Comparison

Cash vs Salmon

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

Head to head
About

Cash

Purchase and top up virtual cards from various African countries using mobile money. Easily make online purchases with these virtual cards.

Highlights
  • Buy virtual cards
  • Reload virtual cards
  • Use Mobile Money
  • Online purchases
  • Supports multiple African countries
Features
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Buy and reload Virtual cards from Africa (Cameroon, Burkina-Faso, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali, Gabon, South Africa) using your Mobile Money and start making purchases online.

About

Salmon

Manage your savings, credit, and loans in one convenient app. Access credit lines, product loans, and savings accounts with competitive interest rates and cashback rewards. Track your finances and make repayments easily, all within the Philippines.

Highlights
  • Borrow up to ₱60,000 with 0% interest
  • Credit line up to ₱250,000 with cashback
  • Time deposit with 4% p.a. interest
  • Salmon Save with zero lock-in
  • Manage all financial products in one place
  • Track due dates and check balances
Features
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Salmon puts your savings, credit, and loans in one app — available across the Philippines. Whether you're buying something now and paying for it over time, growing your savings, or keeping credit ready for when you need it, it's all here. - Take home what you need today, pay for it monthly — borrow up to ₱60,000 from 0% down payment and 0% interest with Product Loan, available at over 10,000 partner stores nationwide - Credit you'll actually use, with cashback to show for it — get a reusable credit line of up to ₱250,000 with 0% interest for up to 62 days, plus earn up to ₱1,250 cashback every month - Put your money to work — start with as little as ₱5,000 on terms from 6 months to 5 years with Time Deposit - Grow your savings, then withdraw whenever you need to — with Salmon Save, get a flat 4% p.a. on any balance and zero lock-in For existing customers Manage your Credit Line, Product Loan, Moto Loan, Time Deposit, and Salmon Save in one place. Track due dates, check balances, and make repayments, all without visiting a branch. Find us online Facebook: https://facebook.com/salmonphilippines Website: https://salmon.ph Now the part our lawyers asked us to include We handle real money, so there's some fine print. Salmon app is operated by Salmon Group Ltd and functions as a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider. All financial products and services available through the app are issued exclusively by licensed subsidiaries of Salmon Group Ltd. in the Philippines.  - Sunprime Finance Inc., a financing company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (SEC Reg. No. CS201916698, C.A. No. 1241), provides credit services through its Online Lending Platform, LoanOnline.  - Salmon Bank (Rural Bank) Inc., licensed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), provides deposit and basic electronic financial services (EPFS).  Salmon Group Ltd does not issue financial products and acts solely as the technology platform provider. All services offered through the app are available only to users located in the Philippines and require a Philippine mobile number for registration and access.

Screenshots

Cash4 screens
Salmon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Salmon at 4.7 against Cash's 4.2. Salmon also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and ratings volume (438 vs 28). Cash's advantage is device support (3 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

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

Salmon holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salmon has 438 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Cash's written reviews are positive against 82% of Salmon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cash ships an update monthly, Salmon every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cash versus Salmon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCashSalmon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (28 ratings)4.7 (438 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28438 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB223 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCash MeSalmon Group Ltd

Customer experience

Cash

All ratings27 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Salmon

All ratings426 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

Cash

No in-app purchases

None

Salmon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cash free?
Cash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Salmon free?
Salmon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cash or Salmon?
Salmon is rated higher. Cash averages 4.2 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Salmon averages 4.7 from 438 ratings.
Do Cash or Salmon have ads?
Neither Cash nor Salmon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cash or Salmon?
Cash ships an update monthly, and Salmon every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cash was updated on November 7, 2026 and Salmon on November 7, 2026.

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