Comparison

Pay with Vendy vs Crane App

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

Head to head
About

Pay with Vendy

This app provides a unified payment gateway for merchants to accept both offline and online payments across Africa. It offers a proactive, flexible, fast, and secure transaction process.

Highlights
  • Unified payment gateway
  • Offline payment acceptance
  • Online payment acceptance
  • Proactive transaction process
  • Flexible payment options
  • Fast and secure transactions
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Vendy is a unified payment gateway that allows merchants accept offline and online payments in Africa through a proactive, flexible, fast and secure process.

About

Crane App

Send money instantly and securely to Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. Enjoy low fees and bank-level security while easily managing and tracking your international transfers. Join a growing community of users for seamless global payments.

Highlights
  • Instant money transfers
  • Secure payment processing
  • Low transaction fees
  • Manage transactions
  • Track transfers
  • Local payouts
Features
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Experience fast and secure payment with Crane! Send money instantly to Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya within seconds, low fees and bank-level security. Easily manage your transactions, and track your transfers. Join thousands of satisfied users and download Crane now!"

Screenshots

Pay with Vendy4 screens
Crane App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crane App at 64% against Pay with Vendy's 0%. Crane App also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (201 vs 1). Pay with Vendy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks). 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

Crane App holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crane App has 201 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pay with Vendy's written reviews are positive against 64% of Crane App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pay with Vendy ships an update every 10 days, Crane App every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pay with Vendy versus Crane App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPay with VendyCrane App
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (201 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews63.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1201 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVendy LimitedTHE BIG BIRD TECH

Customer experience

Pay with Vendy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Crane App

All ratings198 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative31.8%

Bugs and requests

Pay with Vendy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Crane App

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App downtime or server error
  • Cannot convert coin
  • Cannot send crypto out
  • NIN not working
  • Bank account options not loading
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  • Downgraded user level without reason
  • Delayed coin reception

Requested features

7 requests
  • Reduce charges/fees
  • Communicate bank network issues beforehand
  • Allow sending crypto out of the account
  • Fix app glitches and bugs
  • Fix NIN not working issue
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  • Fix bank account options loading issue
  • Support team to remove BVN to add a new one

In-app purchases

None

Pay with Vendy

No in-app purchases

None

Crane App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pay with Vendy free?
Pay with Vendy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crane App free?
Crane App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pay with Vendy or Crane App?
Crane App is rated higher. Pay with Vendy averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Crane App averages 4.5 from 201 ratings.
Do Pay with Vendy or Crane App have ads?
Neither Pay with Vendy nor Crane App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pay with Vendy or Crane App?
Pay with Vendy ships an update every 10 days, and Crane App every 4 weeks. Most recently, Pay with Vendy was updated on October 20, 2026 and Crane App on October 24, 2026.

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