Tando vs MoneyBadger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tando
This app allows users to spend Bitcoin in Kenya by converting it to M-Pesa. You can purchase goods, pay bills, and send money directly from your Bitcoin Lightning wallet to anyone in the country with no transaction fees.
- Spend Bitcoin via M-Pesa
- Pay bills with Bitcoin
- Send money with Bitcoin
- Zero transaction fees
- Bitcoin Lightning wallet integration
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Tando lets anyone experience life entirely on the bitcoin standard. Spend bitcoin anywhere M-Pesa is accepted in Kenya with zero transaction fees! Buy goods, pay bills, and send money from your Bitcoin Lightning wallet to anyone in Kenya. Privacy Policy - https://tando.me/privacy.htm Terms of Use - https://tando.me/terms.htm
MoneyBadger
Pay at participating retailers using any compatible Lightning wallet. Simply scan a QR code at the point of sale to complete your transaction.
- In-store Lightning payments
- Use any Lightning wallet
- Scan QR codes at POS
- Participating retailer network
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Use any Lightning wallet to pay at participating retailers. This app will let you use any compatible Lightning Wallet to pay at participating retailers, by scanning a QR code at the point of sale
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tando at 4 against MoneyBadger's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tando against 5.0 for MoneyBadger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Tando ships an update every 6 weeks, MoneyBadger every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tando | MoneyBadger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tando Ltd | MoneyBadger (Pty) Ltd |
In-app purchases
Tando
No in-app purchases
MoneyBadger
No in-app purchases
