Kotha vs NID Wallet BD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kotha
Connect with friends and family using instant messaging, audio/video calls, and group chats. Share various file types and express yourself with stickers. Discover local services, news, and entertainment within the app.
- Instant messaging
- Audio/video calls
- Group chatting
- File sharing
- Bengali transliteration
- Discover section with mini apps
- News and entertainment
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Kotha is a Social Communication & Lifestyle app developed in Bangladesh for Bangladeshi people and Bangla speaking community around the world. The purpose of the app is to offer Bangladeshis their own social media & communication tools, promote use of Bangla language and at the same time offer daily life useful local services, lifestyle contents, latest news and entertainment etc. Kotha enables users to communicate with instant messaging, audio/video calls, group chatting and users can share images, camera photos & videos, contacts, attachments and document files, cloud files, links, voice message, location, stickers etc. It’s easy to type and post in Kotha with Bengali transliteration. Kotha has a feed/timeline were users can post, rate, comment and share. The discover section of the app has mini apps integrated into Kotha as well as sports updates, news & events, market place etc. Gradually more third-party services will be integrated into Kotha.
NID Wallet BD
Access your National Identity Card (NID) services securely on your mobile device. This app provides an extra layer of security for your account by requiring facial verification through your phone's camera.
- Identity Verification
- Facial Scan Security
- NID Service Access
- QR Code Scanning
- Account Claiming
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NID Wallet BD is a multi-purpose application developed under Bangladesh Election Commission. The goal of this application is to make sure the NID-related services are easily available on your phone. Current features: - Identity Verification: This feature adds one more layer of security to make sure that no one but you can claim your account from the Bangladesh Election Commission website. In addition to your personal details and verification code, you'll need to use this app to scan your face to verify your identity while claiming your account. Prerequisite: *Phone must have a camera to scan the QR code *Phone must have TrueDepth camera support to scan face *Internet Connectivity Important announcement: To protect your data, we have implemented advanced face detection technology using TrueDepth camera support. Before initiating the face scan, please check if the device model supports the TrueDepth camera. While scanning your face, please follow the on screen instructions. We're always excited to hear from you! If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, please email us at: nidwallet-support@nidw.gov.bd
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: NID Wallet BD at none against Kotha's shown. NID Wallet BD also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Kotha's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Kotha against 4.1 for NID Wallet BD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NID Wallet BD has 1.9K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Kotha's written reviews are positive against 59% of NID Wallet BD's.
Kotha ships an update monthly, NID Wallet BD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kotha | NID Wallet BD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 59.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kotha Apps & Technologies Ltd. | Bangladesh Election Commission |
Customer experience
Kotha
NID Wallet BD
Bugs and requests
Kotha
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NID Wallet BD
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to complete verification process
- App not recognizing user's face
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Crashes on launch or during use
Requested features
4 requests- Improve face recognition accuracy
- Add support for more device types
- Provide clear instructions for QR code usage
- Implement dark mode option
In-app purchases
Kotha
No in-app purchases
NID Wallet BD
No in-app purchases
