Comparison

PEX vs Mobile Pay Pass

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

Head to head
About

PEX

Manage business spending and streamline expense workflows with automated controls, receipt capture, and detailed reporting. Control employee spending limits, categorize transactions, and integrate with accounting software.

Highlights
  • Automated spend controls
  • Receipt capture and annotation
  • Transaction tagging and categorization
  • On-demand virtual cards
  • Quick fund transfers
  • Enhanced reporting and export
  • Integration with accounting software
Features
Read full description

The PEX financial platform and corporate cards provide powerful capabilities to manage business spending and reconciliation. PEX automates and simplifies your spend and expense workflows, saving you time on issues meaningful to your bottom line. PEX reduces data entry, helps manage cash flow, captures and tracks receipts, streamlines reconciliation, and provides detailed reporting. Your employees, volunteers or contractors can spend (only) when and where you want them to using their PEX Prepaid Visa® or Mastercard®. PEX also provides on-demand virtual cards and a scalable API for custom needs. The PEX app is a free companion app for existing Administrators and Cardholders intended to complement the main PEX platform.* With the PEX platform, you can: • Control Spend. Modernize spending controls by automatically limiting what, where and how much an employee can purchase. In addition to daily, weekly, and monthly limits, employees can also be restricted to specific industries via the use of Merchant Category Codes (“MCCs”). • Capture Receipts. Seamlessly snap a photo of a receipt, add to a transaction, and annotate with custom notes. • Tag Transactions. Easily categorize and organize transactions by using PEX Tags. Append accounting or general ledger codes to transactions to speed up reconciliation. • Make Quick Transfers. Transfer funds from your organization’s bank account to your PEX account on an ad hoc basis, or schedule automatic transfers. Fund and de-fund employee cards instantly for granular control or allow cards to debit from a central shared account. • Request Funds. Allow employees to request funds from authorized administrators with an audit of the entire process. Push and email notifications keep everyone informed. • Enhanced Reporting. Quickly create a variety of reports on purchasing activity with detailed transaction data. Export via CSV or in custom formats. • Leverage Complimentary Systems. Easily integrate PEX with processes and tools you already use, including QuickBooks, Xero, Certify, and more. *When using a mobile device, standard text messaging and/or data rates from your wireless service provider may apply. *** Any questions? Email us at: sales@pexcard.com If you are interested in becoming a customer please visit: https://apply.pexcard.com *** The PEX Visa® Prepaid Card and the PEX Disburse Visa Prepaid Card are issued by Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Member FDIC, or The Bancorp Bank, N.A., Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A Inc and may be used everywhere Visa Prepaid cards are accepted. The PEX Prepaid Mastercard® is issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. pursuant to license by Mastercard International Incorporated and may be used everywhere Debit Mastercard is accepted. Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. Please see the back of your card for its issuing bank.

About

Mobile Pay Pass

This app enables event organizers to conduct cashless transactions on-site using attendee QR codes linked to their payment cards. It eliminates the need for expensive hardware, allowing for wireless sales of goods and services through a simple scanning process.

Highlights
  • Cashless and contactless payment system
  • Uses attendee QR codes for transactions
  • No expensive hardware required
  • Wireless operation via WiFi or cellular
  • Integrates with TicketSpice, RegFox, RedPodium
  • Catalog management for on-site sales
Features
Read full description

Mobile Pay Pass is a point of sale app used by event organizers to sell anything on-site with a cashless / contactless payment system that uses an attendee’s issued event QR code to charge their card on file. Instead of expensive hardware, kiosks, or terminals, Mobile Pay Pass is simple and works wirelessly with wifi or cellular signal and can sell anything. Attendees simply present their QR code from entry to pay for goods, services, and attractions at your event. How it works for attendees: When buying tickets for registering for your event, attendees can enroll their QR code as a payment method that will be linked to their card on file in order to make purchases on-site. A simple acknowledgement and unique pin number is all that is needed and your attendees are empowered with the freedom and flexibility of cashless / contactless payments. How it works for event organizers: Mobile Pay Pass is only compatible with the TicketSpice, RegFox, and RedPodium platforms and sycronizes with your catalog of goods and services you designated to sell on-site. Simply open the Mobile Pay Pass POS app, enter your event app key, and then start selling. To start selling, tap new sale and then start building an order using the catalog of products and services. Then when ready to process a payment, simply scan the QR code from your attendee’s ticket or registration. The attendee enters their pin to verify their identity and authorize the purchase and their card on file is securely and safely charged. Mobile Pay Pass is exclusively made for events using the TicketSpice, RegFox, and RedPodium platforms and does not work with any other event platform.

Screenshots

PEX4 screens
Mobile Pay Pass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: PEX at 3.8K against Mobile Pay Pass's 1. PEX also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Mobile Pay Pass's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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

Mobile Pay Pass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PEX has 3.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PEX ships an update fortnightly, Mobile Pay Pass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PEX versus Mobile Pay Pass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPEXMobile Pay Pass
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPexCardWebconnex LLC

Customer experience

PEX

All ratings3,764 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral7.8%
Negative51.0%

Mobile Pay Pass

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PEX

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Transactions not showing up
  • Issues with adding funds to cards
  • Receipt upload problems
  • Login and password issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Biometric login (Face ID, Fingerprint)
  • Improved receipt management and search
  • Better reporting and analytics
  • Streamlined transaction flow
  • Ability to upload digital receipts

Mobile Pay Pass

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PEX

No in-app purchases

None

Mobile Pay Pass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PEX free?
PEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mobile Pay Pass free?
Mobile Pay Pass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PEX or Mobile Pay Pass?
Mobile Pay Pass is rated higher. PEX averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Mobile Pay Pass averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PEX or Mobile Pay Pass have ads?
Neither PEX nor Mobile Pay Pass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PEX or Mobile Pay Pass?
PEX ships an update fortnightly, and Mobile Pay Pass every 2 months. Most recently, PEX was updated on September 25, 2026 and Mobile Pay Pass on June 1, 2026.

Other comparisons