# Benefitry: VA Benefits & Money — user reviews > 8 indexed App Store user reviews of Benefitry by Jackson Jerdee, rated 4.20/5 from 20 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/benefitry-va-benefits-and-money/id6770810419/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/benefitry-va-benefits-and-money/id6770810419.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## Most critical reviews (8 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sub par *2026-08-11* Marketed as revolutionary, functions as a glorified chatbot. And somehow they want bank account access before they’ll tell you a single thing about how they’re securing your data. Hard pass, read the room before you read my routing number.” **Developer response:** Thanks for the honest feedback, and you have a fair point buried in there. The security details are on our FAQ and privacy page, but if you never went looking for them, that's on us for not putting them where the question actually comes up. We'll fix that. One thing I want to put your mind at ease on: we don't have your routing number and we have no way to get it. Bank connections go through Plaid, and we only request transaction data. The Plaid product that returns account and routing numbers is called Auth, and we removed it during Plaid's review process because we don't need it. We can't move money and we've never had that ability. Linking a bank is also completely optional. The benefits side is the heart of the app and works fully without it. Most of our users have never connected an account. On the app itself, I'd ask you to give the benefits side a look before you write it off. It screens you against over 4,000 federal and state programs, puts a dollar figure on the ones you qualify for, and links the .gov source for each. There are six calculators built to match the VA's published tables exactly, plus a map of in-person military discounts. The AI is one piece of that, not the product. I'm a veteran, I built this because nobody handed me this list when I got out, and I take it seriously when it misses. If you want to tell me what you were expecting, I'd genuinely like to hear it. Either way, thanks for taking the time. ### 1/5 — This app sucks *2026-05-28* This app sucks price is extreme and the app is super buggy with the information not being completely accurate on everything **Developer response:** Appreciate the honest feedback, and sorry it fell short. Worth knowing: the web subscription at benefitry.io is $10/mo. If you hit bugs in late May, that was a launch issue we've already fixed, and a much faster, redesigned version is rolling out now. Every dollar figure is pulled from official .gov sources, so if anything looked off, email me directly and I'll correct it personally. ### 2/5 — Link bank feature not working? *2026-06-23* App would be great if the link bank feature worked…. **Developer response:** Thanks for flagging this you caught a real bug and we fixed it. Bank connections (including reconnecting a bank that lost sync) work properly as of the latest update. Update the app and try again, and if anything still acts up, email contact@benefitry.io and I'll personally sort it out. ### 5/5 — Efficient/reliable *2026-08-07* Great app. It's easy to use and helps keep all my VA benefits information in one place. Still learning, so far very helpful. ### 5/5 — Best military benefits app *2026-08-06* Easy to navigate and very user friendly. So many benefits I didn’t know about. Saved me thousands. ### 5/5 — Easy to track *2026-07-10* After I put all my details in this app really makes it easy to keep track of everything ### 5/5 — Useful app *2026-06-27* Found a ton of benefits I wasn’t using and the app feels polished and smooth. ### 5/5 — Money saver *2026-05-27* Honestly didn’t realize how much I was leaving on the table. Saw a few thousand a year I wasn’t claiming in like 10 mins. Worth it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*