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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%

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Végre Magyarországon

25th October 2024

Sok sok barátommal együtt örülünk neki, hogy Magyarországon is elérhetőek vagytok! Gratulálunk!

Szemán László

Quality service

25th October 2024

Great service, high quality products and great app.

Mehluli

Perfect

25th October 2024

All good

Uter

Just Great

25th October 2024

Try it

Ad Kloosterman

reasonable fees

25th October 2024

Lightyear is intuitive to use, has human customer service and reasonable fees.

Maria K

Easy on the eye, great in functionality and 5 star customer support

25th October 2024

I started using Lightyear in 2023 and was impressed right from the start by their customer support. Really fast, helpful, and complete answers, which I was not used to from other more established alternatives. I have been a happy customer ever since and constantly increased my investment activities with Lightyear. Also, they do care about customer-centered improvements, as I have been invited to a few insight calls, which a proof to their commitments.

Mike Bratford

Easy to use, no hidden fees and amazing support

25th October 2024

Have been using Lightyear for some time noe, and honestly I have 0 reasons to complain. And I really want to emphasize how good their support is, very fast and approachable.

Bruno Borges

Easy to invest

25th October 2024

Lightyear ia simpe but modern new way to invest even for starters like me!

Duschekné Gyulavári Petra

Változatos

25th October 2024

Kiváló

Zoltán Balázs

Best UX

25th October 2024

I kinda didn’t think someone can still rethink the basic flows for managing consumer investments on mobile… But that’s what Lightyear has done. Everything is so simple and pretty, built up from first principles.

ST

Lightyear is just Wise of stonks, simple and cheap.

25th October 2024

Easy to register, simple to use, cheap transactions and trusted company from E-stonia.

Jaanis Tammela

Easy to use

25th October 2024

As a beginner who started investing in stocks, Lightyear is very easy to use. And the in-app news update about stocks and bonds makes it more special.

Etebi Bright Jasper

Amazing

25th October 2024

Easy to use platform, fairly priced, great company info and broker views.

Matthew Clutton

Ok

25th October 2024

Üldiselt öötab, kuid protsendiarvutustega on nad hädas

Üllar Juhanson

Awesome

25th October 2024

Best service ever.

Peter

customer service

25th October 2024

Great, fast and customer-oriented service.

Ildi

Investing at its most simple

25th October 2024

Incredibly intuitive yet robust.

kathryn keenan

Great Broker

25th October 2024

Very Handy and cheap broker

Daniel

Easy to use

25th October 2024

Easy to use and easy to report tahes.

Kersti

Lightyear – the easy way

25th October 2024

It is very easy to use the Lightyear app.

Besides it has user friendly interface and low fees.

Miklos

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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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