Ace Budget 3 Lite vs Checkbook Wiz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ace Budget 3 Lite
Manage your personal finances with this intuitive app. Track spending, set budgets, and schedule recurring transactions. Visualize your financial data with charts and reports, and secure your information with biometric authentication.
- Budget creation (daily to yearly)
- Recurring transaction scheduling
- Face ID/Touch ID support
- iCloud data sync
- Charts and reports
- Photo receipt capture
- Data export (CSV, HTML)
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Ace Budget 3 Lite is a free version of the Ace Budget 3 application. It is limited to 50 transactions. Ace Budget 3 is an easy to use personal finance application to help you track your spending and keep to a budget. You can create daily, weekly, monthly, semimonthly, quarterly, and yearly budgets. You will be able to schedule recurring transactions, set reminders, view graphs, compare historical data, and much more. Every feature of Ace Budget 3 is designed to be quick, clean, intuitive, and easy to use. FEATURES * Face ID and Touch ID Support - Use Face ID or Touch ID to authenticate and launch the Ace Budget 3 app quicker and more conveniently. * Sync Data via iCloud - Sync your data across iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. * Universal Binary - Designed for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad devices. No need to buy separate apps for each device. * Charts and Reports - See your monthly income and expenses through charts and reports. * Photo Receipts - Capture and store photo receipt as part of a transaction. * AirPrint Support - Print reports directly from your iPhone or iPad to any AirPrint-enabled printer. * Multiple Budget Cycles - Create daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly budget cycles. * Transaction Reminder - Set reminders for scheduled transactions to warn you when expenses are due. * Transactions Scheduling - Schedule recurring transactions based on the start date and frequency you choose. * Quick Entry List - Create a repeating transaction list for quick selection instead of retyping details. * Smart Autocomplete - As you type, a list will show the previously entered descriptions for you to select from to save re-typing. * Search - Quickly search for transactions and edit from the same screen. * Budget History - At the end each cycle, all information for a budget category is archived and can be easily viewed for comparative purposes. * Transfer - Move funds from one budget category to another in a single operation. * Export Capability - Export budget data in CSV or HTML format for external viewing. * Customization Settings & Themes - Configurable settings and themes to customize the application based on your preferences. * Budget Delete Lock - Prevents accidental deletion of all the transactions under a budget category. * Customizable Sorting - Sort transactions based on your preference either ASC or DESC order by date. * Backup / Restore - You can backup and restore via Dropbox, email, or iTunes file sharing. * Clean, Intuitive User Interface * If you like this app, then please support us with a positive rating. Thank you!
Checkbook Wiz
Easily track your financial transactions and account balances. Manage multiple accounts, currencies, and recurring expenses with detailed reports and secure backup options. Ideal for personal daily finance management.
- Track account balances and transactions
- Supports multiple currencies
- Recurring transaction management
- Detailed income and expense reports
- Transaction splitting and categorization
- Receipt and check number attachment
- iCloud and Dropbox backup/restore
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A simple and easy to use app to track transactions and balance of your accounts like checking saving, credit card and cash etc. Checkbook Wiz is a convenient way to manage your personal daily finance, check or add transactions anywhere with your device, keep an eye on balance of your accounts, see clearly where you money comes and goes. You can set multiple currencies for this app, and it support iCloud auto sync, iCloud & Dropbox backup and restore, makes it easier for you and your other family number to manage accounts together. Key features: ⁃ Track total balance, cleared balance of total accounts and each account. ⁃ Track transactions of each account. ⁃ Supports different currencies for each account. ⁃ Show transactions by daily and monthly. ⁃ Show daily and monthly total income and expense by calendar. ⁃ Supports adding expense, income and transfer transactions. ⁃ Supports splitting a transaction across multiple categories. ⁃ Add receipt for a transaction. ⁃ Add check number for a transaction. ⁃ Mark transaction as cleared or not directly in main screen page. ⁃ Kinds of default categories and you can add your own. ⁃ Supports adding recurring transactions. ⁃ Search transactions by name, category, account, amount, type and note text in a specific date range. ⁃ Comprehensive reports including: a). Total income & expense of all accounts and each account. b). Transactions by category. c). Transactions by payee. d). Monthly income & expense cash flow histogram. e). Monthly account balance chart view. ⁃ Export data inform of PDF, CSV and HTML. ⁃ Supports Air Print. ⁃ Password protection. ⁃ Supports Touch ID as passcode. ⁃ Add unlimited reminders. ⁃ Set Primary Account, primary category and home currency. ⁃ Custom month start day. ⁃ Show or hide reconciled transaction. ⁃ Supports iCloud auto sync. ⁃ Support both iCloud and Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Checkbook Wiz at 75% against Ace Budget 3 Lite's 0%. Checkbook Wiz also leads on ratings volume (815 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Ace Budget 3 Lite's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. Checkbook Wiz sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months. Ace Budget 3 Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ace Budget 3 Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkbook Wiz has 815 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Ace Budget 3 Lite's written reviews are positive against 75% of Checkbook Wiz's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ace Budget 3 Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, Checkbook Wiz every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ace Budget 3 Lite | Checkbook Wiz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (815 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 815 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SVT Software | LINKLINKS LTD |
Customer experience
Ace Budget 3 Lite
Checkbook Wiz
Bugs and requests
Ace Budget 3 Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Checkbook Wiz
Reported bugs
3 issues- Transactions disappearing from register
- Incorrect account balances displayed
- App crashing when adding accounts
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to delete/edit payees
- Automatic recurring transaction entry
- Custom reporting and budgeting tools
- Sync across multiple devices
- Improved category management
In-app purchases
Ace Budget 3 Lite
No in-app purchases
Checkbook Wiz
- Premium - 6 months$1.996 Months
- Pro Version$19.99
Questions
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