DivCalc Reviews

by Save Your Time.

I’ve had DivCalc, with the premium version for about 6 months now.... trust me you’d have better luck with your money in a meme stock. DivCalc is constantly crashing even after updates, not to mention your positions literally get deleted hours after you update them. I’ve given DivCalc every chance I could, it is not worth it!! Emailed their support, No replies to no surprise. Trust me save your money. I honestly regret even paying for it because I normally don’t even leave reviews, but this definitely deserves zero stars.

by Krahnin

I was immensely enjoying DivCalc and had strongly recommended it to many I know personally/within several investing groups. This latest update, however, doesn’t sit well with me. The release notes advertise push notifications. Great! One catch...when you try to turn them on, you are prompted to sign up for a monthly charge of some unspecified amount. DivCalc page in the store also says nothing about in app purchases, how much the subscription is, or what all is included in the subscription. Frankly, a monthly payment just for notifications boggles my mind. Especially on an app I already paid for. Even more so when I have zero information about what that subscription costs.

A few more things:
- on the new DRIP/notification functionality, there needs to be a more efficient way to enable it for multiple stocks at once. Currently you have to tap a position, let it load, toggle on DRIP/notifications, go back to the list of stocks, rinse and repeat for every single stock.
- more importantly, DRIP functionality seems to be broken. Wasted about 10 minutes turning it on for several stocks. Went back in and found it was off again for all of them.
- lastly, there is a typo in the quick blurb of text about notifications. Specifically, “announcements is misspelled”.

by Samshah17

Update 8/16:

Although I was very happy with DivCalc before it seems like each update now just breaks DivCalc further and slowed it down. The latest update was the nail in the coffin and now DivCalc won’t load anything, regardless of me trying on data or WiFi. Stop fixing things that aren’t broken man, y’all had a great app and now you’re ruining it

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UPDATE 5/28:

Really happy with the devs listening to feedback and implementing the different portfolios for better organization.

Something else I’d like to seen added to fully complete this feature is a summary page with the breakdown of dividends annually, monthly and daily aggregated across all inputted portfolios. I already do this on my budget spreadsheet but having it on DivCalc would be so much more convenient
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Amazing work on the UI and responsiveness of DivCalc . Easily the best $2 I’ve spent

A couple ideas that I have that I think would be cool if it’s logically possible for y’all to incorporate:

-being able to create subset portfolios so that I can track which dividends & how much I’ll be getting in my Roth, normal taxable brokerage and IRA
-if that can be done, some type of monthly report that shows the dividends paid to each account and total for all accounts

by Cap'n Alex

If i werent having the same problems as everyone else (hovering on fetch, stuck forever unable to update to full access) I would have given it a YEA as the idea is exactly what im looking for, but it gets barely a meh (a very slim meh) for not working......

Sent an email to customer support, will probably have the same "no contact back" as the other reviews

the two stars are for having the data set i'm looking for, now if it would only actually work........

by Hupie

Falls short when compared to other dividend trackers. You can’t create an account login which would have been nice so I could use DivCalc on my laptop AND my phone without the need to pay twice and import data twice.
Also, $T had an ex date and dividend payout date and it never showed on my app.

If you want simple, DivCalc is simple. If you want more in depth, detailed info then look elsewhere.

by Kobiashy

I honestly believe that having DivCalc sync with my Robinhood app would be the icing on the cake as far as having everything organized and right where I want it. I believe if you guys add that feature soon I would give DivCalc 5 stars easily just because it would be easy for me to add my stocks on Robinhood and then see them accurately show me my payouts and growth on my calculator which is what I want the most, I absolutely hate having to add everything in manually and it what’s worst is that the percentages and dividends don’t actually equal the exact amount that I have on Robinhood because of yields and taxes. So for those of us that are not good with the math of tax withholdings and yields we would like to just have it all sync up and calculate on its own and that way we can easily see the good stuff. Thanks and I hope to see this change soon.

by .E.o.n.

