Comparison

SAB Mobile vs meem (Early Access)

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

Head to head
About

SAB Mobile

Manage your personal finances, track spending, and perform banking transactions conveniently. Apply for new products, pay bills, and transfer funds securely from anywhere. Offers account management, budgeting tools, and customer support chat.

Highlights
  • Account management and statements
  • Bill payment and government services
  • Fund transfers (local & international)
  • Credit card and loan applications
  • Spending tracking and budgeting
  • Virtual card issuance
  • Loyalty program access
Features
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Welcome to SAB Mobile - Saudi Awwal Bank Digital Banking Application! Enjoy the ease, privacy and convenience of online personal banking anywhere and anytime with SAB Mobile by Saudi Awwal Bank. Manage your finances, track your spending, transfer funds, explore and apply for our banking products and enjoy many other services, all within one app. To benefit from the app, register or log in using any of the several logging-in methods provided by SAB. SAB Mobile allows you to benefit from many services, including: Account services: • View and manage your accounts • Open new current and saving accounts • Request and download your digital banking documents • Download your e-statements • Share your IBAN SAB Banking Products: • Apply for the best Credit Card for you • Apply for Home Finance • Apply for Personal financing SAB 360° Services to manage your finances: • Track your spending • Build and manage your budgets • Create hashtags to manage your spending • Manage your spending through the Cash Wallet Bill payment/ Government Services: • Add, manage and Pay your bills • Pay your traffic fines • Pay your government services fees • Pay Esal Payments • Bulk Bill Payment Transfers: • Add, activate and manage beneficiaries • Transfer funds between your own SAB accounts • Transfer to any other SAB account • Perform local and international transfers • Mobile Wallet transfers and Cash Out services • Register in instant transfer service and manage your Aliases • Schedule future transfers Card services: • SAB Aqsat program • Apply for Supplementary Card • Apply for Umlaty Card • Issue and view Virtual Cards • Pay Credit Card • Control the Online Payments Limit • Provision your cards into Apple Pay wallet SAB Loyalty Program: • View your points summary • Redeem points and Cashback services • View your earned Qitaf points, Fursan miles and Emirates miles Different log-in Methods: • Username, Password and OTP • Face ID, Touch ID • Quick Access Pin • Digital Secure Key Other assistive services: • SAB Chat service for instant conversations with customer service representatives • SAB Bot service to answer your inquiries about SAB products and services • Messages and complaints service that allows you to inquire about the services provided to you and raise your complaints to be handled by our team SAB Mobile introduces an all-new dashboards concept - a more interactive experience, designed to meet all of your personal banking needs. • Main Dashboard, where you can access your financials and view your cash holding and debt in addition to different category notifications. • Account Dashboard, where you can view all your transactions, access your statements, and share your IBAN. • Bills and Payments Dashboard, where you can manage all your bills, including SADAD bills. • SAB 360° Dashboard, where you can view your overall spend, your budget, your tags and cash wallet.

About

meem (Early Access)

Experience a streamlined mobile banking platform with faster logins, smoother transactions, and a clearer overview of your finances. This app is designed for a simpler, more intuitive banking journey.

Highlights
  • Faster login
  • Smoother transfers
  • Simplified payments
  • Clearer account view
  • Refined daily journeys
Features
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A reimagined mobile banking experience is here. Faster, simpler login. Smoother transfers and payments. A clearer view of your accounts — plus refinements across the journeys you use every day. meem by GIB. made to be different.

Screenshots

SAB Mobile4 screens
meem (Early Access)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: SAB Mobile at 9.5K against meem (Early Access)'s 7. SAB Mobile also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (62% vs 50%). meem (Early Access)'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SAB Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SAB Mobile has 9.5K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of SAB Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of meem (Early Access)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SAB Mobile ships an update monthly, meem (Early Access) fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SAB Mobile versus meem (Early Access): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSAB Mobilemeem (Early Access)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.5K ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9.5K — better7
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size253 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaudi Awwal BankGIB

Customer experience

SAB Mobile

All ratings9,532 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews276 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral7.2%
Negative30.4%

meem (Early Access)

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

SAB Mobile

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Inability to upload images for complaints
  • Rejection button not working for complaints
  • Repeated prompts to enable location services
  • Incompatibility with jailbroken/rooted devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced transaction history and analytics
  • Improved biometric authentication options
  • Seamless integration with other banking services
  • Enhanced international transfer capabilities

meem (Early Access)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SAB Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

meem (Early Access)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SAB Mobile free?
SAB Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is meem (Early Access) free?
meem (Early Access) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SAB Mobile or meem (Early Access)?
SAB Mobile is rated higher. SAB Mobile averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.5K ratings, while meem (Early Access) averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do SAB Mobile or meem (Early Access) have ads?
Neither SAB Mobile nor meem (Early Access) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SAB Mobile or meem (Early Access)?
SAB Mobile ships an update monthly, and meem (Early Access) fortnightly. Most recently, SAB Mobile was updated on November 4, 2026 and meem (Early Access) on November 9, 2026.

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