Eversend or Revolut? Compare the maps, not the logos.
The short answer
This one is less a contest than a geography lesson. Revolut is a strong everyday money app if you live in Europe or the UK: card spending, exchange, saving. Eversend is built for African money life: you open and fund it from African countries, hold naira, shillings and cedis alongside USD, EUR and GBP, pay MTN MoMo, M-Pesa and Airtel Money wallets in about a minute, and send into, out of and across Africa. Many people in the diaspora carry both, one for the country they live in and one for the countries their money touches. Compare on where your money actually goes.
Eversend accounts open from African countries and top up by MTN MoMo, M-Pesa, Airtel Money or local bank transfer. If your money's life includes Africa, start with availability: check what the app you're comparing lets you do from, and to, your countries.
📱It pays African wallets in about a minute
MTN MoMo, M-Pesa, Airtel Money and more, with just a phone number, measured over our last 90 days of production transfers. Sending to a European friend and sending to your mother's MoMo are different problems; Eversend is built for the second.
🌍African currencies are first-class citizens
Naira, shillings, cedis and francs are balances you hold, not just destinations you send to: 16 currencies converted at a rate shown before you confirm.
🔁Three directions, including out of Africa
Into Africa from the UK, US and Europe, including French corridors like France to Senegal. Out of Africa to USD, GBP and EUR bank accounts. And across Africa on routes like Kenya to Nigeria. Check which directions the app you're comparing runs.
🛡Licensed for African rails
Bank of Uganda licences, FinCEN registration in the US, and remittance authorisation in Kenya. Customer funds are safeguarded and segregated.
Compare on what matters.
Here’s where Eversend stands on each. Run Revolut and any other app you’re weighing through the same list, and see how they answer.
What to compare
Eversend
Revolut / others
Open and fund the account from African countries
Yes: mobile money and local bank
Check the app
Pay African mobile money wallets (MTN MoMo, M-Pesa, Airtel)
Yes, about a minute, measured
Check the app
Hold African currencies as balances
16 currencies, incl. NGN, KES, UGX, GHS
Check the app
Send between African countries
Yes: Kenya to Nigeria, Ghana to Nigeria and more
Check the app
Send OUT of Africa to USD, GBP or EUR bank accounts
Yes, all three, from the app
Check the app
Licensed, with customer funds safeguarded
Bank of Uganda, FinCEN, Kenya remittance
Check the app
Open and fund the account from African countries
Eversend
Yes: mobile money and local bank
Revolut / others? Check the app.
Pay African mobile money wallets (MTN MoMo, M-Pesa, Airtel)
Eversend
Yes, about a minute, measured
Revolut / others? Check the app.
Hold African currencies as balances
Eversend
16 currencies, incl. NGN, KES, UGX, GHS
Revolut / others? Check the app.
Send between African countries
Eversend
Yes: Kenya to Nigeria, Ghana to Nigeria and more
Revolut / others? Check the app.
Send OUT of Africa to USD, GBP or EUR bank accounts
They solve different maps. For everyday money in Europe or the UK, Revolut is a strong app. For African money life: opening an account from an African country, funding by mobile money, holding African currencies, paying MoMo and M-Pesa wallets, moving money out of or across Africa, Eversend is built for exactly that. Compare on the flows you actually run, not the brand you see more ads for.
Try Eversend and decide for yourself.
Download the app, check the live rate on your corridor, and see if it fits.
Revolut is a trademark of its respective owner. Eversend is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with Revolut. Comparisons on this page describe Eversend’s own features; they are not statements about Revolut’s pricing, service or status. Rates and features are current as of the last update and may change.
