Acorns Grow Incorporated
For individuals and parents seeking low-barrier, automated entry into long-term investing and financial education for children.
Known forAcorns: Save & Invest Money
For individuals and parents seeking low-barrier, automated entry into long-term investing and financial education for children.
Automating wealth creation through micro-investing and financial literacy tools for individuals and families.
Target audience
Portfolio
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Acorns: Save & Invest Money
v4.192.0
2mo ago
Primary focus
Automated personal finance and micro-investing
Scale
indie
Target audience
Individuals and parents seeking low-barrier, automated entry into long-term investing and financial education for children.
Maintains an intense development pace with 22 updates across its 3-app portfolio in the last 6 months, with the most recent major release occurring 14 days ago.
3 apps analysed
Build your financial wellness with a smart investing plan for stocks and ETFs.
Acorns Early accounts increase household switching costs
Single-market publisher — every app ships only to United States.
Based on 1 of 3 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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45/100
Avg sentiment score
Betterment is the most direct thematic rival, focusing on automated, goal-based investing and financial wellness for the same mass-market audience.
Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
Directly competes on the 'financial wellness' value proposition by combining automated banking with personalized financial insights.
A high-velocity competitor that aggressively ships automated cash management and investment features to capture the same target demographic.
Dominates the mobile banking space with a massive user base, serving as a primary destination for the target audience's daily cash flow.
Leverages massive scale in credit monitoring to cross-sell financial products, acting as a major discovery engine for the target audience.
Captures the family-centric segment of financial wellness, focusing on financial literacy for the next generation.
Disrupting the financial space by turning rent payments into a rewards-earning asset, a unique angle for the target demographic.
Rapidly emerging in the financial wellness space by focusing specifically on credit building for underserved or entry-level users.
