Nokanda vs Pay.Rw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nokanda
This app simplifies interactions with telecommunication and mobile money services. It allows users to send money, pay bills for utilities and taxes, and purchase airtime from supported networks.
- Send mobile money
- Pay electricity bills
- Pay water bills
- Buy airtime
- Pay taxes
- Pay TV subscriptions
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Nokanda app makes it easy to interact with Telco services and mobile money services through our secure app. Please note to use this app you must have a sim card installed from one of our supported networks. See below for the list of currently supported networks. MTN Rwanda Airtel Rwanda Send Mobile Money Pay for Electricity - EUCL Pay for Water - WASAC Buy Airtime - MTN Rwanda Buy Airtime - Airtel Rwanda Pay Irembo Bill Pay RRA Taxes Pay DSTV Rwanda Pay Startimes Rwanda Pay CanalTV Rwanda PAY CANALBOX Rwanda
Pay.Rw
Easily pay for essential utilities like electricity, water, and airtime. Supports payments via mobile money and credit/debit cards for convenience. Access services through the app or the web platform.
- Pay electricity bills
- Pay water bills
- Top-up airtime
- PayTV subscriptions
- Mobile money payments
- Card payments
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Pay.Rw allow you to pay for different utilities such as electricity, water, airtime, PayTV. If you have paid for the mentioned services using USSD *508# then this is the right place to be. Service can also be consumed on web www.pay.rw Additionally on top of mobile money, you will be able to pay by cards. [:mav: 2.0.3]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nokanda at 73% against Pay.Rw's 0%. Nokanda also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Nokanda holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nokanda has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Nokanda's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pay.Rw's.
Nokanda ships an update every 3 weeks, Pay.Rw every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nokanda | Pay.Rw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (88 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hexakomb Ltd | ESICIA LTD |
Customer experience
Nokanda
Pay.Rw
In-app purchases
Nokanda
No in-app purchases
Pay.Rw
No in-app purchases
