Financial markets information, as well as other financial data is presented in a simple manner that makes it very easy to read. This app includes some very useful tools. The inclusion of a Currency Converter and a Tip Calculator, are tools that prove to be real time savers, and are well suited for frequent use as the need arises. The personal finance features are very informative and helpful, unfortunately some do not fully fit inside an IPhone screen. News stories in text form, fail to fit inside an IPhone screen, making it very awkward to try to read them. News videos are always timely and relevant.
Nothing working for days now except the tab that shows a few stocks and fund results. All other tabs / options pop up a notice about wi-fi not connected. Strange it works for every other app on my phone. Seldom need wi-fi anyway because most everybody has an unlimited data plan these days - every other app I have works just fine and switches between wi-fi and data seamlessly when needed. This is nothing more than Microsoft dropping the ball. I also notice the current version of MSN Money is 3 years old!!?? Looks like Microsoft just decided to abandon this app and not notify their users. Don’t waste your time installing it. Even when it was working it had reached the point where some of the stories and news stayed up for days without being replaced with anything newer.
Really good n simple app, but there are bugs and crashes
I use it a lot and generally like it’s features. It seems like it is a web front to the msn money website. The articles and analysis is good. There are limited ads on the app. The main issue is that it crashes from time to time and freezes without any explanation. The UI gets messed up when it doesn’t get proper response from server. bottom line: it’s a really nice and intuitive app, but microsoft can do better.
Updating the review just to say after almost a year I realize it’s built into Microsoft start app Prior review: I use to be able to view my watch list from msn money app on my window laptop and iPad. Around holiday season last year my msn money app on iPad and iPhone keeps saying connection issue. Attempting to sign into my Microsoft acct results in as if I didn’t log in and continues to show network issue. My Microsoft word, excel, calendar, and outlook mail works just fine tho. I prefer msn money over Apple stock app, it’s disappointing issue with app on iOS system has not been resolved yet
The MSN Money app has a decent mix of interesting articles that get updated fairly regularly, every 1-5 days I’d say, depending on the type of article. I like their lists of best or worst things, like places to retire, or projected future income from different careers. Their articles tend to be short in length and not very in-depth, so they’re not always best for making informed investing decisions off of, but they can be a good starting point.
One of the most important functions for me using this app is the watchlist, which allows the ability to rapidly look at data. Recently the ability to reorder the watch list has become very frustrating. Basically when to drag an item to a new location and hit “done” it does not move. In fact I spent three hours one day trying to reorder five new items. They basically would not change positions in the list. Someone might laugh at who would spend three hours doing the same thing over and over again when it didn’t work the first few times. Well I guess I call it persistence in case their server wasn’t working, etc. Have tried for several days now. It does not work. If keeping a watchlist is important to you and you plan the reorder after adding new items, don’t use this app. There are many other options that work better than this app.
There is nothing more frustrating when you can’t accomplish a simple task on an app you really like. It will take all my info including bank cards and birthdate and thoughts on power moves with stocks. But no photo to show who did it :( come on man we all like our praise and chance to shine. Please help. Have a blessed day awesome app
Love this app aside from the stock suggestions. These are often not updated for months on end for less known stocks. A few had buy ratings when they were underperforming for over a year before finally changing to hold... they need to get on top of that!
I use MSN daily for checking the market and my portfolio on my mobile. If you’re a minute by minute trader, it’s not for you. It’s free. The quotes update 20 minutes after open...after that the updates are seconds apart. Typical open delay for free app? News is timely in the AM. If the news or quotes are exceptional, then I go to my real money apps. I’m a fundamental investor.
Great app! The interface is wonderful and the design is a refreshing change from the typical iOS app. Microsoft is really proving to be a savvy app maker. Too much savvy in the direction of advertising dollars is a bit unwelcome. In my watchlist - the key feature of this app in my opinion- what do I see tucked in between the rows - a pixelated WalMart banner ad. It absolutely ruined the experience. Microsoft gave up the wrong screen real estate for that one. I can’t give it a higher rating until they stop this.
