Comparison

CellPay vs SmartQR Merchant

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

Head to head
About

CellPay

This service allows users to make digital payments and transfer funds directly from their bank accounts. It offers a secure way to pay bills, book tickets, and manage various financial transactions through web and mobile channels.

Highlights
  • Digital payments
  • Fund transfers
  • Utility bill payments
  • Merchant payments
  • Flight booking
  • Insurance payments
  • Government payments
Features
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CellPay is a payment service powered by Cellcom Private Limited, licensed by Nepal Rastra Bank. CellPay provides digital payments and fund transfer services that use web and mobile channels to help you make payments directly from your bank account. CellPay uses international-level security to ensure you are always protected. The best way to understand CellPay is as a digital debit card. The only difference is that unlike a debit card CellPay cannot be lost or stolen from you, and you can link multiple bank accounts to your CellPay account. Currently, the CellPay service supports utility payments, merchant payments and fund transfer services. Features of CellPay · Top Up: Ncell, NT, Smartcell (upto 4% cashback) · Data Pack: Ncell, NT · Fund Transfer: Transfer funds across all financial institutions of Nepal at bare minimum rate · ISP Payment: Supports bill payment across all top ISPs of Nepal. · DTH Payment: Supports bill payment across different cable operators in Nepal. · Electricity Bill: Payment can be made to NEA directly from our App. · Khanepani Bill : Payment can be made of different Khanepani and KUKL counters · Merchant Payment : Merchant payment can be done to all Fonepay and Nepal Pay merchants. · Flight Booking: Book Domestic airline tickets from our app and get highest cashback in the industry. · Insurance payment: Make hassle free payment to 15+ insurance companies in Nepal. · Demat: Renew and subscribe to different Demat accounts. · Government Payment: Pay for your traffic fine or can make any other government payment in Nepal. · Movie Tickets: Buy movie tickets for your favourite show across most of the halls in Nepal. · Bank Link: You can link your bank account across our partner banks and make hassle free transaction even faster. · Load Funds: You can now load funds into your CellPay wallet from different methods and from almost all financial institutions of Nepal.

About

SmartQR Merchant

Features
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SmartQR is a QR based payment solution for merchants in the interoperable network to facilitate the digital payment and mobile payment that delivers a common QR code specification for retails payment in Nepal. SmartQR facilitates merchants, especially SMEs, in using QR codes to accept payments in a fast secure and reliable digital payment ecosystem integrated with different payment service providers. Merchants can enjoy convenient and secure means of tracking their accounts while viewing account activities, statements and transactions on the go.

Screenshots

CellPay4 screens
SmartQR Merchant3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SmartQR Merchant at 9.0 against CellPay's 13.0. 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

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CellPay versus SmartQR Merchant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellPaySmartQR Merchant
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCellcom Private limitedSmartChoice Technologies Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

CellPay

No in-app purchases

None

SmartQR Merchant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CellPay free?
CellPay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartQR Merchant free?
SmartQR Merchant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CellPay or SmartQR Merchant have ads?
Neither CellPay nor SmartQR Merchant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CellPay or SmartQR Merchant?
CellPay ships an update every 3 weeks, and SmartQR Merchant every 3 weeks. Most recently, CellPay was updated on November 11, 2026 and SmartQR Merchant on November 12, 2026.

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