FirstMobile App vs WEMA Bank MobilePASS+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FirstMobile App
This official mobile banking app offers convenient access to financial and non-financial transactions for account holders. It features a DIY enrollment process, allowing new customers to open accounts and existing customers to register without visiting a branch.
- Financial transactions
- Non-financial transactions
- DIY enrollment
- Open new accounts
- Register existing accounts
- Digital banking experience
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FirstMobile is the official mobile banking smartphone application from FirstBank. It provides FirstBank account holders with convenient access to both financial and non-financial transactions via their mobile phones/devices. The App is sleek and convenient to use- evident in its DIY enrolment process. New customers can simply download the app and open a FirstBank account while existing customers with Verve or Naira Mastercards can register and begin using the app without cause to visit a physical branch location. FirstMobile is poised to offer an even more reliable and definitely more convenient digital banking experience with its latest version update.
WEMA Bank MobilePASS+
This app provides a secure alternative to hardware tokens for transaction authentication on a business internet banking platform. It generates One-Time Passwords (OTPs) directly from your mobile device, eliminating the need to carry a separate token.
- Hardware token alternative
- Mobile OTP generation
- Transaction authentication
- ALAT for Business support
- Soft token enrollment
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WEMA Bank MobilePass+ is an application that will serve as an alternative to the hardware token. It eliminates the need to constantly carry your hardware token with you all the time as the application can be installed on your mobile devices. It can be used to generate OTP to authenticate transactions on ALAT for Business (the internet banking platform for Corporate and SME). To complete your enrolment on the app, kindly logon to ALAT for Business web application and request for a soft token.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: FirstMobile App at 2K against WEMA Bank MobilePASS+'s 24. FirstMobile App also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (15% vs 0%). WEMA Bank MobilePASS+'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). 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.
FirstMobile App holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FirstMobile App has 2K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of FirstMobile App's written reviews are positive against 0% of WEMA Bank MobilePASS+'s.
| Parameter | FirstMobile App | WEMA Bank MobilePASS+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (2K ratings) — better | 2.8 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | First Bank of Nigeria Limited | Wema Bank Plc |
Customer experience
FirstMobile App
WEMA Bank MobilePASS+
Bugs and requests
FirstMobile App
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to log in after update
- Blank screen when selecting account to debit
- Inconsistent behavior on different devices
- OTP not received during login
- Virtual card services not working properly
Requested features
7 requests- Add Face ID/fingerprint login
- Introduce theme options (dark/light mode)
- Improve account statement history
- Enable e-statement generation
- Add bulk transfer functionality
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- Provide more login options beyond ATM card
- Improve beneficiary management
WEMA Bank MobilePASS+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FirstMobile App
No in-app purchases
WEMA Bank MobilePASS+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is WEMA Bank MobilePASS+ free?
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