The Motley Fool User Reviews

Name: The Motley Fool
Rating: 2.53846 (39 reviews)

The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool, LLC

💼 Business

💰 Finance

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of The Motley Fool. Based on 39 reviews and a 2.5/5 average, it highlights the 3 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Finance app.

Positive things

🚀Great content and insights
👍Useful portfolio tracking
🚀Convenient access to Motley Fool resources

Negative things

🐛Frequent crashes and freezes
🔍Difficult to navigate and find content
🔑Frustrating login and authentication issues
🔧Poor app performance and responsiveness
💰Aggressive upselling and hidden fees

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO BAD?

Deeply disappointed in this app. Love Motley Fool in general but this app stinks. I was trying to add a stock to my portfolio through the app but could not make it happen. Online instructions via Google were simply wrong (which is true for 98% of queries regarding apps). The app is so bad that I think it’s a negative mark for the company. They need to do better. There is no excuse for a sucky app in 2026. Shame.

Robin’s eggs

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for letting us know. We’re sorry you ran into trouble and would love to help. Please reach out to mobileapp@fool.com so we can look into this further.

Does not work for premium subscribers in Canada

Please update for your Canadian customers

Ness MV

2 months ago

Eddyeagle

Does not support Canada App

BigRedlittle

4 months ago

BEWARE!

This app automatic renews at $200! You cannot end your subscription using the app, you have to go to their website. When you finally do find where you can cancel period under layers of links and after they try to prevent you from canceling, by using nearly 10 attempts to prevent you, finally you can cancel. I should have read the reviews, Stay Away!

Chocoruaman

4 months ago

Response from developer

Oof! That’s not the Foolish experience we aim for. 😬 We’d love to help make it right—feel free to contact us at mobileapp@fool.com so we can dig in.

Should not be available on CA appstore

In March 2026, this app listing does not make clear that Motley Fool Canada accounts are not supported, first indication is after installing and entering login email. Please remove from Canadian appstore, or support your Canadian users properly.

TheOG519er

4 months ago

Bare minimum & Clunky

I love Motley Fool… don’t love their app. The app is basically a concession, like they have to have one because it’s the 21st century and everyone has one, but it’s bare minimum and clunky. There’s little effort to move subscription services to the app, or to be able to add stock purchases to your portfolio. The app is essentially a newsfeed.

I do like that you can access the Fool podcasts in one, easy to find place. But the embedded player isnt user friendly and lacks basic controls.

So, it’s convenient to access Motley Fool article for stocks you follow, but not much else.

Oliver Vars

5 months ago

Response from developer

We’ve listened—and fixed it! 🚀 The problem you encountered should be a thing of the past. Let us know how the new version treats you!

Getting rich isn’t that hard.

You don’t have to be a professional investor to secure your future or even get rich. You just need the right guidance. The Motley Fool has the tools to learn how it all works, or you can just invest in their stock recommendations. Either way, you’ll make more than the average market growth. I’ve been using their service for years.

WriterSD

5 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate your support! 🌟 It’s great to hear you’re having a positive experience. Stay tuned for more updates and features!

Awful App

This app is flaming hot garbage. So hard to use. Hard to navigate. The info is good, but dang, this app is an easy 15 years behind in interface and technology. Going to stick with the website.

RagingAngryMob

5 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate the honest feedback. 💡 If you’re open to it, drop us a line at mobileapp@fool.com—we’d love to learn more and see how we can improve.

Need a Working Canadian version

We see that there has been no working version of this app to connect from Canada, so the least you could do from the Apple App Store is to warn clearly to not waste our time trying to login

Frankie canadian

5 months ago

False advertisers

I’ve used these guys over the years and I now realize i was duped by their completely ridiculous advertisements. They love to talk about all the companies they predicted would succeed with no mentions of the numerous dogs. They are true to their name though- total fools.

Swatson48

6 months ago

Response from developer

Appreciate you sharing your perspective—even if it’s a tough one. We take feedback seriously and always want to do better. For questions or concerns beyond the app, our team at mobileapp@fool.com can help direct you to the right place.

Too Bad

The Motley Fool is a great organization. It really is a shame their App doesn’t reflect it.

PwS the 2nd

6 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate your honesty and apologize for the inconvenience. Our team is always working to improve—feel free to share more details with us at mobileapp@fool.com.

UR CHANGES IN APP

Very frustrating to have this info at my fingertips only not to be able to open/read I am paying for services that I can’t use.Needs fixed asap.
Ron.

STINKING ROTTEN APP

7 months ago

Needs Work

Great at stock advice, terrible at app design and development.

Please get another company to redesign this app so that it useful rather than aggravating.

Matthewhaney

7 months ago

Response from developer

Oof! That’s not the Foolish experience we aim for. 😬 We’d love to help make it right—feel free to contact us at mobileapp@fool.com so we can dig in.

App keeps freezing

App is slow and keeps freezing.

gzombek

7 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for sharing your experience—we’re sorry it didn’t go as expected. Our team is actively working on this! Please be sure to update to version 3.6.9, where these issues should be resolved.

Content Great, Delivery Awful

The content in the app is amazing but the app itself is very frustrating. Nothing is intuitive. Links are always wrong. Content is difficult to find. I wish I had something better to say.

Jack Jones33

7 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for being upfront with us! We’re sorry for the trouble you’ve run into. Our team is always working on improvements, so if you can, please reach out at mobileapp@fool.com with more details—and double-check that you’re on version 3.6.8.

App crashes

App crashes as soon as I login!

MurthyArizona

7 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate you taking the time to share this and are sorry for the frustration it caused. The good news is our team has fixed the issue—updating to version 3.6.9 should take care of it.

Recommendations often don’t show anything

Under Stock Advisor -> Stock -> Recs. Click on “Read” against a recommendation. Often nothing shows up when accessing this from phone. Very inconsistent app.

stupidisidiot

7 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate you taking the time to share this and are sorry for the frustration it caused. The good news is our team has fixed the issue—updating to version 3.6.9 should take care of it.

Performance Issues

Most articles do not open in app. I just signed up recently and so far I’m really unimpressed with the app experience. I hope they are placing priority on getting it right!

Josh xshapx

7 months ago

Response from developer

We appreciate you taking the time to share this and are sorry for the frustration it caused. The good news is our team has fixed the issue—updating to version 3.6.9 should take care of it.

Great resources, poorly made and optimized app.

This is a great community and a great resource to have but the app is very poorly made, crashes frequently or doesn’t show content when opening links or stocks, should use some of those Nvidia returns into investing on having a good working app for your clients, this has made me reconsider my membership, as I can’t access to all the content I want due to this app.

Jeroberardo

7 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! We’re sorry this wasn’t a great experience, but our team has you covered. Please update to version 3.6.9, where the issue should now be resolved.

Invest in your app please!

App is bad enough to be totally useless, especially for accessing premium content

Scb78$

8 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback! We’re sorry this wasn’t a great experience, but our team has you covered. Please update to version 3.6.9, where the issue should now be resolved.