Comparison

Bills Manager vs Monthly Checklist

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

Head to head
About

Bills Manager

Easily track your bills and avoid late fees with this intuitive app. It offers a clean interface for managing payments, viewing upcoming due dates, and receiving customizable notifications. All your data is stored locally on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Monthly bill list
  • Calendar view
  • Past due and upcoming bills overview
  • Recurring bills management
  • Customizable notifications
  • Attach photos to bills
  • Backup and restore via Dropbox
Features
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Bills Manager helps you stay on top of your payments and avoid costly late fees. With a clean and intuitive design, it makes tracking your bills simple and stress-free. The concept is straightforward — easily keep track of what’s been paid and what’s coming due each month. No registration, no bank connection, and no Internet required. All your data stays safely on your iPhone, and you can manually back up or restore it at any time. Main Features: - Monthly bill list, sorted by status and due date - Calendar view - Past due and upcoming bills overview - Passcode and Touch ID protection - Recurring bills - Attach photos to bills - AutoPay tracking - Customizable notifications (choose how many days before and at what time you’re reminded) - Backup and restore via Dropbox - Account history - Quick Pay option - Charts by month, quarter, or year - Custom icons and colors to identify bills easily If you enjoy using Bills Manager, please take a moment to rate or review the app — your feedback helps us make it even better!

About

Monthly Checklist

Easily manage your recurring monthly bills and subscriptions. This app helps you visualize your payment status for the month, ensuring you never miss a due date. Manually update payment statuses to stay organized.

Highlights
  • Track monthly expenses
  • Manage subscriptions
  • Visualize payment status
  • Add phone plans and loans
  • Manual status updates
Features
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Monthly Checklist is a simple, yet elegant application, which helps you keep track of your monthly expenses. Just add your favourite streaming subscription to the list, together with your phone plan or your other loans that you have to pay every month. When you open the app, you'll always know if you have outstanding payments or you are good for the month. Note: This application does not sync with any of your existing subscriptions, it is your task to update the status whenever you have paid something for the month.

Screenshots

Bills Manager4 screens
Monthly Checklist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Monthly Checklist at none against Bills Manager's shown. Monthly Checklist also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Bills Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Monthly Checklist sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bills Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, Monthly Checklist daily. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bills Manager versus Monthly Checklist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBills ManagerMonthly Checklist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose Fabian PenaZoltan Daniel Torok

Customer experience

Bills Manager

All ratings7,984 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative8.4%

Monthly Checklist

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bills Manager

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recurring bills automatically turning off
  • Paid bills getting unmarked after app use
  • Crashes when marking bills as paid

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to set bills with no end date
  • Ability to track paydays and link them to bills
  • Export/import functionality for bill data
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Integration with mobile banking apps

Monthly Checklist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bills Manager

One-time1
  • Remove ads$5.99
3 purchases

Monthly Checklist

One-time3
  • Espresso$0.99
  • Double espresso$2.99
  • Latte$4.99

Questions

Is Bills Manager free?
Bills Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monthly Checklist free?
Monthly Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bills Manager or Monthly Checklist have ads?
Bills Manager shows ads; Monthly Checklist does not.
Which is updated more often, Bills Manager or Monthly Checklist?
Bills Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, and Monthly Checklist daily. Most recently, Bills Manager was updated on September 22, 2026 and Monthly Checklist on June 9, 2026.

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