Comparison

Checkbook vs Keepbook

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

Head to head
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.

About

Keepbook

Manually track your finances with a digital checkbook register. It accurately calculates your balance after each entry and offers robust backup and security features. Manage multiple accounts and reconcile statements with ease.

Highlights
  • Manual transaction entry
  • Real-time balance calculation
  • Daily backups to iCloud
  • Multiple account management
  • Bank statement reconciliation
  • Recurring entry scheduling
  • Biometric security lock
Features
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Keepbook is a checkbook register for people who enter their own transactions and want the balance to be right. Every row shows the balance after it, the way a paper register does. Amounts are kept in whole cents, so the balance is never off by a penny. YOUR ENTRIES ARE KEPT SAFE - A backup file is written every day you use the app and kept for 30 days. - Backups are plain files in your own iCloud Drive. Restore any of them with two taps. - Restoring saves your current register first, so a restore can be undone. WHAT IT DOES - As many accounts as you need: checking, savings, credit cards, cash. - Reconcile against your bank statement and see the difference as you tick entries off. - Recurring entries: weekly, every 2 weeks, every 4 weeks, twice a month, monthly, quarterly, twice a year, yearly. - Transfers between accounts, shown in both registers. - Search by description, amount, check number or memo. - Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. - Dark mode and large text. COMING FROM ACCOUNTS 2 OR ACCOUNTS 3 Export each account as CSV and import it. You see the entry count and the ending balance before anything is saved. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No ads. No bank linking. No account to create. Nothing leaves your devices except through your own iCloud. PRICE Free: one account, 50 entries, and a backup every day. One payment of $9.99 adds unlimited accounts and entries, sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud, export to CSV, and print. There is no subscription.

Screenshots

Checkbook4 screens
Keepbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Checkbook at 4 against Keepbook's 1. On price, rating, 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. Checkbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Keepbook 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Checkbook against 5.0 for Keepbook. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkbook ships an update every 4 days, Keepbook every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Checkbook versus Keepbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckbookKeepbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMcKittrick LLCBruce Johnson

Customer experience

Checkbook

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Keepbook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Checkbook

One-time1
  • Checkbook Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Keepbook

One-time1
  • Keepbook Full Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is Checkbook free?
Checkbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keepbook free?
Keepbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Checkbook or Keepbook?
Checkbook and Keepbook are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Checkbook or Keepbook have ads?
Neither Checkbook nor Keepbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checkbook or Keepbook?
Checkbook ships an update every 4 days, and Keepbook every 5 days. Most recently, Checkbook was updated on October 28, 2026 and Keepbook on October 29, 2026.

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