EasyEquities vs Pay & Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EasyEquities
Invest in a wide range of assets like shares, ETFs, crypto, and property with low costs and no minimums. Sign up in minutes and manage your portfolio with AI tools and personalized reporting. Trade global markets and fund accounts easily.
- Invest in shares, ETFs, crypto, and property
- No account or investment minimums
- Fractional shares and IPO access
- AI-powered portfolio creation and advice
- Trade global stock exchanges
- Recurring investment options
- Secure and trusted platform
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At EasyEquities, we aim to make investing as easy as possible for you. Low Cost, Easy Investing * Invest in Shares, ETFs, Properties, Crypto, Retirement Annuities, Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA) and Unit Trusts, all low cost and easily accessible in one app. * No account minimums needed and no minimum investment size. * Investing at Your Fingertips * Sign up in minutes, invest in Shares, ETFs, Property. Crypto, RA’s, TFSA and Unit Trusts in seconds. * Invest in Property and CryptoCurrencies * Invest in Fractional Shares Rights (FSRs), Invest with as much money you have available in a piece of a share, with all the benefits of owning a full one, buy up to 1/10 000th of a share. * Get access to the latest IPO’s. * Invest in ZAR, USD, EUR, GBP and AUD. * Place buying and selling instructions when the market is closed. * Thrive with EasyEquities and earn benefits including discount in brokerage each month * Stay on top of your investment portfolio with a detailed account overview and personalised reporting * Set up a recurring investment so that you automatically contribute to your investment monthly, quarterly or annually. Harness the power of AI Investing * Create a portfolio using AI * Browse AI created portfolios * Chat with our AI Bot about investment strategies Trade the Markets * Don’t just invest in the markets but trade them too with EasyTrader. Designed for You * View a beautiful, intuitive user experience, designed to help you invest in the brands you love. * Easily sign in and monitor your portfolio and the market from anywhere, anytime. * Multiple Markets * Invest in the companies you love on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Australian, UK and Euro stock exchanges. * Easily and quickly fund your international wallets using our low-cost, easy to use EasyFX solution * Invest immediately with the instant EFT functionality. Free Investing * Refer a friend and get EasyMoney covering all your brokerage, free investing. * Easily send vouchers to loved ones to build their own investment portfolio. * Secure & Trusted Platform * Cutting-edge security to protect your portfolio and personal information. EasyEquities ®. First World Trader (Pty) Ltd t/a EasyEquities is an authorized financial services provider, registered credit provider and licensed over the counter derivatives provider. EasyEquities is a subsidiary of Purple Group Limited, a company listed on the JSE Limited (PPE)
Pay & Connect
This app facilitates UCT campus payments and food voucher management for students, scanners, and merchants. Students can request and spend food vouchers, while scanners manage entry and voucher issuance. Merchants can receive payments and withdraw funds.
- Request and spend food vouchers
- Scan into residence dining halls
- Manage digital wallets
- Receive voucher payments
- Withdraw voucher funds
- Cancel issued vouchers
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The Pay & Connect app is a payments app for the University of Cape Town (UCT), that facilitates the issuing and using of food vouchers. The app can be used by students (currently only those in residences); scanners (at residences) and merchants. Students can use the Pay & Connect app to scan in to receive meals in UCT residences; request food vouchers; and make purchases from merchants (food suppliers) on campus. Scanners can use the Pay & Connect app to scan students into university residence dining halls; issue vouchers to students; and cancel student vouchers. Merchants can use the Pay & Connect app to receive voucher payments from students and redeem vouchers by withdrawing the voucher funds to their bank accounts. Registrations: After downloading the app, users will need to register their UCT student number or their email address. Users will also be asked whether they are a student, scanner or merchant. Verification: Users will only be able to use the Pay & Connect app once their email is verified. This is done by clicking the link that is sent to the user’s email. Scanners and merchants will need to have their accounts manually activated by UCT staff. QR Code: Students registered on the app will have a QR code which is visible on the app. Students can use this QR code to be scanned into a university residence. Digital Wallets: Each student and merchant using the app will have a digital wallet associated with their account. Students and merchants can see their wallet balance directly in the app. Scanning into residence: Students can use the Pay & Connect app to gain entry into residence dining halls by having the scanner scan their QR code. Students will only be permitted into meals that they are eligible to eat under their specific university dining plan. Lunch vouchers: Students who are eligible for lunch time meals under their university dining plan will have the option to request a lunch voucher to eat lunch on campus. When a student is issued a lunch voucher, the value of the lunch voucher will be credited to their digital wallet. Issuing vouchers: Students can request a voucher directly through the Pay & Connect app, provided that this is done before the cut off time, which is set up the university. Alternatively, scanners can issue students a lunch voucher by scanning the student’s student card. Cancelling vouchers: After requesting a lunch voucher, a student will have the option to cancel that voucher. When a student cancels their voucher, the student’s account is debited the voucher value. Vouchers can only be cancelled before the cut off time (which is set up the university), and cannot be cancelled if the student has already spent part of the voucher. A scanner can also cancel a student’s voucher by scanning the student’s student card. Spending vouchers: Students can spend their lunch vouchers on campus by using their app to scan the merchant’s QR code. When spending their vouchers, students will be required to enter the amount that they would like to spend. Merchants can also initiate payments from students by scanning the student’s QR code on their app, or scanning the student’s student card. Withdrawing funds: Merchants will have the option of withdrawing funds from their voucher wallet into their banks accounts. This is done by adding their bank details into the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EasyEquities at 3.2 against Pay & Connect's 3.0. EasyEquities also leads on ratings volume (42 vs 2) and review sentiment (33% vs 17%). On price, update cadence, 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.
EasyEquities holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EasyEquities has 42 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of EasyEquities's written reviews are positive against 17% of Pay & Connect's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EasyEquities | Pay & Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (42 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 32.6% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GT247.com | Slide Financial |
Customer experience
EasyEquities
Pay & Connect
In-app purchases
EasyEquities
No in-app purchases
Pay & Connect
No in-app purchases
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