4.8
4.80795 star

Total 23 Positive Reviews

Greenlight Kids & Teen Banking App User Positive Comments 2024

Greenlight Kids & Teen Banking app received 23 positive comments and reviews by users. Can you share your positive thoughts about greenlight kids & teen banking?

Please wait! Greenlight Kids & Teen Banking Facebook comments loading...



Greenlight Kids & Teen Banking for Positive User Reviews

Great Customer ServiceI just signed up for Greenlight however I confused it with another service that had feature I really thought would benefit my child. I am always nervous when canceling required a phone call, because it usually includes some really pushy attempts to make you stay. My husband was on the phone with one company over two hours trying to cancel. It’s scarred us for life! (Haha) So I braced myself and called Greenlight to cancel. After one man took my general information and then told me he was transferred me to the cancellation department, I automatically thought, oh great here we go. My defenses went up and I was ready to battle. Turns out Greenlight plans to add the feature I wanted in a couple months and was willing to give me discount in order to stay and have the opportunity to compare the two services. Being in defense mode, I wasn’t open to staying.... and I will say the guy on the phone was not remotely pushy and was super nice. The second I hung up I asked myself why I didn’t stay. I have had so many horrible customer service experiences, especially when trying to cancel a service it actually caught me off guard to have nice genuine customer service..Version: 2.7.1

It’s awesome6 months in and our 11 year old and 9 year old are 100% on board. My 11 year had a couple crisp 100 dollar bills he’s been saving for a long time now. He asked me to move 100 into green light. We made a choice to pay 5% interest so our kids can learn.. a couple days later my kid says, “Dad, I want to move my the rest of money into Greenlight because it’s not doing anything in the safe, at greenlight I’ll make interest on it.” Awesome lessons to experience at such an early age. Our kids hated the old school savings account deal. They would get money from gma or family, we would give them the old line about putting it in savings, then they would never see the money again. Sure they had savings accounts, but they were not learning anything about money and saving. With greenlight, it’s all interactive at a level they understand - with serious parental control that makes me feel comfortable. Our kids also use the earn function a lot.. if they want something we have them put in at least some work for it. We started out with 100 dollars in the parents account just to see how it would go. Now that we’re more comfortable with how it works, etc. we’re all in. Highly recommend this! Only drawback I can see right now is that my 9 year old doesn’t have a phone. She can still participate and have a debit card, but can’t experience the kid app side of this. Honestly it’s fine though because we can show her what’s going on with her account and explain it in real time..Version: 3.2.1

Convenient & User FriendlyMy kids LOVE having their own debit card. It is super convenient for me to pay them for chores with the app, instead of cash, because i don’t have to remember to go by the ATM and I can pay them in odd amounts instead of multiples of 20. It is super convenient for them because they can use the app to check their balance anytime, and they don’t have to carry around cash and coins. Compared to a prepaid debit card, which has tons of activation/balance inquiry/transaction fees, this is hands-down the best non-cash option that kids can use anywhere. Pros: -kids learn about money management -parent/child can check balance anytime -parent can view and control transactions -cool features like assigning chores and setting allowance -kids have a means to purchase online products with their own money (instead of me having to take their cash, make the purchase, and give back change, then deposit the money they spent into my own account) Cons: -getting their picture on the card is another $10 per card. This is a great way to add safety, so I am surprised it wasn’t included with the standard membership -there is not a way to turn off the function where kids can request money from the parent (my kids like to request absurd amounts of money often as a practical joke and it’s annoying) The monthly fee is really reasonable! I wish I had a Green Light card as a child. Very valuable tool for parents who want to teach their children good money habits!.Version: 4.4.0

