Comparison

Sejf vs BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger

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

Head to head
About

Sejf

Features
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Track your net worth over time - so you always know where you stand financially. Add your assets and liabilities, record monthly snapshots, and watch your wealth grow. Built for long-term investors who want clarity, not complexity. TRACK EVERYTHING โ€ข Cash and bank accounts โ€ข Real estate โ€ข Stocks, ETFs, bonds, and retirement accounts โ€ข Cryptocurrencies โ€ข Precious metals โ€ข Custom assets โ€ข Liabilities including mortgages, loans, and credit cards โ€ข Multi-currency support with live exchange rates โ€ข Connect ticker symbols for automatic market price updates SEE YOUR PROGRESS Record monthly snapshots and build a picture of your financial journey. The history chart shows your net worth over time, helping you understand long-term trends and measure your progress. CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) shows how quickly your wealth is growing, giving you a clear view of your long-term performance. PLAN FOR THE FUTURE โ€ข Goals - set a target net worth and track your projected arrival date โ€ข FIRE Number - calculate how much you need to retire based on your annual expenses and withdrawal rate YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL โ€ข Offline-first - no account required โ€ข iCloud sync across your Apple devices โ€ข Face ID and Touch ID protection โ€ข Export your data to CSV or JSON โ€ข No subscriptions Sejf helps you stay focused on what matters most: understanding your finances, building wealth, and achieving your long-term goals.

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BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger

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Your checkbook register, kept the way you have always kept it. Write down what you spend. Tick off what the bank has cleared. Balance to the penny at the end of the month. That is the whole job of a checkbook register, and it is all this app does. THREE PROMISES No ads. Not on the free version, not after you pay, not ever, on any screen. No subscription. One payment and it is yours. Nothing renews. No account and no bank login. There is nothing to sign into, so there is nothing to be signed out of. YOUR REGISTER STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Everything you enter is stored on your own iPhone. It works with no internet connection at all, on a plane or out of signal. Your register is never sent to us and never sold to anyone. A copy leaves your phone only in ways you control. If iCloud Backup is switched on, your register is included in it, so it comes back when you set up a new phone. That copy sits in your own Apple account, not ours, and you turn it on or off in Settings. The app never shows you a permission prompt. It does not ask for your contacts, your location, your photos or your camera. WHAT IT DOES - Multiple accounts: checking, savings, credit, cash, each with its own running balance - Fast entry: date, payee, amount, check number, category, memo. Repeat entries take seconds, and check numbers advance on their own. - A proper register list with a running balance on every single line - Reconcile mode: enter the statement date and ending balance, tick off what cleared, and watch the difference count down to 0.00 - Scheduled and recurring entries: weekly, every two or four weeks, monthly, twice a year or yearly, or on a set weekday, like the second Wednesday of the month. They show up as scheduled and only affect your projected balance until you post them. Nothing is ever posted behind your back. - Transfers between your own accounts, entered once and mirrored on both sides - Search by payee, memo, amount or check number, with filters for what is outstanding, what cleared, and what is scheduled - Categories, both the presets and your own - Totals by category for a month, three months or a year, with the exact figures printed beside the chart. Scheduled bills are not counted until you post them. - Bring your history in from a CSV file, with a column mapper for spreadsheet users - Print or save a PDF of your register or of those category totals, or export a CSV of any account BACKUPS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE PART THAT MATTERS The app backs itself up on its own, every day you open it, and gives you a Restore screen to go back to any copy it has kept. You can also send a copy out of the app, so deleting the app does not reach it. Pick a folder and every copy after that goes there too. If you are signed in to iCloud with iCloud Drive turned on, the app also keeps a BalanceWright folder there by itself, and you can open it in the Files app. If you are not signed in, the Backup screen says so rather than claiming a copy it did not make. Your data is never held hostage. Export and backup keep working whether you have paid or not. TRY THE WHOLE THING FIRST Everything works from the moment you install it. Nothing is crippled, grayed out or hidden to push you into paying. The app asks for payment only after you have closed your first statement, so you decide once you have watched it do the exact thing you came for. If you never reconcile, a generous entry limit applies instead. BIG, PLAIN TYPE Built to be read. Large numbers, strong contrast, plain words, no jargon. WHAT IT WILL NEVER DO No bank connection. No budgets, no spending advice, no AI. No ads, no subscription. If a feature would need your register sent to us, it is not going in. ANSWERED BY A REAL PERSON Every review here is read and answered. The support address on this page reaches someone who can actually fix things. Written for anyone who keeps a check register or a checkbook ledger by hand, and wants the same habit on a phone.

Screenshots

Sejf4 screens
BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sejf and BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Sejf sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sejf versus BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSejfBalanceWright Checkbook Ledger
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiubomyr KravchukFarrukh Ameen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sejf

One-time1
  • Sejf Pro$14.99
1 purchases

BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger

One-time1
  • Checkbook Register, Yours Forever$9.99

Questions

Is Sejf free?
Sejf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger free?
BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sejf or BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger have ads?
Neither Sejf nor BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger shows ads.

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