Public - Stocks/Bonds/Crypto App Reviews

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I’m done with these clowns. Look if u want to trade in stocks go to Robinhood or Webull… every time u do something u have to post y u are doing it… it is annoying… if you want to trade in crypto go get a MetaMask wallet and fund it…. U can’t stake on here u can’t transfer “your” coins out… and if u r sitting there saying well does that make them deserve a 1 star… no that would get them a 3… they have a 1 star because I can’t withdraw settled cash that they say is available because my card has a “different” address… but I have only lived in one place since opening both accounts… I have tried to contact them but I have no clue when I will hear back as they don’t have a wait time on their support…. I’m a grave yard shift person and I don’t expect them to b up all night… but telling me when I can expect to hear from them shouldn’t b that hard of a task… the markets are open right now so they “should” b available for help…

Easiest brokerage account app to use. No matter if you are a beginner or experienced investor, you can’t deny this is the easiest, most accessible app out of all investment platforms. Although eTrade is my primary account, I love using this app for my play money because of how the app is set up to give me all the info I need to buy/sell, and even takes the time to teach investors about all things investing in their faq page. I am actually amazed by the idea behind this app and love that I am able to follow Wall Street icons and peak into their portfolios for inspiration. I will always recommend this app to my friends that wanna get into investing

Warning, scam alert. One is a scam be aware they have stolen money from me almost a year and a half ago now to the day that I still have not gotten the money with interest that they are being. Any interest comes from the fact that they are a hold on my money and pretty much didn’t give it to me so I put my acceptable. Anyway, there’s a bitcoin scam on this application. It’s a whole bunch of Nigerian scammers. They even gave me the full rundown on how they get on the platform. I explain to the people can support what was going on. They close my account and kept my money He said that they would send me a check in the mail. I informed him that I’m no longer friends at the address that was on file. I sent the money for my cash app. It said that they would not send the money back to Cash and then asked for my bank account I explain to them, but I didn’t feel comfortable with giving them that information after learning and seeing all of the scammers at work on the platform. When I explain that to them, they said that they send me a check in the mail and I told him that I wanted to make the same way that they had received it. I wanted it that I didn’t think that I didn’t think that was an unreasonable request. But they took my money and zeros of the year and a half later and I’m just continuing to leave a review for let people know please stay away, protect yourself. This platform is gonna wind up on the episode of American greed I guarantee it.

Don’t invest with Public...Hard to get you money back. It’s been over 10 business days, I sold off all my shares, my cash withdrawal took 4 business days to settle, I tried to withdrawal my $390 cash and transfer into my bank account, 3 times the withdrawal goes into pending status, but keeps on failing. I had to email Public several times explaining my situation. They couldn’t explain to me why, other then they advised me to delink my bank account. Now, I have to wait until the small deposit goes in again. Then I’ll try to withdrawal my cash out. My other problem is my cash rewards or profits I made from Public still hasn’t settled. It’s been over 7 business days. Until that happens I can’t transfer that money I made into my cash withdrawal, then transfer into my bank account. Worst experience from trading. You can only communicate by email only that’s another issue.

If you like not being able to deposit funds or withdraw funds this is the app for you. I’ve been trying all week to update my address with the app to match my card since I just moved. I sent them all the right info even mail from the current address as more proof. Yet somehow they are still unable to update that simple bit of information. I don’t understand how a simple address update is so difficult. Also the means they use to link your bank account (plaid) simply doesn’t work, and to match perfectly with that you can’t withdraw any funds unless you link your bank account. They let you deposit funds initially so you can start investing but they they changed it. Saying that was a “beta testing stage” and not I can no longer do that. So now I’m left not being able to deposit funds or withdraw funds which ruins the entire point of a stock trading app.

Interesting. This is not written in anger though it may seem so. I have many investing apps that work great. However this particular app is very difficult to access any type of support. They have an automated system which attempts to answer your questions, but falls short and does not offer a way to explain the issue to an AI or person that can help. In my circumstance I continue to get an insufficient funds error when I try to deposit. Of course, this is not the case, I have adequate funding in my bank account. I tried to access support, and followed the bot’s instructions on how to remedy this situation. It did not work. I returned to support to attempt to access an AI or person who could remedy the situation. Instead of being able to access any type of reasonable support it simply repeats the previous instructions. My advice is to move to a better investing platform such as WeBull or Robinhood. Once Public has addressed this issue it might be much better, but until then steer clear of this app. Please disregard the reviews that say they are WeBull and Robinhood users that now like this app. Those two apps are by far superior to this app.

VALID APPLICATION! 5 star…. Not only is there a referral for free stock (which is great) but this app lets you invest in certain cryptos and most stock, as well as being almost like a twitter for finance! ALSO it’s like super easy to use, (hint) when an application has an easy user base it’s trajectory for success is much higher than a complicated user base (obviously) …. So props to Public for that! Also the reason why it’s a 5 star and not a 4 is becuase I actually DID have one problem…. I didn’t receive my free stock at first even though my reference made an account and bought $1 worth, BUT I simply ASKED the support team on app and they noticed and gave me my free stock ! I was prepared to just sit and wait for ever like Robinhood 😂😂but they answered right away ! So nice 👍🏼 also this is not a bot typing this out, I just was really happy when I got my stock I deserved so they deserve some A1 feedback 🤣😭🅿️

Worse liars, and jealous stuff. They restricted my account due to my conversation with friends someone a few people I don’t know got jealous of me and they told me my account will be removed from restriction? I waited and it was not remove at all. They also withdraw some of my funds from the beginning when I open my account? I ask they what happened to my 14 dollars. They told me I didn’t have enough to cover and they had to use their money which seem suspicious because I had the money in my checking account o transfer why would you use your money? They say my account was short? And after they reimburse me only 5 dollars back meaning they they took my $14 dollars. My advice Becareful with this company a few people told me they are also prejudice and deceiving. Also their transaction is very slow to transfer takes about 5 or 7 business days to get your funds into the account.

Public has become part of my daily life. Public investing app has gone through a lot of very useful updates. I had to update my review, to reflect the positive updates public has made on their investing app. I’ve been using Public for almost a year now. It’s part of my daily life. The Public App is useful, Secure, reliable and most importantly a convenient way of investing! I would never pay someone else to handle my investments for me! It is in my best interest to do it myself! Anyone can use the Public app it’s very simple. Public has no hidden fees. The community on public is positive, friendly, and helpful! Positivity promotes progress, and progress equals growth in more ways than one. Thank you Public for your hard work on improving your app!

Some really bad customer service. I transferred money into my public account, expecting it to be able to be withdrawn. Turns out you have to wait a long time, unlike other apps like Webull, to withdrawal your money. When I asked customer service about the date I’ll be able to withdrawal my cash, they gave me a date of “Tuesday, may 26th.” May 26th of this year is a Friday. I waited until may 26th to recover my funds, but I was still unable to. Texting the help center again. They tell me I’ll be able to withdrawal it on “Tuesday, may 26th” and that I have to “wait patiently until MAY 26th.” TODAY IS MAY 26th and it’s a FRIDAY. I told the customer service guy that it is wrong. And the date is wrong. There is no Tuesday may 26th. His response was “apologies, your true date will be, Tuesday, may 26th.” Once again I told him he was wrong. No response for the past 3 hours. Will never be using this app again. Insane how low customer service is on this app.

I became a fan. I have to say i wrote a bad review when i start on this platform almost a year ago . But i totally became a fan over time . Why ? They are on top with their customer service and there is always somebody to talk to , they are proactive , they listen your feedback and i see how they improved over the last few months . Now they listing cryptos and after requested 2 weeks ago SHIBA, they were quick to respond saying they were working on it , and now they going to have it . I really love the social media aspect and the fact you can follow and interact with people . Of course there is always rooms for improvements , like for example,i would like the dividends section being more accessible but hey i know they are on the right path .

Decent functionality but some serious and troubling flaws. Overall that app looks nice and it’s easy to navigate, but be careful if you’re purchasing at market price on this app the spread is pretty BIG. - the selection of stocks and ETFs is quite good -the first thing I noticed is that there’s no individual history for buying and selling as well as dividends for individual stocks -second the chart is OK but doesn’t really accurately portray pricing movements -I think my rating could’ve been somewhere between three and four stars except for this one fact when you sell stock and try to withdraw back to your account there is literally a glacial pace- example recently sold several stocks and ETFs had to wait SEVEN business days for it to change status from ‘unsettled cash’ to ‘available to withdraw’ status and only after I emailed the service desk did it magically shift so I could withdraw; once withdraw via ach was selected it just sits there under ‘pending’ status without posting-I guess I’m supposed to email again to remind Public to take care of processing my withdraw. As a user of several different stock, ETF, real estate, and crypto investing apps this is by far the absolute slowest in getting your own money back. /note -i’ve been using this app since last February and have made several withdrawals and have experienced issues on five out of six withdrawals not a very good track record.

