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Starling Bank: Under 16s card reviews

Name: Under 16s card
Rating: 4.89 (3124 reviews)

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4.89

Based on 3,124 reviews, last reviewed 11th Jun 2026

200% increase in 5 star reviews

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Latest highest rating:

5

Simple, fast and flexible under 16 account setup So easy to set up an under 16 account and have all the fallibility age controls to manage the account alongside our son. Reviewed on: 11th June 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Software not working properly In spite of several calls to Customer Service, both my children's accounts are still not up and running properly which has wasted an enormous amount o... Read more Reviewed on: 25th April 2024

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Starling offer an under 16s account with an award-winning free debit card and app for 6–15 year olds.

You get instant phone notifications every time your child spends or receives money and you can set automatic top-ups. The Under 16s account is easy to set up from your Starling personal or joint account.

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Starling Bank Under 16s card reviews (3124)

Easy to use, kids like it too

Easy to use, kids like using their app to check their balance and see how much they’ve saved. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Very easy to set up and use.

Very easy to set up and use. Fantastic! Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

excellent service

Very helpful and always happy to help. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

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We have 5 children and 4 of the have the kite. Its amazing. They can use their cards anywhere. I love the restrictions on age restricted items and I also love the verification notifications. They have full control over the amount they wish to spend and are very conscious of how much things are. So much so, they have even noticed the price hikes of their favourite sweets etc. They also think its astronomical Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Fast effective and great service

Fast effective and very easy to get an account set up. Very simple to use set and excellent service. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Easy, clear, relevant and without the toxic corporat...

Easy, clear, relevant and without the toxic corporate feel Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Really easy to set up and create a space for my daug...

Really easy to set up and create a space for my daughter. Easy to transfer extra money and love the link we can send to family when they want to give her gift money. The alerts when daughter spends are fantastic to let me know what's going on. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Easy to use, app shows kids how much money they...

Easy to use, app shows kids how much money they have Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

Great card for kids

Free and no hassle. Opposite of GoHenry Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

My Starling account and Kite Space

My Starling account and spaces are all very easy and intuitive to use and very helpful having the Kite space for my daughter. She was using one of the other kids' online accounts but this is much easier (and free!1) to manage and to transfer money. She has her own Kite app to manage her account as well which she finds easy to use. Reviewed on: 14th April 2024

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