Comparison

EasyEquities vs TaxMate SA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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)

About

TaxMate SA

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TaxMate SA keeps the books for South African freelancers, sole proprietors and side-hustlers — and tells you what you'll owe SARS before provisional tax is due. No spreadsheets. No shoebox of receipts. Just what came in, what went out, and what to put aside. INCOME, YOUR WAY • Log each payment with who paid you and when • Or drop in one weekly total when you're too busy for the detail • Keep a running list of your regular clients EXPENSES WITHOUT THE TYPING • Upload your bank statement PDF and TaxMate reads every transaction for you • Each one is sorted into a SARS expense category automatically • Swipe to confirm or correct — business or personal, a few seconds each • Photograph a cash receipt and the amount, date and category fill themselves in • Add cash expenses by hand for anything that never touched your bank KNOW THE NUMBER BEFORE IT'S DUE • A live provisional-tax estimate that updates every time you add income or an expense • Built on the current SARS tax tables, rebates and thresholds • Reminders before both deadlines — end of August and end of February • It's an estimate to plan with, not tax advice RECORDS YOUR ACCOUNTANT WILL RECOGNISE • Monthly Cash Receipts Journal and Cash Payments Journal, South African style • Ready to hand over at filing time YOUR DATA IS YOURS TaxMate has no analytics and no advertising in it. Uploaded statements are deleted once they've been read. You can export or permanently delete everything from Settings, any time. PRICING TaxMate is free to use for your first 30 days. After that it's R119.99/month for full access, billed through your Apple account and cancellable anytime in your App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://taxmate-sa-m3402247-6601s-projects.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://taxmate-sa-m3402247-6601s-projects.vercel.app/terms

Screenshots

EasyEquities4 screens
TaxMate SA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EasyEquities at none against TaxMate SA's 1. EasyEquities also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TaxMate SA sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. EasyEquities asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EasyEquities versus TaxMate SA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasyEquitiesTaxMate SA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (42 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings42 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGT247.comRudo Mashanda

In-app purchases

None

EasyEquities

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TaxMate SA

Subscriptions1
  • TaxMate SA Pro Monthly$5.991 Month

Questions

Is EasyEquities free?
EasyEquities is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaxMate SA free?
TaxMate SA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EasyEquities or TaxMate SA have ads?
Neither EasyEquities nor TaxMate SA shows ads.

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