PIN Store vs BoAMobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PIN Store
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Struggle to remember your PIN number? Who can with bank cards, credit cards, alarm codes, door entry codes, and every other code you need in daily life! Keeping a note of them is silly - thieves love that! Using a contact number in your phone is ok, but there are only a few digits to hide your important information in. Yes, you can use some sort of mnemonic to rhyme with your codes if you can remember that too! What’s required is something that you can easily refer to. Something that doesn’t require remembering a song, nursery rhyme or other cryptographic technique. You just need the numbers! PIN Store doesn’t store your PIN numbers, but rather a grid which contains your numbers. Once entered only you know where those numbers are. In a 10 x 10 grid there’s plenty of space to hide a 4 digit code, and only you know where they are. Only you know that the code starts at 4 across, 7 down, and goes to the right. It’s easy, yet far more secure than create lists or faking contacts that contain the PIN! PIN Store uses "steganography" to keep your PIN number secret, yet also in plain sight. So to keep your PIN safe, place the numbers somewhere that you will be able to remember within the grid. Practice by making a few dummy grids too as they’ll hide that information even better. For security, the PIN is never stored itself, rather it's the grid which includes the PIN. Once stored, even PIN Store doesn't know where you placed your PIN! Plus if you can use the edit function to break the PIN up, for example by putting two digits on the left and two at right, helps too. Keep your PIN code in plain sight and secure as only you know where in the grid! A note on privacy. No information is returned from this app to J.S. Technology Ltd. We never get to see your PIN numbers or grids. The PIN Store grid is only stored on your phone in an area which is not normally user accessible. Only complete grids of numbers is stored by PIN Store and it can't tell where the PIN number is once it's stored. PIN Store doesn’t share the PIN grids with any app or other system.
BoAMobile
Conduct a wide range of banking transactions conveniently from your mobile device. This application offers seamless and effortless banking services on the go, putting financial management at your fingertips.
- Conduct banking transactions
- Seamless mobile banking
- Convenient on-the-go banking
- Effortless financial management
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BoA Mobile an innovative app from Bank of Abyssinia, empowers customers to effortlessly conduct a wide range of banking transactions right at their fingertips. Experience seamless and convenient banking on the go with BoA Mobile
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BoAMobile at none against PIN Store's shown. BoAMobile also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
PIN Store ships an update every 16 months, BoAMobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PIN Store | BoAMobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.2 (394 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 29.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 394 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | J.S. Technology Ltd. | Bank of Abyssinia |
Bugs and requests
PIN Store
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BoAMobile
Reported bugs
13 issues- OTP input field not accepting text input
- App freezes during login
- Missing Done/Enter button on iOS keyboard
- App crashes after updates
- Blank page loading issue
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- Face ID failure causes automatic PIN switch
- App keeps loading indefinitely
- Error message with only exit option
- Transfer functionality not working
- Balance update issues
- Saturday service unavailability
- Login button unresponsive
- Transaction sending page missing attributes
Requested features
8 requests- Keyboard dismiss functionality for OTP entry
- Extended transaction history beyond 6 transactions
- PDF receipt generation
- Transaction verification system
- Improved international access
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- Transaction reference verification
- Faster app performance and optimization
- Automatic sign-in method persistence
In-app purchases
PIN Store
No in-app purchases
BoAMobile
No in-app purchases









