Comparison

CMSO Pro vs Pennylane

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

Head to head
About

CMSO Pro

Manage your professional accounts and make online payments securely. This app allows you to view your finances in real-time, track transactions, and communicate with your advisor.

Highlights
  • Real-time financial overview
  • Secure advisor messaging
  • Instant transfers
  • Virtual payment service
  • Transaction management
  • IBAN/BIC sharing
Features
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L’application CMSO PRO est conçue spécialement pour les artisans, commerçants, professions libérales, TPE/PME, agriculteurs, professionnels de la mer, entreprises innovantes. SIMPLE, PRATIQUE et SÉCURISÉE : maîtrisez la gestion de vos comptes et payez en ligne avec VIRTUALIS* depuis l’app Crédit Mutuel du Sud Ouest pour les professionnels. Restez en contact avec votre banque et consultez vos finances en temps réel. CONNEXION : - Connectez-vous facilement et en toute sécurité** avec la reconnaissance faciale. OPÉRATION : - Consultez rapidement toutes vos opérations sur vos comptes en un seul endroit. - Consultez l’historique de vos opérations. - Partagez facilement votre IBAN/BIC par SMS, e-mail ou via vos applications préférées. TRANSACTION : - Suivez vos transactions récentes et à venir. - Gérez vos remises directement depuis l’application. PAIEMENT : - Faites vos paiements en toute simplicité grâce au service Virtualis*. VIREMENT : - Effectuez des virements instantanément. - Ajoutez des bénéficiaires en temps réel. CONTACT : - Échangez avec votre conseiller en toute sécurité et à tout moment via la messagerie sécurisée. Téléchargez l’application et transformez votre manière de gérer vos affaires ! * Le service Virtualis vous permet de réaliser vos paiements à distance en créant une carte de paiement virtuelle qui se substitue à votre carte délivrée par le Crédit Mutuel du Sud Ouest. ** Pour une sécurité renforcée et des services améliorés, le CMSO] vous invite à enregistrer votre mobile comme « appareil de confiance ». Cela augmente la sécurité de votre application et vous donne accès à des fonctionnalités supplémentaires.

About

Pennylane

This app offers an integrated solution for managing business finances, accounting, and banking. It provides tools for purchase and sales management, performance analysis, and a business account with features like free cards and unlimited transfers.

Highlights
  • Integrated business finances and accounting
  • Purchase and sales management
  • Performance analysis
  • Pro Account with free cards and transfers
  • Invoice management (FacturX format)
  • Collaboration with accountants
  • Over 300 integrations
Features
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Pennylane is the tool that brings together your finances, your accounting, and your Business Account! Discover the all-in-one solution for your business that includes purchase and sales management tools, performance analysis, and a Pro Account 100% integrated with your accounting. Pennylane is PDP certified! Receive and send your invoices in the FacturX format even before the reform is applied. Over 180,000 French companies and 2,500 accounting firms have already joined Pennylane. What changes with Pennylane: - Manage your activity from a single space: the purchase and sales modules allow you a complete management of your activity. Quotes, invoices, subscriptions, sales reminders... manage all your finances in one place! - Make better decisions: Pennylane allows you to access all the data of your activity and analyze it from a single platform. - Collaborate more effectively with your accountant: keep your accounting up-to-date in real-time. Pennylane suggests reconciliations to carry out and actions to perform. - Over 300 integrations available: simplify the retrieval of your flows and the management of your activity by connecting to your business tools directly from Pennylane. Get the Pennylane Pro Account including: - Free cards and unlimited free transfers: Enjoy customizable virtual or physical Mastercard cards and pay easily via SEPA transfer. - French IBAN, secured funds: Entrust your funds to a secured institution approved by the Banque de France (ACPR). - Payment of supplier invoices: Settle up to 400 invoices in one click, reconciliation and lettering are automatic. - Simplified collection of receipts: No more hunting for receipts! Receive a mobile notification with every transaction made with the Business Account card. Included in the mobile app: - Business Account: Initiate transfers, manage your bank cards and receive a mobile notification with every transaction made with your Pennylane Business Account. - Invoice management: Upload your purchase invoices, expense reports and follow their validation - Categorization: Categorize all your transactions and expense reports at the right time, without delay - Customer billing management: Create your sales quotes and invoices and send them to your clients - Accounting requests: Collaborate with your team and your accountant via comments and notifications - Track your cash flow and other key indicators

Screenshots

CMSO Pro4 screens
Pennylane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pennylane at 67% against CMSO Pro's 35%. Pennylane also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 1). CMSO Pro's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CMSO Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pennylane has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of CMSO Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of Pennylane's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CMSO Pro ships an update every 3 months, Pennylane weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CMSO Pro versus Pennylane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCMSO ProPennylane
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews67.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrédit Mutuel ArkéaPennylane

Customer experience

CMSO Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative50.0%

Pennylane

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral17.2%
Negative15.5%

In-app purchases

None

CMSO Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Pennylane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CMSO Pro free?
CMSO Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pennylane free?
Pennylane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CMSO Pro or Pennylane?
CMSO Pro is rated higher. CMSO Pro averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pennylane averages 4.6 from 35 ratings.
Do CMSO Pro or Pennylane have ads?
Neither CMSO Pro nor Pennylane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CMSO Pro or Pennylane?
CMSO Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Pennylane weekly. Most recently, CMSO Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pennylane on November 3, 2026.

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