App won’t sync with my MSN account watchlist. When I go to add items to the watchlist in the app, a dialogue box comes up saying that changes were made to my account when I was signed out (I’m signed in). The dialogue box asks if I want to merge the changes to my account. No matter what I press (merge changes or disregard), the app crashes and won’t load anymore. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled several times now and nothing changes. Watchlist won’t sync and crashes when you try to make a new one. Every time.
This isn’t so much a review as much as it is a notice: it looks like the MSN Money function has been rolled into the Microsoft Start app. This app is still showing news articles from summer 2023, so it’s clear that this app is no longer being updated or used. Just wished Microsoft had sent out a formal notice saying the app will be sunset. If you’re trying to get the functionality of this app, Microsoft Start will be your best bet. Delete this app as it looks to be obsolete.
You are telling me am not connected to the internet. I have an outlook account I have had for years no problems. I downloaded the app but I am having and issue with the app. My internet connection is excellent
Even though there are so many sources of news these days, whenever I want to know what’s likely to happen in the stock market before it opens, MSN has me covered. Otherwise, their new tends to be late when the stock market is too volatile for news to be handy.
On rare occasions the app or parts of it are temporarily not available; but I consider this a minor inconvenience. Content always makes interesting and informative reads. Has everything I need in a financial app.
Microsoft Money app is the best financial news app because of the straightforward presentation of real news articles without too many ads or trashy content. It is a better experience than the CNBC app which itself is better than the CNBC site. Yahoo Finance is a shadow of its former self.
This has always my go to app for investment as a novice, but reading all these reviews has put up a screen. I know money and ads play a role for any company and I get that, but one has to be careful not to get sucked in once people are involved. Some will say Microsoft is not like that, we will see.
I use this app for timely updates on market indices. The news stories are informative but sometimes lack depth. Overall appreciate having this app on my mobile devices.
For years a synopsis of why the markets did what provided a snapshot of some reasoning as to what happened during the day. That snapshot has disappeared. There is no news about today’s market developments under the “market” section. Just a little bit about nothing. Don’t know if this is because not one knows why at MSN Money or no one wants to take the time to provide something meaningful.
Every time I open the app I get a popup that says “now logged in you made changes to the app while not logged. What would you like to do. Merge or Discard” Every time. Why doesn’t the app just stay logged in?
This app will not work and shows a Wi-Fi connection issue, when all other apps are working just fine with my Wi-Fi. When trying to look up a stock, it just freezes and will not fill. I have checked several days now and am giving up on using it going forward. I wish Microsoft would fix this app or delete it from their apps!!!
This app is unstable, it gets unresponsive. Once you terminate it, it will ask if you want to merge. If you merge it does not load correctly so you wont be able to scroll correctly. In this state your only choice is to terminate it again. If you select discard on the pop up after termination it will simply delete all your favorite stocks. Not worth it, there are other stable stock apps.
Overall this is a decent app. However its data is not always update, and some info display is just wrong. For instance it often says “market closed” in the middle of trading day. It also keeps asking me to re-login. Hope these bugs will be addressed in future releases.
Fast reference for Equities with interesting articles
I have been using MSN Money for a few years and like the ease of viewing. I can add equities and funds to match portfolios. The news and articles are nice to have along with the market activitats es.
Visually unappealing once you get past initial screens. Too many articles referenced require subscription to read more than the opening paragraph. Data presentation is excellent, would be better if graphs were interactive. It’s better than 3 but not a 4 and I didn’t want to round up
The app seems fine for what it is, clean laid out look and UI. But so tired of bright white. Personalization has no features but clear history? Why bother. Again please allow dark mod as a choice.
Agreed there are other applications that are good for technical information about stocks, but if you are looking for fundamentals this is the best application to use. Also the ads that are displayed are suttle and non intrusive.
I am not sure why it seems to choke and show me the same information for weeks at a time. Then it will be fine for months. I have deleted it and reinstalled, but it seems to only work when it wants to. I like the quick market numbers & news, when it works.
No longer syncing ‘My Watchlist’. Got messages asking to merge data that was made in one place and not another. And since that time the app has none of my Stocks listed and I can’t get it to sync back up even when I sign out and sign back into my Microsoft account. Really the only reason I use the app is to get my watchlist and related news tied to those stocks.
