CFB Direct vs RedwoodLive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CFB Direct
Manage your finances on the go with this mobile banking application. Check account balances, review recent transactions, transfer funds between accounts, and pay bills conveniently from your device.
- Check account balances
- Search recent transactions
- Transfer funds between accounts
- Pay bills
- Edit scheduled bill payments
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Start banking wherever you are with CFB Direct! Available to all City First Bank online banking end users. CFB Direct allows you to check balances, make transfers, and pay bills. Available features include: Accounts - Check your latest account balance and search recent transactions by date, amount, or check number. Transfers - Easily transfer cash between your accounts. Bill Pay - Pay new bills, edit bills scheduled to be paid, and review previously paid bills from your device.
RedwoodLive
Access real-time loan pipeline dashboards and operational metrics. The app automatically updates data when open or brought to the foreground, ensuring you always see the latest information without manual intervention.
- Loan pipeline dashboards
- Operational metrics
- Real-time data updates
- Background data refresh
- User login for registered users
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Users that are registered with Redwood Trust as a Redwood Live enabled user can login and access dashboards for their loan pipeline containing various operation metrics for the company they represent. The Redwood Live application updates all data and dashboards while the user has the application open and when the users bring the application back into focus from the background. Users will not need to take any action to see the most recent data available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RedwoodLive at 5.0 against CFB Direct's 4.2. RedwoodLive also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). CFB Direct's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 10). On price, update cadence, 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.
RedwoodLive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 10 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CFB Direct | RedwoodLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City First Bank National Association | REDWOOD TRUST, INC. |
Customer experience
CFB Direct
RedwoodLive
In-app purchases
CFB Direct
No in-app purchases
RedwoodLive
No in-app purchases
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