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Dub app review 2026

Nicolas StrautBy Nicolas StrautPublished 9 min read
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Key takeaways

  • Dub's adviser arm has been registered with the SEC since November 23, 2021, under CRD number 315589, and Dub runs its own broker-dealer, so your money moves to a new Dub account.1
  • Dub charges a required membership plus, for each Premium portfolio, either a subscription of $25 to $500 or a management fee of 0% to 2.50% a year taken from your account.2
  • Dub suits an investor who wants named portfolios copied inside a new taxable account, and Autopilot suits someone who wants copying in a brokerage account they already have.
In this article

Dub is an investing app with its own brokerage that copies portfolios built from politicians' disclosed trades, hedge fund filings, and creators' strategies into an account you open with Dub. It's worth paying for only if a taxable account suits you and you'll allocate enough that its fees stay small. This review covers its fees, registration, accounts, and trading, including what Dub's top management fee costs at balances from $1,000 to $50,000.

Who is Dub for?

Dub is for investors who want a named portfolio copied for them, don't need an IRA or joint account, and will put in enough that the fees stay small.

Investors who want a named portfolio copied for them

Investors who want a named portfolio copied are Dub's core users, with portfolios that follow politicians, hedge fund 13F filings, themes, and creators from X, YouTube, and Seeking Alpha. You tap Copy, Dub places the trades, and you see who you're copying and what they hold.

Investors who don't need an IRA

Dub supports individual brokerage accounts only, so you can't open an IRA, a joint account, a trust account, a custodial account, or a margin account.3 Your money moves into a new account at Dub, which needs a US Social Security number tied to one person. For retirement savings, compare the best Roth IRA accounts instead.

Investors putting in enough to keep fees small

Investors who can allocate well above the minimum get the most from Dub's pricing. Dub says you can start with as little as $100, but one Premium subscription charge can run up to $500.

Dub pros and cons

Dub's pros are automatic copying and visible holdings, and its cons are layered fees, taxable-only accounts, and lagged trades.

Dub pros

  • Automatic copying: Dub places the creator's trades and rebalances your copy when the creator does.
  • Visible portfolios: each portfolio shows its creator, holdings, weights, and performance history before you invest.
  • Fractional shares from $100: small balances can match a portfolio's weights.
  • A regulated setup: Dub has an SEC-registered adviser and a FINRA-member broker-dealer, and Apex Clearing holds the account as custodian.

Dub cons

  • Layered fees: you pay a required membership, then a Premium subscription or a management fee for each Premium portfolio you copy.
  • Taxable accounts only: there are no IRAs, joint accounts, or custodial accounts.
  • Lagged trades: politician and hedge fund portfolios copy trades that were disclosed weeks after they happened.
  • Selling to close: Dub's account closure steps start with selling every position.

Registration means a fiduciary duty on the advisory side and public disclosure documents. It isn't a regulator's approval of the portfolios or a promise they'll make money.

How Dub copies a portfolio in your account

Dub copies a portfolio by splitting the amount you invest across the portfolio's current weights and placing those orders in your Dub account, then repeating every change the creator makes.

Where Dub's portfolios come from

Dub's portfolios come from four sources in its Form CRS: Premium portfolios managed by Dub's adviser, Creator Program portfolios from outside creators its investment committee approves, Sponsored portfolios, and User portfolios that Dub does not supervise. Premium creators need at least six months of verified history beating the market by 2% or more. Politician and hedge fund portfolios copy trades after they are disclosed:

  • Politician portfolios: Dub's own page says politicians "can wait as much as 45 days after transacting to file."
  • Hedge fund portfolios: these use 13F data published 45 days after each quarter ends.

How Dub matches and rebalances your copy

Dub matches your copy to the portfolio's weights when you invest, so in Dub's example $3,000 in a portfolio weighted 40%, 35%, and 25% buys $1,200, $1,050, and $750 of its three holdings. When the creator rebalances, your copy rebalances too, and you can't act on that portfolio while the orders process. Each portfolio's minimum depends on its holdings and shows after you tap Invest.

