Comparison

Checkbook Wiz vs Budgit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Read full description

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.

About

Budgit

This app helps you manage your daily spending to avoid overspending. It offers rewards for good money management and a unique meal planning feature for students. Transactions are added quickly without needing to categorize them.

Highlights
  • Daily spending limits
  • Rewards for saving
  • Fast transaction adding
  • No transaction categories
  • Student meal plan feature
Read full description

Budget it the right way. *Daily budget minimizes overspending With Daily Balance see how much you can spend and limit the risk of overspending. *Rewards and budget correction on a daily basis Get rewarded for saving and managing money your way. *Lightspeed transaction adding No need to add categories, merchants, etc. *No transaction categories *Meal Plan feature for students Special feature for Students - Meal Plan budget.

Screenshots

Checkbook Wiz4 screens
Budgit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Budgit at 5.0 against Checkbook Wiz's 4.2. Budgit also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Checkbook Wiz's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (815 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Checkbook Wiz sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months. Budgit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Budgit 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 point the same way: 75% of Checkbook Wiz's written reviews are positive against 100% of Budgit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkbook Wiz ships an update every 3 months, Budgit every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Checkbook Wiz versus Budgit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckbook WizBudgit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (815 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings815 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLINKLINKS LTDIhor Sherstiuk

Customer experience

Checkbook Wiz

All ratings815 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive75.1%
Neutral10.6%
Negative14.3%

Budgit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Budgit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Checkbook Wiz

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - 6 months$1.996 Months
One-time1
  • Pro Version$19.99
None

Budgit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checkbook Wiz free?
Checkbook Wiz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budgit free?
Budgit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Checkbook Wiz or Budgit?
Budgit is rated higher. Checkbook Wiz averages 4.2 out of 5 from 815 ratings, while Budgit averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Checkbook Wiz or Budgit have ads?
Checkbook Wiz shows ads; Budgit does not.
Which is updated more often, Checkbook Wiz or Budgit?
Checkbook Wiz ships an update every 3 months, and Budgit every 21 months. Most recently, Checkbook Wiz was updated on October 24, 2026 and Budgit on October 14, 2026.

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