Afterpay (SQ) vs PayPal (PYPL) apps

Afterpay is a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company, while PayPal is a peer-to-peer and peer-to-small business payments platform. In early 2024, PayPal launched a BNPL feature to compete with this segment of payments companies.

Afterpay vs PayPal: cross-app usage

Afterpay users using PayPal

PayPal users using Afterpay

Percent of Afterpay users that use PayPal

The number of devices who have opened Afterpay at least once over the last 30 days divided by the sum of devices who have opened both PayPal and Afterpay at least once over the last 30 days.

Percent of PayPal users that use Afterpay

The number of devices who have opened PayPal at least once over the last 30 days divided by the sum of devices who have opened both Afterpay and PayPal at least once over the last 30 days.