MaxiCash App vs Makuta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MaxiCash App
Facilitates international money transfers and mobile purchases for African expats. Send funds home using cash vouchers, pay for mobile services, and support students or NGOs in Africa.
- Send money home via cash voucher
- Mobile purchases and airtime top-ups
- Support students abroad
- Donate to NGOs and churches
- Innovative wallet system
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We’ve developed an app for African expats to support their families in Africa without using any traditional “agencies” or "bank" but using an innovative wallet and cash voucher system called MaxiCash... 1. Mobile Purchases Maxicash allows you to purchase and make payments from our wide variety of mobile partners. Buying Airtime from African Telecommunication providers has never been easier. Sending E-vouchers gifts is now one step closer 2. Send Money Home Sending money home to your loved ones has never been so easy. With Maxicash send money to Africa from anywhere in the world using a cash voucher instead of real money. 3. Support Students in Africa Making it easier for parents sending money to their children abroad for school fees and other related expenses. 4. Donate to NGOs and Churches in Africa Make your donations to any of our listed NGOs and Churches through the Maxicash mobile app and the payment is directly wired to their bank account.
Makuta
This app provides a simple, convenient, and secure way to transfer money and make electronic payments. It supports transactions with multiple mobile money operators, banks, and major credit cards.
- Money transfer
- Electronic payments
- Mobile money integration
- Bank transfers
- Visa/MasterCard payments
- Secure transactions
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Makuta est une application de pointe offrant une expérience de transfert d'argent et de paiement électronique simple, pratique et sécurisée. Elle est conçue pour répondre aux besoins des consommateurs modernes qui souhaitent gérer leurs transactions financières de manière rapide et fiable. À ce jour, Makuta accepte les opérations de 5 opérateurs Mobile Money, 4 banques en RD Congo et accepte également les paiements avec les cartes Visa et MasterCard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Makuta at 100% against MaxiCash App's 50%. Makuta also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Makuta holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of MaxiCash App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Makuta's.
MaxiCash App ships an update every 6 weeks, Makuta every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MaxiCash App | Makuta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pluritone | WOLF TECHNOLOGIES |
Customer experience
MaxiCash App
Makuta
In-app purchases
MaxiCash App
No in-app purchases
Makuta
No in-app purchases
