Comparison

Starling Bank vs Varo Bank

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

Best on sentiment
Tie
Best on ratings
Starling Bank
Best on app quality
Tie
Best on review volume
Starling Bank
Starling Bank
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
97
96
App & store ratings
Trustpilot
4.2
46,882 ratings
BEST
4.1
5,495 ratings
Google Play
4.8
137,926 ratings
BEST
App Store
4.9
610,629 ratings
4.9
233,486 ratings
Total ratings
795K
BEST
239K
Company
Founded
2014
Country
🇬🇧 GB
🇺🇸 US
Headquarters
London, UK

Starling Bank vs Varo Bank: the verdict

Starling Bank 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 97 out of 100 on NeoBase's composite sentiment index.

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

Across 3 tracked metrics, Starling Bank comes out ahead on 3.

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 weekly.
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