Client Access vs SimpleGive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Client Access
Manage your investment portfolio, transfer funds, and deposit checks securely on your mobile device. Access account balances, market information, and financial documents anytime. It offers a secure vault for storing important papers and provides tools for in-depth financial reviews.
- View account balances and investment values
- Transfer funds and deposit checks
- Access market information
- Store financial documents securely
- Analyze asset allocation
- Contact financial advisor
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Client Access gives you a powerful, convenient and secure way to view your accounts online anytime. It is optimized for your mobile device, so you can securely manage your investment portfolio, transfer funds, deposit checks, and access up-to-the-minute market information. Whether you want a quick snapshot or an in-depth review, it’s all right here. • Your account balances, including your assets and available cash • Current value of each of your investments • Detailed asset allocation analysis • Documents such as trade confirmations and tax reporting • A secure vault to store financial statements, insurance documents • A full complement of convenient client tools • Your financial advisor’s contact information Asset allocation does not guarantee a profit nor protect against loss.
SimpleGive
Manage your charitable donations to churches and nonprofits easily. Track all your electronic giving, including online, text, and kiosk contributions, in one integrated mobile account. View comprehensive giving reports for your organization.
- Integrated giving accounts
- View electronic giving data
- Track online donations
- Manage text giving
- Kiosk giving integration
- Donation reporting
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Simplify giving to your church or local nonprofit. The mobile account is integrated with your online giving, text giving and kiosk giving account. View total electronic giving information for your church or nonprofit from within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimpleGive at 60% against Client Access's 28%. SimpleGive also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Client Access's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (155 vs 9). 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.
Client Access holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Client Access has 155 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Client Access's written reviews are positive against 60% of SimpleGive's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Client Access ships an update every 5 weeks, SimpleGive every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Client Access | SimpleGive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (155 ratings) — better | 3.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 155 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raymond James Financial | Ministry Brands |
Customer experience
Client Access
SimpleGive
Bugs and requests
Client Access
Reported bugs
15 issues- Login button greyed out or unresponsive
- Verification codes delayed or stuck in system
- App displays white screen on launch
- Password authentication fails despite correct credentials
- Face ID and Touch ID functionality broken
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- App freezes when checking pending activity
- Incompatibility with Apple Keychain password manager
- App crashes on iPhone 14 and newer iOS versions
- Horizontal scrolling not working properly
- App loses login credentials after closing
- Recent update prevents app from opening
- Stock price updates delayed 15-30 minutes
- Mobile deposit year selection not working for IRA contributions
- App becomes unresponsive after entering portfolio section
- Inconsistent behavior with two-factor authentication
Requested features
16 requests- Add graphing and charting capabilities for portfolio performance
- Enable historical data viewing and trend analysis over time
- Implement frozen headers when scrolling through portfolio data
- Add ability to trade mutual funds and stocks
- Display daily change and month-to-date change in account overview
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- Show total portfolio income across all accounts
- Add bill pay functionality
- Implement column sorting on portfolio tables
- Display all accounts on single screen without scrolling
- Add Goals section to mobile app
- Improve font sizes for better readability
- Add HSA account support
- Enable external account linking
- Provide trade order status tracking
- Implement dark mode option
- Rename app to 'RJ Client Access' for better discoverability
SimpleGive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Client Access
No in-app purchases
SimpleGive
No in-app purchases
Questions
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