Comparison

Privacy.com vs Porte

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Privacy.com

Safeguard your online transactions by creating virtual payment cards. Protect your actual financial details from compromised cards, unexpected charges, and recurring subscription fees. Enjoy enhanced security and control over your spending with customizable limits and real-time monitoring.

Highlights
  • Create virtual payment cards
  • Merchant-locked cards
  • One-time-use cards
  • Customizable spending limits
  • Real-time transaction monitoring
  • Pause/unpause/close cards
Features
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Stop exposing your credit or debit card information and protect your online payments with Privacy. Join over 250,000 users who have saved millions of dollars by using Privacy to block unwanted charges from compromised cards, overcharging, hidden fees, and forgotten subscriptions. Getting started with Privacy is simple: create your account, verify your information, securely link your bank account or debit card, and request your first virtual card. Start shopping and enjoy the added layer of protection Privacy provides to protect you from payment card theft and fraud. Benefits: - Shield your true financial information: Our Privacy Cards mask your debit card or bank account number to help protect you from card theft and fraud. Pay with greater privacy and security anytime, anywhere on desktop or on mobile. - Create merchant-locked and one-time-use cards: Our cards automatically "lock" to the first merchant they are used at, so if the merchant is ever breached, the card number can never be used anywhere else. You can also create one-time-use cards that automatically close after a single transaction. - Take complete control over your spending: Set customizable spending limits to prevent overcharging and block hidden fees—perfect for managing subscriptions and recurring expenses. If a transaction goes over the limit, we will automatically decline it. - Leverage real-time transaction monitoring: Receive notifications any time a Privacy Card is used. Easily pause, unpause, and close Privacy Cards any time with just one push of a button. Privacy’s core product is free to use on domestic transactions, because, like other card companies, we collect transaction fees from merchants. Privacy Cards can be used at most merchants that accept credit and debit cards. The security of our users’ personal information and data is critical to everything that we do at Privacy. You can review our security policies at https://privacy.com/security. Read about us in Forbes, Wirecutter, and The Wall Street Journal! For support, questions, or more information, please contact us at support@privacy.com.

About

Porte

This mobile finance app helps you get paid faster, access fee-free ATMs, and even gives back to charity with your spending. It offers in-person service options and aims to provide a convenient banking experience without monthly fees for qualifying users.

Highlights
  • Get paid up to 2 days early
  • No monthly fee with qualifying direct deposit
  • Charitable giving on purchases
  • Access 37,000+ fee-free ATMs
  • In-person service at ACE Cash Express
  • Visa debit card
Features
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NO MONTHLY FEE: Receive total, qualifying Direct Deposit(s) of $1,000 or more each month and enjoy no monthly fee.¹ GET PAID EARLY: When you’re enrolled in Direct Deposit you can receive your paycheck up to 2 days faster.⁵ CHARITABLE GIVING: Porte gives to charity when you spend.⁶ Choose a charity in the app and when you make purchases, we make donations. 37,000+ FEE-FREE ATMs: Withdraw money for no fee at MoneyPass® ATMs.³ They’re easy to find in the app. IN-PERSON SERVICE: Add funds², withdraw cash, replace your card with no wait, and more at an ACE Cash Express location near you. Porte is a mobile finance app, not a bank. Banking services provided by Pathward, National Association, Member FDIC. PORTE is a deposit account established by Pathward, National Association, Member FDIC, and the PORTE Debit Card is issued by Pathward, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. Certain products and services may be licensed under U.S. Patent Nos. 6,000,608 and 6,189,787. Card may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted. Standard data rates, fees, and charges may apply. Consent to receive electronic account disclosures required to use the app. 1. Monthly fee waived if you receive qualifying direct deposit(s) totaling at least $1,000 in the thirty-five (35) days preceding the date on which the monthly fee is assessed. 2. Add money fee is waived at participating ACE Cash Express locations if you have received a qualifying direct deposit (no dollar minimum) within the immediately preceding thirty-five (35) days. Offer subject to change. See store for details. Porte uses the Netspend Network, which is provided by Netspend Corporation. Netspend is a licensed provider of money transfer services (NMLS ID: 932678). Netspend's licenses and related information may be found at www.netspend.com/licenses. Fees, limits, and other restrictions may be imposed by Netspend and other third parties in connection with use of the Netspend Network. 3. No ATM owner surcharge or ATM Cash Withdrawal Fees for domestic ATM withdrawals at MoneyPass® ATMs (“in-network ATMs”). Visit the Porte Mobile App for a list of in-network ATMs. All other ATMs may apply an owner’s surcharge fee in addition to the ATM Cash Withdrawal Fee disclosed in your Deposit Account Agreement. Balance Inquiry Fees apply. 4. Make up to $500 in fee-free cash withdrawals per day from your Porte account by using your debit card at participating ACE Cash Express locations. $500 total is calculated based on all withdrawals performed at all ACE Cash Express locations visited in a day. A direct deposit (no dollar minimum) to the account within the immediately preceding thirty-five (35) days is required. See store for details. Although this feature is available at no additional charge with qualifying direct deposit, certain other transaction fees and costs, terms, and conditions are associated with the use of this Account. Offer subject to change. This optional offer is not a Pathward, N.A., or Visa offer nor does Pathward, N.A., or Visa endorse this offer. 5. Faster funding claim is based on a comparison of our policy of making funds available upon receipt of payment instruction versus the typical banking practice of posting funds at settlement. Fraud prevention restrictions may delay availability of funds with or without notice. Early availability of funds requires payor’s support of direct deposit and is subject to the timing of payor’s payment instruction. 6. After selecting a charity through your Mobile App, Populus Financial Group will donate an amount equal to 0.05% of every debit card purchase transaction, subject to certain terms and conditions described in the mobile app, made with your Porte Debit Card to a charity selected by you through the Mobile App. Netspend, Pathward, National Association, and Visa are not affiliated in any way with this offer and do not endorse or sponsor this offer.

