Comparison

Skiply vs PayedNow

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

Head to head
About

Skiply

This app simplifies school payments for parents in the UAE. It allows secure mobile payments for tuition, uniforms, books, and school events using any bank card. Features include digital permission slips, email receipts, and multiple card support.

Highlights
  • Secure school payments
  • Tuition, uniform, book payments
  • Digital permission slips
  • Email receipts
  • Multiple card support
  • Transaction history access
Features
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Skip the hassle with easier school payments. Skiply is a mobile payment service powered by RAKBANK that allows parents to make secured payments to schools in UAE with any bank Card. Skiply features include; tuition fee, uniforms, transportation, books payments using a mobile app, signed permission slips for events, email receipts, multiple card support, and much more. Making school payments have never been this easy, say Goodbye to waiting in queues to pay for your Childs’s school fee. Good enough? What if we say, School books for your child is just a login away, ready to get started? Download the app and skip quickly through the long waiting queues. The interface is well-designed and straightforward with impressive offers and push notifications, reminding you of when payments are due. Here are some of Skiply’s features: Seamless user registration, student registration, product catalogue for your school, notifications, order management, Online payment and offers, Email receipts, Multiple card support and much more to explore! With Skiply you can: • Discover all the schools near your location. • Pay online: users can pay off the school products ahead of time, then collect the products or have it delivered to your home. • Parents can pay online for student events arranged by school and sign school permission slip digitally • Create a free MasterPass account: Skiply uses MasterPass, MasterCard’s secure digital wallet solution that accepts MasterCard and Visa. • The Apple Pay/Samsung pay/Google pay checkout option is coming later this year. • Access your eReceipts: now you can easily review your Skiply transaction history in the app. Once you select the school, the app checks for the students registered for that school, Once you click add student you will see your child’s details. Confirm and you are now ready to start exploring the school’s catalogue and make payments for your child’s school needs. You can pay using one of your uploaded payment cards whenever you like. That means you can skip quickly to completion without having to visit the school and spend your precious time waiting in queues. The great thing about Skiply is that family members and guardians who have the app can also use it to pay. All family members will have access to the transaction history. Thanks to Skiply, the payment outstanding is cleared the minute the payment is successfully completed. Is my payment secure? Can someone see my card details? Is it safe to save my card in the Skiply wallet? Well worry no more, the technology provides a single digital storage place for all your payment and shipping information, and encrypts it to keep it out of harm’s way. When you make an online purchase, you simply use the digitally secure checkout option and your payment is processed using the information you have stored.

About

PayedNow

Features
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PayedNow is a secure, modern payments companion designed to simplify how you connect, share, and manage payment details. Easily link bank accounts, generate secure QR codes, and share verified payment information without exposing sensitive data. PayedNow is built for speed, trust, and real-world use — whether you’re paying someone new, activating an account, or managing multiple wallets. Key Features: • Secure Account Linking – Connect and manage bank or wallet accounts safely • QR-Based Payments – Share payment details instantly via encrypted QR codes • Privacy-First Design – No unnecessary data exposure, no screenshots required • Fast Onboarding – Simple activation and linking flows • Built for Compliance – Designed with modern fintech and regulatory standards in mind • Expidite Payments, real-time PayedNow removes friction from everyday payments by replacing manual data entry with smart, secure interactions. Whether for personal use or business transactions, PayedNow helps you get paid — now.

Screenshots

Skiply4 screens
PayedNow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PayedNow at 3 against Skiply's 1. PayedNow also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Skiply versus PayedNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkiplyPayedNow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (454 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings454 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperThe National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah (P.S.C)SKYL4RK (PTY) LTD

Bugs and requests

Skiply

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Apple Pay and payment flow not working
  • Not receiving OTP for student addition
  • Repetitive student details entry
  • Confusing payment info entry with hidden CVC field
  • Outstanding fees not displayed
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  • App lagging
  • Cannot process payments for multiple children simultaneously
  • Login error: 'couldn't login due to hystrix callback invoked'
  • App freezes during payment selection
  • Back button malfunction
  • Registration failure

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow multiple kids to be paid for at once
  • Improve payment security

PayedNow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Skiply

No in-app purchases

None

PayedNow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skiply free?
Skiply is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PayedNow free?
PayedNow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Skiply or PayedNow have ads?
Neither Skiply nor PayedNow shows ads.

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