Seeking Alpha alternatives
Seeking Alpha users often look for alternatives due to app performance issues, high subscription costs, and concerns about content moderation. Alternatives like Yahoo Finance and TradingView offer different strengths, from basic stock tracking to advanced charting and community features.
Why users look for alternatives to Seeking Alpha
- Users experience significant app performance issues, including lag, freezing, and slow updates, making it difficult to manage portfolios or read articles.R1R9R13R18
- The subscription cost is considered high, especially after features like portfolio tracking became paywalled, leading some to question the value for money.R5R10R31R34
- Concerns exist regarding content moderation and perceived political bias, with some users reporting censorship of certain viewpoints.R4R16R25R39
- The user interface is often described as confusing, not intuitive, or having bugs, particularly with portfolio tools and navigation.R12R14R21R38
- Some users report inaccurate or outdated data, particularly for dividend calendars and stock prices, and a lack of coverage for non-US stocks.R14R15R27R45
The alternatives
The Stocks app provides a straightforward way to check stock prices and track favorite companies, with readily available information and links to real-time news R56. However, users note an abundance of paywalled news articles and a desire for more diverse stock listings, including gaming and specific airlines R51R53.
Better for: Stocks is better for users who need a basic, easy-to-use app for quickly checking stock prices and getting general market news without deep analysis R56. It suits those who prefer simplicity over advanced features and don't mind encountering paywalled content occasionally R53.
Head-to-head: Seeking Alpha vs StocksCNBC offers good investment information and programming, especially for Prime members, and is valued for its knowledge benefits R69. However, the app is plagued by technical issues like videos freezing, livestreams failing to load, and compatibility problems with devices like the iPad Pro R68R70. Users also complain about an overload of ads, even with subscriptions, and perceived bias in articles R71.
Better for: CNBC is better for users primarily interested in live market programming and general investment information, particularly those who are Prime members and value the content despite technical glitches and ad frequency R69. It suits those who prioritize video content and news updates over detailed analysis or a bug-free app experience .
Head-to-head: Seeking Alpha vs CNBCYahoo Finance is praised for being user-friendly, providing good financial tracking, and offering accurate portfolio reviews . However, recent updates have introduced significant issues, including broken advanced charts, slow loading times, and problems with widgets and portfolio views R81R82R85. Users also reported that personal alert triggers disappeared without warning R79.
Better for: Yahoo Finance is better for users seeking a user-friendly platform for basic financial tracking and portfolio overview, especially if they value ease of use . It suits those who need reliable stock tracking and don't heavily rely on advanced charting features that have been buggy in recent updates R82R85.
Head-to-head: Seeking Alpha vs Yahoo FinanceTradingView is highly regarded for its powerful charting tools, allowing users to create custom indicators and offering a consistent experience between mobile and PC R94R97. However, users report significant issues with customer support and difficulty getting refunds R93R96. The app also has bugs, such as charts not displaying in full-screen mode or appearing blank . Some users find it confusing or overpriced .
Better for: TradingView is better for serious traders and analysts who prioritize advanced charting capabilities and the ability to customize indicators R94. It suits users who are comfortable with a complex interface and are willing to navigate potential bugs and limited customer support for powerful analytical tools R93.
Head-to-head: Seeking Alpha vs TradingViewMarketWatch offers enjoyable feature stories and good reading, with many articles being well-written and useful . However, users express concerns about perceived political bias in journalism and frequent pop-up advertisements, even for subscribers R107. There are also reports of subscription issues on the iPhone app and a lack of dark mode R112.
Better for: MarketWatch is better for users who enjoy reading financial feature stories and general market news, and who appreciate well-written content . It suits those who are less concerned about political leanings in reporting and are willing to tolerate ads or subscription login issues for access to its articles R107R112.
Head-to-head: Seeking Alpha vs MarketWatchYou should stick with Seeking Alpha if you value its in-depth analysis, diverse perspectives, and quant ratings for identifying strong stock potential, and if you find its content invaluable for your investing decisions despite app performance issues or high subscription costs R5.
Evidence note: No alternative had too few reviews to judge.