Where your money is held

Your money is held in an account at Dub's broker-dealer, and Apex Clearing Corporation clears the trades and holds the assets as custodian. Dub's pages describe SIPC protection of up to $500,000 if a member broker fails. SIPC does not cover market losses.

What Dub can do in your account

Dub can trade in your account without a new order from you each time, so check a portfolio's fee model on its Overview page, and its risk score if it's a Premium portfolio, before you copy it.

  • Place orders: tapping Invest authorizes Dub's broker-dealer to place orders that match the portfolio.
  • Sell when the creator sells out: if the creator liquidates the portfolio, your copy is sold at the same time.
  • Sell to pay fees: Dub can deduct management fees and sell positions to cover them, which can create a taxable gain.
  • Ask you to confirm: every three months Dub asks whether you still want to copy. All accounts are cash accounts, so Dub never trades on margin.

How much does Dub cost?

Dub's cost comes in layers: a membership you need to use the app, then a subscription or a management fee for each Premium portfolio you copy.

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MembershipPremium portfolio, subscription modelPremium portfolio, management fee model
What it pays forAccess to the app, copying, and auto-copyOne Premium portfolio's strategyDub's adviser managing one Premium portfolio
PriceShown in the app at checkout$25 to $5000% to 2.50% a year of what you allocate
BillingMonthly or annually, renews automaticallyQuarterly or annually, in advanceQuarterly, after the quarter, deducted from your account
Paid toDASTA Inc., Dub's parentDub's adviserDub's adviser

These fees come from Dub's Form CRS, dated June 8, 2026, and its Help Center.

The membership

The Dub membership is a monthly or annual subscription paid to Dub's parent, DASTA Inc., and you need it to use the app, copy portfolios, or reach Premium portfolios. Dub shows the current price at checkout, and its Help Center says Founder's Access, a legacy plan for early supporters, "is no longer available to new users."4 Check the price in the app before you fund the account.

  • Refunds: available only within 14 days of your first purchase, and only if you haven't copied a portfolio.
  • Canceling: auto-copy stops at the end of the billing period.

Premium portfolio fees

Each Premium portfolio charges either a flat subscription of $25 to $500 or a management fee of 0% to 2.50% a year. Form CRS prices the subscription per Premium portfolio, though Dub's Help Center says a Premium Creator subscription covers all of that creator's portfolios. Dub shows the fee model and rate on the portfolio's Overview page and the Confirm your investment screen.

  • Regulatory fees: SEC and FINRA fees apply when you sell.
  • Account fees: a returned ACH transfer costs $30 and a paper statement costs $5.
  • Conflicts Dub discloses: Form CRS says the membership, the subscriptions, and the asset-based fees each give Dub a reason to push more subscriptions, higher-fee portfolios, or larger allocations.

What the fees cost at your balance

At the top of Dub's range, a 2.50% management fee costs $25 a year on $1,000 and $1,250 a year on $50,000. The membership comes on top, and a $500 subscription charge on a $1,000 allocation equals half of it. You'll pay either fee whether the portfolio gains or loses.

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Allocated2.50% a yearPer quarter
$1,000$25.00$6.25
$5,000$125.00$31.25
$10,000$250.00$62.50
$50,000$1,250.00$312.50

How much does it cost to leave Dub?

Leaving Dub through its own closure steps can cost you capital gains tax, because you sell every position first in a taxable account. Canceling the membership does not close the account.

  • Stop paying: cancel in Settings under Your Account, then dub Premium. Deleting the app does not cancel the membership.
  • Close the account: sell all positions (proceeds settle the next business day), withdraw the balance, then request closure, which Dub processes in one to two business days.
  • Move shares instead: you can move whole shares to another broker through a standard account transfer, but fractional shares are sold and sent as cash.
  • Allow for deposits: recent deposits take five business days to settle before you can withdraw them.

If you have gains, time the sale for a tax year when you can absorb them, or sell losing lots first.

Is Dub worth it in 2026?

Dub holds 4.7 out of 5 from 11,000 App Store ratings as of October 12, 2026.5 The complaints in app reviews and on Reddit are mostly about fees, sign-up, and copying data that is weeks old, and few are about whether the copying works.

Those complaints follow from how Dub is built. Flat subscriptions are expensive on small allocations, management fees grow with your balance, and every copied politician or fund trade arrives after the original decision.

