Comparison

Caffeinated Calendar vs Checkbook

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

Head to head
About

Caffeinated Calendar

Features
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Caffeinated Calendar aggregates all your calendars in one place and lets you filter out the events you don't need to see. THE FILTER ENGINE Sharing a calendar with your spouse, team, or family? You don't need to see everything. Create filters to hide or dim events by title, description, location, time of day, or day of week. Hide your partner's medication reminders. Dim your coworker's focus blocks. Filter out all-day events from a noisy shared calendar. Your view, your rules. CONNECT ALL YOUR CALENDARS - Google Calendar — Sign in with Google, no passwords to manage - Microsoft Outlook / Office 365 — Full OAuth support - Apple iCloud — Connect with an app-specific password - Any CalDAV server — Nextcloud, Radicale, Baikal, Fastmail, Synology, Zoho, and more - Device calendars — Read from calendars already on your phone - Webcal subscriptions — Subscribe to public calendar feeds - Local calendars — Fully offline, no account needed SIX WAYS TO VIEW YOUR SCHEDULE Day, Week, Month, Year, Agenda, and List views. All support pull-to-refresh, smooth swipe navigation, and a Today button. Create custom calendar views to quickly switch between subsets like "Work Only" or "Personal." TASKS BUILT IN Full task management that syncs with your calendar accounts. Due dates, priorities, subtasks, categories, and progress tracking. Tasks appear alongside events in your Day and Agenda views and on home screen widgets. NATURAL LANGUAGE QUICK ADD Type "Lunch with Sarah tomorrow at noon at Café Roma" and the app parses it automatically. Access Quick Add from the app bar, a home screen widget, or an app icon shortcut. POWERFUL RECURRENCE Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly — with intervals, end dates, and complex patterns like "second Monday of every month." Edit or delete a single instance, all events, or this and future events. EVENT TEMPLATES Save frequently-used events as templates. Create new events with one tap, pre-filled with title, location, duration, reminders, and recurrence. ATTENDEES & RSVP See who's invited, their roles, and their responses. Accept, decline, or tentatively respond to invitations directly from the app. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Agenda, Compact, and Month widgets that respect your filters. Tap an event to open it directly. A Quick Add widget for instant event creation. IMPORT & EXPORT Open .ics files from email or file managers. Subscribe to public calendar feeds. Share single events or batch export multiple events. HOLIDAY CALENDARS Built-in holiday calendars for 20+ countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East. Added as auto-syncing subscriptions. CONTACT BIRTHDAYS Automatically creates birthday events from your device contacts. WEATHER FORECAST 14-day forecast in Day and Week views. Free, no tracking. OFFLINE FIRST Create and edit events without an internet connection. Changes sync automatically when you're back online. PRIVACY FOCUSED No analytics. No telemetry. No ads. Your calendar data stays on your device and syncs only to your own calendar accounts. We never see your passwords — Google and Microsoft use secure sign-in, and other credentials are stored securely on your device. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, and Japanese. Terms of Use: https://caffeinatedsoftworks.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://caffeinatedsoftworks.com/privacy/

About

Checkbook

Manage all your financial accounts in one place. Track balances, categorize transactions, and gain insights into your spending with secure local storage. Offers multi-currency support and automatic balance calculations.

Highlights
  • Unlimited account tracking (Pro)
  • Multi-currency support
  • Automatic balance calculations
  • Secure local data storage
  • Intuitive interface
  • Transaction categorization
Features
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Your money, in a checkbook you control. Checkbook brings your accounts, transactions, bills, receipts, and monthly budget together. Record what happened, see what’s coming, and make a plan for what’s next. Keep track of your money • Manage up to 2 accounts for free • See cleared and pending transactions and running balances • Record income, expenses, and transfers • Attach receipt photos to transactions • Search and organize entries with categories and payees Plan your month with Budget Set your monthly income, add planned expenses, and see what remains. Organize your plan by category and account, or bring eligible bills and recurring schedules into your budget. Your budget is a planning tool separate from your recorded transactions. Stay ahead of bills See bills and recurring entries together, review upcoming activity in Calendar, and manage paid and pending entries without losing posted payment history. Go Pro with a one-time purchase • Add unlimited accounts • Get access to budget planner No subscription. Checkbook helps you record and organize your finances; it does not connect to your bank or send bill payments for you.

Screenshots

Caffeinated Calendar4 screens
Checkbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Checkbook at 5.0 against Caffeinated Calendar's 4.0. Caffeinated Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Caffeinated Calendar sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Checkbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Checkbook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caffeinated Calendar ships an update every 5 days, Checkbook every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Caffeinated Calendar versus Checkbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaffeinated CalendarCheckbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaffeinated Softworks LLCMcKittrick LLC

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Caffeinated Calendar

Subscriptions8
  • Individual Account (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Duo Account (Monthly)$7.991 Month
  • Family Account (Monthly)$14.991 Month
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  • Friends & Family Account (Monthly)$19.991 Month
  • Individual Account (Annual)$49.991 Year
  • Duo Account (Annual)$79.991 Year
  • Family Account (Annual)$149.991 Year
  • Friends & Family (Annual)$199.991 Year
1 purchases

Checkbook

One-time1
  • Checkbook Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Caffeinated Calendar free?
Caffeinated Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Checkbook free?
Checkbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Caffeinated Calendar or Checkbook?
Checkbook is rated higher. Caffeinated Calendar averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Checkbook averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Caffeinated Calendar or Checkbook have ads?
Neither Caffeinated Calendar nor Checkbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caffeinated Calendar or Checkbook?
Caffeinated Calendar ships an update every 5 days, and Checkbook every 4 days. Most recently, Caffeinated Calendar was updated on October 24, 2026 and Checkbook on October 25, 2026.

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