Do not use this site. Public may act like it has no fees but that is wrong. They will sell you stocks and coins at an inflated margin to where you need several points to even even out on the get go. They will also take a percentage when you sell to where you will lose money from on every single investment period. They do not allow money withdrawal for a minimum of 90 days. I know many people on here who are having to wait way longer than that. The crypto market is not filled with as much variety as 90% of all other apps that allow crypto exchange. The social platform is ok however many offer a degree of communication platform to where it’s really not a huge plus. It’s more of yeah we have that too. The tipping is useless and doesn’t inspire better buys or sells its more yet another way for publics to pull extra money from you than they already take from your coins and stocks. There are sooooo many better platforms out there. DO NOT USE THIS ONE! It borders on scamming you. None of this is above board until you realize half way through and have to wait 90+ days to back out or get your funds.

Request for more information. I signed up for Public because after reviewing the app and it’s features I liked what saw. After depositing money I noticed that it kept saying that it was pending. I then noticed that they were reviewing my account. After several days I inquired about the status of my account and was told that they were waiting for additional documentation and provided a list of acceptable documents. I took screen shot of my car insurance statement and uploaded it. I received a response that stated that screen shots were unacceptable and that I need to upload via PDF. I uploaded the PDF. I then got a message stating that because I opened my account more than 30 days ago and didn’t send them the required documents within that time frame, then I would have start over with a new a different e-mail address. I never received a request for additional documentation or I would have sent it. There are plenty of other investment apps out there, so I will choose one them instead.

Robbin/ Webull User. Hello reviewers, this is an app that has caught my eye since I’ve been investing. Robbin has a waiting list for fractional shares and as someone who doesn’t have 10k-100k to throw in the market. This is a great advantage for them, easy to use and my favorite you actually have to put in the WORK and TIME to find the stocks you want to invest in. It’s not like Robbinhood where you can copy others on Facebook, but they do have some themes for beginners to look into and not all of them penny stocks. My lesson for anyone getting in the market is that someone else anit gonna do it for you, put in that work and time specially now since everything is at a discount! The app it self could use a dark themed or more creative categories. Not have options isn’t that big of a deal. I’ll stick with the day trading and long term strategy and remember “if you anit losing, then your winning” stay humble, let’s get rich~ Theo

Beware of Apex Clearing. Public uses Apex Clearing who famously restricting trading on GameStop and other securities during peak volatility (think Robinhood). This move absolutely screwed millions of retail investors and saved hedge funds and clearinghouses (themselves) from margin calls. They can’t be trusted not to do something similar or worse again. Furthermore, Public does not give access to premarket/aftermarket which could cause major lost opportunities. The charts are virtually useless. Altogether it’s a trading app for kids, which might be appealing to some but not a place where I want to put my hard earned money to work for me. Add to this they have no customer service number that I can find. Very unsettling to have investments in a place where I can’t TALK to anyone about them. I don’t want to message some rep and share emojis but if you’re into that kind of thing have at it. You’ve been warned.

Not Trustworthy. One sentence? Do not trust this application. Longer story? Okay - never trust this application due to the inept development and support teams. Time and time again they offer no help to current users and only put effort towards advancing their roadmap. For two months now my account has been unusable due to a stock symbol change. Anyone who’s been around the game knows this happens regularly, especially with small cap companies. But for Public? It’s a death sentence. They cannot/will not provide the necessary support to make my account usable in any capacity. Cash balance, daily P/L, holdings —- all wrong. I’ve been in contact with support multiple times and have now been upgraded to the “Do No Reply” portion of their ticketing system. No really… I only receive “support” from Director level employees who do nothing except say sweet nothings and apologize. It’s a good thing this business has multiple oversight agencies who will hopefully do something about this failure to act because it’s absolutely foul.

Love the app but.... I love this app after going from multiple platforms and trying my money constantly this one has been my favorite. It has quick deposits and is easy to navigate and understand. I have already recommended family and friends to this app. But being someone who has a little bit more knowledge with the market I would prefer an option to see candlesticks instead of a plain chart line since it gives a little bit keep detailed information on how the price performed at a certain time. I know it’s more common in forex and crypto but it would just be a nice touch to add. Besides that I can’t say too much bad about it, has a social aspect and even dm options.

Incessant Notifications. The interface is good, but I can’t abide an app constantly sending me useless and incessant notifications. Even if you have all notifications turned off within the app’s own settings menu, you will still be bombarded daily with alerts that have zero relation to your portfolio or interests. Public lacks an honest notifications interface and merely has the appearance of granularity. The reality is far from it. I had to take the nuclear option and turn off all notifications at the iOS-level setting, meaning that I have to sacrifice the few notifications I actually do want: important notices about my account. And it’s all because all of these spam notifications that Public won’t let users filter out. The app itself is great, but I don’t need more spam in my life and the way they handle notifications feels downright gross. It’s a low-brow way to demand attention from their users and up their “engagement.” I expect this kind of bottom-feeding dark UX pattern from apps like Facebook, but not from a supposedly social-conscious app like Public. For people who don’t want to spend every day being reminded or spammed into messing with their investment portfolio, it becomes a huge turnoff and has led me to stop using Public. I recommend you avoid this app and use another service like Robinhood instead.

Glad I switched this from Robinhood. I want be on app where they treat me as a customer not a selling product. Public has pledged not to get involved in PFOP (Payment for order flow) and I was sold right there. I was skeptical about the interactive part of it where you can connect other retail investors and see what they have in their portfolio and watch list, i felt invasive in beginning but now i think I kinda like it. Not giving 5 stars because i do see there’s lot of room of improvement, timing is a crucial factor in investing fast moving stocks, not making cash deposits available instantly can be deal breaker for me and mane, i m currently forced to simultaneously using other exchange just because of that reason. But I believe they would consider this and ready to give them some time to work on this. also as a bitcoin enthusiast giving option to buy bitcoin could be a good addition.

A Great App For Trading!. I love this app! It’s really fantastic and easy to use for anyone, even beginners. I started out with Robinhood but quickly made Public my priority app for stocks. Now they even offer Crypto. I was a little leery at first, my brother as well, as far as the social media aspect goes but it actually works. You can get advice from investors that know what their talking about or just read and see what others are investing in. Some people even mimic top investors moves (on a smaller scale) and make money. The only drawback for me is linking your bank account should be easier. The first time wasn’t that difficult but after my bank changed from Simple to BBVA, I still haven’t been able to verify my new account so I’m stuck not being able to withdrawal money from stock that I’ve sold. I know it’s for security but it would be nice if they had a better process. All in all though, a solid app and I highly recommend.

Worst investing app. READ THIS ASAP THIS APP IS GREAT FOR STARTERS I had great times investing with this app but the only problem I have with this app is the only problem and everyone should know this problem before using the app I use 50 to invest and made 300 out of it sell all my shares and waiting a couple days for the cash to be withdraw able after it said it was able to be withdraw i withdrawld it and it said it would be in my account in no lsd the. 3 business days. It showed up in my account and I lost out on 300 dollars pls read this before using this app this is how they make there money problems hT will never be fix and now in my account I have 0 dollars in it so not only did I lose 300 but they made it look like I never had it now

Account Frozen and No Response from Support. First off, i like public. I’ve had it for about 3 months. They explain cash account violations to you, which may be why my account is frozen. But every time you sell a stock, you are immediately given an equal amount of “buying power” even though the cash from the transaction clears two days later. That would seem to encourage fast trading that would lead to cash account violations. Furthermore, in your account details there’s a meter that’s supposed to track your violations to let you know if you’re on thin ice. This feature either does not work, or my account it frozen for some unknown reason and it is taking more than 24 hours to hear back from support. I think Public is better than the other app brokers. But buying power seems to encourage what they want to prevent, which is “day trading” and if you’re gonna freeze my account you better have a clear communication system in place

This app is trash. First of all they don’t have any customer service and the customer service that they do have is ONLY through email and sometimes they don’t even respond. I had a question on why I can’t sell this certain stock and they haven’t emailed me back.(it’s been ten days) Today I wanted to sell my stocks but my account was frozen because I haven’t traded in a long time. That’s why they froze my account. Very mad with public. I have instances where I can’t do anything with my account and some instances where I have a negative cash balance when I haven’t even touched my account. They took some of my money once and invested in a stock without my knowledge. All in all I think that this is the worst all you could have for trading. Use E*TRADE or webull instead. Forgot to mention you can’t trade more than twice a day or you’ll get a hit on your account after three hits they restrict your account for 90 days after 4 hits they restrict your account for up to 12 months. Very disappointed.

