Explore the best UK finance apps, budgeting tools, digital banks, and crypto platforms to manage your money smarter and more securely. From Plum to Monzo and Wize, we cover finance tools that actually work.
AJ Bell Review 2025 AJ Bell Youinvest stands as the UK’s third-largest direct investment platform, with £90.4 billion in assets under administration and over 500,000 clients as of March 2025. It strikes a balance between value and functionality: cheaper than…
eToro Review 2025 Over a 12-week hands-on review, a lone tester placed around 50 real trades—about one trade every few weekdays—across eToro’s Invest, ISA and CFD accounts on the web platform, iOS 17 and Android 14. Each order executed at…
Hargreaves Lansdown Review 2025 I’ve just put Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) through its paces. The Bristol‑based giant now safeguards about £142 billion for 1.8 million investors, so you’d expect polish—and you get it: in‑depth research notes, slick mobile and web apps, and every mainstream…
Freetrade Review 2025 Freetrade landed on the UK investing scene back in 2018, shaking things up by ditching trading fees and making shares accessible through a user-friendly, app-only approach. Fast-forward to March 2025, and it’s managing about £2.5 billion in…
IG Markets Review 2025 IG Markets Ltd (FRN 114059) is FCA-regulated and supports spread betting, CFDs and share dealing. Across 12 weeks (Feb–Apr 2025) I ran about 60 live trades—roughly one a day—on web, iOS 17 and Android 14, covering…
Interactive Investor (ii) Review 2025 Interactive Investor (ii) isn’t some plucky start-up—it’s now the UK’s second-largest DIY broker, shepherding more than £59 billion for 400,000-plus clients (data: March 2025). Where most rivals nibble a percentage of your pot, ii keeps…
InvestEngine Review 2025 In this review I dig into fees, safety nets and features for both hands-on investors and autopilot portfolios. Authorised by the FCA ( FRN 801128), InvestEngine parks cash in ring-fenced bank and Euroclear accounts, covered by the FSCS…
Trading 212 Review in 2025 Trading 212 UK Ltd sits comfortably under the FCA’s watchful eye (FRN 609146) as a multi‑asset broker you can access via trading212.com. In this review I put its two main offerings—UK Invest (stocks, ETFs and ISAs) and the higher‑octane CFD…