Acorns: Save & Invest Money

Acorns Grow Incorporated

4.75star957,345 ratings

FinanceInvesting apps shelfNo in-app purchasesUpdated Aug 18, 2026

Biggest complaint · Login & auth

56.7%

135 of 238 negatives · store typical 13.2%

Recent reviews negative

59%

its 11 shelf rivals run 50% · 401 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Acorns: Save & Invest Money — App Store screenshot

Read those two together. Ratings are cumulative, reviews are recent — a 4.75star average beside 59% negative is the finding, not an error.

5 decisions.

Investigate login & auth first

extreme · 56.7% of this app’s 238 negative reviews, against 13.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 56.7%; 135 of 238
its shelf: 33.1%; rivals only
store-wide: 13.2%; typical

Investigate support

high · 23.1% of this app’s 238 negative reviews, against 9.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 23.1%; 55 of 238
its shelf: 13.9%; rivals only
store-wide: 9.2%; typical

Investigate billing

high · 71.8% of this app’s 238 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 71.8%; 171 of 238
its shelf: 34.4%; rivals only
store-wide: 32.1%; typical

Skip ux and sync & data work

UX, Sync & data all run at or below the store’s typical rate.

How it compares

UX2.5% of 238 · shelf 5% · store 2.9%
Sync & data2.5% of 238 · shelf 1.6% · store 2.2%

Protect ads, performance, limits & caps and accuracy

Ads, Performance, Limits & caps, Accuracy all run well below the store’s typical rate.

How it compares

Ads2.5% of 238 · shelf 4.7% · store 10.7%
Performance9.2% of 238 · shelf 18.1% · store 16.9%
Limits & caps1.3% of 238 · shelf 2.8% · store 2.8%
Accuracy6.7% of 238 · shelf 10.7% · store 11.5%

The shelf in numbers

All 12 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

App	Ratings	Login & auth
Acorns: Save & Invest Money	957,345	56.7%
Vanguard: Save, Invest, Retire	177,384	49.1%
SoFi: Bank, Invest & Crypto	385,485	43.6%
Autopilot: Automated Investing	21,449	39.6%
Fidelity Investments	3,279,055	38.2%
Coinbase: Buy Crypto & Stocks	1,796,688	34.5%
Robinhood: Trading & Investing	4,810,752	32.2%
Alinea: Automated Investing	110,371	31.8%
Webull: Investing & Trading	339,935	31.3%
Schwab Mobile	1,207,021	27.7%
Investing.com: Stock Market	37,662	6.3%
Stocks	853,404	2.1%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across investing apps, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the investing apps report

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.