Comparison

Nilipe vs HaloPesa

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

Head to head
About

Nilipe

This app allows users to book and pay for entertainment tickets, purchase products online for delivery, and manage digital receipts. It also offers a manager dashboard for merchants and helps users build their credit score through purchases.

Highlights
  • Book and pay for entertainment tickets
  • Purchase products online for delivery
  • Digital receipts (QR code)
  • Manager dashboard for merchants
  • Build credit score through purchases
Features
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Below are some of the things that Nilipe can do for you; 1. ENTERTAINMENT • Know what’s going around you and book and pay for a ticket before it's too late 2. STORES/MALLS • Purchase products online and get them delivered to your doorstep Apart from that Nilipe App features the following among its many features; 1. Digital Receipt (QR Code) – Instant digital receipt represented by a Quick Response Code 2. Manager Dashboard – For merchants/Vendors you get to see how your business is performing on your fingertips 3. Credit Score – Build your credit score/points as you pay/purchase via Nilipe More is coming! Enjoy!

About

HaloPesa

Easily send and receive money, pay bills, and manage your finances on the go. This app offers secure transactions, airtime purchases, and merchant payments with a user-friendly interface. Access your bank accounts and cash out from agents conveniently.

Highlights
  • Send and receive money
  • Purchase airtime and bundles
  • Pay bills and merchants
  • View transaction history
  • Check account balance
  • QR code payments
  • Transfer to bank accounts
Features
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Mobile money is the easiest, fastest and affordable way to send and receive money and also make other transactions anywhere and at anytime. HaloPesa, the best mobile money service in Tanzania that is determined to bring you the best mobile money experience at the power of your fingertips by launching the HaloPesa App. The App brings to our customers the best mobile money experience and through the HaloPesa App our customers can send and receive money to and from their loved ones, pay for commodities, access their bank accounts and be able to make other digital payments at anytime and anywhere. App Features: - Secured log in access to your HaloPesa account with you 4 digit code. Remember to keep your code secret and for your eyes only. - Send money to other HaloPesa and non HaloPesa customer with ease. - Purchase airtime and bundles with convenience. - View your transaction history with the full history feature in your HaloPesa App. - Check your account balance anytime and anywhere. - Make payments to different merchants by just selecting within the option given to you by the HaloPesa App. - Make Payments through QR code in paying the merchants. - Transfer money from your virtual wallet to your bank account. - Participate in different extra curriculum activities such as betting, and be able to place your bet through the HaloPesa App. - Be able to make government payment with just a single tap. - Manage your HaloPesa App anytime and anywhere with the condition that you have the access of data connection. - Cash out from the many agents in your surroundings. - Reverse a transaction in the spot without any loss. - Make various payments such as paying bill at the power of your fingertips. - Choose between the language Swahili and English for your comfort ability. What’s New: Promotional content - The user will be able to view promotional content in the HaloPesa App as to see what is new in the HaloPesa world. - The User will be able to catch new products and services that the HaloPesa mobile service will launch. - Such information will be displayed so that the user can be up-to-date with new products and services from HaloPesa. Security Enhancements - A user will be provided with a one time password (OTP) at every transaction whereby the OTP will be sent to the user via SMS to ensure security of the transaction. - The user’s transactions will be highly secured and situations such as theft transactions will be avoided. Contact Enhancement - A user will be able to access his/her contacts via the HaloPesa App and hence making such transactions with ease. - Users when adding contacts will be able to save their contacts and rest assured be able to use them directly from the App when making transactions. Accessibility Enhancement. - User will be able to use the HaloPesa App in any device. - User must not register first upon using a different device than the one that is normally in use for the HaloPesa App.

Screenshots

Nilipe4 screens
HaloPesa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nilipe at 4.5 against HaloPesa's 2.9. Nilipe also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). HaloPesa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). 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. Nilipe sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. HaloPesa asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nilipe holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Nilipe's written reviews are positive against 67% of HaloPesa's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Nilipe versus HaloPesa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNilipeHaloPesa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6 ratings) — better2.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNilipe Technologies LimitedHaloPesa

Customer experience

Nilipe

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

HaloPesa

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Nilipe

One-time10
  • Cheka Tu One Day Access$0.99
  • We Men One Day Access$0.99
  • Chinga Series One Day Access$0.99
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  • Sema Tu Sijatulia One Week$1.99
  • Nyara The Kidnapping Pre Order$2.99
  • Shoe Shine Movie One Week$2.99
  • Lavie Makeup Class One Day$4.99
  • Make Up By Jojo Daily Access$4.99
  • Cheka Tu 1 Month Access$6.99
  • MakeUp By JoJo 1 Month Access$18.99
None

HaloPesa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nilipe free?
Nilipe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HaloPesa free?
HaloPesa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nilipe or HaloPesa?
Nilipe is rated higher. Nilipe averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while HaloPesa averages 2.9 from 11 ratings.
Do Nilipe or HaloPesa have ads?
Neither Nilipe nor HaloPesa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nilipe or HaloPesa?
Nilipe ships an update every 5 weeks, and HaloPesa every 5 weeks. Most recently, Nilipe was updated on October 9, 2026 and HaloPesa on October 3, 2026.

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