Stability Issues a stumbling block for an otherwise really nice App.
This is one of my most used Apps, yet in the past couple of months, I can rarely read any of the articles I am interested in, because the App crashes and closes. If it were fully functional, I would give five stars.
The order of stock watch list always display in random order and not correct in landscape mode. I have to change it to portrait then back to landscape in order to display the screen correctly. Maybe it is not maintained.
I use many apps for news. This is one of the best. The headline gives enough info to decide if one can continue reading. It’s really simple and easy to use.
This is a great app, but about one month ago, the Watchlist feature stopped working. Why?? This is an important feature and it needs to be fixed. I am one of many users that I would guess use it to track their holdings at a quick glance. Fix it please, ASAP!!
I view this several times daily to get a general idea of what the markets are doing. Only question I have is why does it say “Markets Closed” when they are obviously open?
The news are sometimes very old and sometimes irrelevant. Ex. News section for British Petroleum (BP) shows also articles about blood pressure. News articles seem to be displayed in random order, it should be sorted and displayed by date and time.
I like this app to keep up with my favorite stocks and read financial news. Every year it quits working in the summer. My guess is it’s run by interns at MicroSoft. When they come back in the fall it’ll start working again.
When are they going to fix this App so you can see the company information that used to appear in the “Profile” section ? ? ? I have sent several E-mails to MSNMoney about this problem over the last 30 days, but nothing has been done to fix this, and it’s very frustrating ! ! !
Technically nice app quick loading never crashes etc. Good programming. Content has gotten worse, if I just want to read CNN I can go to their mobile site or download their own app. Some balance in viewpoints would improve the experience
Bugs have existed for some time that haven’t been addressed
The app needs work, especially in the watchlist tab. One can no longer rearrange the list the save has no effect. Additionally, many times going into the details of the stock and then back out, the app will jump up the list instead of returning to the spot where you were...very annoying. Please fix.
People like money talk run the same despicable ads (they are not articles) over and over. One is “6 reasons I will never trust suzie orman”. This article comes out once a week with an updated date. Been that way for over a year. Honestly, why focus on one money guru? Why not attack the guys? Terrible app. Deleting.
I am just wondering developers do testing or not. For me watchlist never loads the stock more than one page. To load the scroll I have to click around in the app before more stocks get available in watchlist. Sometimes it never works.
The app is good the news section of finance and money, especially the calculator built into it. But my only feedback for Microsoft is to please update this app UI experience. This is the same UI from 2010’s and it needs to be updated from the outdated MSN to Microsoft’s universal language.
I don’t know if they have another app for the same. But if not then stock screener tool which is on the website is missing here. I was expecting they will have the web version of that in app also. That is must have tool for this app.
Great site for checking so many financial markets, funds, and great advice. Easy to come to my own conclusion which direction to go after researching on this site. Thank you
Whenever I go to find out what the current market is doing all I get is an error message saying there’s no network error number 1001. My network is Wi-Fi network is working for everything but this app but I still get the message. I even delete it and reinstalled it, but that didn’t help.
"Money," is one of three different apps I use daily, to keep informed on financial matters; yet is the app I keep in the highest regard, due to the vast amounts of quality and up-to-date news.
Finance simplified Know more about your money with the world’s best financial news and data. Grow your finances with handy tools and calculators, anytime and anywhere. TOP INDICES Track major indices from around the world, including NASDAQ, NYSE, Dow Jones, S&P 500, DAX, FTSE 100, NIKKEI 225 and more. Also track currency exchange rates and commodity prices. PERSONALIZED WATCHLIST Add your favorite stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs. Get quotes, charts and detailed company profiles. Sign in to save your preferences. LATEST NEWS Scan market headlines and access business news from trusted providers. Read featured personal finance news. FINANCIAL TOOLS Get more from your money with financial and budgeting tools such as a mortgage calculator and currency converter. • For iPhone: tip calculator, wealth estimator, and retirement planner • For iPad: stock screener AVAILABLE ANYWHERE Automatically sync your watchlist across MSN Money on the web and your mobile apps for quick access to the stocks you care about.
