Comparison

Nagad vs PI Banking

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

Head to head
About

Nagad

Manage your daily financial transactions with ease, including cash in, cash out, sending money, and mobile recharge. The app offers secure transactions with PIN verification, transaction history, and personalized features. It supports multiple mobile network operators for bill payments and recharges.

Highlights
  • Cash in and cash out
  • Send money (P2P)
  • Mobile recharge and postpaid bill payment
  • Transaction history and summary
  • QR code scan for cash out
  • Two-phase PIN security
  • Contact list integration for transfers
Features
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Nagad app facilitates your daily financial transaction needs like cash in, cash out, send money (P2P), mobile recharge etc. You will get notifications on your latest Nagad activity; see your transaction history, transaction summary etc. Nagad is soon to bring very exciting and innovative services in the market to meet customer needs and demands. • Languages: Support both Bangla and English • Secured Financial Service app: Nagad app is a very secured app. Nagad App requires your PIN number in two phases. First for login and second for every transaction you need to provide PIN number. • Personalization: You can add your display name and can change your display picture. • No “send money” to wrong number: You can easily select the desired recipient from your contact list for fast and error-free money transfer. • Scan QR Code for Cash out: Scan QR codes at Uddokta points for Cash Out • Mobile Recharge: Recharge mobile or pay postpaid mobile bills for the mobile network operators below: o Robi o Airtel o Teletalk o Banglalink o Grameenphone For convenience, you can select frequently recharge amount from the screen. • Statement: Exert greater control over your digital financial service account by accessing your detailed transaction history, and a monthly transaction summary. • One tap balance check: checking your balance is very easy through a single tap on the screen • Notification: Receive notifications for your latest Nagad transactions.

About

PI Banking

Access your bank accounts and manage financial services through a mobile application. View account statements, perform fund transfers, pay bills, and recharge mobile phones. Offers both non-transactional and transactional features for convenient banking.

Highlights
  • Account balance and statement viewing
  • Fund transfers (internal and external)
  • Mobile recharge
  • Bill payments
  • Cheque management
  • Card management
  • New account creation
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Software Development Division of Pubali Bank has developed a Mobile Application named PI (π) for banking services for our customers. PI Banking refers to Mobile Financial Service of Pubali Bank Limited that enables bank customers to access accounts and general Information on bank products and services through Mobile devices. The main intention behind the commencement of electronic banking services is to provide the customers with an alternative that is more responsive and with less expensive options. The reasons for selecting the name of Mobile Apps as PI (π) are as follows: a) It is short and can be remembered easily. b) Earlier smallest unit of currency was PI (BD) c) PI also implies money receivables. d) PI in mathematics is 22/7 = 3.1428571429… implies Possibility Infinite. e) PI Banking also stands for Pubali Internet Banking. In order to get the said services, customers will activate PI App by following steps: a) The interested customer will download and install the PI (π) Apps from App Store (iOS). b) The customers will submit information of Account Number, Name, Date of Birth, e-Mail, Mobile Number, Father’s Name and Mother’s Name through Apps. c) Concerned branch will verify the said information received through Pubali Integrated Baning System with the Physical Account Opening Form and approve when found matched. Branch will communicate with the customer and ensure genuineness. d) After verification from the branch end, ICT Operation Division will verify the information by communicating with customer for PI Banking user activation and activate accordingly. e) Upon activation, the customer will login at the first instance using his/her User ID and Password and giving some secret information provided by her/him earlier at the time of submission to ascertain the genuineness. f) The customer will change her/his Password after the first login and thereafter may change the password frequently at her/his discretion. The services provided to our customers through Mobile App are furnished below: A) Non-transactional features: - My account (Balance of the Accounts) - Last 5 (five) transactions (this is configurable i.e. customers may increase the number of transactions) - Viewing account statements. - Payment status of issued cheques - Cheque book requisition - Stop payment of cheque - Submitting Positive Pay Instruction B) Transactional features: - Fund Transfer - Between the Pubali Bank’s accounts - Between the Pubali Bank and other Bank’s through NPSB, BEFTN and RTGS - Mobile recharge (Postpaid or Prepaid) - Bills Payment - Card Management as Card Bill Payment, Card Statement - Fund Transfer (Any Bank) - Card to Card - Card to Account - Card to MFS - Credit Card Bill Payment - E-Commerce Enable or Disable (On Process) - Fund Management (On Process) - Creating FDR/ any deposit account - Encashment - FDR or Recurring Deposit A/C fund transfer to source A/C (SB, CC, CD,SND) Security of the transmitted data through Internet: To establish security of transmitted data by the customers in our system through internet and to ensure protection against unauthorized disclosure, alteration and fraudulent activities, we are receiving the service of “Sectigo” under license agreement. Thus the transmitted data is being protected through encryption enabled by a Server's Digital Certificate using the software “Sectigo”. This is widely used for security solution of web-server. It incorporates both authentication and encryption. Moreover, the server for the aforesaid banking system has been protected by the well reputed CISCO Firewall, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to guard against intruders in the system.

Screenshots

Nagad4 screens
PI Banking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PI Banking at 74% against Nagad's 27%. PI Banking also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5). 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

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

PI Banking holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2K and 5.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Nagad's written reviews are positive against 74% of PI Banking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nagad ships an update every 3 weeks, PI Banking monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nagad versus PI Banking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNagadPI Banking
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2K ratings)4.8 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.5% of reviews74.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2K5.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBangladesh Post OfficePubali Bank Limited

Customer experience

Nagad

All ratings2,027 ratings
Positive59.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative34.1%
Written reviews386 reviews
Positive27.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative66.8%

PI Banking

All ratings4,987 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative20.3%

User reviews

Nagad

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast transactions
  • 💡 Innovative features
  • 🔒 Secure platform

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes
  • ⚠️ Unreliable service
  • 🤖 Poor customer support
  • 💸 High transaction fees

PI Banking

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💡 Convenient banking services
  • 🚀 Fast transactions
  • 🔒 Secure banking experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent server/network issues
  • 🔒 Lack of biometric login options
  • 🔍 Inconsistent e-KYC process
  • 🤔 Confusing feature availability

Bugs and requests

Nagad

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues with OTP not received
  • Transaction failures and balance discrepancies
  • Compatibility problems with iOS 16 updates
  • Inability to cash out or transfer funds

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add money from credit/debit cards
  • Improve transaction history visibility
  • Introduce bill payment options
  • Enable virtual card feature

PI Banking

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with newer OS versions
  • Inconsistent OTP delivery
  • Cash withdrawal feature not working

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add biometric login options (Face ID, Fingerprint)
  • Improve e-KYC process to avoid in-person verification
  • Expand NPSB service coverage
  • Integrate credit card management features
  • Provide option to save/manage debit card details

In-app purchases

None

Nagad

No in-app purchases

None

PI Banking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nagad free?
Nagad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PI Banking free?
PI Banking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nagad or PI Banking?
PI Banking is rated higher. Nagad averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while PI Banking averages 4.8 from 5.5K ratings.
Do Nagad or PI Banking have ads?
Neither Nagad nor PI Banking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nagad or PI Banking?
Nagad ships an update every 3 weeks, and PI Banking monthly. Most recently, Nagad was updated on October 25, 2026 and PI Banking on October 25, 2026.

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