SBI Authenticator vs Dutched
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBI Authenticator
This app provides a secure and convenient way to authenticate digital banking transactions, reducing reliance on SMS OTPs. It offers multiple authentication methods like prompt-based approvals and QR code scanning for enhanced security.
- Secure authentication
- Reduces SMS OTP dependency
- Prompt-based approvals
- QR code scanning
- App-based OTP
- Supports SBI Yono Lite, RINB, MINB
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The SBI Authenticator is a secure, efficient and user-friendly authentication solution developed by the State Bank of India to enhance the safety and convenience of your digital banking experience. This app is designed to reduce dependency on traditional SMS-based One-Time Passwords (OTPs) and enables more secure and seamless authentication methods for both financial and non-financial transactions across SBI Yono Lite, Yono Net Banking and Merchant Internet Banking (MINB) platforms. As digital banking grows, so does the need for robust, real-time authentication. The SBI Authenticator empowers users with multiple authentication options, including prompt-based approvals, QR code scanning and authentication using app-based OTP, offering a modern, secure and reliable alternative to SMS OTPs. With this Authenticator app, users can set their preferred authentication modes for various SBI channels that they use.
Dutched
Easily track and settle shared expenses with friends, roommates, and travel companions. The app allows for various splitting methods and on-device receipt scanning, with no need for others to install the application. It prioritizes privacy with no ads or data selling.
- Split expenses with anyone, even without the app
- On-device receipt scanning
- Multiple splitting methods (equal, exact, percentage, shares)
- Smart settle-up suggestions
- Offline functionality with sync
- Import from Splitwise
- Privacy-focused design
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Dutched is the easiest way to split expenses with friends, roommates, and travel companions. Track who owes whom, settle up, and move on. And the best part: the people you split with do not even need the app. WHY DUTCHED Your friends do not need to download anything. Add anyone to a group or a one on one. They can claim their expenses with a simple code whenever they decide to join, or just open a view only link to see the group in any browser. One person installs, and the whole table is covered. Free, with no limits. Unlimited expenses, unlimited groups, every way to split, and support for multiple currencies. No ads. No daily caps. No paywall on the things you use every day. Your receipts never leave your phone. Point your camera at a receipt and Dutched reads it right on your device. The photo is never uploaded, to us or to anyone else. Every cent accounted for. Balances always add up to the penny, in any currency, and your history is never quietly rewritten. FEATURES - Groups for trips, roommates, dinners, and anything in between - One on one splits with a single friend - Equal, exact, percentage, shares, and plus/minus adjustment splitting - On device receipt scanning - Import your groups and history from Splitwise (CSV export) - Multiple currencies - Smart settle up suggestions so debts clear in the fewest payments - Settle with one tap through Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App - Comments and payment reminders, so the follow-up lives with the expense - Recurring expenses for rent, subscriptions, and bills - Works offline; changes sync when you are back - Every expense shows its history: who added or edited it, and when - View only share links for people without the app - Private by design: no ads, no data selling, Sign in with Apple Dutched only tracks who owes whom. Money never moves through the app, so you settle up however you already pay each other. Split the bill, not the friendship. Get Dutched.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dutched at 100% against SBI Authenticator's 22%. Dutched also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). SBI Authenticator's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dutched holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of SBI Authenticator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dutched's.
SBI Authenticator ships an update every 2 months, Dutched every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBI Authenticator | Dutched |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | State Bank of India | Srimaan Sri Edara |
Customer experience
SBI Authenticator
Dutched
In-app purchases
SBI Authenticator
No in-app purchases
Dutched
No in-app purchases
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