Acorns Early: Kids Money App

Name: Acorns Early: Kids Money App
Rating: 4.6 (9749 reviews)
Author: Acorns Grow Incorporated

By: Acorns Grow Incorporated App

Debit Card, Allowance, Chores

Overview

Version:

9.7.0

Last updated: 2026-08-17

Ranking

#18,183 ▲ 105

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Acorns Early is a kid-friendly money app and debit card designed to teach financial wellness to children aged 6-18. It combines automated allowances, savings goals, in-app tasks, and gamified Money Missions with real-world spending and flexible parental controls.

For families, the app adds quick transfers, gift links, and teen-specific features like Direct Deposits and spending maps, helping kids grow money literacy while parents supervise and guide responsible financial habits.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Kids Privacy & Security

By:

Acorns Grow Incorporated

Rating:

4.60

(9,749) 117 new ratings

Version:

9.7.0 Last updated: 2026-08-17

Version code:

889674114

Creation date:

2024-11-18

Compatible devices:

Size:

127.79MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-30

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 18,183 ▲ 105

Other platforms

Acorns Early: Kids Money App (v9.6.1)

423,796 4.46

(3,165)

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Developed by:

Acorns Grow Incorporated

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/acorns-early-kids-money-app/id6566186346

Website:

https://www.acorns.com/early/

User Reviews

Users praise Acorns Early for teaching kids money management and the kid card/allowance features, but many reviews cite recurring problems: slow or unhelpful customer support, delays in funding transfers, activation and login issues, privacy concerns over data requests, and various app glitches. The strongest recurring negatives are support responsiveness, funding timelines, and access/verification hurdles, which contrast with the app's educational value and early finance focus.

Pros

Teaches kids money management and financial literacy.
Helps kids save money and learn through allowances and earnings.
Provides a kid-friendly debit card for real-life spending and allowance.
Encourages responsibility and learning through chores and money handling.

Cons

Poor customer service / unresponsive support.
Funding/transfer delays and pre-funding requirements (takes days to become available).
Activation/login and verification issues causing account access problems.
Privacy concerns, including requests for sensitive information like a Social Security number.
Frequent bugs and reliability issues (glitches, zip code problems, card add failures).

Recent reviews

Not a bad idea, but the transfer from accounts is ridiculously slow, and items are not tracked weekly/monthly. Not worth the $8 a month in my opinion.

by /w*****, 2026-08-26

I couldn’t find a way to get in touch with the developer. They just have Automated AI tools. The biggest thing this app needs to improve it and would probably give it. Five stars for me is if the daily task list was collapsible and if it auto scrolled to the current day. Or even simpler put Saturday through Sunday tabs at the top of the task list and only show those days on the page. My kids have 10 or more tasks every day that they can check off and having to scroll through 100 tasks by the end of the week is just really poor design.