Bakong vs ABA Merchant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
ABA Merchant
Accept payments on the go with this mobile point-of-sale solution. Designed for businesses of all sizes, it allows you to easily process transactions directly from your smartphone or tablet. Simply activate with your bank account and start receiving payments.
- Mobile point-of-sale solution
- Accept customer payments
- Suitable for all business sizes
- Easy activation with bank account
- Process transactions on smartphone/tablet
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ABA Merchant is free to use mPOS solution for any sized businesses including an individual entrepreneurs who has an account with ABA Bank. Your business can be a cafe, phone shop, beauty salon, delivery service or any other business. You just need to download the app, activate with your ABA account and you are ready to start accepting payments from your customers.
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Verdict
Bakong and ABA Merchant both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 17% of Bakong's written reviews are positive against 0% of ABA Merchant's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 3.9 for Bakong against 4.0 for ABA Merchant. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 15 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 17% of Bakong's written reviews are positive against 0% of ABA Merchant's.
Bakong ships an update monthly, ABA Merchant every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bakong | ABA Merchant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (35 ratings) | 4.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | National Bank of Cambodia | Advanced Bank of Asia Ltd. |
Customer experience
Bakong
ABA Merchant
In-app purchases
Bakong
No in-app purchases
ABA Merchant
No in-app purchases
