Bankrate is described as 'We at Bankrate, Inc. have over three decades' experience in financial publishing. Bankrate was born in 1976 as "Bank Rate Monitor," a print publisher for the banking industry. The "Bank Rate Monitor" newsletter we originally distributed contained much of' and is an app in the business & commerce category. There are four alternatives to Bankrate for Web-based and iPhone. The best Bankrate alternative is Nerdwallet, which is free. Other great apps like Bankrate are Should I Refinance Yet, incomp and Loan Master.