IME Pay vs connectIPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IME Pay
This digital wallet simplifies daily life in Nepal by enabling quick, hassle-free online payments for various services. Transfer money, pay bills, and make purchases instantly with a few taps. It offers a secure and convenient way to manage cash transactions digitally.
- Wallet to wallet money transfer
- Utility bill payments
- Merchant QR code payments
- Add money from linked banks
- Cash pickup and bank deposit options
- Request money from contacts
- Airline and movie ticket booking
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Experience the legacy of IME now on your smartphone. Presenting IME Pay! With the aim to simplify daily life for all Nepalese, IME introduced IME Pay for easy, quick, and hassle-free online digital payments for day-to-day services. Licensed by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) and powered by IME Remit, IME Pay is now a leading payment gateway in Nepal. IME Pay is an advanced digital wallet that allows users to transfer money from wallet to wallet, pay utility bills and make purchases online or offline instantly with a few quick taps on their smartphones. It essentially brings all cash transactions to the tips of your fingers, from basic household purchases to high volume business trades. With our wide range of partners and merchants, we are dedicated to ease your everyday life by providing you the most lucrative offers. With Nepal’s largest IME network of 25,000+ touchpoints, we encourage our customers to make smart and safe payments digitally, within the convenience of their smartphones. All your payments are just a tap away with IME Pay! Our Features include: MONEY TRANSFER Add Money You can load money into your IME wallet account from various available mediums: • Linked Bank • E-banking/M-banking • Connect IPS • Nearby Agents IME Pay users can enjoy free banking transactions with linked banks like Global IME Bank, NIC Asia Bank, Siddhartha Bank, Bank of Kathmandu, Kumari Bank, NIBL Bank, and other banks. Send Money Send money feature makes IME Pay users to conveniently send/ transfer money to desired destinations: • IME Pay Wallet transfer • Cash Pickup • Bank Deposit Withdraw Money You can withdraw the desired amount from nearby IME Agents. Scan the QR code located in agent counters and cash out the desired amount. Request Money You can also request the desired amount to your friends and family. Both parties should be IME Pay users. UTILITY BILLS PAYMENT You can make quick and easy payments with a few taps on your smartphone. We offer a wide range of facilities to our valued customers. Our services include: • Mobile Top-up (NTC, Ncell & SmartCell) • Landline (Nepal Telecom) • Electricity (Nepal Electricity Authority NEA) • Water (Khanepani) • TV (DishHome, MeroTV, SkyTV and more) • Internet (Worldlink, Vianet, Subisu, ADSL and more) • EMI (MAW Investment, Jagdamba Credit &Hulas) • Insurance Premium (IME General Insurance, Sagarmatha, NECO & more) MERCHANT PAYMENTS You can make payments for products and services at IME Pay registered merchants including restaurants, cafes, convenience stores, and more. Scan QR codes placed in the payment counter at the merchant location or search for the merchant directly in the app. You can find various discounts and offers available at merchants in the “Deals” section. TICKETING We provide the option to find tickets according to your preferences and buy tickets directly from your smartphone. You can instantly book tickets via IME Pay for the following services: • Airlines • Movie Tickets • Chandragiri Hills Cable Car EVENTS Ticketing and Voting are facilitated by IME Pay where you can instantly purchase tickets to available events. Vote for your favorite contestants in TV shows or any other competitions integrated into the app. No more queue! No more traffic jams! No more penalty! Live a smart life, choose IME Pay today, and pay all your bills anytime from anywhere instantly!
connectIPS
This platform allows users to link bank accounts for seamless payment processing, fund transfers, and creditor payments. It supports various transaction types, including citizen-to-government, customer-to-business, and peer-to-peer payments directly from bank accounts.
- Link bank accounts
- Payment processing
- Fund transfers
- Creditor payments
- C2G payments
- C2B payments
- P2P payments
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connectIPS is a single payments platform that allows the customers to link their bank account(s) to enable payment processor, fund transfer and creditors payments. An extended product of Nepal Clearing House to support citizen-to-government (C2G), customer-to-business (C2B) and peer-to-peer (P2P) payment transactions directly from/to the bank accounts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IME Pay at 3.8 against connectIPS's 2.1. IME Pay also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 8%) and ratings volume (112 vs 36). 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.
IME Pay holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 112 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of IME Pay's written reviews are positive against 8% of connectIPS's.
IME Pay ships an update every 3 weeks, connectIPS every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IME Pay | connectIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (112 ratings) — better | 2.1 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better | 8.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 324 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IME Khalti Limited | Nepal Clearing House Ltd Nchl |
Customer experience
IME Pay
connectIPS
Bugs and requests
IME Pay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
connectIPS
Reported bugs
25 issues- App crashing after new update
- App closes when opened after a few days on iOS
- Issue in getting transaction summary
- Cannot log in on iOS 15.3.1, crashes immediately
- Biometric and traditional login not working
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- App crashes upon entering username and password
- Continuously says session expired
- Automatically logs out after login
- App takes a long time to retrieve device ID and notification ID
- Issue with selecting Bank Name of the recipient
- Issues for setting up default device
- OTP comes after five minutes on iOS, valid only for two minutes
- Every login says new Device detected
- EPF payment crashes the app on iPhone Xs on iOS 14.2
- App won't open
- Doesn't work after 2020 Sept 11 update
- White texts on white background
- Cannot see what is typed due to poor contrast
- Creepy UI on dark theme, fonts not visible
- Cannot login via iPhone X
- App keeps spinning and loading forever on iOS
- Titles and fields not rendered, buttons not displayed well on iOS
- Cannot register
- Password selection criteria not accepted
- Shows weak password while creating account
Requested features
8 requests- Add email OTP/verification
- Better international access support
- Add payment of water service
- Improve app performance for device ID retrieval
- Update system for password changes from email
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- Fix font visibility issues on iOS
- Improve UI/UX for text visibility
- Add 'please wait' indicator during login
In-app purchases
IME Pay
No in-app purchases
connectIPS
No in-app purchases









