NWPS vs 1st 401k
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NWPS
Manage your employer-sponsored retirement plan. View account balances, investment holdings, and personal rates of return. Track your salary deferrals directly within the app.
- View account and vested balances
- Review individual investment holdings
- Check daily share prices
- Display personal rate of return
- Track salary deferrals
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Review and manage your employer sponsored retirement plan with NWPS. • View your account and vested balances in your retirement plan • Drill down into your account balance to review your individual investment holdings, your share balances and daily share prices of your investment holdings • Display your monthly, quarterly and annual personal Rate of Return • Review how much you are deferring into your retirement plan from your salary
1st 401k
Manage your employer-sponsored retirement plan through this app. Review your account details and access services provided by 1st Source Bank. Available in English and Spanish.
- Retirement plan management
- Account review
- Employer-sponsored plan access
- 1st Source Bank services
- Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
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Review and manage your employer sponsored retirement plan with 1st Source Bank Retirement plan services. Available in English and Spanish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 1st 401k at 3.0 against NWPS's 2.3. NWPS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
1st 401k holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NWPS has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NWPS ships an update every 2 months, 1st 401k every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NWPS | 1st 401k |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Northwest Plan Services | 1st Source Corporation |
Customer experience
NWPS
1st 401k
In-app purchases
NWPS
No in-app purchases
1st 401k
No in-app purchases
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