Comparison

RealPayment vs SendHome

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

Head to head
About

RealPayment

Securely store and manage digital rewards from merchants. Make confident online and in-person payments using your smartphone, with your credit card details protected from merchants. Track purchase history and redeem electronic gift cards.

Highlights
  • Merchant rewards collection
  • Secure smartphone payments
  • Credit card information protection
  • Purchase history tracking
  • Electronic gift card redemption
Features
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Get rewards from merchants and store them in your phone. Pay with confidence online or onsite with your Smartphone. Real Payments hides your credit card information from merchants online and onsite. Get rewards from merchants for using RealPayment. Keep your purchase history. Get electronic gift cards.

About

SendHome

Features
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SendHome enables legal migrants to send money from South Africa to Zimbabwe, in a quick, secure, and dependable way. SendHome provides electronic self-registration and KYC. It has affordable transaction fees. Pay-in is available through Card, EFT, Zapper, Snapscan or using Cash at thousands of retail outlets in South Africa. Pay-out partners covering rural and urban centres in Zimbabwe include CABS bank branches and ZIMPOST Post Offices. Registration is simple. Sign up with your mobile number, choose a pin and you are good to go!

Screenshots

RealPayment4 screens
SendHome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RealPayment at every 3 weeks against SendHome's every 2 months. RealPayment also leads on iOS requirement (8.2 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

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

RealPayment ships an update every 3 weeks, SendHome every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RealPayment versus SendHome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealPaymentSendHome
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer3iTechworks, IncSendhome (Pty) Ltd

In-app purchases

None

RealPayment

No in-app purchases

None

SendHome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RealPayment free?
RealPayment is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SendHome free?
SendHome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RealPayment or SendHome have ads?
Neither RealPayment nor SendHome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealPayment or SendHome?
RealPayment ships an update every 3 weeks, and SendHome every 2 months. Most recently, RealPayment was updated on October 7, 2026 and SendHome on October 1, 2026.

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