Ascend Loans vs ClearAirLending
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ascend Loans
Manage your existing loan accounts conveniently from your mobile device. View balances, schedule payments, access documents, and get payoff quotes. Offers 24/7 customer support.
- View account balance
- Schedule payments
- Access account documents
- Get payoff quotes
- 24/7 customer support
- Live chat during business hours
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With the Ascend Loans mobile app, you'll have 24/7 access to manage your account all in one place. New loans are not available on the Ascend Loans mobile app. App features include: • View account balance, next payment due date and payment amount. • Schedule an additional payment. • Access account documents, including your payment schedule. • Get a payoff quote or schedule a pay-in-full. • Chat with Ascend Loans for 24/7 support + live chat during business hours. Download today!
ClearAirLending
Manage your existing loans with ease through this mobile app. View loan details, schedule payments, get payoff quotes, and connect with support via live chat. New loan applications are not available through the app.
- View existing loan details
- Schedule additional payments
- Obtain payoff quotes
- Schedule full payoff
- Connect with support via live chat
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Our mobile app makes it super easy to manage your account whenever you want, giving you access whenever you need it—all in one handy spot. Just a quick heads-up though: you won't be able to get new loans through the Clear Air Lending mobile app, visit our website for more information. With the mobile app you can: view all the details about your existing loan with Clear Air Lending; schedule additional payment with ease; obtain a payoff quote and schedule a full payoff; and connect with our support team whenever needed with live chat available during business hours. Download the app today for seamless account management!
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Verdict
Ascend Loans and ClearAirLending both sit at 1.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of ClearAirLending's written reviews are positive against 5% of Ascend Loans's. ClearAirLending also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Ascend Loans's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 5). 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 — 1.7 for Ascend Loans against 1.8 for ClearAirLending. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ascend Loans has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 5% of Ascend Loans's written reviews are positive against 50% of ClearAirLending's.
Ascend Loans ships an update every 4 months, ClearAirLending every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ascend Loans | ClearAirLending |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (30 ratings) | 1.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ascend Loans, LLC | Clear Air Lending |
Customer experience
Ascend Loans
ClearAirLending
In-app purchases
Ascend Loans
No in-app purchases
ClearAirLending
No in-app purchases
