FBSW Mobile vs Firstate Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FBSW Mobile
Manage your finances conveniently from your mobile device. Check account balances, transfer funds between accounts, pay bills, and deposit checks remotely. This app is available to all existing online banking customers.
- Check account balances
- Search recent transactions
- Transfer funds between accounts
- Pay bills
- Deposit checks remotely
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Start banking wherever you are with FirstBank Southwest Mobile! Available to all FirstBank Southwest online banking customers. FirstBank Southwest Mobile allows you to check balances, make transfers, pay bills, and deposit checks. Available features include: Accounts - Check your latest account balance and search recent transactions by date, amount or check number. Transfers - Easily transfer cash between your accounts. Bill Pay - Pay new bills, edit bills scheduled to be paid, and review previously paid bills from your phone. Remote Deposit Capture -Deposit checks while on the go. All features may not be available in the tablet application.
Firstate Mobile
Manage your finances on the go with this mobile banking application. Check balances, transfer funds between accounts, pay bills, and deposit checks directly from your device. It's designed for existing online banking customers of the bank.
- Check account balances
- Search recent transactions
- Transfer funds between accounts
- Pay bills to existing payees
- Deposit checks
- Cancel scheduled bills
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Start banking wherever you are with Firstate Mobile. Available to all First State Bank online banking customers. Firstate Mobile allows you to check balances, make transfers, pay bills, and make deposits. Available features include: Accounts - Check your latest account balance and search recent transactions by date, amount, or check number. Transfers - Easily transfer cash between your accounts. Bill Pay - Make payments to existing payees, cancel scheduled bills and review previously paid bills from your mobile device. (You must be enrolled into Bill Pay to use Mobile Bill Pay). Make Deposits -Deposit checks while on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: FBSW Mobile at 2.8K against Firstate Mobile's 134. FBSW Mobile also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Firstate Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 69%). 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.
FBSW Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FBSW Mobile has 2.8K ratings behind it against 134, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of FBSW Mobile's written reviews are positive against 80% of Firstate Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FBSW Mobile | Firstate Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better | 4.6 (134 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 134 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FirstBank Southwest | First State Bank of Wrens |
Customer experience
FBSW Mobile
Firstate Mobile
Bugs and requests
FBSW Mobile
Reported bugs
3 issues- Mobile deposit not working
- App unavailable for weeks at a time
- Sign-in process issues
Requested features
3 requests- Text message notifications
- Password change countdown
- Bank-to-bank transfer functionality
Firstate Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FBSW Mobile
No in-app purchases
Firstate Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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