Terrible Customer Service & More. I’ve been emailing Public time and time again about issue I am having over their app. It takes them over a week to respond, and when they do, it seems like they just pick a copy and paste response that matches my issue. On top of that, their basic in app support is so hard to get through when you just want to send a custom message. I’ve emailed them about multiple issues with their app that threatened my Portfolio and gave suggestions. They responded but only addressed one, and not the actual issues. On top of that, one of the companies I’m invested in, just went through a merger and made it final Friday the 30th of April. Public had 2 days to finalize the merger and follow the merger requirements. Yet they took their time, and I lost money because of it. I do not feel safe with keeping my money with a company that is so hard to get ahold of and is failing to support their customers. On top of that, there are so many other apps that have a way better social community than Pubic like Webull. So I will at some point, be transferring all my holdings and cash, over to Webull. They have so many more trading options and you can even open an IRA there. PS: I see other reviews like this one and Public responds to it. So Public, if you do respond, you best be ready to make a phone call and appropriately address all issues on your app.

Later public. App is pretty good, I really liked it at first. The community is dope and I was new to investing so getting to watch others who were experienced helped a lot. Biggest problem here is getting your money back. It takes ages (up to a week) for money from sold assets to be available to withdraw. Then it takes up to a week to withdraw to your bank. You should be able to do this instant through Apple Pay or a debit up to a certain amount. I also don’t like that I can’t send/receive my crypto or anything like I could with a wallet. Literally all I can do with crypto here is buy it or sell it. Oh and it’ll be a week or two before you can get it back. Gonna be moving everything into crypto and using a wallet from now on. It was good while it lasted✌️

Gave two because I made money at first. The lousy thing is the customer support. You receive generic copy and pasted reply’s with no real help. My accounts been frozen for months with no response and limited to only selling. I’m sorry that I out performed the market and your expert that are only paid Influensters that give horrible investment advice. ( good look when you hire nude models to attract customers) when that all started the app went down hill. I will be filing multiple complaints with the bbb. I’ve found numerous illegal activities that the company and employees have performed. Good luck trading with this crap app as soon as you make profits they freeze your account. Update. Wow I finally got a response. To answer your message. No thank you. I do not wish to waste more of my time to hear a generic response with no resolve. It’s sad to get a response you must give a bad review. Very disappointing experience.

Why didn’t I download this sooner.... You’ll ask yourself why you didn’t download this app sooner. Mostly because you were using an application which you thought cared about a part-time, small investor and you felt confident that it was secure and wouldn’t let you down when you needed it most, right? Yeah yeah, I know. You’ve had some good times and it was easy to use and even though you were literally stripped of accessibility to the “free-market” and you were left in the dark about why, you want to give it a second chance. DONT, leave that abusive relationship and join Public NOW. First of all, their staff obviously loves working there, believe in the product, and it shows. Their transparency and customer support is incredible. They were easy to get a hold of when I had a question. It is extremely easy to use so it will feel reminiscent of other platforms you may have used in that respect. The social feed tab is fantastic and gives you an insight to the current events happening as well as investing portfolios of friends and people you follow. You also have the ability to transfer your portfolio from anywhere else to Public for free. You have wasted enough time reading my review so go and create your account now, you won’t regret it.

Easy for beginners, great customer service. Let me just start by saying the customer service is the best service I’ve ever seen on an app. I had a situation about my account not letting me get approved for over a week, and all it took was a day of a couple texts back and forth to resolve the issue. YOU WONT FIND THAT ANYWHERE ELSE. Also, my boyfriend and I our new to stocks and this app really helps you learn how to deal with stocks and what times of strategy’s there are. Also, you can see what other people are putting their money into stocks which helps you learn what stocks are good too get. I love how the app helps everyone out with the stock market making it easy and fun for everyone!!!!

good app but customer reps need improvement. I downloaded this app because of Graham Stephen. I enjoy the interactivity of the app as well as getting live updates and having all the stock news streamlined and easily available. I made the error of transferring my original brokerage to Public. I had emailed customer support to cancel the transfer but they replied saying it was too late and that the transfer had already cleared. I submitted a recall of my positions at least 2-3 times and all I got were replies that they would be contacting their clearing firm. Unfortunately it seems like they do not have clear communication with their clearing firm which is Apex. They kept telling me to contact my own brokerage to see if “my account was clear to receive the recall.” This kept up for at least 3-4 weeks and emailing them and only getting a reply it will be back in my account from 7-10 business days. My brokerage had not received any transfer request whatsoever. I ended up having to manually request a transfer from my original brokerage account as the Public team was no help and kept me in a loop around. I do not recommend you transfer all your accounts to this platform as customer service doesn’t have any idea of what goes on with their clearing firm. Use it with some money you have to play around but not your whole entire portfolio. They will keep your money hostage like other previous reviewers have said.

You will not get your money if you cash out it takes a few days maybe a couple weeks. So now I’m afraid to cash out because I’m not gonna be able to get my money when I need it takes a long time for them to give me your money back that if you get it back the full amount hopefully they improve instead of waiting it don’t make sense when you can just deposit money quick and easy but you can’t get your money quick and easy that doesn’t make sense I would understand one day or two but five days six days a week sometimes that’s really tough right now we’re living in tough times people need money now that be nice if they can approve this and you’re able to cash out your money when you need it and there’s hidden fees to it’s hard to get a hold of them takes about 24 hours by time you hear from them it would be nice to cash out your money ASAP just like we put money in this app it should be the same take out the money like the other apps The other apps let you cash out the same day I just never understand that maybe he hast to go through seven different people until he gets approved I don’t know they need to work on this

NEEDS IMPROVED DETAILS. I’d rate the app higher but they’re missing very simple features that should be in every investing platform. It’s the little details that matter to people. There’s no way of telling how much money you’ve spent investing in stocks. The only thing they tell you is your account worth which doesn’t help. So all you see if your account worth and then the money gained or lost underneath. So to find out how much you’ve gained and or lost you have to add or subtract the gains or losses from your account value. I find that extremely unsatisfying that just to find out the amounts you’ve invested you have to leave the app and figure it out on a calculator or write down in a note pad each time you add money. And I’m sure it’s a extremely easy feature to add. I’m not sure why it hasn’t already been added. Pretty sure anyone investing would like to know how much they actually invested especially if you’re someone like me who has recurring investing turned on. Also for uninvested cash it would be nice if users of the app would be able to earn interest, something that almost every brokerage offers. Apart from that the layout of everything is very easy and pleasant to use. Would definitely like to see more improvements within the app. Public has high potential.

Three months in…. Ive been using the app for three months now. I like the community for their openness, positivity and knowledge, I like the app for its simplicity of use. Yes, there are moments when my account is out if sync, but the app lets me know it will be updated soon and it usually is resolved without issue. I was a skeptic on investing but so far have had a few bumps as I start researching and investing, but have had a lot more gains. My only complaint would be that I can’t invest in crypto at the moment because I live in NY. If I lived elsewhere I would be able to, but you can’t if you live in NY. Hopefully that can be fixed soon.

Stay Away!! When the day comes you be glad!!!. Customer Service is Non-Existent, Apple Needs to step in and remove them from the App Store, they will at some point mess up and take your money, with no way to contact or get assistance. You are trusting your money with unregulated Snake Oils Salesperson…. Make the move now to an established company!! These people deserve jail time for what they do. 9 months in and they still have yet to respond even to my States AG!! Stay Away from Public!! First there isn’t a Customer Service to Speak off!! Second when their system makes a mistake in App, they will expect you to cover it!! Stay Away!! App reported the number of shares I had double a few months ago, then was corporate event locking the stock, after that was removed, sold stock, now they are putting me on the Hook for Extra Stock that their app told me I owned. Be warned!! Even my states AG is finding them difficult or impossible to reach out to anyone at Public. Easiest way to Hide I guess is not respond. Edit: Developer responses faster to negative comment than they do to messages in app or through email!! Stay Away!! Update: March 01 ‘21, be warned they stole about 40 dollars from me and have yet to make it right almost 6 months afterwards. March 17 ‘21 they are now still holding onto and not allowing me to sell the stock they forced me to purchase. Stay Away!! They are not trustworthy!!

