Check Book Register vs TagScanner X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Check Book Register
Easily track expenses and develop an aggregate balance for personal or business finances. Save, reuse, and share financial progress reports via email or print.
- Record expenses
- Develop aggregate balance
- Save and reuse registers
- Track financial progress
- Share register statements via email
- Locally save and print registers
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If you are just getting started managing your finances or have a new business and need a quick solution for tracking expenses, Check Book Register is the best app for you. You can record expenses, and develop an aggregate balance. The app lets you save and re-use the Check Book register, so you can see and keep a track of the financial progress of your business over time. If you would like to share the register statements with your business partners, simply tap e-mail, to send the information instantly anytime and anywhere. Alternatively, you can locally save, email and print the Check Book Register. Managing your check book has never been so easier.
TagScanner X
This app enables rapid saving of asset tags using your iPhone's camera. It supports various barcode types and offers four input modes for different scanning needs, including inventory management and quick email generation.
- Scan 1D and 2D barcodes
- Four input modes (Normal, Inventory, Detail, Email)
- Automatic location tagging
- Database view with export options
- Map integration for scanned locations
- CSV file export
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TagScanner X allows you to quickly save asset tags using your iPhone's camera, works with most barcodes like both 2D and 1D barcodes such as PDF417, QR, Aztec, EAN, UPC, Code 128, etc. With four different input modes you can find the one for the task that you are trying to complete. Normal mode saves the asset tag, date/time, and the tag's location when you scan the tag without any user interaction. Inventory mode saves the asset tag, date/time, the tag's location, default building, default department, default make and default model when you scan the tag without any user interaction. Detail mode pre-populates a fillable form with the asset tag, date/time, the tag's location, default building, default department, default make and default model when you scan the tag allowing you to change any information before saving the tag to the database. Email mode saves the asset tag, date/time, and the tag's location when you scan the tag without any user interaction, but also pulls up an email with pre-defined email addresses allowing you to send emails quickly regarding the asset tag you just scanned. Using the database view you can copy multiple tags to the clipboard or send a CSV file with all the tag's information to any email address. When viewing an individual tag's information in the database, the app will automatically place a marker on a map of where the tag was scanned.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Check Book Register at 1.9 against TagScanner X's 1.0. Check Book Register also leads on ratings volume (29 vs 3) and chart position (#133 vs unranked). TagScanner X's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (30% vs 10%). On price and ads 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
Check Book Register costs $0.99 and TagScanner X $0.99 up front. Check Book Register sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. TagScanner X asks for nothing beyond the download.
Check Book Register holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Check Book Register has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Check Book Register's written reviews are positive against 30% of TagScanner X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Check Book Register ships an update every 9 days, TagScanner X every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Check Book Register | TagScanner X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.9 (29 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manu Gupta | PALIANTech |
Customer experience
Check Book Register
TagScanner X
Bugs and requests
Check Book Register
Reported bugs
25 issues- Files deleted after updates
- Data loss on updates
- App freezes frequently
- Does not save data
- Balance not carried over
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- Math calculations are wrong
- App opens upside down
- App hangs up, won't load or freezes
- Slow to respond
- Does not subtract transactions
- Cannot get beyond sample page
- Does not let you save info
- Cannot add to register after saving
- Cannot edit cells
- Lost other transactions
- Lose everything when adding pages
- Difficult to type in
- Cannot create more than one bank book
- Does not let you keep a record of balance
- Kept losing registry even when saved
- Lost whole registry after update
- Dumped all data when downloading update
- Runs very sluggish
- Doesn't save long term
- Cannot set up checking accounts
Requested features
8 requests- Add columns for date and check numbers
- Ability to add more pages
- Add more sheets for input
- Automatic numeric function for date/amounts
- More space to enter transaction details
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- More sophisticated functionality
- Ability to sync with bank account (implied by some wanting more)
- Dark mode option
TagScanner X
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Check Book Register
- Email 10 Pdf$0.99
- Share Pdf$0.99
- Save 10 files to server$0.99
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- Email 10 PDFs via Gmail$0.99
- 5 times Save as,Print and Email$0.99
- Email 25 Pdf$1.99
- Email 50 Pdf$2.99
- Email 100 Pdf$3.99
- 500 times Save as, Print and Email$4.99
- 1000 times Save as, Print and Email$6.99
TagScanner X
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Check Book Register free?
Is TagScanner X free?
Which has better reviews, Check Book Register or TagScanner X?
Do Check Book Register or TagScanner X have ads?
Which is updated more often, Check Book Register or TagScanner X?
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