ACLEDA Authentication vs Bakong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACLEDA Authentication
This app provides secure authentication for banking transactions on your smartphone. It allows for self-registration and enhances the security of your ACLEDA Internet Bank User account.
- Secure transaction authentication
- Self-registration
- Internet banking security
- Smartphone integration
- Enhanced account protection
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ACLEDA Push Authentication is the secure application running on Smart phone, enabling customers to do self-registration at anywhere, anytime along with their ACLEDA Internet Bank User in order to secure every transactions performed.
Bakong
This integrated payment system simplifies financial transactions by consolidating e-wallets, mobile payments, and online banking into a single platform. Send and receive money, deposit to bank accounts, and track all your transactions conveniently.
- Send/Receive Money From Any App
- Request Money via QR Code
- Deposit to Bank Account
- Transaction History Tracking
- Partner with Preferred Banks
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Experience effortless transactions with Bakong. Stop worrying about using the right payment app, having enough cash, waiting in long queues at the bank, or finding the right merchants for your e-wallet. Simplify your life with Cambodia’s only integrated payment system that allows you to do everything – e-wallets, mobile payments, online banking and financial applications – in one place. Stop switching between apps today with Bakong. Bakong lets you: • Send/Receive Money From Any App – Choose from scanning QR codes, keying in phone numbers, or just browse from your contact list. • Request Money – Create your own personalized QR code for friends to send you money without sharing any personal information. Simply scan and confirm! • Deposit to Bank Account – Cash in and out with any of your preferred banks or partners. • Track your Transactions - View all payments in a convenient history listing. • Banking at your preference – choose your personal bank or your favorite bank to be your partner for cash-in and cash-out. There is no restriction of your choice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ACLEDA Authentication at 100% against Bakong's 17%. ACLEDA Authentication also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Bakong's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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.
ACLEDA Authentication holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bakong has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ACLEDA Authentication's written reviews are positive against 17% of Bakong's.
ACLEDA Authentication ships an update every 2 months, Bakong monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACLEDA Authentication | Bakong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.9 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ACLEDA Bank Plc. | National Bank of Cambodia |
Customer experience
ACLEDA Authentication
Bakong
In-app purchases
ACLEDA Authentication
No in-app purchases
Bakong
No in-app purchases
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