No Regrets. Great card!In the two weeks my son has been using his Greenlight card for his allowance, I have seen a drastic change in the way he views and appreciates money. I switched all of his video game related expenses over to his Greenlight account. Between me and other family members, he would sometimes ask for $100 in add-ons for games over the course of a week! Now that it’s his own money, he’ll spend it, but not at the rate he was spending mine! I hesitated doing this for a long time. I didn’t know if he would be responsible with the card, wasn’t sure if he would really understand the purpose, thought it may be a big fight about his new limitations, and didn’t know if I wanted to pay the small monthly fee. But literally none of that has been an issue. I have explained to him with each step of the process how it works and he is stepping up to the responsibility. I like that I can go in anytime and add or remove the tasks that he gets allowance for. I can also do one time giftings for special tasks or special occasions. We both have the app on our phones, so we can both see how much he earns every day, how much he spends and where the money goes. And I have also set the round-up feature so the change left after purchases automatically moves over to the savings account. I love this card! If you are considering doing this with your kid, I highly recommend it and recommend it early! It is actually saving me money and teaching him some valuable life lessons..Version: 4.0.5

Great ideas, great app!My daughter is 11 (received her card at 10) and loves having her own debit card! The app is easy to use and functions well. I love that it reduces the likelihood of her losing cash. I do wish there were a kids version of the app she could have on her phone to keep track of her account balance without allowing the full level of access parents have to the accounts. But my biggest complaint right now is the time it takes for funds to deposit from a funding acct into the parent account. It used to be shorter and now it takes almost a full work week. We have definitely reduced use of the program for this reason as some spending decisions are made in a smaller time frame and there isn’t time to wait for the slow funding process. There have also been times when my child was on a field trip and did not have enough money for something, but I could not add money directly to her account unless it was already in my parents account. Funding it from my bank at that time to my parents account would’ve taken days when I only had minutes. In those situations she had to go without, because I was not present and the process takes too long. Please change this back to the immediate funds access you used to have..Version: 3.0.4

Best Youth Debit CardI enthusiastically recommend Greenlight to every family looking for a debit card for their child. We have been using this card for several years and it is perfect. I have the ability to link my child’s card to funds that I transfer from my own account, and release the money to her as she needs it. The controls in the app allow you to monitor all activity on the child’s card and limit both the type and amount of approved expenditures. The card can be immediately disabled through parental controls. I receive notification of every expenditure, and the app will inform my child of deposits to her account. The card has a function that allows for automatic payment of allowances, if desired. There is also a savings and charitable donation feature. This is the perfect debit card solution for our family! The developers of this app thought of everything! Highest recommendation!.Version: 3.0.4

Most helpful app everWe don't do allowance in our house, but we do have jobs the kids (3 teenagers) can do for money. I was really struggling to manage the pay outs, as I always had to have lots of small bills on hand. Then the kids would turn around and give me the cash because they mostly buy things online. It was a total logistical nightmare. Enter Greenlight. It is the perfect balance between simplicity and features. I got the account setup in a few minutes, cards came a few days later. I have scheduled transfers setup for the kids job pay. I can also add additional money to their cards with three clicks if they do something extra. It's easy to take money away if I need to doc their pay for any reason. Everything in life should be this easy! I just had to replace a lost card. It took less then 5 minutes on the automated phone system. First lost card is free. So far, everything on this app is fast, easy, and works perfectly. This was a great idea for an app and implemented very, very well. It saves me a ton of headache every week. Thanks Greenlight!!.Version: 1.12.1

Overall good app but needs better app functionalityI love greenlight. But they added new updates where it was harder to see the reason for transactions, which might bot sound that big, but when you need to add money into savings each time you earn money (not gift money), it got really annoying having to click on each and every transaction to see what the transfer of money was for. Usually when you swipe from the left corner in most apps, you can go back, but in Greenlight you have to press the back button on the top left corner. Just little things that make me a little more frustrated. Theres also the fact that when you create a profile photo you have to resize their face in a rectangle box. It even SOUNDS weird. Oh well, I’ll still be using greenlight. But if you're seeing this Greenlight, please make this app more polished 💚.Version: 5.5.1

Great, but lacking the features we needThis app is amazing but there are a couple features that I would love to see added in the near future. First: Customizable buttons on the send money screen. It would be great to have the option of customizing the amounts. I never use any of the five preset options that are there on the screen and always end up clicking the “other” button and manually entering in the amount of money I want to send. Second: Saved/Reuseable chores. My son gets a certain amount of money per chore and doesn’t have set days to do them. He gets paid whenever he does it. For example he gets 50 cents when he helps us put the laundry in the washer (he’s 4 lol) so that can happen every day or every 3 days depending, so the weekly chores option doesn’t work for us. We have to use the one time chore option. But we have to manually add the same chores over and over again. It would be great to have chores that we can select/duplicate instead of manually filling in all the details every time..Version: 4.23.1