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- [R1] Seeking Alpha Atrocious - App keeps “sticking”: I’m a new premium subscriber. I’m trying to enter in details of my portfolio. It sits there stuck with each keystroke and the lag is ridiculous. Trying to get the Menu to respond is like go away and come back after a few mins. Whoever is in charge of this app should be taken to the back and dealt with.
- [R9] Seeking Alpha Lots of latency: I wish I could rely on this app more, but during trading hours, there is a lot of latency with the updates to prices…and the app becomes unbearably slow when trying to update your stocks! Needs improvement!
- [R13] Seeking Alpha Terrible update: Very little works now. Will not stay on the Portfolios tab, which is my preferred starting page. The customization page does not work and requires closing the app to exit.
- [R18] Seeking Alpha Now articles won’t load: This used to be a solid app. Now it’s plagued by bugs that support cannot replicate or repair. Currently, articles will not load from notifications. All typical repairs did not alter this outcome.
- [R5] Seeking Alpha An Essential App if you own or plan to buy Stocks: Best of Breed by a Mile. Premium services are pricey but Wirth eve
- [R10] Seeking Alpha No more portfolio tracking: The great portfolio tracking feature will no longer update without a subscription. It was the one thing that kept me coming back to SA. Was a subscriber for years until many of the articles became nothing but clickbait with little to no substantial value. Leo Nelisson was excellent but I couldn’t justify a $300/yr subscription for only one contributor that was of any va
- [R31] Seeking Alpha Be very careful with the subscription: I had an unfortunate experience with the subscription renewal. I forgot to cancel before the renewal date and was charged automatically. I understand this is part of the terms, but what disappointed me is that the company refused to offer any refund, even though I contacted them shortly after the charge and did not use the service during the renewed period.
- [R34] Seeking Alpha Rip: $300 for an annual subscription is a major ripoff.
- [R4] Seeking Alpha Censorship: This site is loaded with extreme right wing types who are free to comment without being censored. Liberal points of view are highly censored. The home of racists, Christian Nationalists and other unsavory groups.
- [R16] Seeking Alpha Moderators censor conservatives: SA used to be a good site. But after Trump became POTUS most comment sections turned into deranged Liberal ranting. They can say literally anything, but conservative comments get censored and the Commenter gets put into “review” so every post has to be approved by the censors. This only happens for Conservative posters, the other side posts literally anything with
- [R25] Seeking Alpha Freedom Of Speech not Tolerated/Many Bugs: Tons of pro-Trump writers and articles but if you say one tiny thing negative (site is run by Israelis) you’ll get banned. If you say anything about either one that’s not praising them you will get censored. Many have been banned. Their censorship is draconian. There are better sites nowadays for free this one has jumped the shark.. And the bugs! Constan
- [R39] Seeking Alpha One sided politics platform: I’ve used Seeking Alpha for years and I have enjoyed its function and use without having to pay for premium which is what has earned it a star. It was always a bit political in the comments of certain, usually quite informative articles. Lately, every article’s comments are not relevant to the market instead focused on vitriol towards a certain orange man. It’s tires
- [R12] Seeking Alpha Useful Content but serious user interface issues: I am a fan of this platform and find the content, data and community comments to be extremely valuable to discerning readers. Big negative is their customer support. They are arrogant and dismissive of valid feedback.
- [R14] Seeking Alpha Great platform with a few short falls: Overall, I love the Seeking Alpha platform and it is helped tremendously with my investing decisions. I just wish in some cases, it were easier to navigate and more intuitive. Also, the functionality of the portfolio tool leaves much to be desired. It doesn’t update very often with the positions held, and won’t let you delete positions manually if they’re lin
- [R21] Seeking Alpha Great content, subpar UI: Copying Views to other Portfolios has been my worst experience of the UI; copying views seems to have bugs.
- [R38] Seeking Alpha Great data; confusing to use: The title is my review. Hard to find things, but great things when you do find them.
