Pocket Register

Name: Pocket Register
Rating: 4.3 (14 reviews)
Author: Chad Pickard

Simple checkbook ledger

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

14 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Finance
Developer

Chad Pickard
Language

EN
English
Size

17.6
MB

Track every account and balance in one private, offline checkbook register. New: see all your accounts together on one screen. Simple, fast, no sign-in needed. Pocket Register is your no-frills check register, right in your pocket. Whether you're managing your main account, a cash stash, or a side budget, Pocket Register makes it easy to: - Log deposits, withdrawals, and transfers - View your current running balance - Set up recurring transactions — weekly, monthly, or twice a month (perfect for paydays) - Plan ahead: see upcoming bills, debts, and what's safe to spend before your next paycheck - Scan receipts with the built-in document scanner - Set monthly budgets per category, with progress bars - Get smart category suggestions as you type - Add quick-fill templates for repeat transactions - Reconcile against your bank statement - Stay organized with memo notes, splits, and date selection - Works fully offline by default. iCloud Sync is available as an optional Pro feature. Plan Ahead: The optional Plan tab shows your projected balance, upcoming bills and debts, and what's safe to spend before payday — built from your own recurring transactions. It stays out of the way until you need it, so a simple register stays simple. Beautiful Design: Cleanly designed for iPhone and iPad, with full light and dark mode support. Privacy First: No data collection, no tracking, no bank linking. Your transactions stay on your device by default. iCloud Sync is opt-in and uses your private iCloud account, so only you can see your data. Lightweight: Simple by design, built for speed and clarity. No bank linking, no subscriptions. Widget Support: View your balance and recent transactions at a glance. Home Screen widgets in three sizes, plus Lock Screen widgets so your balance is always one tap away. Siri & Shortcuts: Add transactions hands-free. Just say "Hey Siri, add a transaction in Pocket Register." Whether you're tracking a vacation budget, side hustle income, or just keeping tabs on daily spending, Pocket Register gives you full control, offline and clutter-free. Pro (one-time purchase, no subscription): - Removes all ads - Unlimited accounts and transactions (free includes 2 accounts and 300 transactions) - iCloud Sync across all your devices - Custom color themes - Lock Screen widgets - Family Sharing for up to 5 family members - Unlimited splits and quick-fill templates - Advanced CSV export with profiles, presets, splits, and Excel/YNAB-compatible formats

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

14 Ratings

Wow perfect app now
Jul 18
Chris of Vienna
I left a review last week saying this could be a 5 star if it had a memo aside from a payee line and a running balance below each transaction. After I did an update today they added exactly what I said wow. Please add an all account overview as an option to see the whole accounts on the front page. Thanks!!!!

Developer Response
Chris, thank you for the update! Honestly your original feedback is what pushed those features up the queue — the payee/memo split and the per-row running balance both shipped because reviewers like you flagged them. Glad they made a difference. Keep the ideas coming.
Wow perfect app now
Jul 18
Chris of Vienna

I left a review last week saying this could be a 5 star if it had a memo aside from a payee line and a running balance below each transaction. After I did an update today they added exactly what I said wow. Please add an all account overview as an option to see the whole accounts on the front page. Thanks!!!!
Developer Response Jun 8
Chris, thank you for the update! Honestly your original feedback is what pushed those features up the queue — the payee/memo split and the per-row running balance both shipped because reviewers like you flagged them. Glad they made a difference. Keep the ideas coming.
Awesome
08/11/2025
Joelaw1991
Love this app, it’s great and easy to use. This helps me track my spending without a lot of work, very convenient.

Developer Response
Thanks Joe! Glad it’s making it easy to stay on top of your spending.
Awesome
08/11/2025
Joelaw1991

