payCity vs BROAD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
payCity
Manage traffic fines, renew vehicle licenses, and pay municipal bills. Purchase prepaid electricity, water, and gas conveniently and securely. The system offers simple navigation for easy account management.
- View and pay traffic fines
- Renew vehicle licenses online
- Settle municipal accounts
- Purchase prepaid utilities
- Secure card and EFT payments
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Introducing our new and improved payCity app. payCity is an easy-to-use online system that allows you to view and pay for your outstanding traffic fines, renew your vehicle licence online, settle your municipal accounts and purchase prepaid utilities. Features: • View and pay your traffic fines, warrants of arrests and summons for selected municipalities. • Renew your vehicle licence online. • View and pay your municipal bills. • Make prepaid purchases for electricity, water and gas. Simple and safe payments via Mastercard, Visa, Credit- and debit cards as well as Ozow EFT. We have simplified our app for easy and convenient navigation and would like to hear what you think of it. Download the app and let us know what you think of the new functionality and design.
BROAD
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A mobile data collection app for the CSIR's Building Risk Operation and Design facility assessment toolkit.
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Verdict
payCity and BROAD are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
payCity ships an update every 2 months, BROAD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | payCity | BROAD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (75 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Syntell | CSIR |
In-app purchases
payCity
No in-app purchases
BROAD
No in-app purchases
