CBK Mobile vs My Rateb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CBK Mobile
Manage your finances on the go with this secure and convenient banking application. View account balances, pay credit cards, make payments, and find nearby branches with ease.
- View account balances
- Pay credit cards
- Make payments
- Locate nearby branches
- Secure banking
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Commercial Bank of Kuwait is one of the largest financial institutions in Kuwait with a strong and growing corporate and retail banking franchise providing innovative financial and investment solutions to its ever growing customer base. This Application is secure, convenient and easy to use, CBK Mobile offers a wide range of banking services to make banking convenient for you and allows you to view your balances, pay credit cards, payments, locate nearby Branches do lot more while on the go.
My Rateb
This app offers a digital solution for paying domestic helpers in Kuwait. It allows for easy salary, bonus, and allowance payments, with options for online transfers and ATM cash withdrawals. The service is designed to be safe, simple, and accessible in multiple languages.
- Digital salary payments
- Bonus and allowance payments
- Online salary transfers
- ATM cash withdrawals
- Multi-language support
- Secure and simple transactions
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RATEB is Kuwait’s digital salary payment app for domestic workers. Skip cash and pay salaries, bonuses, flight tickets, and vacation allowances anytime, anywhere. Domestic workers can transfer their salary online through our partner exchange companies, and withdraw cash from RATEB ATMs. Safe, simple, and helpful — RATEB is available in 6 languages: •Arabic •English •Hindi •Malayalam •Urdu •Tamil
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Rateb at 100% against CBK Mobile's 35%. My Rateb also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9). CBK Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (610 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
My Rateb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CBK Mobile has 610 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of CBK Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of My Rateb's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CBK Mobile | My Rateb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (610 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 610 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | COMMERCIAL BANK OF KUWAIT | MY RATEB MICRO ELECTRONIC MONEY SERVICE PROVIDER |
Customer experience
CBK Mobile
My Rateb
Bugs and requests
CBK Mobile
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes when accessing settings menu
- Login issues with Face ID and biometric authentication
- Chat support gets stuck on 'initializing chat'
- IBAN field rejects international accounts (24+ characters)
- Transfer purpose dropdown shows no options
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- App disconnects when accessing beneficiary list
- Loading issues and freezing during transactions
- App crashes during phone calls with bank staff
- Face ID not functioning properly
- SMS notifications not received for withdrawals
- App fails to open after updates
Requested features
13 requests- Dark mode/theme for better eye comfort
- OTP via email or push notification instead of SMS only
- Bill payment functionality
- Online card purchasing
- Direct payment feature without QR codes
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- GOV card support for corporate accounts
- Auto-translate English to Arabic
- Arabic language support for notifications
- 6-month statement download
- Edit profile information and phone numbers
- Corporate account app version
- Exchange rate comparison tool
- Beneficiary management improvements
My Rateb
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CBK Mobile
No in-app purchases
My Rateb
No in-app purchases