Love this app, it’s great and easy to use. This helps me track my spending without a lot of work, very convenient.
Developer Response May 5
Thanks Joe! Glad it’s making it easy to stay on top of your spending.
It works great! - A detailed review
May 7
Gt12fyi3
App version 3.02. I’m using it on my iPad and like it a lot. I’m really happy I found it. It looks nice, handles all the basics and critical functions really well, and has a set of advanced features for those who need them. It’s not a subscription.I decided to write a thorough review because this is a fresh, new app with only a few reviews - a hidden gem in the rubble of the App Store. I have used or tried several checkbook register apps over the last couple years. This is the best functioning / best looking/ most intuitive / easiest/ I’ve found. It deserves to be recognized. The app is updated often, which indicates the developer is very active, responsive to users, and that this is a new app, less than a year old. That’s a good sign. The developer has other apps too.I tested/played with the free version for a few hours, including a trial run using six weeks of my actual checkbook transactions, followed by a successful reconciliation to my actual bank balance. I happily paid for the app. Since then, I have been it using as my goto checkbook register and reconcile app. Like most people, my checkbook register is fairly complex, including ACH Debits and Deposits, Electronic payments, Transfers, and some paper checks. Many are recurring transactions that it handles perfectly.Here is how it works:The Transactions screen: The app opens to the ‘Transactions’ screen. It looks like a checkbook register. It a very nice design, and shows recent transactions, with all transaction history just a scroll up, or scroll down. The transaction stack can also be sorted by newest, oldest, $ amount. The information on the transactions screen is everything that’s needed for a register, including a checkmark if the transaction has cleared. You clear/unclear a transaction in its sub-screen (a page that appears by transaction touch). The sub-screen holds all of the transaction’s details and can be easily edited. Note that on the transaction’s screen, recurring transactions appear automatically & reliably according to your specification. Setting up recurring transactions and editing them is easy. That’s not usually the case in other apps I’ve used. Buttons make it easy to switch to a weekly, monthly or yearly view of transactions.At the top of the transaction register is a header. It’s a status summary box which includes the current account balance, cleared and uncleared totals and the reconcile button. And, for paid apps, access to additional accounts is located there.Adding transactions:New transactions are easily added by touching the app’s “+” button. (Widget link too). You fill out new transaction details in a drop down box, and if it’s recurring (by week, month, etc,) that’s where you indicate that. There’s a switch for ‘cleared’ or ‘uncleared’. When you ‘clear’ a transaction, it auto creates a check mark on the register screen. You can select a pre-loaded category such as “Grocery” or you can create your own categories which is what I do. An example of a transaction in a created category might be: “Haircut Joe”, appearing in a category called “Payments By Paper Check”. That information, $ amount, cleared status, and highlighting icons, will appear on the transaction page along with your other transactions. Each transaction (when touched) opens up to its own page showing all of its details. That’s also where you can change any transaction’s status to recurring if needed, or edit the $ amount, date, etc. Transactions can be deleted on the register screen with a finger swipe left.Recurring transactions: Works great. Very easy to set up. Editing is easy (and that’s a big deal). It’s absolutely the best rendition of recurring transactions I’ve tried or used.Categories: The app comes with some categories (such as ‘Entertainment’) or you can create your own. They’re easy to edit/manage. The management of categories, and category editing is easier with this app than others. And… a big plus - it’s easy to pull up all of the transactions in any one category, by using a button on the transactions page. That can be really helpful.Reconcile to Bank Statement:The reconcile button is in the account’s status box at the top of the transaction register screen. The cleared and uncleared totals are there too in app version 3.02. To reconcile, touch “Reconcile”, A drop down box appears. You enter your end of month bank statement balance and the app calculates if your transaction register matches your bank statement. It also shows all the info available to help you figure out why it does or does not balance. That’s a critical feature done very well in this app that I’ve had trouble with In other apps.Insights screen:It is a smartly designed graphics screen, a button touch away from the transactions screen. Your expenses and income are summed up by category using bar charts. Inflow and outflow is shown graphically too. It can be set to show yearly, monthly, weekly, or even “all transactions”. It’s especially useful if you set up your transaction categories thoughtfully - and it’s pretty.Monthly Budget:You can set a budget value for each category and follow your progress graphically on the ‘Insights’ page. It’s easy to set up and use. It’s another indication of how thoughtfully this app is designed to focus on checkbook finances and bank statement reconciliation. Other good things:Attachments - The app assists you in adding a receipt image to a transaction’s details pageA useful widgetAdvanced features including CSV export functions (pro version for some of the advanced features)Siri access to transaction additionVarious helpful automations within the appA one time purchase - Yay

Developer Response
Wow — I've read this review three times. Thank you. Honestly.Reviews like this don't happen often, especially for a small app, and I know you put real time into writing it. The fact that you tested with six weeks of your own register and a real bank reconcile before paying says a lot about how you approach apps, and I'm glad Pocket Register held up.A few of the things you called out (recurring transactions being easy, the reconcile flow, category management) were the hardest pieces to get right and the ones I cared most about. Hearing they actually work the way I hoped means a lot.And thank you for the bug reports along the way — they made the app meaningfully better for everyone who uses it. Please keep them coming. I'll keep listening.
It works great! - A detailed review
May 7
Gt12fyi3