Screenshots

Privacy.com4 screens
Porte4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Privacy.com at none against Porte's shown. Porte's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Porte holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.2K and 15K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Privacy.com's written reviews are positive against 41% of Porte's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Privacy.com ships an update every 4 weeks, Porte every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Privacy.com versus Porte: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivacy.comPorte
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (7.2K ratings)4.8 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.0% of reviews41.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.2K15K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB233 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPay With Privacy, Inc.Populus Financial Group, Inc

Customer experience

Privacy.com

All ratings7,157 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive39.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative57.1%

Porte

All ratings13,867 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral5.5%
Negative53.4%

User reviews

Privacy.com

From 7.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent protection
  • 🔒 Total control
  • 👍 Incredible
  • 🔒 Essential app
  • 👍 Happy user for YEARS

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Great service, HORRIBLE new app
  • 🐛 DISAPPOINTED THEY DONT BLOCK THEFT LIKE THEY CLAIM
  • 🐛 New UI and other irritations
  • 🐛 Card Not Supported
  • 🐛 Disabled my account

Porte

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💳 Convenient mobile banking app
  • 🤑 Competitive interest rates on savings
  • 🎨 Sleek and modern card design
  • 🤝 Charity donation feature
  • 🕰️ Early direct deposit

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Security and account access issues
  • 💸 Strict transfer limits
  • 🤖 Poor customer service and support
  • 🔄 Unreliable app performance and maintenance

Bugs and requests

Privacy.com

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Half of the time I cannot open the app after it was closed as FaceID is broken and disables keyboard entry
  • Automatically pausing cards set up for annual payments
  • Transactions being authorized multiple times on one-time use cards
  • App crashing issues
  • Compatibility issues with newer debit cards

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to search transactions by dollar amount
  • Option to hide closed cards
  • Ability to preload cards for budgeting
  • Option to set cards back to no limit
  • Landscape mode support
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  • Browser extension

Porte

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Disappearing transactions and account balances
  • Inability to access savings accounts
  • Glitches when trying to withdraw funds

Requested features

4 requests
  • Web-based account access
  • Increased transfer limits
  • Improved customer support channels
  • More transparency on fees and policies

In-app purchases

None

Privacy.com

No in-app purchases

None

Porte

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Privacy.com free?
Privacy.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Porte free?
Porte is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Privacy.com or Porte?
Porte is rated higher. Privacy.com averages 4.5 out of 5 from 7.2K ratings, while Porte averages 4.8 from 15K ratings.
Do Privacy.com or Porte have ads?
Porte shows ads; Privacy.com does not.
Which is updated more often, Privacy.com or Porte?
Privacy.com ships an update every 4 weeks, and Porte every 3 weeks. Most recently, Privacy.com was updated on October 24, 2026 and Porte on October 24, 2026.

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