Comparison

PayFast vs Yes Money

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

Head to head
About

PayFast

Manage your finances digitally with this comprehensive payment app. Easily transfer money, shop online, and pay bills from one place. Track your spending with transaction history and insights, and enjoy 24/7 customer support.

Highlights
  • Digital money transfers
  • Online shopping payments
  • Bill payments
  • Transaction history and insights
  • QR code payments
  • 24/7 customer support
Features
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With the PayFast app, it’s time to go digital! Sign-up and make easy money transfers to your friends, shop online, or pay your bills! A full-stack payment suite in one app! How to top up? We offer you the convenience of topping up the way you want! Add your preferred bank account, credit & debit card, or wallet, and add your top-up amount! Money Transfer We’ve made payments social! Send or request payments to and from friends, family, or any of your contacts! We also allow you to add labels to your transactions! History & Insights Want to where your money goes? Want to budget better? Our transaction history and labels allow you to keep track of your money. Our insights feature turns your payment history into a chart! Bill Payments Make all of your bill payments anytime, anywhere! Pay for your phone bill, utilities, and healthcare using the PayFast app. Our partnership with 1Bill by 1Bill allows you to select your billing company and simply enter your Consumer Number to make your payment. QR Payments Your payments are a quick scan away! 24/7 Support Our team is available round-the-clock to answer your questions. We allow you to create support tickets so that we can quickly resolve any issues you may face. Tons of in-app features at your disposal!

About

Yes Money

Manage your finances and transfer money seamlessly. Top up your digital wallet from various sources, send funds to friends, or pay bills for essential services.

Highlights
  • Wallet top-up via bank, PayPal, mobile money
  • Fund transfers between wallets
  • Cash out to bank accounts
  • Send to mobile money providers
  • Bill payments for various services
Features
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Welcome to the future of mobile money and money transfer. Key features: - Top up your wallet(s) using bank accounts, PayPal, or mobile money providers. - Transfer funds between Yes wallets, cash out, and send to bank accounts, or mobile money providers. - Pay your bills for services like restaurants, electricity, water, internet data, transportation, airtime, etc.

Screenshots

PayFast4 screens
Yes Money4 screens

Verdict

The call

PayFast and Yes Money are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PayFast against 5.0 for Yes Money. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PayFast versus Yes Money: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPayFastYes Money
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB53 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAVANZA PREMIER PAYMENT SERVICES LIMITEDOSSIX TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Customer experience

PayFast

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

Yes Money

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

In-app purchases

None

PayFast

No in-app purchases

None

Yes Money

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PayFast free?
PayFast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yes Money free?
Yes Money is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PayFast or Yes Money?
PayFast and Yes Money are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PayFast or Yes Money have ads?
Neither PayFast nor Yes Money shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PayFast or Yes Money?
PayFast ships an update monthly, and Yes Money monthly. Most recently, PayFast was updated on November 3, 2026 and Yes Money on November 3, 2026.

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