Robinhood
Robinhood remains a popular choice for new investors due to its user-friendly interface and ease of use, but recent reviews highlight significant concerns regarding account access, customer support, and aggressive monetization tactics.
Robinhood is widely praised for its intuitive design and accessibility for new investors, offering fractional shares and various investment options. However, a notable number of recent users report issues with account restrictions, difficulty withdrawing funds, unresponsive customer support, and a perceived shift towards 'gambling' features.
What users like
What users complain about
- Frequent issues with account access, including login problems and unexpected restrictionsR5R11R30R58
- Difficulty with funds withdrawal, including long processing times and forced verification stepsR1R17R55R65
- Customer support is often unresponsive, difficult to reach, or unhelpfulR5R11R31R56
- Perceived shift towards 'gambling' features like prediction markets, making the app feel less trustworthyR124R135R192R70
- Aggressive monetization tactics, including accidental sign-ups for Robinhood Gold and high transfer feesR1R22R25R54
- App can be laggy, buggy, or crash during critical trading timesR5R78R192R222
- Limited features for UK users, including lack of ISA/SIPP accounts and options tradingR266R307R314R318
- Confusing or difficult to use for advanced trading options and order typesR12R28R39R88
- Issues with deposit processing times and daily deposit limitsR15R197R76
- Mandatory iOS 17 update locks out users with older devicesR68
Latest update · v2026.27.1
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Here's what's under the hood in our latest update: - Bug fixes and improvements
Recurring themes
Who it's for
Robinhood is for new investors looking for an easy-to-use platform to start with basic stock and fractional share investing R4R87. It's also suitable for those who appreciate a clean UI and evolving services R53. It is NOT for serious or experienced traders who need reliable access, advanced features like short selling or complex options trading, or robust customer support R11R28. Users in the UK should be aware of significant feature limitations R314R322.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew significantly negative, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. Many positive reviews are very brief, while negative reviews are detailed and consistent across multiple users and regions (US, GB). The developer's notes are generic and do not address specific, recurring issues reported by users.
Frequently asked
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Are there issues with Robinhood Gold subscriptions?
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.
- [R3] Not bad: User-friendly, very little issues.
- [R4] Easy to Use: Easy to use and understand my investments quickly.
- [R13] Fantastic: This app opened the world of investing to me. Very grateful! Thanks!
- [R19] Rabinhood Gold: I love this user friendly app
- [R86] LOVE Robinhood!!: I really enjoy Robin Hood and the ease of being able to invest in micro shares. It really has been a wonderful opportunity. Thank you so much Robinhood for making it possible for us a little guys and gals opportunities to invest in our future!
- [R90] Inversión inteligente: Robinhood te da oportunidades crecer y aprender hacer inversiones fraccionadas para tu futuro
- [R33] I recommend to everyone: The perks of this app are unmatched. I’ve been using it since 2019 and it consistently gets better. I don’t use the AI features and the strategies so I can’t speak on that. But individual investment, Roth IRA, and credit card are best in industry.
- [R35] My copilot for my finance: I continue to be impressed with the app. Although the team doesn't get it right all the time, they never make it a burden for me to use daily and look for new ways to invest.
- [R53] Evolving services: Robinhood gets better every day and every week. They offer things that others don’t and they are constantly evolving and improving.
- [R42] Be patient: This app makes easy to invest for light trading, to all noobs buy on extra red days and sell on rally days.
- [R5] 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
- [R11] 10 years later do NOT trust Robinhood with your money.: UPDATE: I responded to Robinhoods request for information and they told me to kick rocks. Delete your accounts. Guys as a 10 year long Robinhood user I will never recommend them again after being burned TWICE. they are not for serious investors or traders. They exist to skim your trades. They will wait for you to have a large active trade t
- [R30] Still can’t log in: So much hacking on Robin Hood I been 3 month and I suppose spoke to agent got a reference number and still can’t log in don’t waist your time or money on them my $$) gone I guess
- [R58] Horrible app. Way better alternatives: Locked me out of my account with no explanation. Support is useless AI. Never using this app again.
- [R1] SCAMMER BEWARE: They tricked me into signing up for Robinhood gold by making a popup appear on my screen and signing me up when I accidentally clicked on it. They gave me a very hard time getting my$5 back, forcing me to accept a credit to my Robinhood account which won’t appear for 10 days and only then will I be able to transfer to my bank and wait another 5 days for to get the money back. This
- [R17] Holding my funds: It’s crazy how they hold your funds for 5 days to do a review
- [R55] Disappointed: Super duper disappointed they take your money instantly and when it comes to widthraw they take ages to give your money back 3 days I been seeing money in my wallet and these people are not letting me widthraw my money super duper disappointed… this is where I will not tell a lot of people to stop doing business with them.. I thought they are professional and good but plz make sure t
- [R65] DIDNT LET ME WITHDRAW MY MONEY: If you do not want your money to be held hostage at the expense of your biometric data, do NOT use robinhood. Robinhood forced me to take a ‘selfie’ to take my money out. Their customer service team said its because they needed to verify my identity. Well guess what? I verified my phone number, my address, my email, my bank accounts with plaid, my cell phone devi
- [R31] Support is garbage: I had my identity stolen to include losing my phone number. Without my number I could not access my account. Without access there is no support. They are a self honking horn I strongly suggest finding alternate brokerages to invest through.
