Fidesmo vs Aave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fidesmo
Manage contactless payment connections on your wearable device. Activate, pause, resume, or block payments with ease. This platform connects service providers and device manufacturers for secure NFC transactions.
- Manage Fidesmo Pay connection
- Activate payments
- Pause payments
- Resume payments
- Block payments
- Secure NFC platform
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Fidesmo brings security to the ever-growing world of contactless transactions. We unite service providers and device manufacturers in a single, secure and scalable NFC platform on a global scale – opening up a world of opportunities to the untapped potential of contactless transactions. With the Fidesmo iPhone app you can manage the Fidesmo Pay connection on your wearable to activate, pause, resume and block payments (see more info at https://fidesmo.com/pay). Visit fidesmo.com/consumer/support if you have any issues.
Aave
This application allows users to save money and earn interest with APY rates up to 9%. It offers account protection up to $1 million, with no fees, minimums, or lockups. Funds can be deposited and withdrawn instantly from over 12,000 linked banks and debit cards.
- Earn up to 9% APY on cash
- Account protection up to $1,000,000
- No fees, minimums, or lockups
- Instant bank and debit card connection
- Deposit and withdraw anytime
- Real-time yield growth
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Save smarter with Aave. Earn Up to 7.25% APY with up to $100,000 in account protection. Your money, working harder for you. * Earn up to 7.25% APY automatically on your cash * Balance protection program * No fees. No minimums. No lockups. Effortless to use. Exceptional under the hood. * Instantly connect over 12,000 banks and debit cards * Deposit and withdraw anytime — no delays, no nonsense * Watch your balance grow every second, with transparent, real-time yield
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Aave at 66% against Fidesmo's 0%. Aave also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (290 vs 1). Fidesmo's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.4). 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.
Fidesmo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aave has 290 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Fidesmo's written reviews are positive against 66% of Aave's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fidesmo ships an update every 5 weeks, Aave every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fidesmo | Aave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (290 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 65.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 290 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 265 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fidesmo AB | Aave Interfaces Ltd |
Customer experience
Fidesmo
Aave
In-app purchases
Fidesmo
No in-app purchases
Aave
No in-app purchases
