daba finance vs SmartFin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
daba finance
Invest in a variety of assets including stocks, bonds, IPOs, managed funds, and venture capital. Build wealth across Africa with this comprehensive investment platform.
- Invest in stocks
- Invest in bonds
- Invest in IPOs
- Invest in managed funds
- Invest in venture capital
- Build wealth in Africa
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Build Wealth in Africa. Invest in Stocks, Bonds, IPOs, Managed Funds and Venture Capital. For more details: https://dabafinance.com/terms-of-use
SmartFin
Manage your wealth, credits, personal budgets, and investments with this innovative personal finance tool. It offers a simple and effective way to oversee your financial assets and make informed investment decisions.
- Wealth management
- Credit tracking
- Personal budgeting
- Investment management
- Financial planning
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Une solution innovante de gestion de finances personnelle. SmartFin App est une application mobile et web visant à aider les utilisateurs à gérer leur patrimoine, leurs crédits, leurs budgets personnels, et à réaliser des investissements de manière simple et efficace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SmartFin at none against daba finance's 3. SmartFin also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). daba finance's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads 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. daba finance sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per 3 months. SmartFin asks for nothing beyond the download.
SmartFin holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: daba finance has 89 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | daba finance | SmartFin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (89 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | daba | Colombe Djirebo |
Customer experience
daba finance
SmartFin
Bugs and requests
daba finance
Reported bugs
39 issues- Application closes by itself
- Cannot make any actions without paying
- Withdrawal impossible
- Money is blocked
- Application is slow and not intuitive
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- Pages take too long to load
- Payment system not automated or reliable
- Cannot deposit funds correctly via PayPal
- Card payments bug
- Deposit operation stuck for 3 weeks
- Withdrawal of $39 with $15 fee is impossible
- Cannot withdraw more than 25000 CFA at once
- Application inaccessible for over two weeks
- Cannot create a new account
- App is inaccessible
- Deposit not credited to Daba account or bank account
- Customer service not responding
- Application bugs
- Assistance not operational
- Impossible to invest
- Balance can sometimes go to zero when choosing a stock
- Pre-filled email not belonging to the user on login page
- Purchases are deferred, not at market price
- WhatsApp support is slow and pushes for subscriptions
- Application crashes without reason
- Application blocked for over 2 months
- Application does not open after last update
- Cannot receive phone verification code
- Cannot receive confirmation code
- KYC process takes over a week
- Mobile money payment is very slow
- Wave payment finalization not working
- Error message when completing profile: Schema hasn't been registered for model "User"
- App stopped working after update
- Cannot update banking information
- Cannot see and modify banking information
- High fees for deposit, placing order, selling stock, and withdrawal
- Deposit of funds takes over a week to be credited
- Purchases are deferred, not at market price
Requested features
11 requests- Integrate crypto recharges
- Improve customer support responsiveness
- Offer tutorials for app usage
- Add MTN Mobile Money and Airtel Mobile Money for Congo
- Allow larger withdrawal amounts
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- Implement fixed fees for deposits and withdrawals instead of percentages
- Add dark mode
- Improve automation of transactions
- Deploy more servers in different regions
- Allow users to update banking information
- Fix schema registration for user profiles
SmartFin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
daba finance
- Daba Pro$29.993 Months
- Daba Pro$44.996 Months
- Daba Pro$79.991 Year
SmartFin
No in-app purchases
