Comparison

Afterpay vs Varo Bank

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

Best on sentiment
Tie
Best on ratings
Varo Bank
Best on app quality
Tie
Best on review volume
Afterpay
Afterpay
sentiment
Google Play
App Store
Trustpilot
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Varo Bank
sentiment
Google Play
App Store
Trustpilot
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Customer sentiment
NeoBase sentiment
95.1
94.6
App & store ratings
Trustpilot
4.6
237,380 ratings
BEST
4.0
5,670 ratings
Google Play
4.8
169,764 ratings
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App Store
5.0
37 ratings
BEST
4.9
233,487 ratings
Total ratings
407K
BEST
239K
Service & responsiveness
1-star reviews
1.6%
1.8%
Replies to reviews
95%
BEST
88%
Typical reply time
~2 weeks
~5 days
BEST
Markets served
10
BEST
1
Company
Founded
2014
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Country
🇦🇺 Australia
🇺🇸 United States
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia
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Status
acquired
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Recent coverage

Press we captured in the last 90 days: 4 for Afterpay, 2 for Varo Bank. Not scored - coverage volume says how often a brand is written about, not whether it is doing well.

Afterpay
Varo Bank

Afterpay vs Varo Bank: the verdict

Afterpay and Varo Bank 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.

Both score around 95.1 out of 100 on NeoBase's composite sentiment index.

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

Across 6 tracked metrics, Afterpay comes out ahead on 5.

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.