Terrible. The app is developed so amazing that you wouldn’t think they would steal your money. I made an increase of 1200 dollars US. I decided to deposit my profits into my personal bank account. Public first started asking for my bank information. (Which is already stored) I enter it again because there is only one way to get money onto a broker app and it’s with your bank of course. So it gets rejected. WOW RIGHT!! Now my bank account needs to be verified!! Was is not just verified months ago when I deposited hundred to your app?! So I do another verification for Public. 4 weeks have went by I have yet to receive my profit and any other currency on the app. It is not to be trusted your money will be kidnapped and they will use it to probably make more money they they will give it to you. I’ve been waiting for 4 weeks and still waiting hope public sees this app and releases my funds since my account needs to be re verified to get my profits

Needs clearer copy + Mint integration. EDIT: Moved from 3 stars to 1 since I can’t withdraw my funds. Even after waiting for my account balance to settle, Public now says “We couldn’t verify your bank.” They had no problem accepting money from this account a few weeks ago - what changed? Feels like a rug pull. Tried this out to use t-bills as a makeshift hysa alternative. The interface is clean, but I’m never quite sure what I’m doing or what the stipulations of different actions are. One BIG issue that gives this a lower rating is the undisclosed 90 day waiting period for t-bill interest. 90 days from when? Why wasn’t this disclosed earlier? There’s also confusion about how much you’re actually buying with t-bills. For example, if you wanted to buy $1000 of t-bills and put an order to that effect, the app only invests $900-something in t-bills and leaves the rest sitting as cash. The app THEN prompts you to deposit more with conflicting information. Lastly, there’s no Mint integration for easier money management. Instead, your money lives on an app with an ungoogleable name. Switching to a HYSA until this app can figure out it’s UX, disclosures, and integrations better.

They won’t let me withdraw my money. Update: It’s been over 8 business days since l deposited my funds. I still can’t withdraw them. I sent messages to Public but there’s no phone number to call them at and they don’t reply to message. The last message I sent was on Wednesday at 12pm and still no answer now it’s 8pm. ——————————— I only deposited $100 to try them out. I made one transaction then I felt they were too pushy and the platform felt like a mess. I decided to sell and transfer my money back to Robinhood. After selling, my money showed as unsettled funds and were supposed to take few days to settle. Now they are settled but the app won’t let me withdraw my money out of Public and my funds show as non-withdraw-able. I’m currently trying to communicate with them to get my funds back to my bank account and have to wait for they working hours to respond.

I WISH I KNEW ABOUT IT SOONER.. I started investing this year and opened multiple brokerage accounts with Robinhood, WeBull, Vanguard, TD Ameritrade, but let me tell you.. I’m transferring all of my stocks over to Public because their user experience and design is so well done. If you’re using Robinhood, just because of the aesthetics then you have to switch over to Public. Not only does it have great design, but great utility. WeBull also has a community forum, but Public’s takes on a more modern approach because it looks just like Twitter. This makes it easier to hop into discussions and also follow the steps of your favorite investors. While we get value from the community, we also get value from the Public Team. What really sold me was how passionate the Public Team is in delivering value to its users. Their weekly emails of Market news including upcoming IPO’s, Earnings Reports, current headlines/trends, and more makes investing that much easier to follow. Other brokerage apps are great, but Public is better..

Must have for millennials. First off, I have never left a review before even though I’m glued to my phone all day. I downloaded the public app a few weeks ago. My account was not approved instantly (typo on my part, I found out later) and after a few days I emailed the support team and asked for help. They responded in like, an hour, gave me instructions to get trading, and was then approved right away. Anyone under 40 with disposable income should, IMO, be investing directly investing in the market instead of relying on 401ks and other group plans. This app lays out all the info in a very intuitive fashion and within a week I was able to, with ZERO prior knowledge, navigate the app effectively, and the community of investors on the app are a fantastic source of investing advice. This is not a day trading app and the various transactions can take time, but by keeping money in your account without spending it allows you to execute buy and sell orders quickly, though the money may take a few days to get back to your public account. I am usually able to make two transactions per stock, per week, which is more than enough to react to any big market changes. The fact that you can invest whatever amount you want is huge. Amazon’s stock at $2.5k may be too much, but Public allows you to purchase slices of stock in increments as low as $5. I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone with some extra cash and half a brain.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. I was really enjoying Public, but will have to put a pause on it until this changes. It is DARK UX to take peoples money so easily to turn around and make it a huge pain to be able to get it back. Especially on small funds I did not even invest! You have got to find a better way to let people withdraw THEIR MONEY without requiring a bank statement, so ridiculous! Simply put, as an investor, Public will not make it with this major downfall. Screwing with people and their money is the quickest way to lose their trust forever. A Public apology is in order! - I’m just an average joe looking to have some fun investing and Public killed that fun big time. Developer Response: Bottom line, the initial money transfer setup is good enough for Public to take your money but not good enough to give it back without jumping through extra, security concerning, hoops. That’s the problem.

Notifications badge has been broken for a month. This was a great app, but lately they seem too focused on growth tactics that make the app UX really annoying. 1) I can’t clear my notifications badge, looks like it’s stuck permanently to ask me to search the community and connect with other people. I’m guessing it will turn off it I connect with other people? Who knows, I’m not going to do that. 2) lots of pop up banners every time I log into the app to invite people, gets in the way of me doing what I want to do. Basic UX rules are to show pop ups like this after a user takes an action of value, not as you’re coming into the app. That’s is so annoying. Also, if I’m not taking the action on the pop up, stop showing it to me after the 3rd time. 3) Public created a url with my trade information that shows up in a google search. This is probably the most annoying of them all, because I never opted in to have my user account searchable in Google. I tried to turn it off my public profile in the public app and it’s still up 5 days later. I don’t remember Robinhood making my profile searchable in Google. I’d still like to keep using the app if some of these items improve. The rest of the app is great.

Love this app but…. I love this app, and it has helped me get into investing with the stock market. Sadly though there’s a feature I’d like to see in the near future. This feature I’d like to see would be like an upgrade to the “reinvest dividend” feature. I’d like it to operate the same but have it to where, us investors, can manually select which stocks dividends we’d like to automatically reinvest. So that way we aren’t reinvesting every stocks dividends back into it’s respected stock. We the investors could select individual stocks to have their dividends reinvested automatically while the other stocks will still put the dividends earned into our buying power or public account. Doing this particular upgrade I’m sure would have everyone, including myself, rate this app as a five star app.

Public is the best!!. Just want to say that I’ve had nothing but a positive experience with this app. I thoroughly enjoy the social community aspect which sets it apart from other apps out there. It helps to get an idea of which companies people are investing in. The community as a whole is very friendly and are willing to help others that are newer to trading/investing. You can buy fractional shares with as little as $1! Which means anyone can be an investor. Much better group than Facebook groups. They actually care to help. Smooth interface to navigate through, and simple for any beginner. They have themes that group stocks together in case you want to peruse through their collection. The Public Team is very responsive if you have any issues with your account. The longest I’ve waited for a response was 1 day. They have excellent customer service and keep updating the app to keep those pesky bugs away. I would HIGHLY recommend this app to my family, friends, and friends friends. I would give them 10 stars if I could. Keep up the great work!!!!

Incredibly bad experience with platform. I left Robinhood because I liked the idea of social investing. That’s one thing this platform is good for the social aspect of trading. My experience with everything else on the platform has been quite bad. First transferring money into the account. I use Capital One, and I was told Plaid has issues with capital one. That’s fine but that was secret info I couldn’t find anywhere on their website I had to contact support and wait a day for a reply. “Use a different bank” Next withdrawing money is incredibly difficult for me. I submitted a withdrawal a week ago with cash that was settled. It was rejected with no information. I contacted support, a day goes by and they respond, and they needed proof I own the bank account on file, so I submitted a statement from my bank. Another day goes by they say I’m good to go so I submit another withdrawal. It’s rejected again. I contacted support again it will probably be another day for a response. Noticing a pattern? Lastly, I think there’s a glitch where when you withdraw and it’s rejected, a random amount of cash shows up as “unsettled” cash. When I asked support about it, they said it was from a deposit 3 weeks ago. So how long does a deposit take to “clear”? I’m going back to robinhood and fidelity solely because of the slow support and it seems like there’s a problem with the processes at Public.

