Comparison

Spending Tracker vs Quick Checkbook Pro

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

Head to head
About

Spending Tracker

Easily track your expenses and income to gain control over your finances. Set budgets, view spending summaries, and generate reports with interactive charts. Take the first step towards saving money by understanding where your money goes.

Highlights
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Flexible time period tracking (Weekly, Monthly, Yearly)
  • Budget mode with carry-over
  • Summary view of spending progress
  • Log expenses and income
  • Editable spending and income categories
  • Interactive charts and reports
Features
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Spending Tracker is the easiest and most user friendly Personal Finance App in the store. And best of all, it's free! The simple fact is, by tracking your spending you will be able to stick to a budget and therefore SAVE MONEY. So give it a try and have instant control over your spending! *** Features *** ------------------ √ Simple and intuitive user interface - helps you track your spending quickly and easily √ Flexible Time Periods - choose to track Weekly, Monthly or Yearly √ Budget Mode - optionally set a fixed budget amount to help you meet your spending targets - carry over any remaining budget to the next period √ Summary View - overview of your current spending progress - time travel backwards and forwards in time - see your main areas of spending √ Log Expense and Income - easy and quick transaction entry - sort by date, name or amount - repeat transactions daily, weekly or monthly (Pro Upgrade required) - export transactions (Pro Upgrade required) √ Categories - editable spending and income categories - choose a quality icon for each category √ Reports - easy visualisation of where your money goes - beautiful and interactive charts - view spending grouped by category - see the history of your spending

About

Quick Checkbook Pro

Manage your personal finances with this app, allowing you to track multiple accounts, record income and expenses, and view detailed financial reports. It offers features like recurring transactions, reconciliation, and data backup for comprehensive financial oversight.

Highlights
  • Multiple account tracking
  • Income/expense/transfer transactions
  • Recurring transactions
  • Transaction reconciliation
  • Financial reports (pie, histogram)
  • Data backup and restore
  • Passcode protection
Features
Currently charting
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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 about 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. ⁃ Supports Touch ID passcode. ⁃ 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 both iPhone and iPad. If you have any questions or suggestion, please mail to userfeed@vip.tom.com.

Screenshots

Spending Tracker4 screens
Quick Checkbook Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Spending Tracker at Free against Quick Checkbook Pro's $0.99. Spending Tracker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (95% vs 62%). Quick Checkbook Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#79 vs unranked). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Spending Tracker is free to download; Quick Checkbook Pro costs $0.99 up front. Spending Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quick Checkbook Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spending Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spending Tracker has 19K ratings behind it against 994, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Spending Tracker's written reviews are positive against 62% of Quick Checkbook Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Quick Checkbook Pro every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Spending Tracker versus Quick Checkbook Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpending TrackerQuick Checkbook Pro
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (19K ratings) — better4.2 (994 ratings)
Positive reviews94.6% of reviews — better62.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19K — better994
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#79 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMH Riley Ltd倩 赵

Customer experience

Spending Tracker

All ratings19,361 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews2,902 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.9%

Quick Checkbook Pro

All ratings994 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral4.6%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive62.0%
Neutral7.0%
Negative31.0%

User reviews

Spending Tracker

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 📊 Helpful reports and charts
  • 💰 One-time fee for premium features
  • 🔁 Recurring transactions
  • 🗂️ Multiple accounts and categories

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional syncing issues
  • 🔢 Lack of fortnightly budget option
  • 🗂️ Difficulty deleting unused categories
  • 💰 Paid upgrade required for some features
  • 📈 Limited budget tracking within categories

Quick Checkbook Pro

From 994 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Straightforward interface
  • 💡 Helpful for budgeting and finance management
  • 🚀 Efficient transaction tracking
  • 👍 Useful reports and analytics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Recurring transactions not working properly
  • 🐛 Transactions disappearing or not saving
  • 🐛 Incorrect calculations and balance issues
  • 🔒 Concerns about subscription model changes
  • 👎 Dislike of recent UI updates

Bugs and requests

Spending Tracker

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Transactions sometimes entered in wrong order
  • Backup and restore functionality not always reliable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to split transactions into multiple categories
  • Incorporate currency conversion and exchange rates
  • Allow family/shared account access and updates
  • Implement a 'Debt' category to track loan payments
  • Add option to take photos of receipts and attach to transactions

Quick Checkbook Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Passcode/Face ID functionality not working
  • Slow performance and freezing issues
  • Inconsistent behavior with account management

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add bill reminder function
  • Improve sync and backup options
  • Allow customization of categories and payees
  • Implement print/export options
  • Provide more detailed transaction history

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spending Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$2.99
3 purchases

Quick Checkbook Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Spending Tracker free?
Spending Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Checkbook Pro free?
Quick Checkbook Pro costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spending Tracker or Quick Checkbook Pro?
Spending Tracker is rated higher. Spending Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Quick Checkbook Pro averages 4.2 from 994 ratings.
Do Spending Tracker or Quick Checkbook Pro have ads?
Spending Tracker shows ads; Quick Checkbook Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Spending Tracker or Quick Checkbook Pro?
Spending Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Quick Checkbook Pro every 7 months. Most recently, Spending Tracker was updated on September 24, 2026 and Quick Checkbook Pro on September 22, 2026.

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