Comparison

Acorns vs Interactive Brokers

Two neobanks compared on customer sentiment, app-store ratings and regulation.

Best on sentiment
Acorns
Best on ratings
Acorns
Best on app quality
Acorns
Best on review volume
Acorns
Acorns
sentiment
Google Play
App Store
Trustpilot
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Interactive Brokers
sentiment
Google Play
App Store
Trustpilot
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Customer sentiment
NeoBase sentiment
94.2
BEST
66.5
App & store ratings
Trustpilot
4.0 ★
4,377 ratings
BEST
3.1 ★
5,528 ratings
Google Play
4.7 ★
412,563 ratings
BEST
4.4 ★
2,766 ratings
App Store
4.8 ★
959,646 ratings
BEST
4.5 ★
11,532 ratings
Total ratings
1.4M
BEST
20K
Service & responsiveness
1-star reviews
2.4%
BEST
14%
Replies to reviews
98%
BEST
87%
Typical reply time
~4 days
BEST
~4 weeks
Markets served
1
21
BEST
Company
Founded
2012
1978
Country
🇺🇸 United States
🇺🇸 United States
Headquarters
Irvine, California, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Recent coverage

Press we captured in the last 90 days: 1 for Acorns, 5 for Interactive Brokers. Not scored - coverage volume says how often a brand is written about, not whether it is doing well.

Acorns
Interactive Brokers

Acorns vs Interactive Brokers: the verdict

Acorns and Interactive Brokers are two neobanks tracked by NeoBase. Here is how they compare across the signals we measure - customer sentiment, store ratings and, for exchanges, MiCA regulation.

Acorns leads NeoBase's composite sentiment score, 94.2 to 66.5 out of 100.

Acorns holds the stronger app-store ratings across Google Play and the App Store.

Acorns draws fewer bottom-scored reviews: 2.4% of its Trustpilot ratings are one star, against 14% for Interactive Brokers.

Acorns answers 98% of the reviews it receives; Interactive Brokers answers 87%.

Across 9 tracked metrics, Acorns comes out ahead on 8.

How is the winner decided?
For each metric we take the higher value - the higher NeoBase sentiment score, the higher store rating, more ratings, and MiCA authorisation over none. Missing data is not counted.
Where does the data come from?
Ratings and sentiment are aggregated from Trustpilot, Google Play and the App Store; regulation from the official ESMA MiCA register. Scores update every month.
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NeoBase is an independent information platform, not affiliated with the brands compared. Figures are indicative and update over time.