Love the app- here’s some suggestions.. I don’t write reviews for apps ever but when reading through the reviews for this app I see a lot of frustrated beginner investors that rate based off of their gains or losses experienced while using public, rather than the app itself. I love public so much so far. So much, that I transferred my old portfolio over to public! Public has given me access to a network of likeminded investors, and also exposed me to crypto currencies (which I am now currently heavily invested in). Here’s a few things I’d like to see from public- •wallet feature- It’s nice that you can buy crypto- but you can’t do anything with it besides buy/sell. I would love to see a wallet feature of some kind to transfer/spend currencies. •More crypto currencies Obviously, that’s a lot to ask for- and I know public is more geared towards beginner investors who aren’t necessarily willing to invest into the volatility which is the crypto market.(however, the currencies listed are still extremely volatile, so I wouldn’t see it being much of an issue). that’s really all I can think of as far as big updates for public. The app functions great, and I am currently participating as a bug tester to help find glitches. Keep working on the app public! You guys are doing great.

If you Read This Review you won’t download this app. This company has worthless customer service. I hope people don’t download this app because they read this review . No way of reaching a real person on the phone. I have had a nightmare situation been begging for an actual person to call me going on 4 days now. And the phone number takes you to a message that says to email them and hangs up on you. Their customer service rep told me know phone support. Really ?? When you are putting your trust into a company with your money you deserve way better than this . There was a glitch that transferred $1715 , 5 x when I got an error purchasing a stock. Wound up not getting the stock and it went up the next day. Now there is $10,000 I didn’t authorize in my account because of the error. Luckily it was pending so I had to freeze and might have to cancel my bank account because PUBLIC won’t cancel the pending deposit . Won’t listen to or take my concerns seriously snd keep ignoring my request to look into it. I get some standard answers from them that they can’t reverse the pending amount . They don’t even have my money and will never get it but they won’t look into the error I claimed happened . And are putting me through the worst time here I’m Los Angeles county worst coronavirus situation in the country and these people are making me have to go to my bank. Unbelievable. No compassion for people . I hope people don’t download this app because of this review .

Investing + Social minus the WSB vibe. Great to have found an app that allows fractional share buying while also incorporating social media to the mix. It’s really neat to be able to follow fellow amateur investor friends, as well as actual investors! Really cool that Public has combined two things into one. Commenting allows for people to open conversations about their investment choices. I came from Robinhood, but after discovering the shadiness of their practices (Robinhood’s management ended up financing losses from another subsidiary that they also owned who was shorting GameStop)—it’s like, who is Robinhood really made for? ...The hedge funds is the answer. They sell your data to hedge funds so that the hedge funds know which stocks to short. So if you’re reading this, take those diamond hands to Public (or any other online brokerage really). Just remember to allow your stocks to settle for a few days on Robinhood before transferring out (every transfer is $75). If you don’t let your stocks settle, then you’ll have some stocks leftover even after the trade and you’ll end up having to transfer AGAIN and be out $150.

Love it. You get a lot of confidence in a app when it opens up…simple right…I just recently ventured into another app.. starts with a C.com anyway I’m currently locked out for no particular reason. Not all of us have thousands..we put a little in and then we want to watch it..you don’t want to get locked out for no reason. Anyway my point is every time I open this app ..I see my money..which gives me confidence…which also would make me recommend it to a friend..and I’ve been telling everyone I can about it…it’s easy.. if you are reading this.. and want to get into stocks …Do it.. I just turned 49 and I wish we had this technology when I was 20. I’m probably sounding like a paid advertisement but I’m not.. legit review I don’t write reviews

Top investment tool. This app is an awesome app it even has a place where you can earn as you learn for example you listen to videos and they’ll give you a $1 to $2 to purchase stocks and or coins but not only that you get a wealth of knowledge that will carry you for the rest of you investing journey which allows you to make knowledgeable decisions when selecting your investment. I also like having the option to purchase slices of stocks and coins. The community is always putting out great information to help out. I also appreciate how the funds are made available after a deposit, the only thing I wish the app had is a tool to to show the status of all the money that is deposit into the app ie wether a payment was cleared or pending from the bank and maybe even a way to show how much money was invested like a ledger of some sort. Other then that it’s a great app, I recommended the Public and the Coinbase app to my mom and she liked Public overall. With that being said I would recommend this app to anyone who wants to learn and start investing immediately.

Can’t withdraw. The app is alright as far as depositing and investing, but yesterday, I tried to withdraw some money back into my checking account and it said that “ACH relationship is not approved yet”. Mind you, I’ve already been using the same bank account for two months and have made deposits and withdrawals to and from the same account in the past. I’ve talked to a few people in customer service through email and none of their suggestions work. Also, it takes hours for anyone to reply to any emails. I would really like to talk to someone on the phone instead of emailing back and forth to no avail. Yesterday, they offered to overnight a check to me. I agreed to it and they said they would withdraw the funds from my withdrawable cash on my account and do that. Of course, nothing has changed on my account so I guess the whole “overnight a check” thing was just some bad to pacify my frustration.

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Giving 2 stars because I love the concept but so many bugs and needs imrpovements. This app has an amazing concept with making trading social. However the app fails to show my dollar amount in my account because of bugs on the app Home Screen. It says I’m down $2k in one day yet an hour ago on the timeline it says I’m down $1. Also please add a feature that allows you to follow other users and BE ABLE TO SET POST NOTIFICATIONS. This app could be great, but instead is below average when it comes to selling because you can’t trade options and other essential things a trading app should include. And also is mediocre on the social side considering it has very bare minimum features and has app breaking bugs. PLEASE FIX OR HELP I HAVE EMAILED YOU GUYS 3 TIMES!

Horrible Slow Support. Never left a review before but I feel like this one is necessary. Have been actively trading on here for over 2 years with no problems. Decided to become a premium member. But when my portfolio went up yesterday I was looking to sell and “coincidentally” out of all the days the app logged me out and asks for phone verification to get back in. I am currently deployed and didn’t have access to my original phone number so I tried to change it but the only way to contact support is through email and they don’t reply for hours. No live chat outside of being logged in which I can’t. No phone number to call. Just have to wait while my money is held hostage.

Just hit a milestone with Public. I am a long term investor and today I reached a $1000 overall profit. I never write reviews, but this is a big milestone for me so I figured I ought to throw a bone to the people who made it possible. Compared to Robinhood, Public’s interface is not quite as sleek (still excellent), but Public’s main advantage in my opinion is its fractional shares support. Also, if your friends like trading, you can friend each other on the app and see each other’s accounts. Personally I’m a cold, friendless miser who prefers to hoard money alone. But it’s there if you’re into that sort of thing. One small critique for the dev team: Whenever I make a trade, I get an email confirmation. I don’t really need or want this and there doesn’t seem to be a way of opting out of these emails. That’s it. I’ve tried Robinhood but I’ll definitely be sticking with Public. I can’t wait to see where my account is in a year.

Fun & a great learning tool. Great app, easy to use. Allows partial trades, great to get started or to learn investing. Has tips and info. Easy links to relevant news and WS position on each stock. Like that I can watch stocks, and review my performance by percentage, dollars, or percent of portfolio. Also like that I can follow other users. Wish that the discussion forums allowed users to ask each other questions or to post questions on using the app itself. Funding deposits and transactions are super quick. User support is great and they really try to answer questions thoughtfully and seem to care about a great user experience. I only use this for small trades and to have some “hands on” learning, more as a hobby than a serious investor, but it’s a great learning tool if you’re starting out. You could use it for large trades I’m sure, but I can’t speak to that.

Ease of use, Suits the need of fractional shares. Great app. Easy to set up. Easy to trade. Navigation is amazing as well. Multiple options to see my holdings, kudos to see that feature. Search and themes needs some work. Importantly, helps me to diversify my investment without having full amount of share which can’t always be possible. Hoping for the dark theme to be released soon. Would like a separate news tab as well. Love the top movers feature. Also would be helpful to see major indices without putting more effort and their performance.

