Check it out!
Designed by Ronald L. Worley Jr.
A free offline Windows check register designed for keyboard and screen-reader use. Keep track of your accounts, deposits, payments, and current balances without connecting to a bank.
Download Check it out! — Windows installer, Version 0.8, Build 3
Download Check it out! — ZIP containing the Windows installer, Version 0.8, Build 3
For 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11. Download size: approximately 21 MB. Python and the required controls are included; no additional software download is needed.
New in Build 3, released October 16, 2026: a short clinking-coins sound plays once when the program opens.
Features
- Checking and Savings1 accounts, plus additional accounts you name.
- Current balances on the opening page.
- Add, edit, or delete transactions with recipient, amount, purpose, date, comments, and deposit or debit type.
- Transaction announcements put the recipient first, then amount and date, followed by purpose and comments when present.
- Deletion confirmation for transactions and added accounts. The original Checking and Savings1 accounts are protected.
- After saving an entry, focus returns to the updated balance. Tab once reaches Add Entry.
Install
- Download the installer using the link above.
- If you downloaded the ZIP, extract it first. Open CheckItOut-Setup.exe.
- Choose Next to install. When installation finishes, choose Finish. The Open Check it out! option is selected.
Setup adds desktop and Start Menu shortcuts. You can use these to open the program later. No administrator account is required.
The installer is unsigned, so Windows may display an unknown-publisher notice. This sound update preserves the Version 0.8, Build 2 interface approved by its designer with JAWS. Build 3 still needs a Windows startup check.
Keyboard navigation
- On buttons, Tab, Right Arrow, and Down Arrow move to the next option. Shift+Tab, Left Arrow, and Up Arrow move to the previous option. Navigation wraps around.
- Enter and Space activate buttons. In the transaction list, both open the selected entry for editing.
- Inside text fields, arrow keys move through the text. In the transaction list, Up and Down select entries. In the deposit/debit selector, arrows change the choice.
- C opens Checking. S opens Savings1. On the Balance page, other first letters focus matching added accounts.
- A adds an entry on an account page. Delete in the transaction list asks to remove the selected entry.
- Ctrl+Shift+H opens a read-only version-information field for JAWS or NVDA to read. Escape closes the window and restores your previous focus.
- F1 opens keyboard help. Escape returns to the previous page or closes the app from the Balance page.
Your saved records
Accounts and transactions are saved on your computer. Installing this version uses the same records as previous versions. Uninstalling the program keeps those records. It does not connect to your bank.
For a backup, close Check it out! and copy the CheckItOut folder from your Local AppData folder to a safe location. You can reach it with Windows+R, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\CheckItOut, and press Enter.