KCB iBank vs Sterling Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KCB iBank
Access your banking needs online, including checking balances, viewing statements, and making various types of transfers. Manage your finances conveniently from your internet-connected device.
- View account balances
- Access account statements
- Make payments
- Transfer funds locally
- International bank transfers
- Mobile wallet transfers
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KCB iBank is an online banking solution that allows customers to access all their banking needs through internet including viewing account balances, statements, making payments and transfer funds to accounts within the bank, other local banks, mobile wallets as well as international bank transfers.
Sterling Plus
Access your share trading account securely 24 hours a day. Get real-time market prices, place orders, and view reports like portfolio valuations and transaction statements.
- Secure e-transactions
- 24-hour account access
- Real-time market prices
- Order placement
- Portfolio valuations
- Transaction statements
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• A HTTPS platform allowing for secure e-transactions • 24 hour access to share trading account • Real time market prices and order placement • Real time access to various reports such as portfolio valuations, transaction statements and stock holding reports
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sterling Plus at 4.0 against KCB iBank's 2.5. KCB iBank's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sterling Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KCB iBank has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | KCB iBank | Sterling Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (22 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KCB Kenya | Sterling Capital Limited |
Customer experience
KCB iBank
Sterling Plus
In-app purchases
KCB iBank
No in-app purchases
Sterling Plus
No in-app purchases
