Hating the look of the Nationwide Banking app

harpo1

Just got the new app. Hate it!!
The text is soo big . Just checked - you can read it from more than 2 metres away!!. No more checking the account in a  public place. So big that I have to scroll through 2 screens to check my accounts.
Worse of all the actual page the balance and the date are half the size of the transaction information.
Terrible

TadleyBaggie

I agree. I used to be able to check the balances of my accounts with a single glance, now takes a couple of swipes.

jameseonline

I don't mind the new look that much tbh other than the overview page where I now have to scroll to see all my accounts.

The app doesn't really seem any different other than that tbh.

The company logos in transactions list seems to have gone.

The whole ditching of card reader thing seemed good but to do that you need a card reader & guess what?, I moved home and don't have one anymore.

It seems various banks think big is best with things with news banners or showing account details.

Santander are launching their new app soon too, that seems things are going to be big/take up more space than needed too.

Lightning360

No app will please everyone. I personally don't like things too cluttered so I'm liking the new Santander app and the home screen of the new Nationwide app. Less sold on the transaction screen, but overall, the update is hardly that massive and isn't much of a change.

Rob5342

Nationwide do.aim themselves at older customers, so having large text in the app is consistent with that.

cymruchris

Rob5342 said:

Nationwide do.aim themselves at older customers, so having large text in the app is consistent with that.

Yes, I think you might be right - I'd imagine that there's something in the upgrade that improves accessibility - something Nationwide have been pretty good at.

HillStreetBlues

Rob5342 said:

Nationwide do.aim themselves at older customers, so having large text in the app is consistent with that.

Like him? 

Lightning360

cymruchris said:

Rob5342 said:

Nationwide do.aim themselves at older customers, so having large text in the app is consistent with that.

Yes, I think you might be right - I'd imagine that there's something in the upgrade that improves accessibility - something Nationwide have been pretty good at.

Although their rebrand (the red and blue) does fail accessibility tests at smaller font/image sizes. When the rebrand occurred, there were a decent number of people saying they were struggling with the choice of colours and that their new branding wasn't accessible. 

I do agree the larger size with more spacing will likely be good for accessibility purposes.

GTR_King

If the nationwide mobile banking app is bad! Wonder what the bank statements are like! Hopefully better

enthusiasticsaver

I quite like the look of the new app.  As you say the balances show up larger and the screen is less cluttered. 

I only have two accounts with them so no need to scroll. 

coffeehound

Many 1 and 2 star reviews on google play.  Only one bad written review on the app store so far even though the apps look identical.