Leave a Review GoHenry by Acorns Kids Banking
Parents!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS APP
So easy to add money to account but nearly impossible to get it back!!!! My son saved up his $$ to purchase the oculus VR set, but was unable to make the transaction because of the settings on the card… When we tried to get the money back so we could purchase it with another card, I was told it’d be a couple days. No problem I thought… I then received e-mails from differing agents that all asked for different info…. Making the situation worse and longer than necessary. It’s been three weeks!!!!!! I still don’t have my money and I’ve yet to get a congruous response! Shame on you!!!!!! Save your money parents and look elsewhere as there are much better and more efficient banking apps for our kiddos out there!!!Show lessYyyyyikujhu
Great way to teach kids to manage money
This is a great tool to help our kids learn to manage money. Having spending limits has been great for helping them save while also having enough money to spend on what they want. I haven’t had any issues with it, I just wish they’d stop trying to get me to purchase new card designs because my kids could not care less. I haven’t used the feature that allows them to be paid for completed chores much because we’re still working on following through with tasks.Show lessCyclegoddess
Great App
Great app and idea for kids to learn how to be responsible and also be able to track their spending.
One suggestion unless I can’t figure it out. It gives chore options as a single task or weekly. I’d like to track certain tasks each day. For example, brushing teeth. I can only put it on there once but she needs to brush her teeth daily. I’d like the option to check off each day without creating a new task for each day. I can’t do weekly because I’d have to make sure I remember she told me she brushed her teeth, Hope that makes sense. Thanks!Show lessMumi3les
Ok
This app is decent. Basically it’s a withdraw app for money to a debit card. Except that debit card is definitely not accepted everywhere (seems like 50/50) The program with chores is great. It can be educational for kids for sure. My main problem, is that if you want to transfer money from your parent account back to your personal bank account there is really no option. After reading the FAQs go Henry advises the best way to do this is go to an ATM. If that doesn’t work you need to contact customer service. I think it’s ridiculous that this program has the capability of withdrawing money from your bank with is zero option to return it or retrieve it to your bank account. FAQs say when contacting customer service provide banking details. Don’t you have them? I don’t really want to put those in an email either. Understandable, right? This should be user friendly and convenient for not just kids parents too. We’ll see how it’s resolved, I could easily get a venmo debit card and have less inconvenience.Show lesseva.p.1026
Developer Response
Thank you for your review! I am really happy to hear you like the app, The card will be accepted with most retailers - unless they deemed themselves to be over 18 establishments. Also, if you have to put money back into your bank account, You can give us a quick call then the money can be sent back to your card. If it needs to be returned to your bank due to load amounts then we will need to account details as we do not store these. This function is something that is being looked into for future releases of the app. KayGreat for the grandkids
I ordered a card for each of my grandkids when Gohenry first came out. I definitely enjoyed the convenience of being able to load their cards for chores, good deeds, birthdays and holidays. Although, as with any new business, I did experience a few frustrations when grandkids would try to use their cards at some stores, and it would decline their purchase, when there was definitely money in their account to use. There were also a few times that I had loaded money on their cards in the middle of the night, just because I happened to be awake and just happen to think of it at that time. Yet, the next morning, my granddaughter tried to use it to get her birthday gift she had been so excited to get, and it again declined. When I called in, they told me it was because it was suspicious that it had been loaded at such an odd hour. As I do understand the importance of security measures to avoid fraud, i just felt like I was calling in with every other purchase they were trying to make. I am very happy to see the improvements with their site, and the changes for families to be able to use together with ease. Overall, I am very happy with Gohenry, and I will be ordering my newest grandson his card as soon as I can.
Ultimately, the entire idea of having the kids earn, learn and save, is a very important life lesson at any age, but being able to start young, has the potential to boost the confidence and pride to a great start of a secure financial future. 👍🏽Show lessgrandma2rockstars
Developer Response
Hi there, thank you so much for your feedback and the 5* rating! It's so lovely to hear that you have seen an improvement with the service since you started with us, but if there's anything further you feel we could be doing please do let us know! - Bella :)Allowance and Money Management App for Kids
I researched several allowance/money management apps to use to (hopefully) motivate my kids age 12 and 17. I decided to try GoHenry because it seemed easy to use for kids and parents. I’ve always given my kids money for completing chores but I think actually *seeing* their money and having some financial independence with the debit card is a better motivator than simply handing them cash.
In addition to the app making it easy to add tasks and change monetary amounts, I love the parental controls, kids get their own debit card and mine personalized theirs for the extra $4.95 fee. Kids and parents can set up savings goals and even decide to donate to charity.
Some things I’d like to see though are the ability to set tasks for “daily” instead of always weekly or one time. For example, I want my kids to brush their teeth and get themselves ready for school everyday, not once a week! I also think it would be great if some additional charities could be added so kids could choose to give to their favorite one. The SPCA or the Humane Society would be a good start for additional nonprofit organizations.
Overall my kids and I are enjoying the app. I rated it 4 stars because I think it’s great but could use some tweaking.Show lessJKM2401
Developer Response
Hi there, thank you for this great review! We really appreciate the constructive feedback and will definitely take this on board. Thank you again - Ella :)GoHenry is RELIABLE and Great!!
Much, MUCH better than greenlight. GoHenry is legitimately reliable with your money and I am very happy with the app and service so far. Greenlight demands money down first and for 6 months I tried 3 times to get the card in the mail for my teen and it never showed up. After contacting by phone and several emails to support, still no card. But they asked for more money! I canceled and went with GoHenry, they sent the card right away, notified me of updates on the cards delivery, and didn’t ask for any money to be loaded until I had the card and activated it. Also , they allow me to decide how much I want to load. Greenlight demanded a minimum of $20 before they even will send a card. If you want a reliable source to help you send money to your youth and help you get the tools to teach them about spending and saving, then this is a great app to start with!Show lessSmb0513
Developer Response
Hello, thank you for such a wonderful review! It is great to hear you have found our service works for you and your family! -MyaI love this app!
I am a 13 and this is so much fun for kids to have ,and you can learn about money. You can learn savings ,and there are so many features on this app. The parents are in control so you can’t just spend 200$ a day. If you want too they can set spending settings. it helps me get my chores done ,because it’s thrived me to want to click the check mark to get paid on Friday. You can change yours kids pay day in the app too. The reason I chose the app is because my name is Henry ,and I am glad I did this over Greenlight card.Show lessHmak7
Every thing is good except
Every thing on this app is good except I can’t add it to my Apple Pay or when I got to a restaurant like Buffalo Wild Wings it will not let me use my card because Buffalo Wild Wings sells alcohol but it will let me use it at restaurants like Apple bees and chili’s which also sell alcoholic drinks and when I’m in a different state like last week I went to Atlanta the app kept taking foreverrr to load and I would have to unlock my card wayyy before I get what I want out of the store or restaurant but I just cut up my card today so I won’t be using go henry anymore but good luck to anyone new using the card🤍😁Show lessCardaziah H.
Best app ever
This app is 100% official and me and my wife and kids love it because it teaches our kids how to manage their money how to be responsible let’s us parents place chore in our kids lives in order to get paid and I’m most importantly it’s an easy app that allows you to move around inside the app with no problems it’s not difficult for neither me or my kids I highly recommend this app for family that want their kids to grow up with the proper skills to succeed and be fully responsible in the financial worldShow lessMLG860
