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What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] thinkorswim 1/5 · US Forced mandatory updates: Think or swim have a bad habit of forced mandatory updates that will make your older iPhone and iPad not compatible. They should have an option where you can update to the latest compatible version instead of not being compatible at all and now you have to buy new devices. Or maybe that’s the point maybe they have some type of agreement with Apple I’m not sure but it’s no
2. [R5] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Can’t use app anymore😤: My phone is not compatible for the latest iOS update and now I cannot use the app. This is not OK! Do something.
3. [R11] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Unable to use app: Like the app and the features. Can’t use it anymore however due to updates that I also can’t apply on the phone. Hopefully I can workaround it but not as of now.
4. [R13] thinkorswim 1/5 · US these morons broke the app: enough with the pointless updates. since the app no longer works on my phone ill be taking my business elsewhere
5. [R3] thinkorswim 3/5 · US Lagging: Recent update has made the app very slow. This is at least in the options trading portion of the app. I get the re-establishing connection quite often than before. I don’t have this issue in the desktop app or on my android device.
6. [R4] thinkorswim 1/5 · US Absurdly Slow: You will literally lose money as you wait for charts and other views to load.
7. [R19] thinkorswim 2/5 · US keeps crashing: I am not sure if their developers read the crash logs from their app but on latest it is crashing way too much. The app just vanishes while I'm using it, often when I press back after looking at stock news.
8. [R6] thinkorswim 3/5 · US BEWARE SHARE LOT METHOD MISHAPS: Glitches Galore!! Still!! Your lot trading method can be set to your preferred default on the website, great. But, when you choose a different lot sale method on any random sale, the system will defer (in the background) to your set preference and not over ride, causing the wrong shares sold. …you have to report the issue by settle on the next day or they hold y
9. [R7] thinkorswim 2/5 · US Cost basis of lots is broken: Not wasting my time with a drawn out review. Please fix the app. Schwab can afford it, just get it done.
10. [R15] thinkorswim 3/5 · US It reject modification of custom option orders: with non-existing overbought/oversold condition. Have to delete the current order and reenter a new order with the same lags
11. [R25] thinkorswim 1/5 · US Not everybody likes thicker swim: Briefly: the interface for thinker swim is confusing unless you’re a broker or a very sophisticated full-time user of thinkorswim and all of its multiple options. If you want simple, this is not it. I’d like to talk to those that seem to love it. I would like to know what I’m missing.
12. [R45] thinkorswim 5/5 · GB Complicated but stable: Appears very stable but way too complicated for my needs. Also seems to lack easy-to-access history of trades. Very much focussed on the here and now.
13. [R12] thinkorswim 3/5 · US Simple Changes Needed: Please give us better mobile charts!!!
14. [R41] thinkorswim 4/5 · GB Good but charting needs work: I like the app however when it comes to charting for some unknown reason the price axis overlaps the charts. So when looking at historical moves you can’t see the underlying candlestick to the right as the price data obscures it. Fix this and it’s perfect
15. [R9] thinkorswim 3/5 · US Outdated: Think swim platform is becoming dated in comparison to the likes of Trading View for example. I use both platforms and in terms of clarity of indicators on screen and availability. Trading View is hands down the winner. Thinkswwim though has the edge with free indicators on display. But to me the look and feel is now dated
16. [R52] Robinhood 5/5 · US Buy PAA: Buy PAA Robinhood is best app to start your investment in PAA
17. [R54] Robinhood 1/5 · US Can’t login: Hope they fix asap. It logged me out and now the verify software is bugged. Support is out of the question to reach without the app to where I CAN’T GET IN
18. [R55] Robinhood 5/5 · US Not bad: User-friendly, very little issues.
19. [R57] Robinhood 5/5 · US Easy to Use: Easy to use and understand my investments quickly.
20. [R66] Fidelity Investments 5/5 · US Best experience ever: I love fidelity app, easy to manage, have a lot of options, you can create your watching list easy . I love it
21. [R68] Fidelity Investments 2/5 · US Keeps getting stuck!! Can’t sign in: The app keeps sending me a code to sign in but the app won’t move on to the page to put in the code. It just stays there on the send code page. Also before this it would not let me submit option orders. Also stays stuck on the order and never submits it
22. [R70] Fidelity Investments 3/5 · US Need a refresh button: There should be a way to refresh your account while you are looking at it. I log out then log back in to see the value of my stocks.
23. [R71] Fidelity Investments 1/5 · US Recent Update sucks: Recent update forced mobile users to view purchases and sales into / out of core cash settlement funds. It’s made the transactions feed functionally useless, where every movement of money between accounts quadruplicate transactions. It was never like this until the recent update. On the Web interface, you can hide these unnecessary transactions. Also, the recent UI changes
24. [R80] Schwab Mobile 5/5 · US Schwab Mobile Works!: Easy directive trading and tracking.
25. [R81] Schwab Mobile 3/5 · US Lag: Quotes are not timely, leading to inaccurate quotes. I've already written a review, but it keeps popping up repeatedly. · translated
26. [R83] Schwab Mobile 4/5 · US Research: Not enough access.
27. [R86] Schwab Mobile 5/5 · US Great platform for investing: The best of the best, no commission and available for Chinese people, go Schwab!
28. [R93] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US You killed 99 free alerts: After years, personal alert triggers on stocks just disappeared without a warning. Bad form!
29. [R95] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US Almost Perfect: On iPhone, Widget for a ticker symbol is not working. It won’t allow changing the ticker symbol. As of 7/7/3026 still not working.
30. [R96] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Advanced chart in mobile app: Completely broken. Why time in x axis , always current day candle not rendering 😒
31. [R97] Yahoo Finance 5/5 · US It good: Why use lot word when few word do trick
32. [R107] TradingView 1/5 · US .: No customer support
33. [R108] TradingView 5/5 · US Happy Tradingview members.: Tradingview greatly tools. I like it. Let’s me creating myself indicators, colors, many things else. Thanks all.
34. [R113] TradingView 2/5 · US Full screen chart mode: On my iPhone 13, the chart works normally, but when I tap the full-screen button, the screen turns completely black and no chart is displayed. This happens with all symbols.
35. [R115] TradingView 3/5 · US Still believe in you guys: The most frustrating thing is that you aren't even able to report an issue. This AI chat is useless, it looks like it generates action buttons that are not clickable or not working when clickable. Very inconsistent. What I wanted to suggest: Please add an option to disable this new "AI generated earning summary"(when clicking on "e" icon at the bottom of the chart). It's
36. [R17] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Version 226.1 requires iOS 18…why?: I use this app daily on a dedicated older iPad, which cannot run iOS 18. The backend now requires 226.1, which I cannot install. Thus I can no longer login with the previous version 225.1 anymore. Please reconsider the iOS 18 requirement on new versions. Thanks.
37. [R20] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Today my 2017 iPad ca’t get in.: 2017 iPad Pro cannot get in. Seems you’ve changed the way we can login to think or swim. Any i Pad below iOS 18 cannot get in to software. Workaround : Spacedesk (PC / driver + Spacedesk app IOS iPad) + iTunes (PC needs drivers on PC )+ USB A to lightning cable - connects my PC Win 11 to my iPad: this lets me run an extended window / trading screen - from PC Think
38. [R39] thinkorswim 5/5 · GB Good for beginners: I love the app, very intuitive and the charts are quite good. It has less technical indicators than some other platforms, but definitely enough to keep the noobie busy.
39. [R35] thinkorswim 4/5 · US Getting better: One of my favorite features is the streaming CNBC with the commercials muted, the charts are good there’s a lot to like.