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Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest in stocks and ETFs without unnecessarly large fees.
Richard Berry
Richard Berry
Good Money Guide Founder

Lightyear Customer Reviews

4.8

275 Good Money Guide reviewers have given this provider an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 based on their genuine experience.

Excellent85%
Very good10%
Average4%
Poor1%
Terrible0%

Leave a review and tell us what you think of this company to help others make more informed financial decisions.

Userfriendly

26th October 2024

Lightyear app is very user friendly. I recommend it mainly for the starters who need explanations. All is explained. Also you always know the costs in advance. It is fair as well.

Virag

Complete and user-friendly app

26th October 2024

Very good and straitforward app for everyone. Lightyear provides multiple investment options, through stocks or ETFs, and its platform is easy to use and intuitive.

César Gomes

Understandable good platform, user friendly

26th October 2024

You can used well, understandable, user friendly platform, low fees. Good opportunityies for the investment. A bit limited offer in a se of etf and shares. Good mobile app. Helpfull and kindly costumer service.(enough fast)

Göndör István Sándor

Best

26th October 2024

simple and easy to use.

Gyula Borbely
Verified

Könnyű használat

26th October 2024

Jó és gyors.

Peczka Balint

Just great

26th October 2024

It works slow sometimes but the price is right in the end.

Tony

Cost effective

26th October 2024

Fast money transfer as welll. Low fees. I’m very content.

Jaanus Rebane
Verified

Simple, fast and clear

26th October 2024

Among the best offers in preserving money at no risk.

Lóránt

Simply good

26th October 2024

Easy to use.

Intuitive.

Clean interface.

Good conditions.

mise
Verified

Very easy and correct intetest

26th October 2024

Very easy invest lot of share and the noninvest money correct interest.

Gabor Mihalyi

Tip

26th October 2024

Never good enough. Try harder , offer more !

Miss
Verified

Insightful and Easy to use

26th October 2024

The fees are great, investing is easy, and great features opened for EU residents

Naveed

Simple but practical. Easy to use.

26th October 2024

To mention a favourite. I like the way you can select any desired time period from the chart shown, by clicking and dragging the cursor in any direction. In addition, it is transparent and reliable.

Adrian

Easy to use

26th October 2024

Been using lightyear of over year, my older brother told me about this app.

easy to use, infomation are lot. Just for who doenst realy know how to invest.

Elar

Easy do use

25th October 2024

Good and fast

Oskar
Verified

the one and only investing app

25th October 2024

Simple, affordable, nice overviews and various options, good and easy connection with EMTA (taxes). Great thanks to the LY team, keep going!

Kairi

Transparent, easy-to-use application, even as a beginner investor, free ETF buying and selling

25th October 2024

Extremely easy to use platform. With favorable fees, free ETF buying and selling. As a Hungarian user, you can open a free TBSZ account, which is very useful from the point of view of tax optimization.

Attila Pokorny
Verified

Friendly advisor

25th October 2024

Simply understandable

Piret

Super

25th October 2024

Easy and simple

Marek

Nice

25th October 2024

Very nice!

Kriss

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Lightyear Review
Lightyear Review

Name: Lightyear

Description: Lightyear is a new investment app that offers low cost investing in UK, European and US shares. The company was founded by one of the first Wise (Transferwise) employees, Martin Sokk with a similar objective of making investing as cheap and easy as possible.
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Summary:

A very well-designed low-cost investing app with discounted FX charges, limit and recurring orders for investing in local and international markets.


Special Offer: Sign up with a promo code GOODMONEYGUIDE deposit at least £50 and get 10 trades for free. T&Cs apply. Capital at risk.

Pros

  • Low-cost investing account
  • Low FX fees of 0.35%
  • International market access

Cons

  • No ISA
  • No SIPP
  • Pricing
    (4.5)
  • Market Access
    (4)
  • Online Platform
    (4.5)
  • Customer Service
    (4.5)
  • Research & Analysis
    (3.5)
Overall
4.2

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Lightyear Video Review

Richard Berry tests the Lightyear investing app with real money and highlights some of it’s key features.

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Lightyear dealing ticket fx charges

How does the Lightyear investing app make money?

Lightyear make their money on the FX Fees. With Lightyear, they apply the FX fee on top of the interbank rate, so you can actually see the amount you are charged for the conversion. When I interviewed Martin Sokk he told me Lightyear aims to expand into different countries quickly, so they can help people to

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Refer a Friend

Lightyear “shares” a refer-a-friend offer

Investment platform Lightyear has introduced a refer-a-friend offer with a difference, this one pays you in shares. Lightyear is offering the opportunity for both you and your friends to earn £10 in free stocks when they join Lightyear and fund their account with at least £50. You can invite up to five friends per month,

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Lightyear Investing App Review

Breaking Into Lightyear’s High Interest Vaults

Lightyear, the online savings and investing app, has launched a new product called Lightyear High-Interest Vaults to provide its clients with a market-leading interest rate on cash deposits. The High Interest Vaults are an easy-access cash investment product with variable rates, and there are separate vaults for deposits in Sterling, Euros and US d… To

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Lightyear Investing App Review

Is Lightyear just another low cost investing app?

Just after I interviewed the Lightyear founder, Martin Sokk for this review, I went to the pub with my friend Nick, a fellow ageing stockbroker. One of the things we discussed was how things have changed in the City, in particular, what is happening to Simpsons Tavern. For over 250 years, Simpsons Tavern has sold

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