  • Consider Dub if: a taxable account suits you, you'll allocate enough that the fees are a small share, and you want named portfolios copied automatically.
  • Dub fits badly if: you want an IRA, you're starting near $100, or you want to approve each trade.

Dub vs the alternatives

Dub vs the alternatives comes down to three things: where your money sits, who picks the stocks, and how you pay.

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DubAutopilotRobo-advisorRegular broker
Where your money sitsA new Dub account, cleared by ApexYour existing brokerage accountAn account the robo opensYour account at that broker
Who picksA portfolio you chooseA pilot you chooseThe robo's model portfolioYou
How you payMembership plus a subscription or management fee per Premium portfolioFixed Premium fee, AUM fee plannedPercentage of assetsNothing beyond the broker's fees

Dub vs Autopilot

Dub vs Autopilot turns on where the copy lives. Autopilot copies into a brokerage account you already have, and Dub copies into an account you open at Dub. Our Autopilot review covers that app, and Autopilot vs Dub compares the two in full.

Dub vs a robo-advisor

Dub vs a robo-advisor is a choice between a diversified ETF portfolio and a concentrated copied one. A robo-advisor manages a broad portfolio for a percentage of assets, and many offer IRAs. Our list of the best robo-advisors compares the main options.

Dub vs picking stocks yourself

Dub vs picking stocks yourself comes down to time. The politician and 13F disclosures Dub uses are public, so you can place the same trades at a broker with no subscription, and in an IRA if you want one. Our Robinhood review and Public review cover two brokers you could use.

To compare Dub with those options, add the membership to the Premium fee you'll pay and divide by the amount you'll allocate. Then run the Tweed Retirement Calculator with your expected return lowered by that percentage to see what the fees cost over time.

Frequently asked questions about Dub

Is the Dub app safe?

The Dub app is safe in the regulatory sense. Its adviser has been SEC-registered since November 23, 2021, under CRD number 315589, its broker-dealer is a FINRA member, and its Form CRS reports no legal or disciplinary history. Apex Clearing holds your account, with SIPC protection if a broker fails but not against market losses.

Can you make money on Dub?

You can make money on Dub, and you can lose it. Returns depend on the portfolio you copy, how late its disclosed trades arrive, and the fees you pay. Dub charges those fees whether the portfolio gains or loses, so a small allocation needs a larger return just to cover the membership and any Premium fee.

Does Dub trade options or crypto?

No, Dub does not trade options or crypto for you, and it doesn't offer bonds, futures, or OTC stocks. Your account holds US stocks and ETFs, including fractional shares. Dub's politician portfolios use politicians' options trades as buy or sell signals, but what lands in your account is stock.

Can you use Dub on Android?

Yes, you can use Dub on Android as well as iPhone, because Dub's Help Center lists a Google Play app alongside its App Store app. Either app opens the same kind of account: an individual taxable brokerage account at Dub's broker-dealer, cleared by Apex.

What do Dub app reviews on Reddit say?

Dub app reviews on Reddit are mixed and mostly one to two years old. Users like copying named portfolios. They complain that sign-up asks for a Social Security number before you can try the app, that their copies trailed the returns creators posted, and that an index fund would have done as well.

What do Dub app reviews on Trustpilot say?

Dub app reviews on Trustpilot are about a different company. The Trustpilot page that ranks for "Dub" belongs to Dub.co, a link-management software firm, not the investing app. For the investing app, read the App Store and Google Play reviews, where Dub's developer replies to complaints about fees and data.

Is Dub good for beginners?

Dub is easy for beginners to use, with fractional shares, a low starting amount, and cash-only accounts. The portfolios are another matter: Dub rates its politician portfolios 5 out of 5 for risk, and their trades can arrive up to 45 days late. A beginner saving for retirement may want to compare IRAs first, which Dub doesn't offer.

Sources

  1. https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/315589
  2. https://reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov/crs/crs_315589.pdf
  3. https://support.dubapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/35618804138395-Account-Types-Supported-by-dub
  4. https://support.dubapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/33253253795099
  5. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dub-copy-trade-real-investors/id1598920501
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