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Vanguard: Save, Invest, Retire

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

4.65star177,384 ratings

FinanceInvesting apps shelfNo in-app purchasesUpdated Aug 19, 2026
Biggest complaint · Login & auth
49.1%
106 of 216 negatives · store typical 13.2%
Recent reviews negative
60%
its 11 shelf rivals run 50% · 362 reviews held

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

Vanguard: Save, Invest, Retire — App Store screenshot
Vanguard: Save, Invest, Retire — App Store screenshot
Vanguard: Save, Invest, Retire — App Store screenshot
Vanguard: Save, Invest, Retire — App Store screenshot

Read those two together. Ratings are cumulative, reviews are recent — a 4.65star average beside 60% negative is the finding, not an error.

Ratings.

4.5out of 5

177,393 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

5star141,310
4star23,453
3star4,960
2star1,625
1star6,045

5 decisions.

01

Investigate login & auth first

extreme · 49.1% of this app’s 216 negative reviews, against 13.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
49.1%
106 of 216
its shelf
33.9%
rivals only
store-wide
13.2%
typical
02

Investigate ux

high · 8.3% of this app’s 216 negative reviews, against 2.9% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
8.3%
18 of 216
its shelf
4.6%
rivals only
store-wide
2.9%
typical
03

Watch support

elevated · 13.4% of this app’s 216 negative reviews, against 9.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
13.4%
29 of 216
its shelf
14.7%
rivals only
store-wide
9.2%
typical
04

Watch accuracy

elevated · 13.9% of this app’s 216 negative reviews, against 11.5% typical store-wide.

How it compares
this app
13.9%
30 of 216
its shelf
10.1%
rivals only
store-wide
11.5%
typical
05

Skip performance and limits & caps work

Performance, Limits & caps all run at or below the store’s typical rate.

How it compares
  • Performance16.2% of 216 · shelf 17.5% · store 16.9%
  • Limits & caps2.8% of 216 · shelf 2.7% · store 2.8%

The shelf in numbers

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

AppRatingsLogin & auth
Acorns: Save & Invest Money957,34556.7%
Vanguard: Save, Invest, Retire177,38449.1%
SoFi: Bank, Invest & Crypto385,48543.6%
Autopilot: Automated Investing21,44939.6%
Fidelity Investments3,279,05538.2%
Coinbase: Buy Crypto & Stocks1,796,68834.5%
Robinhood: Trading & Investing4,810,75232.2%
Alinea: Automated Investing110,37131.8%
Webull: Investing & Trading339,93531.3%
Schwab Mobile1,207,02127.7%
Investing.com: Stock Market37,6626.3%
Stocks853,4042.1%

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.