DigiShine vs connectIPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DigiShine
This mobile banking application allows customers to manage their accounts via SMS. Perform balance inquiries, request mini-statements, transfer funds, buy airtime, and make payments. It's designed for customers of Shine Resunga Development Bank Limited Nepal.
- Check account balances
- Request mini-statements
- Transfer funds
- Buy airtime top-ups
- Make payments
- SMS-based transactions
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This is SMS Based Mobile Banking Application for Customers of Shine Resunga Development Bank Limited Nepal. Application allows their Customers to -Check Balances -Request Mini-Statement -Transfer Funds to different accounts. -Buy Airtime topups -Make Payments and many more services. Please follow the steps below to use the application. 1. Open the app in iphone home screen. 2. Choose the required services from the menu in the app. 3. Fill the required credentials in the provided form and click Send Button. SMS will be sent to shortcode 35758. 5. You will receive the appropriate SMS as a response for your request. Procedures to use the services. 1. Balance Enquiry Description : Make request for the current available balance in bank account. Fields : a. PIN : PIN provided by the bank when registered for mobile banking services. b. A/C Alias : This is optional field. When account number or account alias is entered provided by bank, customer can get the current available balance for the respective entered account. If left empty, customers get current available balance for default account. 3. Fund Transfer Using Account Description : Transfer fund from one account to another. Fields : a. PIN : PIN provided by the bank when registered for mobile banking services. b. Amount : Amount the customer want to transfer. c. From A/C : This is optional field. When empty, amount is transferred from customer's default account. When entered specific account no. or account alias, amount is transferred from that account no or account alias. d. To A/C : Receiver's account no or account alias, to which the amount is transferred.
connectIPS
This platform allows users to link bank accounts for seamless payment processing, fund transfers, and creditor payments. It supports various transaction types, including citizen-to-government, customer-to-business, and peer-to-peer payments directly from bank accounts.
- Link bank accounts
- Payment processing
- Fund transfers
- Creditor payments
- C2G payments
- C2B payments
- P2P payments
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connectIPS is a single payments platform that allows the customers to link their bank account(s) to enable payment processor, fund transfer and creditors payments. An extended product of Nepal Clearing House to support citizen-to-government (C2G), customer-to-business (C2B) and peer-to-peer (P2P) payment transactions directly from/to the bank accounts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DigiShine at 3.1 against connectIPS's 2.1. connectIPS's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 7) and review sentiment (8% vs 0%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
DigiShine holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: connectIPS has 36 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of DigiShine's written reviews are positive against 8% of connectIPS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DigiShine | connectIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) — better | 2.1 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 8.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 184 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shine Resunga Development Bank | Nepal Clearing House Ltd. |
Customer experience
DigiShine
connectIPS
Bugs and requests
DigiShine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
connectIPS
Reported bugs
25 issues- App crashing after new update
- App closes when opened after a few days on iOS
- Issue in getting transaction summary
- Cannot log in on iOS 15.3.1, crashes immediately
- Biometric and traditional login not working
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- App crashes upon entering username and password
- Continuously says session expired
- Automatically logs out after login
- App takes a long time to retrieve device ID and notification ID
- Issue with selecting Bank Name of the recipient
- Issues for setting up default device
- OTP comes after five minutes on iOS, valid only for two minutes
- Every login says new Device detected
- EPF payment crashes the app on iPhone Xs on iOS 14.2
- App won't open
- Doesn't work after 2020 Sept 11 update
- White texts on white background
- Cannot see what is typed due to poor contrast
- Creepy UI on dark theme, fonts not visible
- Cannot login via iPhone X
- App keeps spinning and loading forever on iOS
- Titles and fields not rendered, buttons not displayed well on iOS
- Cannot register
- Password selection criteria not accepted
- Shows weak password while creating account
Requested features
8 requests- Add email OTP/verification
- Better international access support
- Add payment of water service
- Improve app performance for device ID retrieval
- Update system for password changes from email
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- Fix font visibility issues on iOS
- Improve UI/UX for text visibility
- Add 'please wait' indicator during login
In-app purchases
DigiShine
No in-app purchases
connectIPS
No in-app purchases









