Ledger Mate vs PlentyBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ledger Mate
Manually track bank accounts, balances, and transactions without logins or syncing. Organize finances with custom tags and filter by date range for clear insights into spending. Offers full control over financial records.
- Multiple account management
- Manual transaction entry
- Custom transaction tags
- Date range filtering
- No bank connections
- Balance tracking
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Ledger Mate makes it easy to manually track your bank accounts, balances, and transactions — no logins, no syncing, no clutter. Whether you’re managing checking accounts, savings, or keeping a digital checkbook register, Ledger Mate gives you full control over your financial records. - Create and manage multiple accounts Track current and available balances for each account, all in one place. - Add transactions manually Stay in control of your data. Record deposits, checks, bills, and expenses exactly how you want. - Organize with transaction tags Categorize your transactions with custom tags for easy filtering and analysis. - Group and filter by date range View transactions summarized by tag or date range to see exactly where your money is going. - No bank connections required Ledger Mate is intentionally simple — no complicated AI integrations or risky data sharing. Whether you’re balancing your checkbook, tracking multiple accounts, or budgeting manually, Ledger Mate provides the flexibility and simplicity you need.
PlentyBook
Manage your finances with a straightforward digital checkbook. Track income and expenses across multiple accounts with a running balance. Customize your experience with optional features and search for specific transactions.
- Multiple, color-coded accounts
- Running balance on every entry
- Optional features like categories and notes
- Searchable transaction history
- Quick audit of spending and income
- Device-based data storage
- Data export and backup
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PlentyBook is a checkbook register, and nothing more than that. Type an amount. Tap Income or Expense. Done — the keypad is always on screen, so adding a line takes about two seconds and never opens a single pop-up. MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS Keep a register for checking, for savings, for the cash in your pocket. Give each one a colour so you always know which book you're in at a glance. Every account is completely separate — no shared budget, no combined pot, no cross-talk. A RUNNING BALANCE ON EVERY LINE See what the balance was after each entry, the way a paper register works. Newest entries sit at the top, where you actually look. SIMPLE BY DEFAULT Out of the box there are three ideas: a starting balance, money in, and money out. Notes are optional. Categories, day grouping, and marking entries as cleared all exist — but every one of them is switched off until you decide you want it. LIGHT, OR NOT Light by default, because most checkbook apps are relentlessly dark. Flip it to Inverted if you prefer, or let it follow your system. FIND ANYTHING Search notes, amounts, or categories. Results show how many matched and what they add up to, so "how much have I spent on coffee" is one search away. QUICK AUDIT Money in, money out, and the net for this month, last month, the last 30 days, this year, or any range you pick. LOCK IT Require Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to open the app — or to open just one account. Off by default, and free. SYNC, IF YOU WANT IT Switch on iCloud sync and your register follows you to your other devices, through your own iCloud. It is off until you turn it on, it comes with the unlock, and you can turn it back off whenever you like. YOUR DATA IS YOURS No account. No sign-up. No email address. No analytics, no trackers, no ads. PlentyBook has no server, so your register never comes to us. It stays on your device unless you switch on iCloud sync, and then it goes to your own iCloud and your own devices. Sync is off until you turn it on, and you can turn it back off. Export a backup to a plain, readable file whenever you like. That's free, always, whether you buy anything or not. FREE, WITH ONE OPTIONAL PURCHASE PlentyBook is free with one account. A single $9.99 purchase unlocks unlimited accounts and iCloud sync — one payment, no subscription. Built by ASHA Technology LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlentyBook at 100% against Ledger Mate's 0%. PlentyBook also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). Ledger Mate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ratings volume, device support 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
Both are free to download. PlentyBook sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ledger Mate asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlentyBook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ledger Mate's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlentyBook's.
Ledger Mate ships an update every 12 months, PlentyBook every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ledger Mate | PlentyBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nate Thompson | ASHA TECHNOLOGY LLC |
Customer experience
Ledger Mate
PlentyBook
In-app purchases
Ledger Mate
No in-app purchases
PlentyBook
- Leave a tip!$1.99
- Unlimited Accounts$4.99
- Leave a bigger tip!$4.99
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- Leave a very generous tip!$9.99
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