My experience. After investing with Public the first time I was happy with how the app worked although there were some minor issues , keep in mind this was before they were advertising and as big as they are now. Now after 2 years I decided to move my portfolio to this app and I am extremely unhappy with how it is run, random charges and not receiving money from stock sold is the last thing I want to see but it’s what I got. The customer service is non existent and I received AI answers every time I tried to have my problem resolved. Unfortunately it appears that they believe they are incapable of making a mistake and refuse to acknowledge what has happened. I believe that it is still a good app but I can’t give it a positive review after it has failed to provide its services.

Not safe for your money. I started receiving daily email and alerts that I was paid a dividend. The dividend was only paid once, correctly, but the emails and alerts continues for months. Customer said it would be fixed but it hasn’t been. Next I found that I was signed up for a premium account without my permission or notification. I was billed $3 for this and was not given the money back. My transaction history shows I was billed several times for it over the course of a month. Thankfully this was also a mistake and I was only billed once. Those are small items, but it shows a clear trend that you cannot trust your money to this app. At the least the notifications and statements are untrustworthy. Most likely your money will be unsafe. I have closed my account and am using a different broker now.

Don’t invest with Public...Hard to get you money back. It’s been over 10 business days, I sold off all my shares, my cash withdrawal took 4 business days to settle, I tried to withdrawal my $390 cash and transfer into my bank account, 3 times the withdrawal goes into pending status, but keeps on failing. I had to email Public several times explaining my situation. They couldn’t explain to me why, other then they advised me to delink my bank account. Now, I have to wait until the small deposit goes in again. Then I’ll try to withdrawal my cash out. My other problem is my cash rewards or profits I made from Public still hasn’t settled. It’s been over 7 business days. Until that happens I can’t transfer that money I made into my cash withdrawal, then transfer into my bank account. Worst experience from trading. You can only communicate by email only that’s another issue.

Easy for beginners, great customer service. Let me just start by saying the customer service is the best service I’ve ever seen on an app. I had a situation about my account not letting me get approved for over a week, and all it took was a day of a couple texts back and forth to resolve the issue. YOU WONT FIND THAT ANYWHERE ELSE. Also, my boyfriend and I our new to stocks and this app really helps you learn how to deal with stocks and what times of strategy’s there are. Also, you can see what other people are putting their money into stocks which helps you learn what stocks are good too get. I love how the app helps everyone out with the stock market making it easy and fun for everyone!!!!

Going back to Robinhood. The public app may have a great UI interface but it is not worth the download. You have to wait 5-7 days for a deposit to clear. 2 full business days to be able to reinvest crypto/ stocks. You can’t withdraw or transfer crypto (only way is to sell and convert to cash). Robin hood lets you transfer and withdraw crypto. Robin hood also lets you instantly access your money. Customer service is also better with Robin hood as they are 24/7 and public is 9-5. The app also randomly logs me out, after a stock is sold they automatically have pre-selected the tip suggestion which is $1-3. If you are constantly trading and aren't careful you could accidentally tip them. Public could be as great as robin hood someday but for now they have much to improve!

Can not delete without their consent!. I signed up for the app because I wanted to see what it was like and check it out. No big deal. After browsing through I decided not to fill out the rest of my information and create an application for investments. So I went to find a way to delete my public profile on this app and it can only be done with there consent. Shouldn’t be a big deal...yet 2weeks later and my profile still has not been deleted! This is not right. I have reached out on multiple occasions and I either get ignored or sent a robotic message in return. I have followed all directions that are given and yet I continue to have a Public profile, of which I DO NOT WANT. This makes me question how many others are in my position and are not actively using this application.

My favorite investment app!. I've used many different investment platforms from Robinhood to Merrill Edge to Fidelity to Coinbase and I can honestly say that Public is the most user-friendly, intuitive investment experience I've come across. Public provides the platform to develop my financial literacy in a less intimidating setting along with an active community with a wealth of knowledge to draw from. I will be moving my portfolio over to Public. I've found my financial home and I'm already getting my friends and family to sign up!

Tips/inflated stock after target execution. I purchased two stocks with a target execution for Lucid and Rivian. After the purchase I saw that the tip box was automatically checked. Which I did t like. I complained and got my money back. I looked further into my purchase and saw that my target execution was much higher then my target price. After speaking with Rebecca the self proclaimed Sr Manager, she told me that the price was inflated due to the tip being charged. I reviewed the policy and learned that the tip was supposed to be taken out from the ‘buying power.” I addressed the issue with Rebecca and she dropped the conversation. I also asked her if the tip box was automatically checked. She did not respond. I looked at a conversation I had with “Sam” in 2021. I had an issue then and the conversation was also dropped and issue was never addressed. WATCH YOUR PURCHASES CLOSELY EVERYBODY.

Account never approved and no response from staff. I was initially excited by this app since I was referred by a friend and I liked the combo of social media with a brokerage. I never got to actually make a trade with the platform after a week of creating my profile. My application never made it out of the pending status. Contact messages were responded to by a poorly worded Bot, and additional contact messages still haven’t been read by customer support. It may be a promising platform, but not ready for prime time with their staff. As frustrating as my experience was, I can’t imagine my fury should the customer support been this poor if there was a money management issue. I consider this a bullet dodged and will trade with a more established broker instead.

Oliver & his team are very unclear and in my opinion unprofessional!. Do not download Public if you want to start trading, I would not advise it. They are very disorganized and unclear, they seem to mention how there has been a confusion on both parties account but they are the only ones to seem confused. At first I thought it was a reasonable platform but the only good thing about this platform is the social aspect. You can communicate with people and share ideas but that is not what trading is about. It is about doing your research and making the best possible trade, you asking other people for advise totally side tracks that. THEY DONT EVEN HAVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER, only that bs contact support which replys back in an hour or longer!

Terrible app. Unreliable. Frustrating.. You can choose the most common stocks and cryptos, place buy and sell orders, and do most other things an investment app lets you, but don't expect anything to work. I've run into so many issues and lost not an insignificant amount of money because of them. Customer service responds within a week but they never say or do anything that solves the issues at hand, and don't expect them to tell you anything about how to avoid issues in the future. EDIT: They also unlinked my bank account while I was in a foreign country and I was unable to access my money for months. Customer service did not help. I would recommend this app to my enemies if I had any other than this app

DEVELOPER DO NOT RESPOND. DEVELOPER: DO NOT RESPOND. I have already talked to your reps in the live chat AND over email. They are not answering my questions. Unless you can confirm that you deleted my account and wiped my data, DO NOT RESPOND. Public told me I needed to verify my SSN by sending a picture of my card. I’ve never been asked for that before, they wouldn’t specify the ID error, and avoided my questions about infosec. I’ve asked them to delete my account which has no funds or anything in it, but 1) they haven’t responded; 2) it looks like there’s no way to actually delete your data from the app, just “cancel” and keep your data “inactive”; and 3) it sounds like they’ve refused to do this with others before. Not cool. Delete my data.

Public as a service is great, app was designed by an idiot. I love public and I love their customer service, but the app interface is so bad it’s like they built it off fiverr from someone who has never invested before. It’s too social networky and not enough investing centered. No pending dividend information is available. Completed dividend information is vague, inaccurate, and super abbreviated on the history page. Why?! Why can’t all dividend info be on the stock page? I have serious concerns if you’re giving me dividends for stock I don’t own or have typos on the stock. (I got divided for CIL, but I actually own CIK) I’m still not sure if I got the right amount of money in my account. Lots of pertinent information is hidden by collapsible menus with an overemphasis on charts. Much more information can be displayed if someone adjusted scaling and text size. I know the developers are working on making this better, so I’m hoping they’ll see this feedback and address these frustrating things that aren’t a problem on competitor platforms. Again, I love Public I just wish the app were more usable as an investment platform than a twitter clone

A Must Have to Start Investing. I usually don’t leave reviews. Actually it’s my first. It’s a great platform for people learning how to navigate the market. The community aspect of this trading platform is a great because you can ask questions where people actually try to help beginners . You can learn so many new things everyday. Depositing and withdrawing is safe and easy. Their customer service is great . If you want to start trading stocks for your future this is the App for beginners. Ive been able to save and make more here than I ever have with a bank account. Best App for new investors by far…👍

Worst app. I had no intentions of moving my investments to this app, and ended up transferring them, and now I can’t cancel my transfer because they don’t have a phone number and only a chat that doesn’t even respond. I’ve been waiting for over a day for any response from anyone I’ve sent chat request after chat request and have gotten nothing in return. I just want to cancel my transfer and absolutely delete my account downloading this app was my biggest regret but there are no in app resources or any ways to contact anyone that are actually effective, all I want is to talk to a representative it shouldn’t be this difficult. Do not download this, stick to other brokerage apps such as ameritrade or robinhood I can tell you right now this app is not worth it at all.

