Robinhood · Last verified September 8, 2026
Robinhood
Best mobile experience, thinnest long-term toolkit.
TRI Score
84.4
Very Good
#3 Best Brokerages
Overview
Our assessment
Robinhood is the easiest place to start investing and the weakest place to run a full financial life. Our score reflects that gap directly.
Best for
- First-time investors
- Mobile-first users
Not ideal for
- Complex retirement and tax planning
Score breakdown
Why it scored 84.4
- Capability30%
- 82
- Value20%
- 90
- Ease of Use15%
- 95
- Reliability15%
- 82
- Professional Utility10%
- 76
- Momentum10%
- 86
How much the product can actually do, and how well it does the core job.
What you get for the price, including what the free plan really covers.
Time from signup to useful result, without training or a consultant.
Consistency, uptime, support responsiveness and predictable behaviour.
How well it fits real professional workflows, not demos.
Rate of meaningful improvement over the last two evaluation cycles.
Trade-offs
Strengths and weaknesses
- Excellent mobile app
- Low friction to start
- Limited account types and research
- Support depth is thin
Score history
How the score moved
- Jan 202682.0
- Apr 202682.8
- Jun 202683.6
- Sep 202684.4Latest evaluation cycle.
Head-to-head
Compared with
- No published head-to-heads yet.
Alternatives
Others in this category
- Fidelity92.0
- Charles Schwab90.6
Evidence
Sources
- Public dataPublic pricing and documentation
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