Buypower vs Paymonetra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buypower
Purchase electricity conveniently from home. This app enables users in Africa to buy power without leaving their residence. Enjoy seamless transactions and manage your electricity needs easily.
- Purchase electricity from home
- Convenient transactions
- African market focus
- Easy power management
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Buypower allows consumers in Africa to purchase electricity from the convenience of their home.
Paymonetra
Manage your cryptocurrency, virtual dollar cards, and pay all your bills from a single Nigerian money app. Buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT with live rates, create virtual USD cards for online payments, and send money instantly to Nigerian banks.
- Buy and sell crypto in Naira
- Create virtual USD cards
- Pay for ads and subscriptions
- Send and receive money instantly
- Pay airtime, data, TV, and power bills
- Secure transactions with PIN and alerts
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Paymonetra is one Nigerian money app for crypto, dollar cards and every bill you pay. BUY AND SELL CRYPTO IN NAIRA Six coins including Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT. You see the live rate and exactly what you get before you confirm, and the price is locked while you decide. Settled straight to your naira wallet. A DOLLAR CARD THAT WORKS ABROAD Create a virtual USD card in minutes and pay for ads, subscriptions and anything else priced in dollars. Every fee is shown before you create it: creation, monthly and per transaction. Freeze it in one tap, set spending limits, and choose where it works. SEND AND RECEIVE MONEY Transfer to any Nigerian bank in seconds. The recipient name confirms before you pay, so you never send to the wrong account. Money in lands on your own dedicated account number. AIRTIME, DATA, TV AND POWER Every network and every provider in one list. MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile. DStv, GOtv and Startimes. Electricity tokens delivered in seconds. BUILT TO BE TRUSTED Funds are held with CBN licensed, NDIC insured partner banks. Card infrastructure is PCI-DSS compliant. Every transaction needs your PIN, and you get an alert the moment your card is used. Download Paymonetra and do it all from one balance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Buypower at 4.4 against Paymonetra's 2.5. Buypower also leads on ratings volume (787 vs 2) and review sentiment (62% vs 50%). Paymonetra's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Buypower holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buypower has 787 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Buypower's written reviews are positive against 50% of Paymonetra's.
Buypower ships an update every 5 weeks, Paymonetra every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buypower | Paymonetra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (787 ratings) — better | 2.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 787 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Buypower Inc | Monetra Technologies LTD |
Customer experience
Buypower
Paymonetra
Bugs and requests
Buypower
Reported bugs
5 issues- Delayed token generation after payment
- Inability to delete account
- Buggy app performance and crashes
- Inconsistent user experience across platforms
- Payment processing failures
Requested features
5 requests- Reduce transaction fees
- Improve server stability and uptime
- Enhance customer support channels
- Implement refund and dispute resolution processes
- Provide more transparency on service status
Paymonetra
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Buypower
No in-app purchases
Paymonetra
No in-app purchases