- [R15] Seeking Alpha App still needs work, updated review: Update: later updates have improved performance. Now my major issue with the app is that it doesn’t provide up to date data. The dividend calendar is laggy. I can see accurate dates for the last month or quarter, but the dates for the current month or quarter are simply missing in many cases, despite being published by the fund or stock. Most of the time I nee
- [R27] Seeking Alpha Too few uk stocks covered: As a UK investor I find that 12 my etfs and stocks are not covered by Alpha Very disappointed as it skews all my portfolio reviews . Unless this changes I won’t be renewing
- [R45] Seeking Alpha inaccurate data: From page to page I find conflicting percentage daily stocking price increase and also differing dividend yields
- [R51] Stocks 2 stars are better than 1: I can’t find sprit airlines and American Airlines is losing money for some reason same thing with Home Depot and I can’t find Airbus even though they are still in business but good news Kroger is gaining money so that’s good and south west is also losing money why🤨
- [R53] Stocks Too much paid news: Would like to be able to filter out the pay walled news articles. Would like to have only free to read articles shown. Thank you
- [R56] Stocks The more you use it, the harder it gets: I appreciate many things about this app. It is easy to use, there is a lot of information readily available with just a tap or two, and the link to real time news is great. Here are some features I would like to see: 1. Add a sort feature, so you can sort listings alphabetically, by date added, by market cap, whatever. Doing this manually, the only curren
- [R57] Stocks Subscription useless: All these stories are originally published by other sources - which are available for no charge through many other sources. This just makes this app look silly and unnecessarily greedy. Leaves a bad impression in a long time Apple customers mind. This is one of the drop off points where you lose customers.
- [R68] CNBC App won’t load lately: For the last few months I’m having issues where stories just won’t load. I have to reconnect to my wifi to make it work. Sort of annoying I’m assuming it’s tied to their spammy ads and my Unifi system blocking them. App used to work great, but since the spinoff has been bad.
- [R69] CNBC Please Add A stock market Widget For IPhone: This App Is wonderful the Benifits of knowledge is awesome I just wish it had some Widgets for I can see the updates faster thank you
- [R70] CNBC Live stream on iPad stopped working: I’m so frustrated I cannot stream cnbc on my iPad. I constantly remove and reinstall but doesn’t help. Worked fine before the split.
- [R71] CNBC Articles are biased at best, propaganda at worst.: I look at the quotes, whoever writes the articles are left wing activists that are too biased. I don’t watch CNBC anymore because of the bias and lies.
- [R79] Yahoo Finance You killed 99 free alerts: After years, personal alert triggers on stocks just disappeared without a warning. Bad form!
- [R81] Yahoo Finance Almost Perfect: On iPhone, Widget for a ticker symbol is not working. It won’t allow changing the ticker symbol. As of 7/7/3026 still not working.
- [R82] Yahoo Finance Advanced chart in mobile app: Completely broken. Why time in x axis , always current day candle not rendering 😒
- [R85] Yahoo Finance App is messed up now: Every time I tap on a stock chart, it opens the advanced view which I don’t want and this view also takes likes 5 seconds to load before I can exit. Why is it so slow? I’ll look for another stock tracker and use my brokerage in the meantime.
- [R93] TradingView .: No customer support
- [R94] TradingView Happy Tradingview members.: Tradingview greatly tools. I like it. Let’s me creating myself indicators, colors, many things else. Thanks all.
- [R96] TradingView refund: try to get a refund that they charged me for two plans during the 4 th of july special
- [R97] TradingView JS ira Good: it’s really Good.
- [R107] MarketWatch Poor journalism: Always always has a negative lean against Trump and Republicans and their economy. There’s a way you can print the news then there’s a way you can slant it and these people do it constantly to the left. They suck. It’s no secret that Rupert Murdoch and Trump have issues with each other. The same thing is existing with Bloomberg News. I’m 81 years old and where I’ve watched this co
- [R109] MarketWatch Be more clear on dates of the DATES AND TIMES of reporting times of stocks in recorded list.: But pretty darn good!!
- [R110] MarketWatch False Advertising: I subscribed to MarketWatch under the pretense that I would be charged $3.99/month for the first 12 months of my subscription and then subsequently charged $19.99/month following the 12 month period. I resubscribed and was charged $19.99 and there is no customer service or information provided. This behavior is predatory and false advertising.
- [R112] MarketWatch Subscription doesn’t work on IPhone App: After paying for a subscription, the app always wants you to login with the user ID and password. Doesn’t seem to work well on an iPhone.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store