Love this app!. Just started using public. I’ve used a lot of investing apps and this one catches my eye the most. The charting is fantastic and the debit card option for instant deposits is the greatest thing ever so you don’t have to wait on your money to withdrawal the next business day from your bank account. Everything is polished very good and is awesome to look at. My only suggestion is to add the option to remove posts from your profile from previous sells or buys. Other then that thank you for such a great app Public! Looking forward to Investing more with you guys.

App Is Sub-Par, Glitchy with Clunky Feed. Although I am not following anyone or any interests, I am still seeing the activity of others. This is horrible and make my feed very clunky. I have emailed about it and the response don’t apply to what’s going on; I feel like I’m speaking to a brick wall. For a long time I had something on my watch list that I did t out there nor get off. Ever time I go to unfavorite it, I would receive that Oops error. App has potential but I don’t like the irrelevant information from others on my feed; key work MY feed! Also they pend your deposits but never say when it will be available. Competitive apps add this relevant detail to your pending transactions. This app need attention to relevant details! To many emphasis on information that may be irrelevant to others.

Novice business. This is the first time ever I’m leaving a negative review, but it is well deserved. When a company decides to handle someone’s money they better be on top of their game. I can’t say this one is. At first I was excited about the user interface and how easy it was to transfer money and do the trading. Until... the app started having issues. I got a message that there was a “system maintenance”, this went on for days!! After a dozen or so bug reports and attempts to reach “customer support” I gave up. Not a single response to any of them!! Whoever this joker is who created this app, he has no support of any kind. I liquidated all investments I’ve made through this app as transferring to another brokerage is impossible. The worst thing now is that I can’t even withdraw the money I have in my account! So, if you are willing to gamble your cash with them, be prepared to lose it all.

Things were great.. I loves this app, I have been using it for almost a year and I got to say it is great for beginners. Now with that being said I am currently trying to deactivate my account so that I can move onto better platforms that offer more trade options. Now I have already pulled all of my money out of stocks and went to try and and cancel my account but I have to wait for 77 cents to settle. Now I have returned to the app to cancel my account and they are trying to charge me an extra $10 and are refusing to help me cancel. They are sending smart remarks back and giving me ignorant answers instead of making things right after paying for this app for almost a year. I will never recommend them to anyone else.

I’ve tried almost all the investment apps, this one’s my favorite. Very simple to use and easy to read. New investors will be able to see what they want without being overwhelmed by graphs and all kinds of data. Public makes it easy to navigate and get info, or ask others questions. The community’s my favorite part, lots of great investors and teachers. And they don’t use PFOF! Only thing I wish it had was an alert for when a stock hits a certain price or moves X amount Would also like the ability to sort my watchlist, or create multiple watchlists

Withdraw verification. App is pretty good. Only complaint is they allow you to deposit with a debit card unverified but when you try to withdraw I had to link my bank account. It didn’t work using plaid which had worked with no problems on 5 other apps. So I had to use micro transfer to my bank which took 3 days. Then I had to upload a bank statement which only took a few hours. So they have no problem taking unverified money but make it difficult for you to get your money out. Fair warning. Also they don’t display the hold time and if it’s a gain or loss on each transaction post like they did before. Was very useful and the part of the point of this app.

My Fault for Fees. Be Accountable.. Similar to the review before me, I made some money by referring a few friends. When I gave bank information, I accidentally gave the wrong account, which had $0 money in it. Therefore, I was charged a fee for the reversal, which also ate up my referral bonus. Definitely my error and I’ve had no problems since. The app is clean, easy to navigate, and never crashes. I also have a long-standing account with TD Ameritrade but never liked their overly-information-saturated apps. It’s overwhelming and only makes me feel like I’m not smart enough to use it. Therefore, I plan on transferring my funds to here soon. Thanks Public.

Responsible Gen-Z Haven. With so many options for trading apps, it truely does get daunting. Public makes it easy to understand buy and sell orders while allowing for community posting. It is a one of a kind experience. There is all the incentive in the world to share your trades with others and encourage one another on down days, a really cool thing to see. I cannot recommend this app enough to other young people who care about long term investing and eventually attaining financial freedom. Public will be my marketplace forever!

Recommend for Beginners. This app is good for those who would like to begin investing. Interface is very clean and does not have all the technical day trading analysis features that can overwhelm beginners. The platform seems to be catered around growth- if you are looking to day trade this app is not ideal. The $0.18 bonus on options is nice. Opening an account is very simple and for me took less than 15 minutes. For the Devs: Would like to see the addition of custom price movement alerts/notifications, a watchlist, and widget accessibility- other than that, a superb app.

Terrible lag time on my debit card. Public still hasn’t posted my debit from the first $100 I deposited when I joined last Thursday January 6th. The $100 has came out of my account. It’s a debit card, how long could it take to get deposited in my Public account. This is time lost for investing. I just deposited another $100 and they gave me the credit while the transaction is being processed. Why not credit my first $100 while it’s being processed. They gave me my match for signing on, they just haven’t deposited my $100 from my debit card.

Good app, could be better. I’m happy with the direction that public seems to be headed in terms of features offered and how they conduct their business. But they have some room to grow before they can really compete with apps like robinhood. My biggest complaints are the removal of the interest bearing cash account, and the fact that I cannot seem to deposit cash quick enough. It takes days for my deposit to clear before I can trade. And by then, I may no longer be interested in that trade. Other apps like Stash, and Robinhood offer same day trades (without having to deposit funds first) and I will work with them mostly until public can compete.

It’s been DAYS and I still haven’t gotten approved.. After reading some of the horror stories people have gone through, I’m scared that my wait time isn’t even half over yet. They’ve been reviewing my account for days now with no end in sight. I canceled my pending deposit when it became clear they had no intention of resolving this wait time. And then I read about some people having to send in PDFs of documents to prove themselves? That’s depressing. Keep your eyes open for apps that don’t treat you like garbage before you even get the chance to join. We all know this isn’t the only option out there. Edit: I respect your response, but what was supposed to take 1-3 days has taken almost two weeks with no updates. If I have to give you more information that’s fine, but I’m spinning tires right now.

Good in theory, clunky in practice.. I’ll be interested to see if Public can smooth out its operations as quickly as it needs to in order to keep members. I’m done with RH, but transferring to Public has been a ridiculously long, glitchy process. And after my account transferred, they assigned a transfer fee. Which was in error. Customer support (generally slow to respond) apologized and said they’ll remove the charge. Which could “take a few days.” Um, why? It’s not a bank refund, it’s deleting a fee from my account with THEM. Meanwhile, I can’t purchase stocks until I pay the fee I don’t owe. I’m already looking at different platforms with better service. 🤷🏼‍♀️

They won’t let me withdraw my money. Update: It’s been over 8 business days since l deposited my funds. I still can’t withdraw them. I sent messages to Public but there’s no phone number to call them at and they don’t reply to message. The last message I sent was on Wednesday at 12pm and still no answer now it’s 8pm. ——————————— I only deposited $100 to try them out. I made one transaction then I felt they were too pushy and the platform felt like a mess. I decided to sell and transfer my money back to Robinhood. After selling, my money showed as unsettled funds and were supposed to take few days to settle. Now they are settled but the app won’t let me withdraw my money out of Public and my funds show as non-withdraw-able. I’m currently trying to communicate with them to get my funds back to my bank account and have to wait for they working hours to respond.

Don’t invest here, Zero stars. I have been investing online for a couple of years, I have been using online financial services for decades, and this is the single worst experience I have ever had. My money from a sale six days ago is still in unsettled funds. Every time I put a review on here it disappears, I don’t know what apples doing. As for public I was told that Apex Crypto had not cleared my purchase, I emailed Apex and they showed me my transactions and said they did in fact clear my funds. I can’t get any help in support, I have no idea what’s going on. The only thing support can say is “We don’t know why your sales have not cleared, we are passing this on to our team.” As of now when I use the service tab no one answers. In short invest somewhere else.

