Kroo new app and website

steven141

Kroo have updated their website and app to have a purple colour now. I'm not sure how I feel about it. The app is the same otherwise apart from a font change.

jbrassy

Is there any benefit to Kroo any more? They used to offer competitive interest on balances, but now I don't know what the point of holding the account is.

danny13579

I closed my Kroo account over a year ago. They're still not a member of CASS! Uncompetitive interest rates. I see no point to Kroo's existence. It will take more than changing the website and app to purple to tempt me back.

HillStreetBlues

I use Kroo as it pays interest on the current account and have my income paid into it, that's all I use it for.

Nasqueron

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82084596#Comment_82084596

I just use it as a holding account for funds as the interest is decent for an easy access account, you can drip feed it into regular savers if you want so you get the double interest

steven141

I use it for my spending money. I use the pots to organise the money and the current account balance earns interest. I spend with my Lloyds Ultra Credit Card and pay it iff in full every month.

confederated

I don't know about anyone else, but the Kroo app on my Android phone is the slowest app I have ever used. It's like wading through molasses. I only use it to store a small amount of money that I would normally use a pot for somewhere else, but my bank, RBS, doesn't do interest on pots and LHV doesn't do standing orders - unless that has changed recently.

steven141

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82085749#Comment_82085749

I'm using an Android app and it works ok. It isn't any slower than my other banking apps. Have you updated to the latest software version?

HillStreetBlues

I don't get any lag from the app either

confederated

From pressing the Kroo icon it is taking around 30 seconds to open the app, including authentication. If I click on any of the icons along the bottom of the screen it take 6 seconds before the new page appears.

I'm using version 3.94+9385 on a Google Pixel 10 Pro XL.

Have a read of the reviews of the Kroo app on Google Play. There are many complaining about how slow it is. I have several banking apps and they are all pretty snappy compared to Kroo.

steven141

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82085907#Comment_82085907

Have you tried deleting the app and reinstalling? (Make sure that you know your login details)