EducationFirstFCU vs FirstEd AirTeller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EducationFirstFCU
Manage your finances with a personal financial advocate. Organize transactions with tags and notes, set balance alerts, and make payments. Deposit checks, manage debit cards, and aggregate accounts securely.
- Organize transactions with tags, notes, and photos
- Set balance alerts
- Make payments to companies and friends
- Transfer money between accounts
- Deposit checks via photo
- Manage debit cards (reorder, turn off)
- Aggregate financial accounts
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EducationFirstFCU is your personal financial advocate. It’s fast, secure and makes life easier by empowering you with the tools you need to manage your finances. Here’s what you can do with EducationFirstFCU: - Keep your transactions organized by allowing you to add tags, notes and photos of receipts and checks. - Set up alerts so you know when your balance drops below a certain amount - Make payments, whether you’re paying a company or a friend - Transfer money between your accounts - Deposit checks in a snap by taking a picture of the front and back - Reorder your debit card or turn it off if you’ve misplaced it - View and save your monthly statements - Find branches and ATMs near you - Aggregate your financial accounts - Secure your account with a 4-digit passcode or biometric on supported devices.
FirstEd AirTeller
Manage your finances with this secure app. Organize transactions, set alerts, make payments, and transfer money. It also helps you reorder debit cards, view statements, and find branches/ATMs.
- Organize transactions with tags, notes, and photos
- Set balance alerts
- Make payments and transfer money
- Manage debit cards
- View and save statements
- Find branches and ATMs
- Aggregate financial accounts
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FirstEd AirTeller is your personal financial advocate. It’s fast, secure and makes life easier by empowering you with the tools you need to manage your finances. Here’s what you can do with FirstEd AirTeller: -Keep your transactions organized by allowing you to add tags, notes and photos of receipts and checks. -Set up alerts so you know when your balance drops below a certain amount -Make payments, whether you’re paying a company or a friend -Transfer money between your accounts -Reorder your debit card or turn it off if you’ve misplaced it -View and save your monthly statements -Find branches and ATMs near you -Aggregate your financial accounts Secure your account with a 4-digit passcode or biometric on supported devices.
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Verdict
EducationFirstFCU and FirstEd AirTeller both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of FirstEd AirTeller's written reviews are positive against 70% of EducationFirstFCU's. EducationFirstFCU's advantage is ratings volume (4.5K vs 281). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for EducationFirstFCU against 4.9 for FirstEd AirTeller. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EducationFirstFCU has 4.5K ratings behind it against 281, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of EducationFirstFCU's written reviews are positive against 100% of FirstEd AirTeller's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EducationFirstFCU | FirstEd AirTeller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.5K ratings) | 4.9 (281 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 281 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Education First Federal Credit Union | First Education FCU |
Customer experience
EducationFirstFCU
FirstEd AirTeller
Bugs and requests
EducationFirstFCU
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues with constant verification codes
- Inability to view account information
- Bill pay stopped working after system update
Requested features
3 requests- Confirmation prompt before submitting payments
- Ability to see pending deposits
- Restore previous features that were removed
FirstEd AirTeller
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EducationFirstFCU
No in-app purchases
FirstEd AirTeller
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is EducationFirstFCU free?
Is FirstEd AirTeller free?
Which has better reviews, EducationFirstFCU or FirstEd AirTeller?
Do EducationFirstFCU or FirstEd AirTeller have ads?
Which is updated more often, EducationFirstFCU or FirstEd AirTeller?
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