Comparison

payCity vs Step Forward Cape Town

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • View and pay traffic fines
  • Renew vehicle licenses online
  • Settle municipal accounts
  • Purchase prepaid utilities
  • Secure card and EFT payments
Features
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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.

About

Step Forward Cape Town

Features
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The Step Forward Volunteer Programme offers a powerful & easy platform designed to keep users connected with organisations in the community. A once off electronic registration form ensures continuous communication of events, roles & training and a connection to volunteer opportunities in real time. All in one place, this app will benefit everyone in the Cape Town Jewish Community and its beneficiaries.  As an interested individual or if you are part of a community organisation, youth movement, project, school or business, The Step Forward Programme keeps all communication clear, centralised, accessible and easy to use. App Features: A once off registration form for personal skills and information with the ability to update personal information. Secure sign in with passwords & vetting for high level of security. Real time notifications of events, opportunities, roles & training. Event tracking. Organisation banner to notifications and announcements. Event registration with a click of a button. Application is integrated with Organisation & Administrator Content Management Systems, powered by The Eliot Osrin Leadership Institute.

Screenshots

payCity4 screens
Step Forward Cape Town4 screens

Verdict

The call

payCity and Step Forward Cape Town 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

payCity ships an update every 2 months, Step Forward Cape Town every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
payCity versus Step Forward Cape Town: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpayCityStep Forward Cape Town
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (75 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSyntellEOLI

In-app purchases

None

payCity

No in-app purchases

None

Step Forward Cape Town

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is payCity free?
payCity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Step Forward Cape Town free?
Step Forward Cape Town is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do payCity or Step Forward Cape Town have ads?
Neither payCity nor Step Forward Cape Town shows ads.
Which is updated more often, payCity or Step Forward Cape Town?
payCity ships an update every 2 months, and Step Forward Cape Town every 5 weeks. Most recently, payCity was updated on November 1, 2026 and Step Forward Cape Town on November 5, 2026.

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