GREENLIGHT DEBIT CARD FOR KIDS IS THE BESTI rate this app a 5 out of 5 star rating (five out of five star rating) because it is a a great app for kids like me. Greenlight Debit Card for Kids is also good for kids to learn about money. I recommend Greenlight Debit Card for Kids to you guys because it is a the best app for kids to learn about money, pay for things with a Master Card, and more with the Greenlight Debit Card for Kids app. There is only 1 bug (one bug) that I noticed and that is when I try to change my profile picture it does not work. I would be happy if the people who made this app will fix that bug. The parents or guardians and the kid will need the Greenlight Debit Card for Kids app on their devices for this to work. Please keep in mind that if you order your Greenlight Debit Card for Kids it will take a while like mine did. Download Greenlight Debit Card for Kids for free today on the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Also I think you can also set up Greenlight Debit Card for Kids on the website..Version: 4.20.1

Good, but could be better.I do not want to draw this review out very long so I will get straight to the point. I do enjoy using the app and setting up each child account so they can spend money using a card but also practice on saving and giving money to local charities that they are familiar with too. The number one thing I DO NOT like is the cost. This app will cost you $60 a year to operate. I do understand it is unique and offer you some flexibility but I can see within a matter of a year another app will come out for free. But at the same time this is not a dealbreaker just know I will not hesitate to go with another business that offer the same thing for free or low cost. Secondly which is fairly a big deal to me is notifications. Yes you do receive notifications on when your child has spent money on something or their card has been declined because of insufficient funds. Once you view the notifications you are UNABLE to view them again. Vanish forever never to be seen again. I wish there was a way to review notifications similar to how you can review their account transaction history. Once again not a dealbreaker but, it seem like this was a no-brainer when it comes to practical uses for an app, especially when dealing with children spending money using a "real" debt card for the 1st time..Version: 3.20.1

Almost perfectWhile this is a great tool to teach kids how to use money, it is just missing some final touches to be a 5 star app. Everything in the app (and the card) works perfectly. What is missing is the ability to create savings goals under “spend” so that kids can learn how to save for reoccurring debts (like Minecraft or Roblox Club). While this can be done via the savings portion of the app, it also needs to be available under spend as well. We want our kids to realize that if you don’t save some of your available for a service it just won’t work. Since the goals are under savings only there is no easy way for the kids to feel how monthly bills can drain resources. Adding goals under spend would be a huge plus. Lastly I wish when my child signed in they did not need to refresh the screen to see their current balance. Our daughters sign in each time thinking they have more money than they do until we refresh it. Will move this to a 5 star app if these two items are addressed..Version: 3.13.1

Love this app, could be better (specifically for trans youth)I am a teenager who uses greenlight every day. My parents got it two years ago and I have used it ever since. It works well for me as a high schooler who goes out often and it works well for my mom to be able to still manage my money in some way or another. I can’t speak for the parents that use greenlight but I will say there are some things on the kids end that could change especially when it comes to trans kids. I myself am trans and when I went to change my name in the app so people at coffee shops and fast food restaurants would stop calling out my deadname (as that is what comes up when i use my card) I couldn’t find an option to change my name in the app. I also recently had to get a new account and when doing this there were only two options for gender and as a non-binary person I did not feel seen. I completely understand this is not your main concern with the app right now but I can speak for all trans and non-binary youth who use your app when I say we would like to be seen and accounted for. Thank you for your consideration..Version: 4.23.1

Kid approvedMy kids love this program and are asking for like 50% interest on their money to help motivate them to save. When I was a kid my Step Dad would match me dollar for dollar on everything I deposited into the bank up until I was old enough to buy my own car at 17. This app can work the same way if you set the interest high and it would be fun for them to watch their money grow faster. Granted it’s not realistic because I don’t even get more than a percent at my local bank but for 8-13 year-olds it’s extremely motivating. I hope I can encourage a saving mindset doing this until they turn 18 and see how it goes from there. Great way to get ready to build credit carefully with credit cards and opening up their their own FIRST cell phone service plan. I am also going to put the babysitter/tutor on one of these cards to get her paid and offer incentives. I don’t mind bribing my kids with money to get A’s. So it takes my B student a lot of extra work to earn the big bucks A’s come with. This is a great way to reward them and this app makes it so easy. I love Greenlight as much as they do..Version: 3.14.0

