Mobile Banking Apps - Which bank has the best app?

DAIR · 23 Aug 2017 at 08:19

I've been using the Barclays banking app since the moment it was released. The only other app I've used. Or should I say "attempted to use". Was Santander's app.

Now to be fair to Santander. This was a number of years ago. So they have have improved it since then. However, I found it to be absolutely rubbish. Especially when compared to Barclays offering. Which imo just continues to get better and better.

What's the competition like out there. And which app so you rate highly..... Or poorly?

Maccy · 23 Aug 2017 at 08:32

Santander is much better than it was, Natwest is slowly getting better too.
Only other one I've got experience of is the Barclaycard app which is pretty good.

Eatchipz · 23 Aug 2017 at 08:37

I love First Direct but my god for an online only bank their app sucks! It has improved a lot recently but still isn't great.

Cleisthenes · 23 Aug 2017 at 08:44

I use the Barclaycard and Natwest apps, I prefer the Natwest.

Trifid · 23 Aug 2017 at 08:50

I prefer the Natwest app to Nationwide. I wasn't that impressed with Barclays when I set my Dad up on it.

Semple · 23 Aug 2017 at 08:57

Halifax - Pretty good
TSB - Pretty good
Tesco - Pretty good
Santander - OK
Nationwide - OK
MBNA - OK
HSBC - Awful

Martynt74 · 23 Aug 2017 at 09:07

I prefer my Natwest app to my First Direct one.

Don't tend to use the Halifax one very often though.

House · 23 Aug 2017 at 09:16

HSBC used to be rubbish, but i binned them off a number of years ago.
Nationwide is pretty good, only thing you cant do is setting up new payees which you have to do on the website.

godinman · 23 Aug 2017 at 09:19

Barclays is pretty excellent, I can think of any problems I've had with it. It also allows you to switch between business and personal accounts without logging out.

wedrum · 23 Aug 2017 at 09:29

Nationwide pretty good
Be better if you could add a new payee using the app though

Steeps · 23 Aug 2017 at 09:37

Barclays because they have a windows mobile app that works!

MrRockliffe · 23 Aug 2017 at 09:46

I use Santander and Halifax. They're significantly better on iOS than android, with Santander being unbearable on Android. Most of the time I'm told I've entered my passcode incorrectly, resulting in a lock up of my account. Even though I'll proceed to reset it to the same one and have it work fine...

Banking apps have to be the worst part of owning a bank account.

XeNoN89 · 23 Aug 2017 at 09:50

I've only used the Natwest app but it works pretty well, the send money to a mobile contact feature is very useful

FL630 · 23 Aug 2017 at 10:33

Monzo. /Thread.

As for normal banks, Barclays and Halifax are decent, Nationwide would be up there if it was t for the afformentioned inability to set up new payees.

SixTwoSix · 23 Aug 2017 at 10:37

Barclays is great, can't fault it in any way tbh.

mrk · 23 Aug 2017 at 11:13

Semple said:
TSB - Pretty good

Lols. The TSB app is pretty damn poor IMO. I closed an account purely because the app was so dire, and their new app whilst better, still had bugs which was reflected in its Play Store rating.

Currently I really rate the Barclays banking app, it does almost everything you would need to do from the app that you'd do from the site (which is also excellent).

Santander is also very good. Both Barclays and Santander can set up new payees without the need for a card reader or complex processes. It just works.

Glanza · 23 Aug 2017 at 11:17

Nationwide is the best one for me out of the 3 I use including Barclaycard and Halifax.

Semple · 23 Aug 2017 at 11:29

mrk said:
Lols. The TSB app is pretty damn poor IMO. I closed an account purely because the app was so dire, and their new app whilst better, still had bugs which was reflected in its Play Store rating.

Currently I really rate the Barclays banking app, it does almost everything you would need to do from the app that you'd do from the site (which is also excellent).

Santander is also very good. Both Barclays and Santander can set up new payees without the need for a card reader or complex processes. It just works.

To be honest, i've only got it as savings in a current account, so the only thing i've ever done is logged in to make a payment back to my main account, haven't used any other features etc. So might be poor from that side of things.

tom_e · 23 Aug 2017 at 11:31

Natwest does everything I need and is relatively nice to use. The option of generating a code to pull out cash if I've lost/left my card elsewhere is a nice bonus as well.

Bickaxe · 23 Aug 2017 at 12:05

Santander app is pretty good. Just a shame they are let down by the actual account.

Just switched to TSB. App not as good but the account is better.