Comparison

Finance vs Accounts 2 Checkbook

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Finance

Track checking, savings, and credit card transactions, and create budgets. Syncs data across macOS, iOS, and iPadOS devices via iCloud. Offers time-saving features like custom descriptions, labels, and transaction duplication.

Highlights
  • Transaction tracking
  • Budget creation
  • iCloud data sync
  • Custom descriptions and labels
  • Transaction duplication
  • Balance reconciliation
  • Transaction filtering and searching
Features
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Finance enables you to enter and keep track of your checking, savings, and credit card transactions and create and manage a budget. It uses iCloud to sync your data across all of your macOS, iOS, and iPadOS devices, subtly indicating when a sync is in progress while ensuring uninterrupted productivity. Transaction forms adapt to request only pertinent info based on the account and transaction type. They are designed for consistency across all of your devices and organized to make data entry a breeze with time-saving custom descriptions and labels. You can enter an amount or optionally create an itemized list with multiple amounts that total as they are entered. Additionally, Finance can generate a credit transaction in another account (with the same currency format) from any debit transaction and establish a link between them (e.g., for balance transfers or bill payments). Changes made are reflected in the associated transaction. If a linked transaction is deleted, both are removed. However, if an account is deleted, Finance preserves the transaction in the remaining account, ensuring the history and account balance remains accurate. For new transactions similar to those already created, you can save even more time by simply creating a duplicate with the current date, making any necessary modifications, and then saving it. Beneath the transactions list, a convenient section displays your current balance including color-coded status dots to alert you to issues. Easily reconcile your checking or savings balance with your bank statement or website by checking off cleared items. You can also check off credit card transactions as you pay for them, allowing you to keep track of pending purchases. Use the filter popup menu to display only those transactions that have not been cleared, those within a specified number of days, or those assigned to a particular category. You can also combine the options for even greater control and change the preference for if the filters will be maintained as you move between accounts and search all. Search one or all of your accounts to find what you’re looking for. When searching all, the results will be grouped by account. If your list is filtered, Finance will search only the transactions that have already met your specified criteria. Finance enables you to easily create a budget linked to a checking or saving account to help you manage your money. When you do so, it generates a “General Funds” budget item and places the current total into it. You can create funds and enter the amounts for monthly bills. Use the divide by feature to take out a smaller portion of your income as you build toward the total due. Once you cover your expenses, you can also set up funds to take out a percent of what remains if you're saving up for something special. You can also set goals and even cap the total the funds can hold. Once your budget is set up, the rules you created run in the order they appear (drag them to rearrange the order). When you add to your linked account and choose to apply to budget it distributes the money. If you don't apply to your budget, the total goes into “General Funds”. When deducting from your linked account, you can choose which funds the money will come from. The budget chart and overview list provides an up-to-date status of your funds at all times. Your budget is not set in stone. You can easily transfer money from one fund to another. You can edit your funds, delete funds that are no longer needed (remaining money will be placed in “General Funds”), and set up new funds. Changes take effect next time you add to the linked account.

About

Accounts 2 Checkbook

Manage your personal finances and replace your paper checkbook with this intuitive app. Track daily transactions, schedule recurring payments, and capture photo receipts. Generate insightful reports and export your data for easy analysis.

Highlights
  • Schedule recurring transactions
  • Capture and store photo receipts
  • Generate graphs and reports
  • Sync data via iCloud
  • Export data in CSV, QIF, HTML
  • Reconcile transactions
  • Touch and Face ID support
Features
Currently charting
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*** For the latest features and enhancements, please check out our NEW Accounts 3 Checkbook app, now available for download from the App Store! *** Featured by Apple in "What's Hot" List Accounts 2 is an easy to use application to replace your paper checkbook. With the Accounts 2 application, you will have a quicker and more convenient way to track your daily finances. You can schedule transactions, transfer funds, capture photo receipts, reconcile, view reports, export data, print, and much more. All features of the Accounts 2 app are designed to be quick, clean, intuitive, and easy to use. FEATURES * Touch and Face ID Support Use Touch or Face ID to authenticate and launch the app quicker and more conveniently. * Sync Data via iCloud Sync your data across iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices * Universal Binary Designed for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. No need to buy separate apps for each device. * Graphs and Reports Review your monthly income vs. expense, spending by category, or income by category summaries with beautiful graphs and reports. * Photo Receipts Capture and store photo receipt as part of a transaction. * AirPrint Support Print reports directly from your iPhone or iPad to any AirPrint-enabled printer. * Recurring Transactions Schedule transactions to repeat weekly, biweekly, monthly, semimonthly, quarterly, biannually, or yearly on a start date that you choose. * Split Transactions Split a transaction among several categories for more precise tracking. * Search Quickly search for transactions and edit them from the same screen. * Reconcile Transactions Reconcile by checking off cleared transactions and comparing the actual and outstanding balances against a bank statement. * Smart Autocomplete As you type, a list will show you your previously entered descriptions and corresponding category. Selecting an entry from the list will fill both fields of the transaction. * Auto-increment Check # Field Accounts 2 will suggest the next check number for you based on the previously entered number. If you replace your checkbook, just enter the new starting number and Accounts 2 will auto-increment from there. * Transfers Make a one-time transfer between accounts or set up recurring transfers to automatically repeat. * Export in CSV, QIF & HTML Formats Export transactions via email attachments for used with desktop applications such Numbers, Excel, or MS Money. * Customization Settings & Themes Configurable settings and themes to customize the Accounts 2 application based on your preferences. * Transaction Sorting/Hiding Sort transactions by date in either ascending or descending order. You can also hide reconciled transactions to keep your current list from being cluttered. * Accounts Reordering Reorder your accounts from the account list in any order you choose. * Accounts Delete Lock Prevents accidental deletion of all the transactions under an account. * Backup / Restore Backup your data for safekeeping via email, Dropbox, or iTunes file sharing interface. Then restore it to your device whenever you need to. * Passcode Security Keep your accounts information private. * FREE Accounts 2 Lite version Please download the Accounts 2 Lite version to try before you buy.

Screenshots

Finance4 screens
Accounts 2 Checkbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Accounts 2 Checkbook at 63% against Finance's 0%. Accounts 2 Checkbook also leads on price ($3.99 vs $18.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Finance costs $18.99 and Accounts 2 Checkbook $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finance ships an update every 5 months, Accounts 2 Checkbook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Finance versus Accounts 2 Checkbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinanceAccounts 2 Checkbook
Price$18.99$3.99 — better
Rating—4.5 (6.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews63.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—6.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#95 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB13 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperYENCO.COMSVT Software

Customer experience

Finance

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Accounts 2 Checkbook

All ratings6,658 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews343 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral9.0%
Negative27.7%

Bugs and requests

Finance

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Accounts 2 Checkbook

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Accounts and transactions disappearing without explanation
  • Recurring transactions not working as expected
  • Syncing issues between iPhone and iPad
  • App crashes and freezes, especially after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to hide/archive old accounts
  • Option to set recurring transactions with custom dates
  • Improved sync reliability between devices
  • Better reporting and forecasting tools
  • Integration with banks/financial institutions

In-app purchases

None

Finance

No in-app purchases

None

Accounts 2 Checkbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Finance free?
Finance costs $18.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Accounts 2 Checkbook free?
Accounts 2 Checkbook costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Finance or Accounts 2 Checkbook have ads?
Neither Finance nor Accounts 2 Checkbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finance or Accounts 2 Checkbook?
Finance ships an update every 5 months, and Accounts 2 Checkbook every 2 weeks. Most recently, Finance was updated on September 2, 2026 and Accounts 2 Checkbook on September 22, 2026.

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