can be inserted at the end, or above, or below an existing row. + Balance is calculated for each transaction. + Transactions not yet cleared can be marked as pending and (optionally) removed from the balance calculations. + Reconciled transactions can be flagged as such. + Quick fill feature for fast transactions entry. + Easily Transfer amounts between accounts. + Cash flow charts. + Charts deposits, deductions, and balance over day, week, month or year time periods. * Bills and payments can be tracked for multiple bill accounts. * Bills can be setup to recur weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, 6-monthy or yearly. * Bills can be viewed on calendar. * Bills can be sorted by due date. * Bills due soon and overdue are marked. * Bill payments can be deducted from an account when entering bill payment. + In-app multi-line calculator: great for calculating discounts and percentages. + Rows in calculator can be edited with all results updating like a spreadsheet. * Passcode lock for added security with option to unlock using Touch ID (or Face ID on iPhone X). * Help info in the app; no separate manual needed. + You get all the features when you buy the app and get all future updates for free. There are no in-app purchases for additional features or subscriptions to buy and no ads in the app. All data backed up on sync. You can also export account data in CSV format for reading into spreadsheets or for keeping your own backup. Get iCheckBalance and avoid late fees and bank charges by staying on top of your bank accounts, credit cards and bills.
Checkbook Wiz
Easily track your financial transactions and account balances. Manage multiple accounts, currencies, and recurring expenses with detailed reports and secure backup options. Ideal for personal daily finance management.
- Track account balances and transactions
- Supports multiple currencies
- Recurring transaction management
- Detailed income and expense reports
- Transaction splitting and categorization
- Receipt and check number attachment
- iCloud and Dropbox backup/restore
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A simple and easy to use app to track transactions and balance of your accounts like checking saving, credit card and cash etc. Checkbook Wiz is a convenient way to manage your personal daily finance, check or add transactions anywhere with your device, keep an eye on balance of your accounts, see clearly where you money comes and goes. You can set multiple currencies for this app, and it support iCloud auto sync, iCloud & Dropbox backup and restore, makes it easier for you and your other family number to manage accounts together. Key features: ⁃ Track total balance, cleared balance of total accounts and each account. ⁃ Track transactions of each account. ⁃ Supports different currencies for each account. ⁃ Show transactions by daily and monthly. ⁃ Show daily and monthly total income and expense by calendar. ⁃ Supports adding expense, income and transfer transactions. ⁃ Supports splitting a transaction across multiple categories. ⁃ Add receipt for a transaction. ⁃ Add check number for a transaction. ⁃ Mark transaction as cleared or not directly in main screen page. ⁃ Kinds of default categories and you can add your own. ⁃ Supports adding recurring transactions. ⁃ Search transactions by name, category, account, amount, type and note text in a specific date range. ⁃ Comprehensive reports including: a). Total income & expense of all accounts and each account. b). Transactions by category. c). Transactions by payee. d). Monthly income & expense cash flow histogram. e). Monthly account balance chart view. ⁃ Export data inform of PDF, CSV and HTML. ⁃ Supports Air Print. ⁃ Password protection. ⁃ Supports Touch ID as passcode. ⁃ Add unlimited reminders. ⁃ Set Primary Account, primary category and home currency. ⁃ Custom month start day. ⁃ Show or hide reconciled transaction. ⁃ Supports iCloud auto sync. ⁃ Support both iCloud and Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Checkbook Wiz at Free against iCheckBalance's $1.99. Checkbook Wiz also leads on ratings volume (815 vs 26). iCheckBalance's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Checkbook Wiz is free to download; iCheckBalance costs $1.99 up front. Checkbook Wiz sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months. iCheckBalance asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for iCheckBalance against 4.2 for Checkbook Wiz. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkbook Wiz has 815 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of iCheckBalance's written reviews are positive against 75% of Checkbook Wiz's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCheckBalance | Checkbook Wiz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (26 ratings) | 4.2 (815 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 75.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 815 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #117 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonmbol LLC | LINKLINKS LTD |
Customer experience
iCheckBalance
Checkbook Wiz
Bugs and requests
iCheckBalance
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Checkbook Wiz
Reported bugs
3 issues- Transactions disappearing from register
- Incorrect account balances displayed
- App crashing when adding accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to delete/edit payees
- Automatic recurring transaction entry
- Custom reporting and budgeting tools
- Sync across multiple devices
- Improved category management
In-app purchases
iCheckBalance
No in-app purchases
Checkbook Wiz
- Premium - 6 months$1.996 Months
- Pro Version$19.99
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