Best tool for my teen to manage his money!As the world around us changes, so must we. Gone are the days of weekly tangible allowances and chore boards. My tech savvy son was excited to have a credit card and ready to earn some ‘spending’ money. The app is very user friendly allowing me to designate chores, as well as chore days and frequency. I like the ability to break up the allowance given between ‘spend, save, and charity’ and the ability to pause the allowance (if needed) or transfer extra money onto his card if he earns it. Through the app my son can see the amount of money he’s earned and has already put his earnings into a special category, he created, as a way to focus on maintaining his goal. He feels more in control of his allowance money/spending (but you can restrict places they spend money on if it gets out of hand-like video games) and we as a family have an easy way to keep track of his ‘chores’ and financial progress..Version: 4.0.5

Love the AppGreenlight is great. We have 3 kids. The ability to manage allowance and set which parts of the allowance go where (savings, spending, investing) is top notch. The integrated investing is great and does well to explain it as well. Although if you’re an adult I would use other investing apps as I takes a bit long to get your money when you sell stock, I invested $500 to show my kids how it works and it took about a week to get it back, you have to fill out a request to refund back onto your debit card. Parent paid interest is also another great incentive to save and teach responsible spending. Overall the app is great, we also got a line of credit and got additional credit cards for all 3 children. The only thing I can gripe about is the location sharing, we have and still use Life360 for that, the location of my kids did not update quickly and in real time so we just disabled it..Version: 5.18.0

Love it - just one thing missing to make it 5 starsLove this app - tell everyone about it and I love all the added features with the new update. We have one request, can you please add the ability to search/sort deposits within each child’s individual section. Currently you can search (each child’s account individually) and sort transactions by date and store however there isn’t a way to do the same for “deposits” (unless I’m overlooking it somewhere). I know we can view funding history for the parents wallet but this requires the user to literally go line by line to view each and without any sorting options to select either by child or date we have to write down and keep tally when needed. I believe most users would find it most helpful if you could add options to search for this information. We’d like to be able to go into an individual child’s “account” and for example also be able to search/view all deposits/money added from parents wallet for a given time period and just for the individual child. I hope I’ve made clear what the is missing and requested. Please let me know if not. Thanks!.Version: 2.5.1

How this app is so goodI like this app because it’s for kids and grown-ups or teenagers and it shows how much money you have. It’s really cool because you can choose your savings and what you want to save up to and I think it’s just really cool because you should get the app. It is really cool. You can save up to gas stations and even grocery stores and it comes with a card if you set up your greenlight account it’s a really cool app so if you want to have a really cool card, you should allows you to put in your savings like do you want an iPhone you can get an iPhone if you want to TV you can get anything you want when you save up to I think you should get this app because it is really really really really really really cool and it works out good with kids, teenagers and even grown-ups if you are a kid, your parent can manage your account It should be so cool if you’re a kid you’re a parent can manage your account and it’s really fun because it can automatically add money. You should get the app if you don’t already have it. It is one of the best apps you should get it by it for free and the kids can also request you for money. Have fun and enjoy getting money. And don’t forget. Stay tuned for my other reviews..Version: 5.32.0

Almost there but could use a couple of added featuresI absolutely LOVE the idea of this app and the card to go with it. We’re super excited to start using it. BUT here are the things that could give it a 5 star rating.... 1. Add the ability for 2 parent wallets for the kids cards. With the world today and the divorce rate, there are so many split households so having the ability for each family to have access to the kids cards would be amazing! I even think you could double your profit by charging $5 per parent wallet. 2. Having the ability to require a chore to be completed for the kids to get paid their allowance. I chose to go with this app because of the debit card feature but a friend of mine has a different app where he can assign chores which are “required for allowance”. If those chores are not completed, they don’t get their allowance. He can then also assign chores which are assigned extra money and can be redeemed as well (which I know is also a feature of Greenlight). 3. Last, I think there should be a parent approval process so the kids can be held accountable for what they are saying they completed before the allowance goes out. Those are the things that would really help our family and I’m sure other families out there. Hopefully these things can be implemented soon so we can use the app to the fullest. Thank you for your consideration!.Version: 3.7.0

