Investing App reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 273 Reddit reviews across 23 subreddits and 52 posts to rank the best Investing App brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/investingforbeginners, r/AusFinance, r/investing, r/wallstreetbets, r/RothIRA. Top-rated brands include Fidelity (4.4/5), Robinhood (3.6/5), Charles Schwab (4.0/5).

Stats

Reviews273

Subreddits23

Posts52

Brands93

Products8

Top communities

r/investingforbeginners95 r/AusFinance37 r/investing24 r/wallstreetbets18 r/RothIRA14

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By Brand

By Product

Fidelity

4.4

(33)

"If you ever need to actually talk to a human, Fidelity by far. Open 24/7."

"Personally I prefer Fidelitys app and Vanguards website, but between those two and Schwab there is not a bad choice."

"I’ve used Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab, Robinhood, M1 Finance and Wealthfront. The best one is Fidelity."

"Fidelity is solid. Would not recommend switching without good reason."

"Fidelity is great for one stop shop in most areas, especially for long term."

"Fidelity > Schwab > Vanguard > Robinhood"

"Love Fidelity"

"Fidelity is actually perfect. Its not the prettiest app but its rock solid, has amazing research tools, and they're not gonna disappear in 5 years like some newer apps might."

"I love Fidelity. Have a checking account, roll over IRA for all my old 401k money, Roth IRA, HSA and Brokerage."

"Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab are the established leaders."

Robinhood

3.6

(30)

"Robinhood. Best in industry match!"

"Robinhood and M1 finance are my go to."

"Robinhood is hands down the easiest to get into."

"I like Robinhood more than Schwab, I haven’t used their desktop version yet so if you haven’t tried that either, I would before switching."

"Robinhood offers a 3% match on a Roth IRA. So if you max it out, that’s $210 extra"

"I love Robinhood but the only issue is it’s TOO easy to use."

"Robinhood easily"

"Try Questrade, Wealthsimple, or Robinhood for faster, user-friendly platforms with low fees and good support."

"Schwab app is user friendly. Robinhood as well."

"Robinhood - easiest to use, best for beginners, decent features now"

Charles Schwab

4.0

(16)

"Schwabs customer service is very good. You get a knowledgeable broker every time within seconds to help you on any question."

"Schwab…ez"

"I use Schwab but the most important thing is to invest the max every year and invest into low-fee index funds and not over-think it."

"Can recommend Betterment and Schwab."

"I'm old school. Schwab and Fidelity"

"Fidelity, Schwab, and Webull."

"Schwab app is user friendly. Robinhood as well."

"I use Schwab Fidelity Vanguard. I rate them in that order."

"Fidelity & Charles Schwab"

"Most folks these days lean toward apps like Fidelity’s mobile platform, Schwab, or Webull for their low fees, robust research tools, and reliability over Robinhood."

Webull

4.2

(13)

"Webull is the best stock trading app out there in 2024 - Get at least 3 free stocks worth from $3 to $3,000 each with as little as .01 cents opening deposit!"

"Webull is awesome and you get free bonus stocks just for opening an account!"

"Has the best mobile UX/UI hands down!"

"Webull I think is what most people have been switching to after robinhood."

"I like Webull's user interface. Have my ROTH there right now"

"Fidelity, Schwab, and Webull."

"Webull is a much better platform than any other and you get lots of bonuses and $100 per referral."

"Webull."

"Try Webull."

"Webull cashapp."

Vanguard

4.3

(12)

"Second the recommendation about going with Vanguard (I did) or Fidelity."

"If Vanguard is available, I’d go with their index funds like VTSAX or the VOO ETF"

"Vanguard, set up automatic investing."

"Quite a few brokers have free automatic monthly investing."

"...avoid Acorn. You get rewards for using credit and avoid fees by buying ETFs at Vanguard, Fidelity, or Charles Schwab for FREE."

"I would save up $3000 and open a Vanguard account and buy VTSMX (total stock market). No fees and ease of mind."

"I'm pretty happy with Vanguard"

"For broader options and lower fees, check out Vanguard or Fidelity."

"Vanguard PI, CMC and Commsec Pocket are other reputable apps you could look at for index funds"

"Vanguard, just get some good ETFs."

M1 Finance

4.8

(8)

"I use M1 Finance for my Roth IRA."

"Check out M1 Finance."

"M1 is hands down the best for ease of use combined with long term thinking."

"M1 is hands down the best for ease of use."

"M1 is great for dividends with automatically reinvested fractional shares."

"Investing? M1 finance."

"I use M1 Finance"

"M1 is definitely better than Robinhood just because of the ability to purchase partial shares."

Spaceship

4.3

(7)

"I'm happy with spaceship. They have a few different portfolios to choose from."

"Spaceship is a good option if your interested in the companies they invest in."

"Spaceship allows you to buy individual shares + etfs."

"Spaceship is good, I also use Buxfer for all my investment monitoring."

"Spaceship is solid, and it’s very easy to use - though it is at the higher risk end of the spectrum."

"I'd say Spaceship is better than Raiz."