Your app is buggy on the iPad. Won’t let me save my stocks. Maybe asking too much but could we also get a 12 month graph with stock dividen payout amounts on their respective dates. If you don’t know what I mean then check out “the rich” and or “DivTracker”. They’re great in terms of the idea but the presentation is sloppy and the Yu is really ugly but your app looks sleek and clean and if it had this it’s be a perfect app. If you add this then you’ve got another sale

by Techno-nut

I had high hopes for DivCalc , but it fails at providing the most fundamental and important data, upcoming dividends.

On 6/25, I have 20 positions listed, I know from my records that 6 are to pay out today 6/30. In the Upcoming screen, three positions were listed with “icons”, one paying July 30, one Sept 7, and one Sept 30 (with no $ amount shown). Below the three was a listing of “Earnings” dates. By tapping the little “box” in the upper left corner, a new screen appears entitled “Payout History” with a table listing of three upcoming months (July-Sept) of payouts. Really? “payout history”? There is no history here. Why is this not the list that shows up in the main Upcoming screen? Where are my Upcoming June payments?

DivCalc also misses out on a lost opportunity to put the upcoming div data on the Home Screen where the position icons are displayed. On iPads there is a lot of wasted space, having to scroll to see the different icons they way they are display three across.

I think there is hope for DivCalc if the developer can fix the shortcomings.

by Tmac68

I like DivCalc and use it to track my dividend investments. The issues I have is lack of communication with developer on feedback of bugs and errors and wrong dividend information/settings within a stock. I get no response from my feedback emails. I have an investment that will simply not stay in my portfolio after adding a position. Always disappears . Still waiting on a reply to my big submission. Also, I have some stocks that have incorrect dividend information such as frequency of payout (quarterly or monthly) that obviously causes the yield to show incorrect information and thus my portfolio totals and distributions are wrong. It would be a great app if my feedback was addressed and j was told it will be added to a future app update. Last app update as of this writing is 6 months ago so I’m guessing app updates are infrequent…and quite possibly the feedback emails aren’t read very often either.

by RealStonks

DivCalc is amazing when it works, 100% recommend when it’s doing it correctly. Recently DivCalc would randomly wipe your portfolio or add/remove shares you did not do. Now those seem to be fixed yet newer bugs were introduced. Now dividends calculations are off so the main use for DivCalc is now gone. Also small bugs such as the pie chart showing incorrect values or stock industry. When DivCalc squashes these remaining bugs, it will prove to be a powerful dividend tool.

by Taylerp16

Everyday you check your annual dividends will be different due to price change not dividend change. I recommend actually using the dividend amount versus the dividend percent. Other wise great app! Definitely worth 3 bucks.

Edit.. thanks for the response. Even if every other dividend tracking service is doing it that way, it is still not an accurate way to track dividends. Thanks.

by Greginparadise

DivCalc is just what I’m looking for to track all my dividend stock. Lots of insightful information. Only lacks one thing - the ability to link it with your stock trading app’s so that you don’t have to manually list your portfolio. If you had this feature, it would certainly be a five star app. Please consider adding this feature as other dividend stocks have. Thanks.

by Seang213

I paid $3 to unlock Premium and it won’t work. I tried everything. Then I purchased Premium again the next day and it still won’t unlock it. So now I’ve spent $6 on it. Hope they can get it fixed for me.

Update: They got it all fixed and it’s good to go. Thanks team!

by Fusion Wheaties

I was having trouble with trackyourdividends free site so tried DivCalc. For the cost of the full version it is worth every penny. You can see daily, monthly and yearly dividend returns, you can see each dividends future pay dates and also have access to its stock research feature. Highly recommend!

by Lilpanda102

I rarely write reviews about apps (even the apps that bug you relentlessly to review them), but the support for DivCalc is pretty amazing. I contacted them about an issue and they replied initially within 24 hours and each subsequent reply was within 15 minutes or so. That is honestly worth the 5 stars along with the help I received.

by Nt9of9

I am unable to retrieve any stock information on $SE. I am aware it currently has no dividend payout, but I still want the ability to add it to my portfolio since I own shares. this app Support indicate in an email that the issue is with their data provider. I have asked for an update, but have not gotten a response. Before you purchase DivCalc, I recommend you make sure you can actually pull data for your stock holdings, otherwise you will end up leaving a 3 star review.

