Amex vs Amazon Shopping
Choose Amex for superior customer service and banking features, while Amazon Shopping excels in product variety and convenience.
Amex users appreciate its customer service and banking features, despite some complaints about app usability and customer support. In contrast, Amazon Shopping users enjoy the extensive product selection but often face issues with app performance and customer service.
Head to head
you value banking features and customer service, and are willing to pay for premium services.
you prioritize product variety and convenience in online shopping, and are okay with potential app issues.
Evidence note: Amex's reviews are more consistently positive regarding customer service and app reliability, while Amazon Shopping's recent negative reviews highlight significant issues with app performance and customer support.
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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.
- [R2] Amex Excellent: This is by far the best banking app. It has the cleanest interface and the most responsive staff.
- [R41] Amex Excellent App: I really like using my Amex app. I like how easy it is and how responsive.
- [R27] Amex Best app in banking: Always have a great experience using the AMEX app whether it is daily tasks or navigating something new. It is always a frictionless straightforward experience.
- [R63] Amazon Shopping Terrible Payment System: While it offers many options and stores, getting it to process payment is terrible. I have to submit payment several different ways and there is never a notice which delays my orders. Deliver sucks too. Never a one day or fast delivery.
- [R23] Amex Well executed app: Well thought out with easy navigation, especially to start a conversation with Customer Support. Another thing to point out with the customer support chat is that you never lose receipts for your conversations you can start a completely new one but also scroll back through any other conversations you’ve had. There’s something a little bit clunky about the rewards tab and the lag
- [R49] Amex Clean and easy to use: I have used many financial apps for various needs to track spending and organize spending habits- I find i am able to all these things while planning/ paying for trips in a seamless and intuitive way
- [R16] Amex Why change?: This was much easier and cleaner looking prior to this way now you don’t know what’s paid or not, simplify it for idiots like me! This app is awful
- [R58] Amex User friendliness: Can’t navigate to see what my username or password are. Cant add my wife’s new phone through manage devices. Not user friendly unless you are just checking balances.
- [R8] Amex The best customer service: Love Amex! The difference in customer service is night and day compared to any other credit card Hands down the best I have several Amex cards but just received my business cards. Every expense from every employee is now dialed for easy accounting. Amex will always be the card available
- [R39] Amex Fantastic customer support: I wanted to change the due date for my bill to the same date as all my other cards, and I was able to do it through the app texting with customer support. It was incredibly easy to do with their text customer support.
- [R45] Amex Great app and excellent service: Very convenient, high quality, and easy to use. Everything works smoothly and simply.
- [R79] Amazon Shopping Purchases not delivered on time: I pay for prime and more than half of my orders are not delivered when it says. Especially next day delivery. Over the last 2 months, barely anything I’ve ordered has been delivered on time.
- [R10] Amex Bad card to use for business: I used love American Express Platinum business card and used it for most of my business use. But for last 2 years this card become one of the worst cards . High annual fee and we can’t even use it as needed . I will close this account as soon I have paid off the balance .
- [R28] Amex Annual increase in membership fees and change of credit limit: The “perks” associated with having the card just is not worth the membership fee. Also, they will change your credit limit at anytime according to your relationship with other creditors with no warnings. There are so many other options out there than this card. It has truly changed over the years. Not worth it!
- [R88] Amazon Shopping Returns not free: You advertise free refunds and replacements but returns are not longer free, I must either drive over 30 miles out of my way to a Staples in another city or pay to return items now. When there is a UPS drop and FedEx drop right here. You want to charge me 6.99 even when I print and attach label and package for shipping myself.
- [R91] Amazon Shopping Amazon has gone downhill: Amazon used to be good with shipping and receiving products. Now it seems like every time I order something, it is always delayed or I don’t seem to ever get my package. Not to mention I have Amazon prime so I am paying extra for “faster” deliveries.
- [R21] Amex #1 in every aspect: From getting a personal loan to getting a person on the phone that speaks clearly and take care of customers. Fast and reliable
- [R85] Amazon Shopping Awful company: Any company purposeFully withholding their customer support number is a wretched company. Horrible business practices. If I ask your stupid AI what your customer support numbers is, it should just tell me. Not hide it on purpose.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store