TIAA vs Scrub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TIAA
Manage your retirement and brokerage accounts with secure, convenient access to your finances. Monitor investments, track fund performance, and trade equities, ETFs, and mutual funds. Set and monitor savings goals for your financial future.
- Retirement and brokerage account management
- Investment and fund performance tracking
- Brokerage trading (equities, ETFs, mutual funds)
- Financial goal monitoring
- Secure login with Face ID/Touch ID
- Peek View for balance checks
- Apple Watch integration
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Manage your retirement and brokerage accounts using the TIAA mobile app. The app provides quick and secure access to all your TIAA finances and puts 100 years of top money management into the palm of your hand. The TIAA mobile app includes: • Security: Use your password, Touch ID, or Face ID to log in • Investment and retirement plan management: Monitor your account activity, contributions, and asset allocation; transfer money between funds in your retirement plan, fund a new brokerage account and track fund performance. • Brokerage trading: Buy and sell equities, ETFs, and mutual funds. • Goals: Monitor savings to achieve your financial goals. • Peek View: View your total portfolio and balances without logging in. • Contact TIAA & Support: Contact a professional or have quick access to all of our support tools and services, view tax forms and other statements. • Apple Watch: View your total portfolio and balances from your wrist. TIAA Brokerage, a division of TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, Member FINRA and SIPC, distributes securities. Brokerage accounts are carried by Pershing, LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Member FINRA, NYSE, SIPC. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, Member FINRA, distributes securities products. Annuity contracts and certificates are issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), New York, NY. Each is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations.
Scrub
This program helps healthcare professionals achieve homeownership by offering cost savings on buying and selling homes. It connects users with trusted agents dedicated to providing excellent customer service to the healthcare community.
- Cost savings on home buying
- Cost savings on home selling
- Connect with qualified agents
- Dedicated customer service
- Program for healthcare providers
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Innovative program developed by a veteran real estate broker and nursing home administrator who has seen many nurses, CNAs and healthcare providers struggle to make ends meet and not able to reach their dream of home ownership. Scrub-to-Keys provide a cost savings in the buying and selling of homes. Discover this unique program. Our service team of qualified and trusting agents are ready to give you the utmost in customer service that is deserving to the healthcare community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TIAA at monthly against Scrub's every 10 months. TIAA also leads on ratings volume (8.3K vs 1) and device support. Scrub's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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.
Scrub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TIAA has 8.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TIAA ships an update monthly, Scrub every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TIAA | Scrub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 394 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIAA | Robert Boyd |
Bugs and requests
TIAA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and session expiration
- Inconsistent display of account information
- Unreliable check deposit functionality
- Compatibility problems on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve performance and stability
- Provide more customization options
- Streamline navigation and information access
- Integrate more advanced investment tools
Scrub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TIAA
No in-app purchases
Scrub
No in-app purchases