- [R56] STAY AWAY FROM robinhood. Use Coinbase.: I have been on the Robinhood Gold Card waitlist for two years. Two. Whole. Years. After finally receiving an invite, I was halfway through the application process when the app decided to glitch out and crash. When I re-opened it, I was kicked to the back of the line. When I contacted support, the only response I got was a robotic, "You’re still on the waitl
- [R124] The prediction gambling makes the app look cheap and scammy: I really wish they’d stop with the prediction gambling. It makes me want to switch to another investment app because it feels shady and makes Robinhood seem untrustworthy. They should at least let users turn it off.
- [R135] Slowly becoming a gambling app: Great if you have self control and just use the 3% ROTH IRA match and the Robinhood credit card.
- [R192] Its time..: Been a loyal Robinhood user for YEARS now. Love the Ui, very user-friendly. I just really hate how the app crashes on days poke Spcx IPO launch day or other random days too. Im a day trader so having open positions with an unstable brokerage app is detrimental to my wealth and i believe its time to migrate to the next best thing. Plus, i get advancing with the times but after adding cr
- [R70] New UI forces gambling section at top of portfolio: I’m trying to use this app to buy and sell stocks but they refuse to stop pushing their casino garbage. Now it’s on top of my portfolio, and I can’t see my first ticker without scrolling by three gambling positions they want me to take. This should be illegal and probably is, and I’m looking forward to Robinhood being prosecuted if we ever have
- [R22] Robinhood Gold: Was A Great App Until They Started Charging Money Mandatorily For Robinhood Gold .Trashhhhhhh!!
- [R25] Transfer fees: $100 fee for a $800ish transfer…. SCAM!
- [R54] Robinhood gold trail: Signed up for a share of the million dollars, didn’t know that included a Robinhood subscription, you gave me 5$, then when I cancelled took the 5$ back. Weird way to lose a user, closed out my accounts
- [R78] Laggy and Buggy: I don't know what happened to this app but it has become very laggy and buggy. Things won't load and I have to restart the app frequently. I feel like this began happening when they started adding so many features (I.e prediction market, RH Social, AI, etc.). It's just so unusable and the market data feels so unreliable due to the delays. Just terrible experience using this app tb
- [R222] Servers: Fix the servers
- [R266] UK: Is this platform available in the UK? When I try to verify my address it gives me US options to fill!
- [R307] Register: I can’t even register on the app and I’m in the uk
- [R314] Love Robinhood, but needs ..: Love Robinhood, but we need UK ISA’s, SIPP’s, Crypto and options trading next
- [R318] No option trading: - I thought you give new breeze to bring option trading to UK. Why you skip it? Also why the candlestick chart isn’t show in real time? the only option is per hour. It takes 2 working days if you withdraw money. But takes seconds to transfer money into it. + plus side, has no fx fee because your money going to exchanged to usd once you fund the account. Also got small amount of
- [R12] Buy and Sell: Your buy and sell of options are ver confusing and do not have a warning or prompt before we execute a trade so it is extremely easy for mistake such as an intended Buy becomes a Sell or vice verse
- [R28] Not the best app to use: It’s very hard to use it for anything but the most basic things that you need to know about it. Not much trading options for the user and it will make you feel like you’re not getting anything for the money you paid for
- [R39] Had to quit: Options hide the true value and its never on your favor. This app is for dummies.
- [R88] Love to dislike it: Any time I buy any options contract, the value is immediately messed up and I can’t sell it, yes I know about the Greeks
- [R15] Why i gave 1 star: I gave this app 1 star cause it pre set my limit to $1,000 after being able to deposit 5,000 the first time and just so you know that has cost me a lot of money had i been able to deposit the $5,000 again i would have been able to pick up a stock at $6.97 but instead it has almost doubled at $11.94 and since i can do only $1,000 a day well you get the picture so robinhood you ar
- [R197] It’s ok: I am giving it 3 stars for only one reason. The app is pretty good. I do like most of it. The ONLY problem is the fact that it takes a week for deposits to end pending. This 2026 not 1986. You received the money. My bank has already finished with the deposit. Why is it still pending? All the technology in this world and deposits being done at millisecond speed. You are trying to tell me t
- [R76] Bad prediction market limitations: If I deposit 500+ dollars it needs to “settle for one business day” For prediction markets. I use the app regularly for stock and they’re great with instant deposits there but have terrible limitations and fees for prediction markets
- [R68] Required iOS 17: Very disappointed with the recent update. The app now requires iOS 17, which means users with older devices, can no longer access their accounts at all. My phone cannot be updated to iOS 17, and I am effectively locked out of the app despite by being an exit existing customer. While I understand the need to support newer operating systems, completely removing access for users on o
- [R21] Do you remember when they froze trading on GameStop?: There are way better trading sites they aren’t helping you and are locking stocks to protect the hedgefunds
- [R14] good: Good
- [R18] Faulty app: App won’t let me sign up to create an account
- [R47] Need iPad support: We need a full screen, iPad version
- [R87] User Friendly: Being new to the stock market Robinhood makes getting into investing simple and straightforward.
- [R100] Easy to Use: I've used several platforms and this is by far the easiest to use.
- [R77] Don’t waste your time or money: I used to like Robinhood but as far as I’m concerned they’re a scam there’s literally no way to get a hold of support if you can’t access the app I’m locked out of my email I made my account with so I’m screwed and every dollar I’ve invested is lost. They practically robbed me I’m left with no way to talk to anyone and no way to access my account. Their “customer su
- [R61] Subscription: Scammed me out of a subscription I never paid for, didn’t know to cancel it after 4 months of it charging my account.
- [R322] Missing features to compete: App looks great, fees are great. Robinhood is held back in the UK because there’s no ISA options and no option to buy European companies or any type of fund.
- [R360] No ISA or Options: Won’t be here for long if an ISA account is not considered. A SIPP would be nice too.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store