Comparison

UMANG India vs iUSB

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

Head to head
About

UMANG India

Access a wide range of Indian government services from a single mobile application. It unifies services from central, state, and local bodies, offering a convenient and secure way to manage everything from healthcare and finance to education and utilities.

Highlights
  • Unified government service platform
  • Mobile-first access to e-governance
  • Integration with Digital India services
  • Secure data storage and authentication
  • Access to healthcare, finance, education, and more
Features
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UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) is envisaged to make e-governance 'mobile first'. It is developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD). It is an evolving platform designed for citizens of India to offer them access to the pan-India e-Gov services from the Central, State, Local Bodies, and Agencies of government on app, web, SMS, and IVR channels. Key Features: - Unified Platform: It brings together all government departments and their services on a single platform to provide better and easier services to citizens. - Mobile First Strategy: It aligns all government services with the mobile first strategy to leverage mobile adoption trends. - Integration with Digital India Services: It provides seamless integration with other Digital India Services like Aadhaar, DigiLocker, and PayGov. Any new such service will automatically be integrated with the platform. - Uniform Experience: It is designed to enable citizens to discover, download, access, and use all government services easily. - Secure and Scalable: It supports Aadhaar-based and other authentication mechanisms for service access. The sensitive profile data is saved in an encrypted format and no one can view this information. Key Services: UMANG provides easy access to a plethora of Indian government services ranging from – Healthcare, Finance, Education, Housing, Energy, Agriculture, Transport to even Utility and Employment and Skills. Key Benefits for Citizens: - Single-Point Ubiquitous Access: All government services are available for citizens on a unified platform for easy access through multiple online and offline channels (SMS, email, app, and web). - More for Less: Only a single mobile app needs to be installed instead of each app of each department. - Convenience: Citizens do not even need to install or update the app again to avail government services if more services are added to the platform. - Saving of Time and Money: Citizens can anytime and anywhere avail these services through their mobile phones, desktops, and laptops without any need for visiting the department office and standing in queues. - Uniform Experience: All the government services including payment-based transactions provide secure and uniform experience.

About

iUSB

Easily back up photos and videos from your device to an external MFi storage device with a single touch. Select specific media for backup or capture new content directly to the external storage. View your saved files directly within the app.

Highlights
  • One-touch photo and video backup
  • Selective media backup
  • Direct camera capture to external storage
  • View saved files on external device
  • Works with CF3 MFi device
Features
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iUSB works with the CF3 MFi device to provide one-touch photo and video backup. With the simple, one-touch backup button, all photos and videos are backed up onto the external device. With the option to select specific photos and videos, the user can backup only the images and videos selected. The "use camera" feature allows photos and videos to be shot and saved directly to the external MFi storage hardware. The view files features allows the user to view the files saved on the external MFi device

Screenshots

UMANG India4 screens
iUSB3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UMANG India at 4.5 against iUSB's 2.9. UMANG India also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 25). iUSB's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (25% vs 11%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UMANG India holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UMANG India has 1.4K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of UMANG India's written reviews are positive against 25% of iUSB's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UMANG India ships an update every 5 weeks, iUSB every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UMANG India versus iUSB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUMANG IndiaiUSB
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.4K ratings) — better2.9 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews10.8% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.4K — better25
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB53 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNational e-Governance Division伟才 韦

Customer experience

UMANG India

All ratings1,406 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive10.8%
Neutral0.8%
Negative88.5%

iUSB

All ratings24 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral16.7%
Negative45.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

UMANG India

No in-app purchases

None

iUSB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UMANG India free?
UMANG India is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iUSB free?
iUSB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UMANG India or iUSB?
UMANG India is rated higher. UMANG India averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while iUSB averages 2.9 from 25 ratings.
Do UMANG India or iUSB have ads?
Neither UMANG India nor iUSB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UMANG India or iUSB?
UMANG India ships an update every 5 weeks, and iUSB every 10 days. Most recently, UMANG India was updated on October 30, 2026 and iUSB on October 24, 2026.

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