Via Benefits Accounts vs Allstate Identity Protection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Via Benefits Accounts
Manage your accounts conveniently from your mobile device. Review expenses, make payments, and get reimbursed with a user-friendly interface. Stay updated with important account activity through push notifications.
- Account dashboard summary
- Review expenses and payments
- Submit reimbursement requests
- Upload supporting documents
- Make payments
- Push notifications for updates
- Secure login with Face/Touch ID
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Stretch Your Benefits, Not Your Wallet Via Benefits Accounts puts your HSA, FSA, HRA, Tuition, Commuter, and more in your pocket. Submit expenses for reimbursement, track spending, and check balances in seconds — no phone calls, no paperwork, no hassle. What you can do: • Submit expenses for reimbursement on the go • Track debit card spending in real time • Check account balances across all your benefit accounts • Upload and store receipts directly from your camera • Update personal information and account preferences • View payment history and claim status at any time Built for security, designed for simplicity. Your benefit accounts hold real money. Via Benefits Accounts protects it with bank-level encryption and secure, easy sign-in — so you can manage your benefits with confidence from anywhere. Your employer chose Via Benefits to make tax-advantaged benefits work harder for you. This app helps you make sure they do. Download Via Benefits Accounts and start making the most of every benefit dollar.
Allstate Identity Protection
This app offers comprehensive protection for your personal information and that of your family. It provides alerts, dark web monitoring, and educational resources to detect and prevent identity theft. In the event of an incident, U.S.-based specialists offer 24/7 support for restoration.
- Personal information protection
- Family member management
- Dark web monitoring
- Identity Health status
- Educational materials
- 24/7 restoration support
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You’re in good hands® Stay protected wherever you are with the Allstate Identity Protection app – the all-in-one, easy-to-use app that helps protect your and your family's personal information right from your mobile device. Signing in is simple and secure. In a matter of seconds, you can review your alerts, see your Identity Health status, access dark web monitoring and any additional features included in your plan, easily manage family members covered by your plan, and more – putting advanced identity protection right at your fingertips. Explore our comprehensive collection of educational materials and tools, as well as alternative data sources that can help you detect identity theft before it occurs. Plus, our broad definition of family includes those 65 and older, even if they are not financially dependent on you or live with you — so you can have peace of mind that your loved ones are protected, too. And should you ever experience identity theft, you can rely on our U.S.-based restoration specialists to provide expert restoration support, 24/7/365. With an industry leading 98% satisfaction score following identity theft we believe restoration is more than just restoring accounts, it’s about making a person whole again. From start to finish, your identity theft case will be managed by an empathetic and dedicated expert that has the experience and knowledge to help resolve any and all types of cases. Not a member? Sign up at aip.com or check if your employer offers Allstate Identity Protection as a benefit at http://aip.com/employee Allstate Identity Protection is offered and serviced by InfoArmor, Inc., a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Via Benefits Accounts at monthly against Allstate Identity Protection's every 5 months. Via Benefits Accounts also leads on ratings volume (31K vs 347) and review sentiment (53% vs 36%). Allstate Identity Protection's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 4.7 for Via Benefits Accounts against 4.8 for Allstate Identity Protection. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Via Benefits Accounts has 31K ratings behind it against 347, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Via Benefits Accounts's written reviews are positive against 36% of Allstate Identity Protection's.
Via Benefits Accounts ships an update monthly, Allstate Identity Protection every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Via Benefits Accounts | Allstate Identity Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (31K ratings) | 4.8 (347 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews — better | 35.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | 347 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acclaris Inc. | Allstate Insurance Company |
Customer experience
Via Benefits Accounts
Allstate Identity Protection
User reviews
Via Benefits Accounts
From 31K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use app
- 👍 Convenient for submitting claims
- 💰 Fast reimbursement
- 🔒 Secure login with Face ID
Room to improve
- 🐛 Login issues and app crashes
- 📷 Cropped photo preview
- 🕰️ Slow and unresponsive at times
- 🤔 Confusing UI and navigation
Allstate Identity Protection
From 347 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔒 Great protection against fraud
- 🛡️ Peace of mind for identity safety
- 🔔 Timely and reliable alerts
- ✅ Accurate credit monitoring
Room to improve
- 🐛 App is a web browser wrapper
- 🐛 Doesn't remember login details
- 🐛 Requires frequent re-authentication (MFA)
- 🐛 Poor integration with email alerts
- 🐛 Missing key quality of life features
Bugs and requests
Via Benefits Accounts
Reported bugs
3 issues- Account lockouts with no clear resolution
- Inconsistent behavior between app and website
- Inability to enter cents for expenses
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to upload PDF receipts
- Landscape mode support for tablets
- Batch submission of claims
- Clearer status updates on claims
Allstate Identity Protection
Reported bugs
33 issues- App cannot trust a device, requiring code every time
- Codes disappear in messages too quickly
- Back gestures don't work on iPhone
- Only way to go back is to click the logo and restart
- App cannot stay logged in on phone
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- Consistent MFA glitch
- MFA when it should ask for master password
- Email alerts don't link directly to the app
- App doesn't remember username and password
- Forgot My Password text code not recognized
- App spins in circles after login
- Blank white screen after login and MFA
- App won't open
- Errors logging in
- Face ID stopped working
- Cannot add Gmail account
- Cannot login to app after latest update
- Returns 'Sorry, we are unable to access your account' screen
- App is just an embedded iframe viewer
- Forms for opting out of marketing don't work
- App asks to use TouchID on iPhone 12 (no FaceID support)
- Alerts show 'something went wrong' when trying to view details
- App doesn't remember login credentials and OTP
- App never loads
- App doesn't load unless on VPN
- App logs in, sends code, and spins
- App just spins and spins after login
- App never transitions out of the loading state
- Blank white screen when launching app
- Cannot remove what it finds
- Cannot cancel subscription
- Cannot add Gmail account (loading screen forever)
- Cannot add more than 1 email
Requested features
19 requests- Add a back button for iPhone users
- Implement Face ID authentication
- Allow setup for both phone lines for robocall feature
- Add import option for passwords from Keychain and Chrome
- Integrate authentication codes into the app
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- Allow users to stay logged in on their phone
- Add ability to use Face ID/biometrics to login
- Improve password manager functionality
- Add more dark web monitoring categories
- Allow lower threshold for low balance alerts
- Add links to website in email alerts for quick action
- Improve functionality to remove personal information from people finder websites
- Add a feature to indicate dark web monitoring is active
- Allow adding more email addresses to be monitored
- Improve functionality for adding family members
- Provide more options for action after a data breach
- Enable Touch ID/Face ID support
- Add more advanced features to compete with Norton 360
- Allow monitoring of younger children's credit
In-app purchases
Via Benefits Accounts
No in-app purchases
Allstate Identity Protection
No in-app purchases
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