Comparison

Quick Checkbook vs CashTrace

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiple account tracking
  • Add/edit transactions
  • Recurring transactions
  • Transaction reconciliation
  • Income/expense reports
  • Split transactions
  • Data backup and restore
Features
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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.

About

CashTrace

This app helps you quickly log expenses, track cash flow, and understand your spending habits with clear charts and insights. Keep your financial data private and synced across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Log expenses and income quickly
  • Track daily, weekly, and monthly spending
  • Visualize budget with charts and insights
  • Add recurring transactions
  • Import data via CSV
  • Organize spending with custom categories
  • Private iCloud sync
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CashTrace is a private expense tracker and budget app that helps you log spending in seconds, follow cash flow, and stay in control of your money every day. Built for fast daily use, CashTrace combines simple money tracking with clear charts, averages, and insights so you can see where your money goes without the clutter. Your data stays in your iCloud, syncs across your Apple devices, and is never shared with third parties. Why people download CashTrace: • Track expenses and income in seconds • See daily, weekly, and monthly spending trends • Understand your budget with charts, averages, and insights • Add recurring transactions for bills, rent, and subscriptions • Import existing finance data with CSV • Organize spending with custom categories, notes, and calendar view • Keep everything private with secure iCloud sync • Stay focused with a clean, easy-to-use money manager Whether you want a simple expense tracker, a practical budget planner, or a private money manager, CashTrace gives you a fast, focused way to build better money habits and stay on top of spending. Terms of use: https://www.cashtrace.io/terms

Screenshots

Quick Checkbook4 screens
CashTrace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CashTrace at 4.9 against Quick Checkbook's 4.3. CashTrace also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). Quick Checkbook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 35). On price 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

Both are free to download. CashTrace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Quick Checkbook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CashTrace holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Checkbook has 1.4K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Quick Checkbook's written reviews are positive against 56% of CashTrace's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Checkbook ships an update every 7 months, CashTrace every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Quick Checkbook versus CashTrace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick CheckbookCashTrace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (1.4K ratings)4.9 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.3% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better35
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB26 MB
Age rating4++12
Developer倩 赵Boris Gutic

Customer experience

Quick Checkbook

All ratings1,400 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive67.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative24.4%

CashTrace

All ratings35 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

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

CashTrace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quick Checkbook

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

CashTrace

Subscriptions6
  • CashTrace Pro$1.491 Month
  • CashTrace Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • CashTrace Pro$1.991 Month
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  • CashTrace Pro$8.991 Year
  • CashTrace Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • CashTrace Pro$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Quick Checkbook free?
Quick Checkbook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CashTrace free?
CashTrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Checkbook or CashTrace?
CashTrace is rated higher. Quick Checkbook averages 4.3 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while CashTrace averages 4.9 from 35 ratings.
Do Quick Checkbook or CashTrace have ads?
Quick Checkbook shows ads; CashTrace does not.
Which is updated more often, Quick Checkbook or CashTrace?
Quick Checkbook ships an update every 7 months, and CashTrace every 10 days. Most recently, Quick Checkbook was updated on September 19, 2026 and CashTrace on September 21, 2026.

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