Invstr: Play.Learn.Invest Reviews

by Pocketfrogzisthebest

Invstr is fun for fantasy investment but I recommend any other brokerage app when you are ready to actually invest. I was sent two separate emails stating $260 dollars was deposited in my account which made sense since I attempted to buy multiple stocks the same day for the same price. It took 3 days to process and was notified I had $490 in Invstr . Bought stocks, and hours later my stocks were sold and I was told I can no longer have access to my money for 90 days since the order never went through. I was still double charged the 13 dollars on my debit card regardless. Invstr is just is too buggy and confusing for real trading and scary to use actual money with when you have no idea if transactions go through or not. I suggest CashApp or Webull.

by John9172

I’m gonna go with only constructive criticism throughout this review. 1. I think there should be different fantasy leagues where you start with different amount of money, 1m is unrealistic and I understand it is meant to be unrealistic, but for young investor they have more like 20k to invest. I think an amount like that and intervals like 20, 50, 100, 250, 1m, would be fun. 2. I find the UI to be very unhelpful, it’s hard for new users to find stocks or look at General stocks like the Dow or Nasdaq. Other than that this is an enjoyable, extremely fantasized, investing app. Good when you’re bored, but IMHO not a good informer for people trying to get into investing.

by Gammer God

I’ve been really wanting to get started investing so I got Invstr to teach me stuff I don’t already know and to let me experience what it’s like. At first the game was really fun but 1 or 2 day after it was really buggy because once it turns night it never turns day so I can’t do anything and before this bug it takes forever to turn day. So then the game just gets boring and boring. I like the concept but try fixing the bugs and I’ll enjoy it more.

by Moan Lord 69

This is a great app and I’ve had a good experience so far, but one issue I have is the amount of daily trades you get. Four per day is just nowhere near enough for it to be fun and engaging. The limitation makes it near impossible to do short term investments and investing in multiple companies. I shouldn’t have to pay a monthly fee to get 4 more trades a day for an app that I consider more of a pastime or a way to pass time.

by Vtstockmaster

I liked Invstr and it really helped with my learning of the stock market. I would’ve given a 5 star, but I have one problem. Invstr says that private mode is turned on and my investments won’t share to the feed. However, I checked my settings numerous times and it showed that private mode was off. None of my trades have gone through. this app, could you fix this? Thanks!

by Buttfacewithpancake

First off let me say this simulator is amazing. However in short it doesn’t fit the style of day traders. Invstr is too focused on the league which takes away the ability for you to trade anytime you want instead of being limited to 4 or 8 with premium. They should make separate leagues for day traders or maybe just change the trades all together. Either way it was so good it took my money. I upgraded to premium since I wanted to go sell my stocks but I couldn’t. Then I ended up going down 3k. Isn’t a big deal but I would have been up 5k+ if I had unlimited trades. Just an example. Very easy fix for the devs I just hope I’ll see this because I really like this game and it’s interface is beyond any other I’ve tried.

by Sir_Bud_44

It’s a great app, the only problem I have is that you are limited on how many trades you can make. You can’t realistically know how many trades a person will do, because there are many different strategies people can take. At the minimum, I’d like to at least sell without restrictions, because that can negatively effect my overall performance and disrupts the learning aspect of Invstr.

by The Dillwad

I haven't been playing for long, but so far so good! There’s just 3 things I notice right away that could greatly improve the game:

1. Ability to see a Stock’s history from start to current
Maybe I’m just missing something, but I dont wan’t to know how the stock did today, I want to know how it did this month. When I buy stocks, I buy for 1 month at a time, and see how it does. 1 day is just such a small fraction that its basically useless information.

2. Ability to start with a realistic amount of money.
(instead of a million, why not give the option to start with $100,000 or $50,000 or even just $10,000 so people have a realistic view on how stocks affect budgets that low?)

3. The ability to restart your account. (I feel like every game should have this, a new start for those who have learned from their last game)

Great game! Keep it up

by Gybgvg

okay so me and everyone else ik that’s using it have a problem where it just stopped working all of a sudden except for the natural resources , and all of our profit was set to 0 and none of the stocks are moving anymore

also please please please please please give us more trades, i saw the thing abt u don’t want us over trading, but it’s just a simulation and let us have some more fun with it, plus some stocks id like to buy and sell throughout the day and day trade them

thank you

by @hunt

this app takes the anxiety out of learning about investing. One doesn’t have to lose money while practically learning the ins and outs of investment research. Slowly build your confidence up to learn what/when to buy, sell, hold, and short-sell.
Invstr has completely changed my view of investing and also improved my success in my trading.
A must-have in investment education.

