Delay It vs Grow Credit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Delay It
This app helps you compare the cost of borrowing money with the potential returns of investing. It calculates loan payments and then shows how much interest you could earn by investing that same amount.
- Loan payment calculation
- Investment earning simulation
- Interest cost comparison
- Financial planning tool
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Want to borrow money for a new car? What if you delayed your gratification and invested the monthly payment instead. For example, if you knew you could afford $525 per month for a new car, do you know how much interest you would pay the bank versus how much interest you would earned if you invested the money instead? Delay It makes it easy to calculate a loan payment on one tab and then consider that payment as an investment on another tab.
Grow Credit
Build credit history for free by using your existing subscriptions. This app helps you establish a credit score on all three major bureaus without requiring prior credit history. It offers various plans to suit your credit-building needs.
- Build credit using subscriptions
- No prior credit history required
- Reports to all three credit bureaus
- Free FICO score access
- Credit education resources
- Grow MasterCard
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With over 700,000 downloads, Grow Credit, featured on the 2022 Forbes Fintech 50 and recognized as one of America's most innovative companies, helps consumers build credit for free using their subscriptions, with no prior credit history required. As featured in the App Store “Hot This Week” section. Your credit score is different on Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. Having a strong score on all three matters as mortgage lenders, car dealers, and credit card companies often review more than one to determine a consumer's creditworthiness. Grow helps you boost your credit score quickly on all three. Grow your credit with your subscriptions in three easy steps: - Apply for your Grow MasterCard. - Link your bank account. - Add your subscriptions: Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Spotify, HBO Max, or over 100 others. Your subscriptions will be billed to your Grow MasterCard, and we’ll automatically debit your bank account every month and report your progress to all three credit bureaus. A better credit score means lower interest rates on future loans, which could save you tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Applying for Grow will not result in a hard credit pull and will not affect your credit score. We recommend using Grow alongside Rocket Money and Credit Karma. The press raves about Grow: Techcrunch.com: Grow "is a pretty elegant way to solve a problem that’s a real barrier to entry for a large number of financial services. Credit scores can impact mortgages, the ability to receive small business loans, and a host of other services that are ways to boost economic opportunity." Creditcards.com: Grow is "a very useful tool for climbing the ladder and eventually qualifying for a better card." Nerdwallet.com: "The Grow Credit Mastercard is ideal for those with no credit or poor credit." Grow offers 4 plans: * Build Free - Reports a $204 credit line to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion - $17 monthly spending limit - Option to upgrade to a Grow membership after 6 months of consecutive on-time payments - Cost: Free * Build Secured - Reports a $204 credit line to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion - $17 monthly spending limit - Option to upgrade to a Grow membership after 6 months of consecutive on-time payments - $17 security deposit required - refundable after 12 consecutive on-time payments - Cost: $2.99 per month * Grow - Reports a $600 credit line to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion - $50 monthly spending limit - Access to premium subscriptions, including your cell phone bill (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint) - Cost: $4.99 per month * Accelerate - Reports an $1,800 credit line to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion - $150 monthly spending limit - Access to premium subscriptions, including your cell phone bill (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, or Sprint) - Cost: $9.99 per month Additional Features: - Plan duration: 12 months - renewable. - Free FICO Score - Free credit education blogs and tutorials. We look forward to assisting you in your credit-building journey! Bank-Level Security: • Your data is protected with 256-bit encryption bank-level security and is never stored on your devices. This app is operated by Grow Credit, Inc. Questions or suggestions can be directed to behappy@growcredit.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Delay It at 100% against Grow Credit's 48%. Delay It also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Grow Credit's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Delay It holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grow Credit has 10K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Delay It's written reviews are positive against 48% of Grow Credit's.
Delay It ships an update every 12 months, Grow Credit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Delay It | Grow Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.8 (10K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 47.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Animated Bit LLC | Grow Credit |
Customer experience
Delay It
Grow Credit
Bugs and requests
Delay It
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Grow Credit
Reported bugs
3 issues- Late payment reporting despite on-time payments
- Difficulty closing accounts
- Payments not processing correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Increase credit limits
- Allow payment of more subscription types
- Provide phone support
- Improve app stability and user experience
In-app purchases
Delay It
No in-app purchases
Grow Credit
No in-app purchases









