Absher | أبشر vs Sahel Business
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Absher | أبشر
Access government services for citizens, residents, and visitors through an official electronic platform. Manage personal and family data securely, with support for both Arabic and English languages.
- Official Ministry of Interior services
- Manage personal and family data
- Secure access to e-services
- Supports Arabic and English
- Privacy and security focused design
- Remote task completion
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Absher App is the official application of the electronic platform for the Ministry of Interior's services, providing individuals services to citizens, residents and visitors. Absher app supports both Arabic and English, allowing you to benefit from a wide range of services available for individuals through the app. The app has been carefully designed and developed with a strong focus on privacy and security standards, ensuring that you can safely view your personal data, as well as the data of your family members and domestic workers. You can also conveniently access various e-services provided by the Ministry of Interior.
Sahel Business
This unified government application simplifies access to e-services from various agencies. Citizens and residents can easily perform transactions, receive notifications, and manage appointments. It aims to enhance the quality and efficiency of government service delivery through a digital platform.
- Access government services
- Receive notifications and announcements
- Book government appointments
- View official document status
- Apply for government services
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"Sahel" App is a Unified Government Application for e-services for various government agencies. Through this application, the citizen and resident can perform their services and transactions easily, quickly, and effectively according to the highest quality standards, to provide a new experience to accomplish government transactions. The App provides an integrated platform for citizens and residents to receive notifications and announcements from all government agencies, gain access to all government services, and contributes to improving the provision of services electronically. Services provided by "Sahel" App: • Data: Enables identifying the status of the relationship for (citizen/resident) with the government through official documents, status, and expiry dates. • Services: Allows applying for services provided by government agencies to the public. • Notifications: Provides alerts and reminders from government agencies to the public that shows the status of the service provided. • Appointments: Can book government appointments via the META central platform. • Announcements: Single window to present government agencies announcements, through which they highlight their services, news, and other information for citizens and residents. App main objectives: • Allow for quick and improved services of government agencies • Simplify government processes and make it easier for citizens and residents to complete government transactions • Reduce the number of auditors required in government agencies and institutions • Facilitate conducting government transactions through electronic applications • Connect services of all government agencies and institutions through a single application • Save time and costs for citizens and residents to complete their government transactions • Eliminate bureaucracy and reduce paperwork • Promote integrity and transparency through digital transformation • Be the starting point in achieving digital transformation in the State of Kuwait
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Absher | أبشر at 85% against Sahel Business's 5%. Absher | أبشر also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (33K vs 63). Sahel Business's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Absher | أبشر holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Absher | أبشر has 33K ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Absher | أبشر's written reviews are positive against 5% of Sahel Business's.
Absher | أبشر ships an update every 2 weeks, Sahel Business every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Absher | أبشر | Sahel Business |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33K ratings) — better | 2.4 (63 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 5.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | 63 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 486 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER | Public Authority For Civil Information (PACI - Kuwait) |
Customer experience
Absher | أبشر
Sahel Business
Bugs and requests
Absher | أبشر
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with iOS 16
- Inconsistent performance after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add more government services
- Improve user interface and navigation
- Provide multilingual support
- Enhance security and privacy features
Sahel Business
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Absher | أبشر
No in-app purchases
Sahel Business
No in-app purchases