A feature needed is to have the ability to import in your stock symbols into a portfolio. The current workflow will have you do this one by one. I would like to see an option to import from a cloud drive document.

Update: With the recent update, I am able to now see the ticker for $SE. Thank you very much for fixing. I’ve changed my review rating to 5 stars.

by Luke Rutt

The UI on DivCalc is the best out there for mobile dividend tracking. Reminds me of Robinhood. DivCalc is great but it could use some features. I’d like to see a dividend calendar to see my pay dates, and maybe alerts for dividend changes, such as cuts or increases. Overall amazing potential, hopefully the developers can turn this into the go to dividend tracker!

by Show Me The Dividends

I really don’t know what else to say! This is my second review and all I can say is WOW! Guys, thank you for creating a product that makes choosing dividend stocks a lot easier! This product is, In my opinion, a very important tool for the dividend investor. These guys appear to be very dedicated by providing frequent updates consisting of features that I have found to be very useful.

Don’t be cheap! If you love the dividends then DivCalc is a must! Already since the crash my portfolio has gained close to 20% and so far I’m looking at over 7k annually and dividends!

Don’t get me wrong! You still need to understand at least the basics when choosing stocks. But DivCalc allowed me to make the best choices that has been paying off in a huge way! Out of a list of about 10 or more stocks I had chosen, DivCalc allowed me to chose the ones that has been paying off big!

DivCalc is gong places!

by CGELL

DivCalc is great and is improving over time. It’s missing one feature though - if it could automatically adjust shares for dividend reinvestment DivCalc would be perfect. I hope this is added to DivCalc , even if its based on estimates that aren’t exact.

Update: I sent a feedback email about dividend reinvestment and received a very nice response less than a day after sending it. It’s great to know that there are still developers like this out there. I’m confident that this already great app is going to get even better.

Update 2: They added DRIP, so DivCalc is now nearly perfect. The only other suggestion I have is to add a setting that allows you to turn on DRIP for all stocks at once. This will make it easier and prevent missing the setting for any stocks. There should be an option to either add DRIP individually to stocks or to turn on DRIP for all stocks.

Update 3: I’m glad that DRIP was added, but it’s not working even though it is enabled on every stock. I’m sure they will fix it though, and when they do I will remove this note.

by Dr Pinckard

I’ve been looking for a dividend tracker for ages, one that is updated regularly, has a clean ui, is user friendly, and one that has a deeper analysis feature yet doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to buy. Finally, it’s here! A $3 charge is easily justified when your app can’t be beat by others in DivCalc Store that charge 10x that and have half the features! I absolutely love DivCalc and appreciate the work that’s gone into it.

by Matsvri

Update - Question:
Will there be a feature which enables you to link brokerage accounts? Or will it always be a manual input?

I felt compelled to write this review because I spent some time downloading and trying other dividend calculators in DivCalc Store and this one takes the cake.

Some of the apps were super laggy, not the best UI design, and just not a good experience. For example the highest rated dividend calculator it’s too jam packed with features that make it too cumbersome to use; it doesn’t help that the UI flow is hard to navigate - beside that premium feature tiers are so weird: $100 bucks for lifetime for not the best experience?

This is why I’m writing this review to praise the price on DivCalc, the snappy UI, down-to-the-point information (all I need to track are my dividends) and not to mention decent design compared to the other cumbersome apps.

The only suggestion that maybe I’ll use later might be the importing of a portfolio like another review says.

TL;DR : great smooth app, does what it needs to do, at a great price. (Free version is converse with ads but at least you get a taste of what you’re getting)