Over the years, consumers have been burned by websites offering “free” credit reports which had more than a few strings attached. After signing up for their free report, these misleading sites would then begin billing the unsuspecting users on a monthly basis after their trial periods ended. That’s why it’s been refreshing to use Credit Karma, a service which offers free credit monitoring and free credit scores that are actually free, not free*. I’ve been a somewhat obsessed user of the Credit Karma iOS app in recent months, now that I have a near-term goal of applying for a new mortgage. I’ve been working to clean up the old, negative items on my credit report, and it’s a little thrill to log in to the app to see the score increase as these changes are made. Credit Karma, through a partnership with TransUnion and VantageScore (a scoring system for all three credit agencies) has been providing users like myself with updated credit scores on a weekly basis for some time.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/30/credit-karma-rolls-out-free-weekly-credit-reports-yes-really/