READYSAVE 529 4+

Easy to make contributions

I have three grand children and if I want to make a contribution I have it set up to be taken out of my checking account. I just click on the one child that I want to contribute and click on which bank account I want and boom it’s done. Thank you for making it all so simple!

I like the funds, but app missing basic features

I really like the Vanguard funds used, very low fees and good historical performance. However, the app is missing basic features like, what is my account’s yield performance in % for the month/year/5 years etc. If I have multiple accounts, how do their yield %s compare and what is my overall yield over multiple time horizons? What is the AA of each fund I invest in? Can I compare my current fund performance to others available in NYSaves? If I have an end goal amount, am I on track to reach it? I understand this is not a day trading app, but a little more sophistication is needed to give it 4-5 stars.

Not very useful

It’s nice to finally have an app for our 529 account, but one of my big frustrations with the web portal has always been how difficult it is to find detailed information about investment performance and to make changes. This app is even less useful. Really the only actions you can take are to add money to your account and check the account balance. It has a chart telling overall performance, but no way to check performance of individual investments, re-balance investments or do anything else.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for sharing your feedback. We value input from users like you to help us improve the READYSAVE 529 experience. While we’re not currently offering detailed performance information and investment changes in the app, we’ll be adding new features and functionality throughout 2021. Please check back soon!