The Checkbook vs CollectXit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Checkbook
Manage your finances on the go with this transaction tracker. Easily record income and expenses, schedule upcoming bills, and reconcile with your bank statements for accurate balance tracking. Offers multiple accounts, customizable themes, and secure access.
- Real-time transaction tracking
- Upcoming bill and deposit scheduling
- Bank account reconciliation
- Multiple account management
- Customizable color themes
- Transaction search and filtering
- Recurring transaction setup
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Finance At Your Fingertips Track your financial transactions on-the-go in real time. Enter upcoming bill payments and deposits to see how your account balance will change. Reconcile each transaction against your bank account to balance your checkbook and ensure accuracy to the penny. * No ads. * Quick entry screen for new transactions to keep up with spending while you're on the move. * Create a new transaction in seconds with type ahead feature for common transactions. * Manage transactions in multiple accounts. * Customize color theme for each account. * Search for transactions. * Toggle visibility of reconciled transactions to see what hasn't cleared your bank account yet. * Set up recurring transactions. * Transfer money between accounts. * Basic reporting to view spending or income by category and daily spending. * Export transactions to CSV file. * Enable Face ID / Touch ID to secure access to your financial data. * Turn on iCloud Drive data storage to sync transactions across multiple devices. * Share every new transaction with a joint account owner via email or Shared Storage (subscription required) to keep app in sync for different users. Privacy Note: The developer does not collect any data from this app for the default local device or iCloud storage options. The developer only securely stores data for the Shared Storage option (subscription required) for the purpose of sharing and syncing the data with your invited users. See Privacy Policy for more details.
CollectXit
Organize, track, and manage your entire collection in one place. Easily catalog items, record transactions, and understand your collection's performance and profit. Designed for collectors of all levels.
- Digital inventory creation
- Item details (photos, grades, condition, value)
- Spreadsheet import and creation
- Transaction tracking (purchases and sales)
- Collection performance monitoring
- Inventory sharing
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Your Collection. Your Numbers. Your Profit. CollectXit gives collectors one powerful place to organize, understand, and manage everything they collect. Whether you're building a collection, buying and selling, or keeping track of years of collecting, CollectXit brings your inventory, transactions, values, and performance together in one simple platform. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Create a complete digital inventory of your items and keep the details that matter most at your fingertips. Add photos, grades, conditions, values, purchase information, and more so you always know exactly what you own. IMPORT & CREATE Already have your collection organized in a spreadsheet? Upload your existing sheets and bring your information into CollectXit. You can also create and manage your own sheets directly within the app, giving you the flexibility to organize your data your way. KNOW WHAT YOU OWN Quickly search, sort, and manage your inventory so you can find what you're looking for without digging through boxes, binders, or spreadsheets. TRACK EVERY TRANSACTION Keep a record of purchases and sales in one place. See what you paid, what you've sold, and how each transaction affects your overall collection. UNDERSTAND YOUR NUMBERS See your collection from a whole new perspective. Monitor investment, current values, sales revenue, realized profit, and other key numbers to better understand how your collection is performing. SHARE YOUR INVENTORY Need to show someone what you have? Share your inventory and collection information with others without having to build a separate list or spreadsheet from scratch. BUILT TO GROW WITH YOU CollectXit is designed for collectors at every level—from someone starting their first collection to experienced collectors managing a large inventory. Track. Manage. Profit. Your collection, maximized. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CollectXit at Free against The Checkbook's $4.99. CollectXit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). The Checkbook's advantage is ratings volume (997 vs 3) and chart position (#36 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
CollectXit is free to download; The Checkbook costs $4.99 up front. The Checkbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and CollectXit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CollectXit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Checkbook has 997 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of The Checkbook's written reviews are positive against 100% of CollectXit's.
The Checkbook ships an update fortnightly, CollectXit weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Checkbook | CollectXit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (997 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 997 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #36 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Four One Four 213, LLC | CollectXit LLC |
Customer experience
The Checkbook
CollectXit
Bugs and requests
The Checkbook
Reported bugs
3 issues- Data loss and sync issues
- Incorrect transaction display
- Recurring transactions not working as expected
Requested features
6 requests- 📊 Spending reports and analytics
- 🔁 More recurring transaction options
- 🖨️ Check printing capability
- 🔀 Ability to split transactions
- 🔄 Easier transaction editing/deletion
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- 🔒 Backup and restore options
CollectXit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Checkbook
- Shared Storage - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Shared Storage - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
CollectXit
- CollectXit Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
Questions
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