Comparison

NOVA Mobile Banking vs Aella MFB

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NOVA Mobile Banking

Features
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FEATURES & BENEFITS: 1. Digital process authorization without having to come to the bank. 2. Convenient Banking Transactions Features that are user-friendly for balance inquiries. HOW TO USE: 1. Download Nova Mobile Banking Application through the Apple Store 2. Login into application by supplied corporate ID, username and password 3. Click Login 4. Please enter Token Number (6-digit) 5. Click "I got it" 6. click Account summary 7. Click pending Activity 8. Click Log out

About

Aella MFB

This finance app offers loans, investments, bill payments, and micro-insurance. It simplifies financial access for individuals and businesses, especially in emerging markets, by leveraging technology. Features include address verification through location monitoring for enhanced transaction limits.

Highlights
  • Loans
  • Investments
  • Bill payments
  • Micro-insurance
  • Peer-to-peer transfers
  • Address verification via location monitoring
Features
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Aella MFB takes the hassle out of Finance - whether you are a business or an individual, we put control back in your hands with simple, straightforward products. Our "true north" is designed to help customers build financial independence by building simple products; loans, investments, bill payments, micro-insurance plans, and peer-to-peer money transfers. Why Aella MFB? We exist to simplify and open up financial access for all in emerging markets - by leveraging technology and widespread mobile adoption, we build products to make an impact at the frontier of Financial Inclusion. Our app has a feature for verifying addresses, which requires the ability to monitor regions and receive location updates in the background. This feature is essential for accurately verifying a user's address and providing access to higher loan limits and tier 3 level transaction limits. We have created a video showcasing this feature, which we have attached for your reference. You can see in the video how the app monitors a user's location and registers a region around their address. Once the user has visited the region a certain number of times, the address is verified. We understand that enabling the "Location" background mode can have an impact on battery life, and we have taken steps to minimize this impact. For example, we only monitor regions that are explicitly registered by the user and don't monitor location updates when the user is outside registered region. We believe that our use of the "Location" background mode is essential for the core functionality of our app and we have demonstrated this in the video.

Screenshots

NOVA Mobile Banking3 screens
Aella MFB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aella MFB at every 2 weeks against NOVA Mobile Banking's every 25 months. NOVA Mobile Banking's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NOVA Mobile Banking ships an update every 25 months, Aella MFB every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NOVA Mobile Banking versus Aella MFB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOVA Mobile BankingAella MFB
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (192 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—192 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNova Merchant Bank LimitedAella Microfinance Bank Limited

In-app purchases

None

NOVA Mobile Banking

No in-app purchases

None

Aella MFB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NOVA Mobile Banking free?
NOVA Mobile Banking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aella MFB free?
Aella MFB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NOVA Mobile Banking or Aella MFB have ads?
Neither NOVA Mobile Banking nor Aella MFB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NOVA Mobile Banking or Aella MFB?
NOVA Mobile Banking ships an update every 25 months, and Aella MFB every 2 weeks. Most recently, NOVA Mobile Banking was updated on September 29, 2026 and Aella MFB on October 14, 2026.

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