IncompetentUPDATE: Was on the phone with them for almost 2 hours. Their call center finally transferred me to somebody in the states. They looked into our problem and found that there was some glitch in their system that was stopping my child’s card from being printed. They were able to fix the glitch and waived the $35 expedited shipping fee to get the card to us in two days. I’m glad we got it figured out. I’ll change my review if this ever gets resolved BUT this company is completely incompetent. I love the idea of this service and it has worked for one of my children BUT, I signed two of my kids up and over a month later have yet to receive a card for my second child. I received a card right away for one of them and over a month later and 4+ phone calls later have yet to receive a card for my other child. The first few times I called about it they said wait 7-10 business days for it to arrive. Nothing. Called again and demanded expedited shipping which they waived the fee for. Still NOTHING! How can you use a service if they make it impossible for you to use it? I either get this child’s card this week or I’m taking my business to a more competent competitor… :/.Version: 5.18.0

Overall Great, Still Hoping for a Couple TweaksI love the quick responsiveness moving money between accounts. I love being informed as soon as one of my children makes a purchase. What I still wish for is an easier user interface for ALL tasks. Some features, like allowing or disallowing a child to move money from their savings to spending, I still struggle to find again, although I have used them in the past. I wish it were set up like my credit union app. There are times I need to move money out of a child's account back to the parent's so they can pay me back for something and that sometimes is trickier for me to find. Finally, I LOVE the jobs option, but I would like it to be something I can set to daily or once a week without having to reset/retype it in each time the child completes it. I use this for jobs that the child is not necessarily required to do, but if they complete it without being told, they earn money. The hope is to instill in them an independence in helping with household chores..Version: 5.18.0

Great except one major flawI love the Greenlight app for managing chores and allowance for my kids! I wish it was easier to set up chores once, then assign them to each kid. Instead I have to set up the same chores multiple times for each kid. For example, I want each child to put away their laundry every day, so I have to create a new identical chore for every kid instead of just creating the chore once, and selecting which kids I want to apply it to. Same thing for jobs. I have a list of about 20 extra jobs around the house to earn extra money, and I have to create each one duplicated for every child I have. I wish I could create the chore/job lists on the parent page, and just assign them out to one or multiple children so I only have to create them once. Or even if there was a ‘copy to’ button to copy a chore/job to another child’s list. Imagine a family with 6+ kids, the set up would take forever. I only have 2 kids and I’m annoyed I have to create each chore/job twice..Version: 5.31.0

Best App for kidsGreenLight is a perfect example for getting kids ready for when they mature and get older now through their life there are gonna be times when they want to spend there money on something they don’t need so GreenLight helps with that if you were to add and allowance for your kids you can make them do chores for their weekly allowance so let’s say you give you child or your children a weekly allowance of $15 then $3 will go towards saving and they can save what up for whatever they want for example I'm saving up for a gaming chair I will save up till I get that chair and ask a parent to use there general savings account money for what they want, another account that there is is a giving account which once you click on the giving account it will give you a list of websites for you to donate or give to for examples don’t to Dog shelters or other things but if your weekly allowance was $15 then $2 would go towards giving and after a few months you will have what you want in no time! So GreenLight is definitely the best option and if you go on there site and do the following you will one ☝️ month FREE!.Version: 5.18.0


😕 Greenlight Kids & Teen Banking Negative Reviews
Applications with positive comments similar to Greenlight Kids & Teen Banking
Barber Cartel positive reviews, comments
Barber Cartel Positive ReviewsSTARAPP SISTEMAS LTDA MELifestyle2023-12-13
AGROPELOBRASIL positive reviews, comments
AGROPELOBRASIL Positive ReviewsFira Soft Desenvolvimento de Softwares LTDA MEEntertainment2023-12-13
ATB positive reviews, comments
ATB Positive ReviewsDELTA NETWORKS (XIAMEN) LTDUtilities2023-12-13