PayEm vs areeba PAY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PayEm
Manage company expenses on the go. Request funds, pay with shared cards, and easily upload receipts directly from your mobile device. This platform provides convenient access to financial tools for employees.
- Request funds
- Pay with shared cards
- Upload receipts
- Access company finances
- Mobile expense management
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The PayEm employee mobile app lets you request funds, pay on any shared card, and upload receipts. It’s the PayEm platform in the palm of your hands.
areeba PAY
Manage your cards, track spending, and make secure mobile payments. This app offers features like card activation, PIN viewing, and real-time transaction monitoring. It also allows you to control ATM withdrawals and online payment settings for your cards.
- Card activation, locking, and unlocking
- View card PIN
- Real-time balance and transactions
- Control ATM withdrawal and online payments
- Request new card
- Mobile payments via NFC/QR (coming soon)
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areeba PAY is your card mate application, allowing you to take full control over your spending and providing a unique digital payment experience. Features: - Activate, lock and unlock your areeba card with one click - View your areeba card PIN - Real-time card balance & transactions - Enable/disable ATM withdrawal on your areeba cards - Enable/disable online payments on your areeba cards - Request a new areeba card - Pay with your mobile using NFC or QR code (Coming soon)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: areeba PAY at 50% against PayEm's 0%. PayEm's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
PayEm holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of PayEm's written reviews are positive against 50% of areeba PAY's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PayEm | areeba PAY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) — better | 3.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | PayEm Card Ltd | areeba SAL |
Customer experience
PayEm
areeba PAY
In-app purchases
PayEm
No in-app purchases
areeba PAY
No in-app purchases
