Greenlight: For Families

Greenlight: For Families

Finance, Safety, Calendar

488K ratings
1028 reviews
#127 in free Finance
💰 Finance
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • December 14, 2016
  • August 24, 2026

Features

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This app helps families manage finances, teach kids about money, and enhance safety. It offers features for earning, saving, spending, and investing, along with robust security for all family members, including seniors.

Family money management
Automated allowances and chores
Kids and teen investing
Financial literacy game
Location sharing and alerts
Senior fraud protection
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What's New in Greenlight

8.7.0

August 24, 2026

Updates complete. Ready to help you make smart money moves.

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This app dropped -2 positions in Finance chart.

Last updated on August 25, 2026.

User reviews

Desco account will not link without calling to do so

I love this app but the linking part needs work. I choose to link my account and it never works until I call. Takes the convenience out of it where they make it seem so easy to do. This is the second time I've tried to link and it won't.

Bugs out trying to link AMEX

Fairly smooth but major bug prevents linking an AMEX card through Plaid. After getting you to log in with your AMEX account. It pops up a screen telling you to exit back to Greenlight to finish setting it up. But you are already in Greenlight and there is no way to navigate anywhere, you are just stuck on the screen unless you force reboot the app. Of course all progress is lost so you can never link an AMEX.
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They keep stealing from us

Have tried to cancel so many times, hours spent on the phone with useless customer service. They keep charging overdraft for an account that is empty, hasn’t been used in 18 months, and “closed” for more than a year. An absolute swindle.

UPDATE: After writing this review, I finally heard from a customer service rep. It took a couple of days, but they refunded a year’s worth of fees they had been stealing from my child’s savings account. I regard this as a good step and I’m grateful for the help, but I still believe this firm operates on a policy of poor customer service in order to generate fees for profits. They didn’t care for months and months and months: it was only when I publicly called them out here that they did anything. I’m sure there are more honest providers for you to use with your child’s banking.
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Won’t help with fraud

Seemingly a good product unless something happens and somebody steals your kids card. Good luck getting your money back or having anybody help you since everything is run by AI and no humans are around to help. You’ll provide all the documentation that you need to show that something was charged at a store in the United States while you were out of the country and they’ll tell you too bad so sad. Then because you opened a fraudulent charge, they’ll cancel the card and say they’ll send you a new one and then never send you a new one so you have an unusable account for months.
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Kids trying to spend money

I love Greenlight because it’s just like really safe and organized for my daughter and she just like loves it and she knows what she can spend and she doesn’t know if she can spend and it’s just really good. I love Greenlight and yes.

User experience

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Reported Bugs

4 issues

Card declines for no apparent reason

Bug

Funding source issues and account freezes

Bug

Inability to view past notifications

Bug

Glitches in app navigation and functionality

Bug

Requested Features

5 requests

Allow transfers between sibling accounts

Feature

Add savings goals to 'Spend' category

Feature

Provide more financial education lessons

Feature

Enable two-parent wallet access

Feature

Allow chore-based allowance requirements

Feature

FAQ

What does the Greenlight app do?

The Greenlight app is a family finance and safety tool designed to teach kids and teens about money management. It allows families to send and receive money, set savings goals, track chores, and even explore investing together. It also provides safety features like location sharing and protection against fraud for seniors.

What are the key features for kids and teens?

Kids and teens can use the app to manage their money with a debit card, set savings goals with potential rewards, track chores to earn automated allowances, and learn about investing with parent approval. They can also play a financial literacy game called Greenlight Level Up™.

How much does Greenlight cost?

Greenlight offers several subscription plans with varying features and prices. Plans include Core ($5.99/month), Max ($10.98/month), Infinity ($15.98/month), and Family Shield ($19.98/month), each offering different levels of benefits and protections.

What kind of safety features are included?

The app includes real-time spending notifications and limits, location sharing, place alerts, SOS alerts, and crash detection for family members. For seniors, it offers financial account monitoring, suspicious activity alerts, identity theft coverage, and deceptive transfer fraud coverage.

Can my child invest with this app?

Yes, kids and teens can learn to invest with parent approval through the app. The platform facilitates joint investing experiences, allowing younger users to gain experience in the stock market under parental guidance.