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Acorns

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Overview

What Acorns does

Acorns makes investing easy by rounding up your purchases and investing the spare change. A great way to start investing for beginners with low account minimums.

What people use it for

  • Automated investing of spare change from everyday purchases
  • Retirement saving through Acorns Later IRA accounts
  • Checking and high-yield savings alongside investing
  • Custodial investing and debit cards for children through Acorns Early
  • Earning cashback that is invested rather than banked

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Acorns.

  • A flat monthly subscription regardless of balance, so $3 a month on Bronze is a heavy percentage on a small account
  • The emergency savings account and the 1 percent IRA match need Silver at $6 a month
  • Custom portfolios, Acorns Early for children and Money Manager are Gold tier only at $12 a month
  • There is no free tier

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Pricing

What Acorns costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Lite

$4.99 /mo

  • Round-up investing
  • Automated portfolio

Plus

$9.99 /mo

  • All Lite features
  • Checking account
  • Dollar-based investing

Premier

$19.99 /mo

  • All Plus features
  • Premium investing

Capabilities

Features

  • Round-up investing

    Round-up investing capability

  • Automated investing

    Automated investing capability

  • Portfolio management

    Portfolio management capability

  • Recurring investments

    Recurring investments capability

  • Bank accounts

    Integration with Bank accounts

  • Credit cards

    Integration with Credit cards

  • Debit cards

    Integration with Debit cards

  • Web support

    Available on Web

  • IOS support

    Available on iOS

  • Android support

    Available on Android

Behind it

Who makes Acorns

Company
Acorns Advisers, Inc.
Based in
Irvine, California
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