Checkbook vs Receipta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Unlimited account tracking (Pro)
- Multi-currency support
- Automatic balance calculations
- Secure local data storage
- Intuitive interface
- Transaction categorization
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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.
Receipta
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Receipta turns paper receipts into clear expense records. Take a receipt photo or choose one from your library. Receipta recognizes the text, extracts the merchant, date, total amount, and suggested category, then lets you review and edit everything before saving. Key features: - Scan receipts with on-device text recognition - Import receipt photos from your photo library - Extract merchant, date, total amount, and suggested category - Review and edit results before saving - Add expenses manually when you do not have a receipt - See today’s spending and expense history - Search expenses and filter by month - View monthly totals and category breakdowns - Set a monthly budget and monitor progress - See smart spending insights and merchant rankings - Manage custom categories and icons - Organize expenses with custom tags, purpose, and reimbursement status - Create expense reports with PDF, CSV, and receipt archives - Review missing receipts and pending reimbursements, then share reports - Create backup copies, restore from a file, and undo accidental expense deletion - Support Dark Mode, Dynamic Type, and VoiceOver - Localized for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, and Japanese Receipta stores expense records, receipt photos, and recognized text on your device by default. It does not upload contacts, location, device identifiers, or phone usage data. Receipta Pro unlocks unlimited receipt scans, full history export, expense report packages, custom categories and tags, duplicate spending reminders, backup copy export and restore, and richer spending insights. Terms of Use: https://receipta-legal.shaokai-hi.workers.dev/terms.html
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Verdict
Checkbook and Receipta 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
Both are free to download. Checkbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Receipta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Checkbook ships an update every 4 days, Receipta weekly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Checkbook | Receipta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McKittrick LLC | 凯 邵 |
In-app purchases
Checkbook
- Checkbook Pro$5.99
Receipta
- Receipta Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Receipta Pro Yearly$14.991 Year









