DBBL Rocket vs PI Banking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DBBL Rocket
This mobile banking application allows users to perform various financial transactions, including account registration, cash deposits and withdrawals, bill payments, and fund transfers. It supports multiple telecom operators and is available in both Bangla and English.
- Rocket account registration
- Cash-in and Cash-out
- Mobile Top-Up
- Bill Pay
- Merchant Pay
- Fund transfers
- Balance and statement inquiry
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Dutch-Bangla Bank Mobile Banking Application can be used by anybody who has a mobile number of any Telecom Operator and a iPhone . This app is available in both Bangla and English languages. With this app, one can do the following- 1. Rocket account registration 2. Cash-in 3. Cash-out 4. TopUp 5. Bill Pay 6. Merchant Pay 7. Fund transfer to any Rocket account (P2P) 8. Fund transfer to/from his Own linked DBBL core banking account 9. Fund transfer to any DBBL core banking account or debit card 10. Balance Inquiry 11. Statement Inquiry 12. Account Inquiry 13. And some other services.
PI Banking
Access your bank accounts and manage financial services through a mobile application. View account statements, perform fund transfers, pay bills, and recharge mobile phones. Offers both non-transactional and transactional features for convenient banking.
- Account balance and statement viewing
- Fund transfers (internal and external)
- Mobile recharge
- Bill payments
- Cheque management
- Card management
- New account creation
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Software Development Division of Pubali Bank has developed a Mobile Application named PI (π) for banking services for our customers. PI Banking refers to Mobile Financial Service of Pubali Bank Limited that enables bank customers to access accounts and general Information on bank products and services through Mobile devices. The main intention behind the commencement of electronic banking services is to provide the customers with an alternative that is more responsive and with less expensive options. The reasons for selecting the name of Mobile Apps as PI (π) are as follows: a) It is short and can be remembered easily. b) Earlier smallest unit of currency was PI (BD) c) PI also implies money receivables. d) PI in mathematics is 22/7 = 3.1428571429… implies Possibility Infinite. e) PI Banking also stands for Pubali Internet Banking. In order to get the said services, customers will activate PI App by following steps: a) The interested customer will download and install the PI (π) Apps from App Store (iOS). b) The customers will submit information of Account Number, Name, Date of Birth, e-Mail, Mobile Number, Father’s Name and Mother’s Name through Apps. c) Concerned branch will verify the said information received through Pubali Integrated Baning System with the Physical Account Opening Form and approve when found matched. Branch will communicate with the customer and ensure genuineness. d) After verification from the branch end, ICT Operation Division will verify the information by communicating with customer for PI Banking user activation and activate accordingly. e) Upon activation, the customer will login at the first instance using his/her User ID and Password and giving some secret information provided by her/him earlier at the time of submission to ascertain the genuineness. f) The customer will change her/his Password after the first login and thereafter may change the password frequently at her/his discretion. The services provided to our customers through Mobile App are furnished below: A) Non-transactional features: - My account (Balance of the Accounts) - Last 5 (five) transactions (this is configurable i.e. customers may increase the number of transactions) - Viewing account statements. - Payment status of issued cheques - Cheque book requisition - Stop payment of cheque - Submitting Positive Pay Instruction B) Transactional features: - Fund Transfer - Between the Pubali Bank’s accounts - Between the Pubali Bank and other Bank’s through NPSB, BEFTN and RTGS - Mobile recharge (Postpaid or Prepaid) - Bills Payment - Card Management as Card Bill Payment, Card Statement - Fund Transfer (Any Bank) - Card to Card - Card to Account - Card to MFS - Credit Card Bill Payment - E-Commerce Enable or Disable (On Process) - Fund Management (On Process) - Creating FDR/ any deposit account - Encashment - FDR or Recurring Deposit A/C fund transfer to source A/C (SB, CC, CD,SND) Security of the transmitted data through Internet: To establish security of transmitted data by the customers in our system through internet and to ensure protection against unauthorized disclosure, alteration and fraudulent activities, we are receiving the service of “Sectigo” under license agreement. Thus the transmitted data is being protected through encryption enabled by a Server's Digital Certificate using the software “Sectigo”. This is widely used for security solution of web-server. It incorporates both authentication and encryption. Moreover, the server for the aforesaid banking system has been protected by the well reputed CISCO Firewall, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to guard against intruders in the system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PI Banking at 72% against DBBL Rocket's 23%. PI Banking also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (5K vs 689). 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.
PI Banking holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PI Banking has 5K ratings behind it against 689, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of DBBL Rocket's written reviews are positive against 72% of PI Banking's.
DBBL Rocket ships an update every 3 weeks, PI Banking monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DBBL Rocket | PI Banking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (689 ratings) | 4.8 (5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.9% of reviews | 72.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 689 | 5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dutch-Bangla Bank | Pubali Bank Limited |
Customer experience
DBBL Rocket
PI Banking
User reviews
DBBL Rocket
From 689 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Smooth performance
- 🔒 Secure transactions
- 💡 Innovative features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- ⚠️ Unreliable service
- 🔑 Login issues
- 💳 Problems with add money and bill payment
PI Banking
From 5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Convenient banking services
- 🚀 Fast transactions
- 🔒 Secure banking experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent server/network issues
- 🔒 Lack of biometric login options
- 🔍 Inconsistent e-KYC process
- 🤔 Confusing feature availability
Bugs and requests
DBBL Rocket
Reported bugs
4 issues- Keyboard not working in login screen
- App crashes when trying to scan QR code
- Account balance not displaying correctly
- Issues with fund transfer to other bank accounts
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for other payment methods
- Improve KYC verification process
- Introduce biometric login options
- Enhance bill payment functionality
PI Banking
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with newer OS versions
- Inconsistent OTP delivery
- Cash withdrawal feature not working
Requested features
5 requests- Add biometric login options (Face ID, Fingerprint)
- Improve e-KYC process to avoid in-person verification
- Expand NPSB service coverage
- Integrate credit card management features
- Provide option to save/manage debit card details
In-app purchases
DBBL Rocket
No in-app purchases
PI Banking
No in-app purchases







