READYSAVE 529

Ascensus

About this app

Manage your education savings plan account anywhere, anytime with the READYSAVE 529 mobile app. The app makes it easier than ever to:

• Securely access your 529 plan account
• Check your account balance, transaction history, and investment allocations
• Add money to your balance as a one-time or recurring contribution
• See how your savings stack up to others in your plan
• Easily invite friends and family to help give your savings a boost
• NEW (starting July 2025)– Take money out of your 529 account to pay for education expenses by sending payment directly to a school or university, or to a selected bank

Participants in the following 529 programs can use the READYSAVE 529 mobile app to access their account:

• Alaska 529*
• Achieve Montana +
• Arkansas Brighter Future 529 Plan* +
• Bright Start 529 College Savings Plan (Illinois)* +
• CollegeBound Saver (Rhode Island) +
• Indiana529 Direct Savings Plan +
• CollegeInvest (Colorado)* +
• ISave 529 (Iowa)* +
• College SAVE (North Dakota) +
• DC College Savings Plan* +
• The Education Plan (New Mexico)* +
• Edvest College Savings Plan (Wisconsin)* +
• HI529 – Hawaii’s College Savings Program* +
• IDeal – Idaho College Savings Program* +
• KY Saves 529* +
• Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Program (Kansas)*
• Maryland 529* +
• Michigan Education Savings Program* +
• Minnesota College Savings Plan* +
• MOST – Missouri’s 529 Education Plan* +
• NJBEST – (New Jersey) +
• NY’s 529 College Savings Program +
• Ohio’s 529 College Advantage* +
• Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan* +
• PA 529 Investment Plan* +
• Path2College 529 Plan (Georgia)* +
• ScholarShare 529 (California) +
• SMART529 (West Virginia) +
• SMART529 Select (West Virginia) +
• Future Path 529 Plan (Nevada)* +
• T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan* +
• TNStars* +

* Denotes that users can enroll in the plan directly from the app
+ Denotes that users can withdraw money from their account to pay for education expenses

Ratings and reviews

Primitive, buggy app. It isn't compatible with 1Password. I have tried to sign in three times, and after completing 2-step verification, it just keeps giving me a solid gray screen. Once it got stuck in a loop of trying to use biometrics. Update: Weeks later, app straight up doesn't work. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling. After verification, it's just a gray screen of death. Garbage.

Can't login anymore. It's always the error "Invalid username and/or password". Was working fine until i had to reset my password. The same pair works fine on the website. I changed the password multiple times through the Forgot password link, uninstalled and reinstalled the app several times. None worked. Called customer support, they say they are not aware of this problem. Offered no remedy other than login through website.

Does what it needs to do, which is be better than the browser site. Very annoying that you have no idea who has gifted contributions, no gift message option for friends/family who are making contributions. I would dock more stars, but this is probably not something the app devs are in control of. If app devs have any input to web devs, a feature request for gift messages would be appreciated. Integration with an e-card service like Blue Mountain would be cool too.

What’s new

v3.9.1.1670
Bug fixes