Comparison

BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger vs LedgerLance

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

Head to head
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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.

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LedgerLance

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LedgerLance is a private, on-device record book for self-employed people -- freelancers, gig workers, and independent contractors who get 1099s instead of paychecks. Keep clean records all year: • Log income as it arrives and expenses as they happen • Scan paper receipts with your camera -- LedgerLance reads the amount, date and merchant on-device and suggests them; you review and confirm every entry • Track mileage trips with your own per-mile rate • See a quarterly set-aside target based on a percentage you choose yourself • Get reminders ahead of common quarterly dates • Lock the app with Face ID Your data stays on your phone. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ads. Export everything as JSON anytime, for free -- your records are never held hostage. LedgerLance is a record-keeping tool, not tax, legal, or accounting advice. It does not calculate taxes. Verify all figures with a qualified tax professional. LedgerLance Plus is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks the app: unlimited income, expense and mileage entries, plus CSV export and a CPA-ready PDF packet of your records. A free trial is offered on the annual plan. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Current prices and terms are shown in the app before you buy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://quantrolix.ai/privacy#sololedger

Screenshots

BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger4 screens
LedgerLance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger at fortnightly against LedgerLance's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LedgerLance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger ships an update fortnightly, LedgerLance every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger versus LedgerLance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalanceWright Checkbook LedgerLedgerLance
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFarrukh AmeenDustin Newcomb

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger

One-time1
  • Own Your Register$9.99
2 purchases

LedgerLance

Subscriptions2
  • SoloLedger Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • SoloLedger Plus Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger free?
BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LedgerLance free?
LedgerLance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger or LedgerLance have ads?
Neither BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger nor LedgerLance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger or LedgerLance?
BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger ships an update fortnightly, and LedgerLance every 6 weeks. Most recently, BalanceWright Checkbook Ledger was updated on October 25, 2026 and LedgerLance on October 25, 2026.

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