Interactive Brokers

4.1

(7)

"For trading US shares - IBKR only."

"Interactive Brokers is a Tier 1 broker with an excellent reputation going back to the 1970's."

"It is going to be difficult to beat interactive broker's fees."

"You can try interactive brokers. I've been using it for a while. It's pretty good."

"It generally has the lowest fees and biggest range of products."

"Interactive brokers is the best bet for high quality off shore stock investments."

Trading 212

4.3

(6)

"No fees. You'll spend hundreds / thousand on vanguard fees if you Dca over years."

"I have been using the investing acc on trading 212 for a couple of months now."

"Trading212."

"Aims for beginners so it has a lot of resources for you to learn before getting into it"

"The closest thing to robinhood, no fees."

"I only use the investment platform and have no complaints."

#10

TD Ameritrade

4.6

(5)

"I use TD ameritrade app. Simple. Easy to use."

"When ready to migrate after beginners try TD Ameritrade."

"TD is merging with Schwab they have a killer desktop app."

"Switched from E-trade to TD. Pretty happy so far."

"I like TD for desktop and investing."

#11

Zerodha

4.6

(5)

"Zerodha is time test for years. Reliability comes from many years of operations with Tech."

"Zerodha kite is best for investing (not for trading)."

"Use Zerodha for now."

"You can try zerodha, it's mobile app is good."

"Zerodha is good for investing."

#12

Cash App

4.0

(5)

"I have enjoyed the Cash App . Easy and simple . Plus the round ups are nice also"

"Honestly I’ve been trying cash app since I’ve been using it to get money from friends. The UI is dumb simple and gets the job done, just buy a stock and hold it."

"Cash App is focused on bringing younger consumers into the equation."

"Cashapp."

"I purchase Bitcoin using cash app."

#13

Acorns

3.6

(5)

"Acorns – Rounds up spare change for automated investments."

"Why not try acorns?"

"I personally use Acorns (along with other services too) because I don't."

"Very easy and hands off BUT it’s only worth it if you invest a decent amount."

"I use Acorns and Stash Invest. As a college student, I don't even really expect a return from Acorns, but I enjoy its roundup feature."

#14

Wealthsimple

4.3

(4)

"Wealthsimple by far."

"Try Questrade, Wealthsimple, or Robinhood for faster, user-friendly platforms with low fees and good support."

"Use Wealthsimple for a self-directed TFSA."

"Wealthsimple is fine if you are just going to buy and hold asset allocation etfs."

#15

CMC

4.0

(4)

"I use CMC. CHESS sponsored, and $0 brokerage for trades under $1k"

"Buy all ASX and international if you want. Less than 1k buys are free once per day."

"CMC Invest - CHESS sponsored and $0 brokerage when investing <$1000"

"CMC Markets is good, I don't know what these others are."

#16

IBKR

4.0

(4)

"IBKR / SAXO / XTB in Europe looks great."

"Ibkr, saxo, degiro."

"I use it for holding all of my US shares."

"Many of my European friends are using it."

#17

Stake

4.0

(4)

"I moved from CommSec to Stake due to very low fees."

"Right now I’ve narrowed down the choices to: Pearler, Stake and CMC markets."

"Stake is good son."

"Stake charges a percentage for fast deposit."

#18

Pearler

3.8

3.7

(3)

"Be a big boy"

"E trade. Just learn to use it."

"E*TRADE"

#25

Kuvera

5.0

(2)

"Kuvera."

"If you're into MFs, Kuvera has the best features."

#26

Investing Apps

5.0

(2)

"I’ve recently found a great article that reviews the top investing apps for 2024, breaking down their key features and benefits."

"This article runs through all the best investing apps for beginners."

#27

Spaceship Voyager

5.0

(2)

"You’ll earn 200% roi ($10) straight away with the spaceship voyager app."

#28

CommSec

3.0

(3)

"Just open a Commsec acct and be done with it."

"I personally just use commsec (about 0.3 to 0.2% depending on trade amount) because it's simple"

"Commsec is the worst, I bought 5000$ worth of stock and ended up paying roughly 200$ fees."

#29

Pearler Micro

4.5

(2)

"Pearler Micro is great, lower fees than Raiz."

"Probably Pearler Micro or Raiz."

#30

Betterment

4.5

(2)

"Betterment is far and away the best app. UI, speed/functionality, etc. it’s not close."

"Can recommend Betterment and Schwab."

#31

Schwab

4.0

(2)

"I think Schwab is great for beginners."

"Schwab"

#32

4.0

(2)

"ETFs: Scalable"

#36

Baraka

4.0

(2)

"Easy to use, deposit and withdraw. You can setup auto investments and reinvestment of dividends."

"It’s an easy to use app with no commission. You can easily deposit money into it using Apple Pay or benefit."

#37

Questrade

3.5

4.0

(1)

"Probably Etoro or IG - it depends on what you are looking for."

#76

1.0

(1)

"I would not use moomoo. They have terrible customer service and once you have funded your account their communication changes drastically."

#93

Gemini

1.0

(1)

"I wouldn’t recommend Gemini"

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