Comparison

Check ID Scanner vs Match The Books

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

Head to head
About

Check ID Scanner

Instantly verify driver's licenses and IDs for events and venues. This app offers fast barcode scanning, age verification, and guest list management. It works offline and prioritizes user privacy by keeping data on your device.

Highlights
  • Instant ID barcode scanning
  • Age verification
  • Mobile driver's license support
  • Offline functionality
  • Guest list creation and management
  • CSV guest import
  • On-device data privacy
Features
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Check ID is the fastest, most private, reliable way to scan and verify driver's licenses and IDs for events, venues, and guest management. It reads the barcode on a driver’s license or state ID, checks the birth date and expiry date against your rules, and gives your staff a clear answer. What it keeps is a record that the check happened, never the details of who was checked. WHAT A SCAN NEVER KEEPS No name. No date of birth. No address. No ID number. No picture of the ID. Not in a scan record, on any plan. Guest lists are the one place names live, and only the names your staff add on purpose. NO AD TRACKERS No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs, no advertising identifier, and no ads. The app links two open-source libraries, both for reading passport chips. Our own product analytics tell us which features get used and what broke. They include coarse scan statistics, such as the result, the state and an age range, and never a name, birth date, address, ID number or photo. A RECORD THAT THE CHECK HAPPENED With Check ID for Teams, every scan is timestamped and signed by our server when it’s saved. Export a scan log (CSV) or a summary report (PDF), or share a report link. Reports never name your employees or the people who were checked. CHECK ID FOR TEAMS By default, staff check in with a PIN on shared iPhones and iPads at the door, so each scan records who ran it. Pair a door device from your own phone. Owners and managers review scans in the app or at app.checkidapp.com. One venue per plan; running several locations? Get in touch. Repeat-entry alerts tell staff when the same ID is scanned again within your window, on any of your venue’s connected devices. It’s a prompt, not a block. They use a one-way code, re-keyed on our servers with a secret unique to your organization and deleted when the window closes. They start off by default for venues in New Hampshire, the EU and EEA, and countries we haven’t reviewed, and owners can change that per venue. Guest lists and name search work from a copy on each device, so the door keeps going when the Wi-Fi doesn’t. Scans queue on the device and upload when the signal comes back. WHAT IT READS - The barcode on US and Canadian driver’s licenses and ID cards (the AAMVA PDF417 standard) - The REAL ID indicator, when the barcode encodes one - Many ePassports and chip ID cards, by reading the chip over NFC and checking its data against the issuing country’s certificates on our list (iPhone) - Driver’s licenses and state IDs in Apple Wallet, through Apple’s own ID Verifier sheet (iPhone) HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT ISN’T Check ID is a tool that helps your staff check IDs. It isn’t legal advice, insurance, or a guarantee of compliance. It reads what a document encodes and checks it against your rules, but it can’t tell whether a card is genuine: a well-made fake can carry a valid barcode. Your staff make the final call. Running several locations, or want terms we don't sell in the App Store? Get in touch. Terms of Use: https://checkidapp.com/terms/

About

Match The Books

Streamline cash reconciliation for businesses with this app. It allows staff to count cash by denomination, log paid-outs with receipts, and automatically compares counts against POS data to flag variances. Managers gain full visibility into every shift and reconciliation.

Highlights
  • Cash counts by denomination
  • Paid-outs with photo receipts
  • POS integration for automatic variance calculation
  • Shift handoffs with rolling counts
  • Multi-location and team management
  • Variance alerts via email/SMS
  • Face ID sign-in
Features
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Match The Books is the fastest way for bars, restaurants, and retail shops to reconcile cash registers — at the start and end of every shift, right on a phone. WHAT IT DOES Staff count opening and closing cash by denomination on their phone. The app compares the count against the expected drawer, pulls expected cash and card totals from your POS (Clover, Toast, or Square integrations), and flags any variance over your set threshold. Managers can see every shift, every paid-out, and every reconciliation from the same app. WHO IT'S FOR – Owners who want clean, audit-ready books without keeping a spreadsheet – Managers who want visibility into every shift and who closed it – Staff who want a fast, no-friction end-of-shift process FEATURES - Cash counts by denomination — quickly count $100s through pennies with live running totals - Paid-outs with photo receipts — log tips out, refunds, supply runs with the receipt attached - POS comparison — pulls live totals from Clover, Toast, or Square so over/short is calculated automatically - Shift handoffs — closing counts roll into the next shift's opening so the math always lines up - Multi-location and team — one company account, unlimited locations and employees - Variance alerts — email or SMS notifications when a shift closes outside your threshold - Face ID sign-in — secure and fast PRICING Free 30-day trial. After that, $5 per location per month plus $2.50 per extra register at each location. Unlimited employees and managers. Cancel anytime — billed monthly, no commitment. Questions or want a demo? Email hadavand1979@gmail.com.

Screenshots

Check ID Scanner4 screens
Match The Books4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Match The Books at none against Check ID Scanner's 3. Match The Books also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Check ID Scanner's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Check ID Scanner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. Match The Books asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Match The Books holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Check ID Scanner has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Check ID Scanner ships an update every 3 weeks, Match The Books every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Check ID Scanner versus Match The Books: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheck ID ScannerMatch The Books
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApparent Logic, LLCAli Hadavand

Customer experience

Check ID Scanner

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral10.3%
Negative48.3%

Match The Books

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Check ID Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • Check ID for Teams, Monthly14 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Check ID for Teams, Yearly14 Days trial$449.001 Year
One-time1
  • Check ID Pro$24.99
None

Match The Books

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Check ID Scanner free?
Check ID Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Match The Books free?
Match The Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Check ID Scanner or Match The Books?
Match The Books is rated higher. Check ID Scanner averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Match The Books averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Check ID Scanner or Match The Books have ads?
Neither Check ID Scanner nor Match The Books shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Check ID Scanner or Match The Books?
Check ID Scanner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Match The Books every 4 days. Most recently, Check ID Scanner was updated on November 1, 2026 and Match The Books on October 31, 2026.

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