by Angel165739

I love Invstr, it has let me touch the surface of stocks and has gotten me so interested! I want to learn more and explore this as to become an experienced trader in the future. I would recommend Invstr to anyone, whether you plan to invest in the future, or just to have fun! It’s a great mix of both and I tell anyone I can to download Invstr.
My one suggestion is that the feed is not very chronological. I’ll open my feed and the first thing I see is from 4 days ago, but as I scroll down I see updates from numerous traders I follow from 3 hours ago. I would love to see the most recent updates first as that would be the most useful knowledge to me. Besides that, Invstr is a 10/10 for me! Keep up the great work Investr team.

by Mady9410

If you’re looking for a great investing app this app is for you! I’ve learned a lot about buying long, shorting, not over trading, and diversifying my portfolio. The community is very helpful and I have learned about stocks I’ve never heard of that are very profitable. I’ve even started my own brokerage account on this app and really love the fact I can do fractional share trading with real money.

by User#23

Got my attention for sure. After working Invstr for nearly a whole month, at the expense of most of my free time and healthy sleep pattern, I'm not sure if I've learned anything about trading in the real world. Unless, finding that one little lucrative "glitch" (#bchbtc) and poking it as often as possible while ignoring everything else, IS a valuable real world lesson. I've had fun shooting up through the ranks though. I never expected to reach the leader board with my late start and market ignorance. So I did what the top players were doing to gain some insight and it worked too well. This month should be much different....hopefully. Real research and experimentation will prevail over gamesmanship after the fix so I'll be googling the crap out of it all and trying my best to land realistic returns. Or I'll find another way and have a shot at some real money. Got my attention for sure.

by Nhi1836284

Title says it all- experience is the best teacher, and this app has that and more. Not only do I get a feel for the market before investing my own money, but I used the Academy to go from basically knowing nothing about the market to fully understanding the drivers behind stock prices.

this app gives me the confidence to use the market to pursue financial independence.

by Pranay_2203

Invstr is just beyond amazing. It has an excellent User Interface and makes it really easy to learn investing. There are also free trials of the premium features so you can access the academy and learn there too. Occasionally, you receive bonus trades so that as long as you are careful, you won’t run out of trades. Invstr helped me get into a field that seemed so difficult. Don’t be scared to give it a try!

by Invstr Is The Greatest

After trying out multiple apps like robinhood and others, this app is by far the best out there. this app is the only app that you can can play fantasy finance, execute actual trades, and learn while doing so all in one place. By the far the best thing about Invstr is that, unlike robinhood, you can trade fractional shares. This is great for those who don’t have the money to buy a full share of Netflix/Amazon/Berkshire/others above 300$ but want exposure to those companies.

by Clark23vt

5 star app I love it but is anyone else currently having the problem with Invstr saying the bank has an outage and not letting you into the cash side of app?

Update: Made a deposit and it took the deposit out. This morning I had 8 transactions of them trying to take more out. Got a email from support saying my account is over drawn and I need to pay it back…. So dropped down to 2 stars.

by Hacker:27

For sure download this app if you are learning the stock market or just for fun! I’ve been using this app for only about 2-3 months so far and it’s just great! this app is way better than any other “fantasy finance” app because of the way the game works. It’s very interesting and can be played with friends and can be competitive! Invstr is in sync with the real market but your portfolio (money) is of course fake. You can trade stocks, cryptocurrency, currency, and ETF’s. You can also win real money every month! Please check out this app if you are interested in the stock market!

by Ass737

There are a few trading apps that I am utilizing to gain knowledge about the market and trading. Invstr is one of the best. It has the stocks broken down for you, information is collected on each and charts that are easy to read and follow are provided, and the simulation is outstanding. I have learned so much as I work my way through this experience. Invstr would get ten stars if I could give it but I can only give five. With the opportunity to earn real money you can’t go wrong using Invstr. I appreciate the experience because not everyone can afford formal education and this is a very good way to DIY trading

by BESTIGAPP

Just started getting into investing and stocks, found Invstr and honestly I love it. Helping me out a lot to figure out what companies I should invest in and learn the ins and outs of trading with. Im doing this on the weekend so the market is closed at the moment however Ive bought the stocks I want and am eager to see how they’ll pan out on the following week. Will update this review based on Invstr next week. But so far love the interface and quite easy to use!!

by Austinstauffer

I honestly love Invstr . I think it gives you a sense of real market trading and risk management. I got Invstr to learn how the market works. I’ve learned so much from Invstr . I love the community Invstr has built and the people on it will help you with suggestions/ideas on trades. One suggestion I’d want to make is an option for stop loss.
Thank you this app team!