Comparison

BidCheck vs MonkTrader

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

Head to head
About

BidCheck

Features
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Bidding for your roster shouldn't take a weekend of spreadsheets. BidCheck turns what you want out of the next bid period into a complete, ready-to-enter PBS bid sheet, then keeps your roster, open time and swaps in one place. BUILT FOR QANTAS PILOTS BidCheck is made for Qantas pilots who bid through PBS. Each bid period's pattern book is already loaded. To protect it, new accounts verify once: a code sent to your @qantas.com.au email, or forward your ARMS roster. PLAN ON A CALENDAR • Paint the days you want off, your leave and the trips you're after straight onto the bid-period calendar. • Say it in plain English: type or dictate a bid brief ("home for the 14th, prefer LAX, avoid earlies"). • A live credit gauge keeps you inside your divisor and MNX window before you run anything. A BID SHEET THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EVERY REQUEST • BidCheck's AI engine ranks what you asked for and builds tiered fallbacks, day-off bids and credit totals using PBS's own bid types. • Every request in your brief is accounted for on the finished sheet. • Edit points, delete or refine with a sentence, see exactly what changed and undo it. • Step-by-step Rosterbids entry guide. HOW YOUR BID DID Once the awards come out, see what happened to every bid you filed: awarded, stopped by a bidding rule, gone to another pilot, or a seat nobody got. BidCheck reads your PBS bid report straight from Rosterbids, so it shows the bids you actually filed. BROWSE EVERY PATTERN Filter the full pattern book by week, destination, category or credit. Pattern detail shows every leg, times, slips, credit and TAFB allowance, and works offline once synced. YOUR ROSTER, ALWAYS CURRENT • Forward your ARMS roster email once and it stays current. Accept a duty in webCIS and your roster updates by itself. • Colour-coded roster calendar with trip sheets, flights, credit, leave, and a box around your MBTT days after each trip. • Subscribe your roster in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or any calendar app, with an event for every sector. • Home Screen widget shows your roster at a glance. • Reminders for A-day contact windows, 15-4 call-in and last duty-free day, plus alerts when a new roster lands. • Share a privacy-controlled view of your roster with a co-parent through a link you can revoke. OPEN TIME Sign in to webCIS inside BidCheck. Microsoft sign-in and your 2FA run on your device, and BidCheck never sees your password. See trips up for pickup, each checked against your roster and your 100 hours in 28 days. Set watches for the dates, ports and bases you want, and get alerted when one appears. WHO'S WHERE AND SWAPS • See which cities BidCheck pilots are slipping in, tonight and for the rest of their rosters. Hide yourself any time in Settings. • Find pilots to swap trips with, post to the swap board, and trade base or leave swaps (beta). WEBSITES IN ONE PLACE webCIS, Rosterbids and your staff travel site open inside BidCheck. SIGN IN WITH APPLE No new password. SUBSCRIPTION Free to download, with a 2-month free trial from sign-up and no payment method needed (up to 10 optimisations). After that, subscribe in the app: • Bi-Monthly: A$17.99 every 2 months (up to 20 optimisations per bid period) • Annual: A$49.99 per year (up to 30 optimisations per bid period) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. YOUR DATA Your bid briefs are processed securely to build your bid sheet and are never sold. Delete your account in the app at any time. Privacy: https://bidcheck.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://bidcheck.co/terms Support: support@bidcheck.co BidCheck is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Qantas Airways Limited. Qantas, ARMS, PBS, Rosterbids and webCIS are referred to only to describe what BidCheck works with.

About

MonkTrader

This app helps traders enforce discipline by setting and enforcing custom trading rules, such as daily trade limits and loss caps. It uses OS-level locks to create a pause between impulsive decisions and actual trades, promoting better trading habits.

Highlights
  • OS-level trading app locks
  • Customizable trading rules
  • Loss limits and trade caps
  • Discipline streak and score
  • On-device activity log
  • Fully overridable enforcement
Features
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Stop trading on impulse. Start trading on your own rules. MonkTrader is a discipline enforcement app built specifically for traders — using Apple's real Screen Time technology to put a deliberate pause between you and the trade you'll regret. HOW IT WORKS Set your own trading rules: max trades per day, daily or weekly loss limits, cooldowns after a loss, and your actual trading hours. MonkTrader enforces them — not with a reminder, but with a real, OS-level lock on your trading app itself. Every time you open your trading app, MonkTrader asks one honest question: did you close a trade? Win or loss? That's it. No broker connection required, no account linking — just you, being honest with yourself, every time. If you've broken a rule, you get three choices, always: - Stay Disciplined — hold the line - Delay Decision — give yourself a pause before deciding - Continue Anyway — override it, no judgment, fully logged MonkTrader is a friction layer, not a cage. You are always in control of your own device. Nothing is ever permanently locked. BUILT FOR TRADERS, NOT AGAINST THEM - Real Screen Time enforcement, not just notifications - A rule engine you fully control — set it your way - A discipline streak and score that reflect your actual behavior over time - A private, on-device activity log — no broker required - Fully overridable, always — MonkTrader supports your discipline, it doesn't punish you PRIVACY FIRST No login. No account. No data sent anywhere. MonkTrader runs entirely on your device — your trading habits stay yours. Set your rules. Build your streak. Trade like the trader you actually want to be. Visit www.monktrader.app for more information Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://monktrader.app/privacy

Screenshots

BidCheck4 screens
MonkTrader4 screens

Verdict

The call

BidCheck and MonkTrader are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. BidCheck sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year and MonkTrader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BidCheck ships an update every 4 days, MonkTrader every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BidCheck versus MonkTrader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBidCheckMonkTrader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael HannanROSWIKA LURULI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BidCheck

Subscriptions1
  • BidCheck Annual$29.991 Year
2 purchases

MonkTrader

Subscriptions2
  • MonkTrader Weekly$6.997 Days
  • MonkTrader Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is BidCheck free?
BidCheck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MonkTrader free?
MonkTrader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BidCheck or MonkTrader have ads?
Neither BidCheck nor MonkTrader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BidCheck or MonkTrader?
BidCheck ships an update every 4 days, and MonkTrader every 6 days. Most recently, BidCheck was updated on October 28, 2026 and MonkTrader on October 31, 2026.

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