App version 3.02. I’m using it on my iPad and like it a lot. I’m really happy I found it. It looks nice, handles all the basics and critical functions really well, and has a set of advanced features for those who need them. It’s not a subscription.I decided to write a thorough review because this is a fresh, new app with only a few reviews - a hidden gem in the rubble of the App Store. I have used or tried several checkbook register apps over the last couple years. This is the best functioning / best looking/ most intuitive / easiest/ I’ve found. It deserves to be recognized. The app is updated often, which indicates the developer is very active, responsive to users, and that this is a new app, less than a year old. That’s a good sign. The developer has other apps too.I tested/played with the free version for a few hours, including a trial run using six weeks of my actual checkbook transactions, followed by a successful reconciliation to my actual bank balance. I happily paid for the app. Since then, I have been it using as my goto checkbook register and reconcile app. Like most people, my checkbook register is fairly complex, including ACH Debits and Deposits, Electronic payments, Transfers, and some paper checks. Many are recurring transactions that it handles perfectly.Here is how it works:The Transactions screen: The app opens to the ‘Transactions’ screen. It looks like a checkbook register. It a very nice design, and shows recent transactions, with all transaction history just a scroll up, or scroll down. The transaction stack can also be sorted by newest, oldest, $ amount. The information on the transactions screen is everything that’s needed for a register, including a checkmark if the transaction has cleared. You clear/unclear a transaction in its sub-screen (a page that appears by transaction touch). The sub-screen holds all of the transaction’s details and can be easily edited. Note that on the transaction’s screen, recurring transactions appear automatically & reliably according to your specification. Setting up recurring transactions and editing them is easy. That’s not usually the case in other apps I’ve used. Buttons make it easy to switch to a weekly, monthly or yearly view of transactions.At the top of the transaction register is a header. It’s a status summary box which includes the current account balance, cleared and uncleared totals and the reconcile button. And, for paid apps, access to additional accounts is located there.Adding transactions:New transactions are easily added by touching the app’s “+” button. (Widget link too). You fill out new transaction details in a drop down box, and if it’s recurring (by week, month, etc,) that’s where you indicate that. There’s a switch for ‘cleared’ or ‘uncleared’. When you ‘clear’ a transaction, it auto creates a check mark on the register screen. You can select a pre-loaded category such as “Grocery” or you can create your own categories which is what I do. An example of a transaction in a created category might be: “Haircut Joe”, appearing in a category called “Payments By Paper Check”. That information, $ amount, cleared status, and highlighting icons, will appear on the transaction page along with your other transactions. Each transaction (when touched) opens up to its own page showing all of its details. That’s also where you can change any transaction’s status to recurring if needed, or edit the $ amount, date, etc. Transactions can be deleted on the register screen with a finger swipe left.Recurring transactions: Works great. Very easy to set up. Editing is easy (and that’s a big deal). It’s absolutely the best rendition of recurring transactions I’ve tried or used.Categories: The app comes with some categories (such as ‘Entertainment’) or you can create your own. They’re easy to edit/manage. The management of categories, and category editing is easier with this app than others. And… a big plus - it’s easy to pull up all of the transactions in any one category, by using a button on the transactions page. That can be really helpful.Reconcile to Bank Statement:The reconcile button is in the account’s status box at the top of the transaction register screen. The cleared and uncleared totals are there too in app version 3.02. To reconcile, touch “Reconcile”, A drop down box appears. You enter your end of month bank statement balance and the app calculates if your transaction register matches your bank statement. It also shows all the info available to help you figure out why it does or does not balance. That’s a critical feature done very well in this app that I’ve had trouble with In other apps.Insights screen:It is a smartly designed graphics screen, a button touch away from the transactions screen. Your expenses and income are summed up by category using bar charts. Inflow and outflow is shown graphically too. It can be set to show yearly, monthly, weekly, or even “all transactions”. It’s especially useful if you set up your transaction categories thoughtfully - and it’s pretty.Monthly Budget:You can set a budget value for each category and follow your progress graphically on the ‘Insights’ page. It’s easy to set up and use. It’s another indication of how thoughtfully this app is designed to focus on checkbook finances and bank statement reconciliation. Other good things:Attachments - The app assists you in adding a receipt image to a transaction’s details pageA useful widgetAdvanced features including CSV export functions (pro version for some of the advanced features)Siri access to transaction additionVarious helpful automations within the appA one time purchase - Yay
Developer Response May 9
Wow — I've read this review three times. Thank you. Honestly.Reviews like this don't happen often, especially for a small app, and I know you put real time into writing it. The fact that you tested with six weeks of your own register and a real bank reconcile before paying says a lot about how you approach apps, and I'm glad Pocket Register held up.A few of the things you called out (recurring transactions being easy, the reconcile flow, category management) were the hardest pieces to get right and the ones I cared most about. Hearing they actually work the way I hoped means a lot.And thank you for the bug reports along the way — they made the app meaningfully better for everyone who uses it. Please keep them coming. I'll keep listening.
Great idea
Jun 13
Ms.Mc#2469
Horrible execution, should synchronize: doesn’t. Should display transactions, doesn’t. Do not waste your time or money

Developer Response
Hi — sincerely sorry for the iCloud sync issues. There's a CloudKit schema mismatch on our end that I'm actively deploying a fix for; once it's out, sync between your Apple devices should behave correctly. If your data isn't where you expect after updating, please send me an email — I'll personally make sure it gets recovered. We read every email.
Great idea
Jun 13
Ms.Mc#2469

Horrible execution, should synchronize: doesn’t. Should display transactions, doesn’t. Do not waste your time or money
Developer Response Jun 15
Hi — sincerely sorry for the iCloud sync issues. There's a CloudKit schema mismatch on our end that I'm actively deploying a fix for; once it's out, sync between your Apple devices should behave correctly. If your data isn't where you expect after updating, please send me an email — I'll personally make sure it gets recovered. We read every email.

- All Accounts view: see every account together on the main screen with one combined balance. Just tap the account name at the top and choose "All Accounts." - Faster transaction entry: fixed the slowdown some users saw when typing a transaction or opening the category list. Adding and editing transactions feels quicker now. - Other small performance improvements and fixes.

Version 3.6.1 Jul 20

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Seller: Chad Pickard
Size: 17.6 MB
Category: Finance
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.5 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.5 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.5 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.5 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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