Beware of Apex Clearing. Public uses Apex Clearing who famously restricting trading on GameStop and other securities during peak volatility (think Robinhood). This move absolutely screwed millions of retail investors and saved hedge funds and clearinghouses (themselves) from margin calls. They can’t be trusted not to do something similar or worse again. Furthermore, Public does not give access to premarket/aftermarket which could cause major lost opportunities. The charts are virtually useless. Altogether it’s a trading app for kids, which might be appealing to some but not a place where I want to put my hard earned money to work for me. Add to this they have no customer service number that I can find. Very unsettling to have investments in a place where I can’t TALK to anyone about them. I don’t want to message some rep and share emojis but if you’re into that kind of thing have at it. You’ve been warned.

Great app for beginning investors. This app blends the markets of fractional-share trading and social media. The posts are investment focused (not a place to talk about your cat… unless the stock your cat picked has performed well). Notifications are pushed to investment analyses from companies like Motley Fool, Zack’s, Forbes’s, etc. The UI could be a smidge better. When I was notified that my monthly statement was ready for review I could not find it (not overly intuitive). I still give this app, and the service, 5 stars because when I emailed support asking where to find the document, I received a reply in less than 24 hours. The reply was personalized to me (not a generic, auto-reply) with clear and concise directions to my documents. Overall, in my first few weeks of using this app and service and I am quite pleased. Bonus: My overall portfolio is up at the moment (5.4%).

Speech completely banned. You have no say over anything In your feed, and if you upset a blue check mark (who are mostly celebrity’s not stock advisors) they can permanently ban you from commenting or liking any posts. A blue check was speculating future renewable energy and I commented that they heavily rely on subsidies and are not remotely capable or ready to replace fossil fuels, and that electric car subsidies are going solely to rich people. His response was “oil is the most heavily subsidized Industry.” And then I was banned and couldn't respond that oil/ gas is heavily heavily taxed per gallon so it actually makes sense cause it make the gov a lot of money. Edit: I am not banned by a single user so you are being dishonest or don’t know what capabilities certain users have because I can’t comment on any post!

Level the playing field. This app is easy to use, for all ages, all levels of know how, and all incomes. I am not a millenial & am new to investing. I have been on here over a year & love it. Best of all, I am learning & making money. If you have a bank account & can download an app you can invest here! Come on board & let a whole new world open up to you. The community aspect will aid you in learning & it is not overly complicated or expensive to trade. Started with $65 & over $5K now… you can do it too

When things go South - You are alone. This is a great app for beginners and the social part helps you get good contacts. When you have general questions, the chat support works well. But when you have technical glitch, the chat support people have zero knowledge and you won’t get any updates unless they want to provide. My account was “stale” due to a SPAC merger and not able to access it from two days. Cant buy/sell/transfer/withdraw. The only answer you get, if you are lucky, looking into it. In short, don’t trust this with your big money. I am not sure how they are onboarding influencers without having proper support channel and priority mechanism. May be they do great service for “elite” people. Not sure. Be careful and have safe trading. Nothing can beat ToS support honestly.

Wish I could give it 0 stars. This app is very very pointless. I been into trade and stocks for over a decade and this app does not help in ensuring you get “knowledge or advice” to make money in this tough American, capitalistic market. You’ll have better luck on other applications or platforms, please move on!!! It just goes to show you that if you want to waste your time on another pointless app then go right ahead. This app was made by game stop employees or friends’ of theirs after the recent GameStop stocks rose (slightly!). It’s a cash grab like many things are in the US. Good luck wasting your time and money. Make sure you are willing to take risks when you get into this type of business. Capitalism is usually vicious (((i.e. the US economy and the inequity within it)))

Great experience!. Easy navigation and great customer service haven’t had too much trouble system freezes at times during crucial times it seems so make sure to put in your stop order to practice safe risk management. There are a few things I would add one being your own full profile with your own feed and there’s a few things I would take a away one being the posting that you are buying and selling blasted on the main forum it gets to be overwhelming when trying to read peoples comments. Keep up the good work staying cost free and tips only!

Three months in…. Ive been using the app for three months now. I like the community for their openness, positivity and knowledge, I like the app for its simplicity of use. Yes, there are moments when my account is out if sync, but the app lets me know it will be updated soon and it usually is resolved without issue. I was a skeptic on investing but so far have had a few bumps as I start researching and investing, but have had a lot more gains. My only complaint would be that I can’t invest in crypto at the moment because I live in NY. If I lived elsewhere I would be able to, but you can’t if you live in NY. Hopefully that can be fixed soon.

Easiest brokerage account app to use. No matter if you are a beginner or experienced investor, you can’t deny this is the easiest, most accessible app out of all investment platforms. Although eTrade is my primary account, I love using this app for my play money because of how the app is set up to give me all the info I need to buy/sell, and even takes the time to teach investors about all things investing in their faq page. I am actually amazed by the idea behind this app and love that I am able to follow Wall Street icons and peak into their portfolios for inspiration. I will always recommend this app to my friends that wanna get into investing

Personal Information!. I was Loving this app after I “thought” I fully set up a account to start investing until they started asking information that was Beyond personalized & NONE of their business. I was already about to delete the app when they was asking questions about my location but they wanted me to put in my Social Security Number too???! Are U Serious??!! That’s RIDICULOUS so u want me to risk getting my whole life scammed & somebody taking my social security number & knowing where I lived & want me to put in ALL my personal information JUST to invest in some stocks??! That’s violating people’s personal info on a whole different level this is a Investing App Not Filing Taxes! Deleting this & finding a better app that Doesn’t violate my personal business.

I’ve read through the reviews…. I honestly have had NONE of the issues people on here are complaining about. My money is transferred from my bank to public instantly. My transfer to my bank was lightning fast. And the only time I ever contacted them for assistance, I had a reply by the next day. I thoroughly enjoy using Public to do my trades. I have read through all of the different investing apps and all of them have people complaining about one thing or another. Some people are just impossible to please I guess

Leading by Example. I appreciate the recent financial changes Public has made to show that . It’s important to trust the platform that you put your hard earned money in to! It’s very user friendly and I LOVE the comment section that allows you to share why you invested or why your sold. It’s almost like a little community of beginner investors that bounce ideas and support each other! You definitely get 5 starts from me! I would like to suggest one thing to consider as this app evolves! The Stats are to far down past new, community, events. Stats are very important when considering an investment and it’s the first piece of information I review. Also, I’m not sure if I haven’t look hard enough but I don’t see the 52 week high and low. Essential, just looking for more detailed stats that are in one central location. Because of this, I switch back and forth with Fidelity to gather that info. Still a great app and will continue to use!

Lacks debit. Great platform and very informative! Love that’s it an open conversation with Real people; like me. I’m new to the stock market (had 401K) and have taken things into my own hands. One thing I can’t get over is that I can’t link my PayPal or some sort of debit card to transfer funds to my new account. I have never been asked for my account and routing number from any other platform. I will transfer my Robinhood, coinbase and PayPal balances if I could easily add funds another way. I also don’t appreciate not being blue o spend “cents”. Everything must be purchased in whole dollars.

LADIES. I just had to share my excitement about the Public stock trading app. It’s absolutely fantastic, and I can’t stress enough how more girls should dive into the world of investing. Let’s plant those seeds for our future, ladies! 🌱💰 Last week, this app worked its magic and helped me grow my money by an impressive 65%. Yep, you heard that right - like a magical money tree! 🌳💸 Encouraging more girls to get into investing is a brilliant idea, and Public is the perfect platform for it. So, here’s to happy investing and watching those portfolios flourish together!

Lots of issues.. I’ve been using this app for almost two years now, and I actually like using it. The reason I am giving a bad review is so that the developers hopefully see some complaints I have. If I was to give a proper star rating, I’d probably say 3.5 stars. First, they update the app too frequently. Little things are constantly changing and it makes it frustrating navigating the UI. It makes me feel like I am lost when I open the app after not monitoring it for a bit. Second, the widgets on the iOS version was given a border, making the content smaller. This wouldn’t be a problem if the font size for how much I gained or lost for the day, but it never changed. So it ends up cutting off the last little bit. Especially when I am down on something, it makes it so I can’t even see the exact amount and it looks super ugly. I use an iPhone 12 Pro, so I’m not sure if it’s different for other models, either way it’s a problem. If the app wants me to tip them, they have to fix little basic issues like these for me to feel better giving them my money.