PIF vs Womata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PIF
Send personalized surprise gifts to friends and family anywhere in the world. This app facilitates spontaneous acts of kindness by allowing users to gift products from local businesses, fostering joy in giving and receiving.
- Send surprise gifts globally
- Discover gift ideas
- Support local businesses
- Social gifting platform
- Random Acts of Kindness
- Gift via PIF ID without personal info
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PIF® - Pay It Forward Free to download, Free to use, Free from ads. It's a new fun way to send small surprises to your friends. In the app you will find a universe of gift ideas for him, for her and anyone in between! And it doesn't matter were in the world they are. Are you studying abroad and the family back home want's to celebrate your birthday or another passed exam? They can just send you a gift on PIF, and you can go down to the local store and pick up your birthday cake, bottle of wine, or go to the cinema, payed and gifted to you by the fam back home The whole idea is based on the fundamental joy of giving and receiving personalized gifts. PIF is a social platform where users can interact with each other through fun and personal surprises, it's Random Acts of Kindness. At the same time, you support the local businesses. Instead of just sending a text message, users can now spread joy by sending a product accompanied by a loving or teasing message. And with the PIF ID you can send and recieve gifts to/from anyone without knowing any personal information. It's like the Cash tag from cash app, but for gifting PIF® - Pay It Forward is the result of many years of hard work. The idea is simple and brilliant, but, like with all good things, the development of the concept takes time. And we are not done yet. If you have any feedback that could help make the app even better, we would love to hear from you. Write to us at contact@pif-app.com or find us at @piftheapp. Pass It Forward or Pay It Forward, it's up to you! We just gave you the tool to spread joy to anyone anywhere, real easy. It's not PAF, PUF, POF or any other 3-letter P-word. Remember it stands for Pay It Forward, so it's PIF - PIF'ing is giving, and to get PIF'ed is getting a gift.
Womata
Easily purchase goods directly from China's 1688 Mall. This app provides convenient transshipment services for users in Nigeria, simplifying international online shopping.
- Purchase from 1688 Mall
- Transshipment services
- International shopping
- Nigerian user focus
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This is an APP for Nigerian people to purchase goods from China 1688 Mall and provide transshipment services
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PIF at 4.3 against Womata's 3.9. PIF also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 49%). Womata's advantage is ratings volume (217 vs 10) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). 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.
PIF holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Womata has 217 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of PIF's written reviews are positive against 49% of Womata's.
PIF ships an update every 5 weeks, Womata fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PIF | Womata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) — better | 3.9 (217 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 48.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 217 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | PIF International A/S | WOMATA |
Customer experience
PIF
Womata
Bugs and requests
PIF
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Womata
Reported bugs
11 issues- Ads of suggestions inside cart
- Trouble logging in to account
- App not opening on phone
- Latest version cannot search with pictures
- Email verification refuses to drop
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- Cannot log into Womata account
- App/system has an error (sea shipping booked, saw air)
- Difficult to use after upgrade, can't reorder
- Agents refunding orders and not replying
- Defaulted items sent, no option of return
- Refund money only to wallet, not normal refund
Requested features
5 requests- Delivery or pick up station in Ibadan Oyo state
- Introduce withdrawal option to own bank account
- Reduce service charges
- Option for withdrawing refunded money back to bank account
- Put estimated weight of goods before payment
In-app purchases
PIF
No in-app purchases
Womata
No in-app purchases
