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thinkorswim vs Yahoo Finance

thinkorswim 4.7★ · Free to download 70
Winner Tie
Yahoo Finance 4.8★ · Free + IAP 70

For active traders needing advanced tools, thinkorswim is superior despite its recent compatibility issues, while Yahoo Finance is better for general market tracking and portfolio monitoring.

Full reviews: thinkorswim · Yahoo Finance

thinkorswim offers a full-featured trading platform with advanced tools for active traders, but recent mandatory updates have caused significant compatibility and performance issues for many users. Yahoo Finance excels at market tracking and portfolio overview, though it struggles with chart accuracy, alert reliability, and some recent UI changes.

Head to head

Features and Tools edge: thinkorswimR2R9R18R25
thinkorswim thinkorswim is praised as a full-featured trading platform, offering powerful tools for active traders, including options trading and extensive charting capabilities R2R60. Users appreciate its free indicators and the ability to track the market and manage positions R9R26. However, some users find the interface confusing for less experienced traders R25, and there are requests for more parity with the desktop version, especially for options trading features and chart integration R18.
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance is valued for its comprehensive financial tracking, portfolio review, and market monitoring . Users like its simple charts and news integration R60. However, it has been criticized for removing free alerts , lacking advanced charting features compared to dedicated trading platforms , and having issues with option pricing and updates for expired positions .
Ease of Use and Interface edge: Yahoo FinanceR18R25R26R60
thinkorswim thinkorswim is described as user-friendly by some, especially for those who use it daily for years R26R60. However, many users find its interface complex and confusing, particularly for those who are not sophisticated or full-time traders R25. There are also complaints about clunky options trading and a lack of integration between trading functions and charts R18.
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance is generally considered very user-friendly and easy to navigate . Users appreciate its simplicity for checking stocks and tracking investments . However, recent UI/UX changes have been poorly received, with issues like inconveniently wide columns on iPad, truncated portfolio views, and a broken advanced chart view .
Reliability and Performance tieR1R3R4R5
thinkorswim thinkorswim has significant reliability issues, particularly after recent mandatory updates. Users report the app becoming very slow, lagging, and frequently re-establishing connections R3R4. Crashes are also common . Many users are locked out due to forced iOS update requirements, rendering the app unusable on older devices R1R5. There are also reports of glitches in lot trading methods and incorrect cost basis displays .
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance also faces reliability and performance issues. Users report the app being slow and charts taking longer to load, often locking up . Price alerts are sometimes unreliable . There are complaints about inaccurate price action, especially after hours and in pre-market R100R106. Some users experience login issues after updates and problems with watchlists disappearing or not syncing . Portfolio aggregation can be wildly inaccurate for some R115.
Price and Value tieR9R50R92R94
thinkorswim thinkorswim is free to download and offers a comprehensive trading platform, with users appreciating its free indicators R9. However, some users mention high commissions for trading R50.
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance is a free app with in-app purchases. Users value the ability to track investments and market data for free . Some users find the subscription quite expensive R92. The free version has increased ads R94.
Support and Updates tieR1R5R13R17
thinkorswim thinkorswim's mandatory updates are a major point of contention, forcing users with older devices to upgrade their iOS or buy new hardware, effectively locking them out of the app R1R5R13R17. Users report that every update since Schwab took over has caused problems . There are also issues with customer service quality declining since the Charles Schwab acquisition R50.
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance has frequent updates, but these often introduce new bugs and UI/UX issues rather than fixing them . Users report issues with alerts disappearing and login problems after updates . The help screen is also noted as needing improvement .
Pick thinkorswim if

You are an active or sophisticated trader who needs a full-featured platform with advanced charting and options trading tools, and you have a newer device capable of running the latest iOS R2R60.

Pick Yahoo Finance if

You primarily need to track market data, monitor your portfolio, and access financial news, and you prefer a more user-friendly interface for general financial overview .

Evidence note: thinkorswim's recent reviews are heavily skewed by negative feedback regarding mandatory iOS updates and device compatibility, which significantly impacts its perceived reliability and user satisfaction. Yahoo Finance's reviews show a mix of appreciation for its core functionality and frustration with recent UI changes and data accuracy.

Frequently asked

Does thinkorswim support older devices?
No, thinkorswim's recent mandatory updates often require the latest iOS versions (like iOS 18), making the app incompatible with older iPhones and iPads and preventing users from logging in R1R5R17R41.
Is Yahoo Finance's data accurate?
Yahoo Finance's data accuracy is a concern for some users, with reports of misleading price action, especially after hours and in pre-market, and wildly inaccurate portfolio aggregation for multiple linked portfolios R100R106R115.
Are there issues with Yahoo Finance's news content?
Yes, some Yahoo Finance users criticize the news content for being biased, leaning too far left, and including an increased number of advertisements and crypto-bro perspectives R81R87R94R102.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Unbelievable.: A full-featured trading platform on my iPhone. Holy cow. Really: what more needs to be said?
  2. [R9] thinkorswim 3/5 · US Outdated: Think swim platform is becoming dated in comparison to the likes of Trading View for example. I use both platforms and in terms of clarity of indicators on screen and availability. Trading View is hands down the winner. Thinkswwim though has the edge with free indicators on display. But to me the look and feel is now dated
  3. [R18] thinkorswim 3/5 · US Better than others but frustrating details: Still impossible to trade while looking at chart or even P/L. Still super Clunky for options. Still no parity with desktop on trading button functions. Alarm sounds not customizable. Alarms do not sound on time. Placing exit orders should be integrated with the chart.
  4. [R25] thinkorswim 1/5 · US Not everybody likes thicker swim: Briefly: the interface for thinker swim is confusing unless you’re a broker or a very sophisticated full-time user of thinkorswim and all of its multiple options. If you want simple, this is not it. I’d like to talk to those that seem to love it. I would like to know what I’m missing.
  5. [R26] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Use it all day for years: I have used this all day long for years to track the market, monitor portfolio positions, and make trade adjustments. I can not run the desktop app most of the time (when working or away from home). When needed or available I use the desktop for analyze tab, setting alerts with studies (wish they would add MA trendline crossover alert creation to the app), or when I can
  6. [R60] thinkorswim 5/5 · GB Great app!: I find this app to be the best out of all that I have used in the past. Incredible chart system, news, my trade, easy buying and selling, the app is user friendly. This is an all in one incredible platform🤑👌👍
  7. [R1] thinkorswim 1/5 · US Forced mandatory updates: Think or swim have a bad habit of forced mandatory updates that will make your older iPhone and iPad not compatible. They should have an option where you can update to the latest compatible version instead of not being compatible at all and now you have to buy new devices. Or maybe that’s the point maybe they have some type of agreement with Apple I’m not sure but it’s no
  8. [R3] thinkorswim 3/5 · US Lagging: Recent update has made the app very slow. This is at least in the options trading portion of the app. I get the re-establishing connection quite often than before. I don’t have this issue in the desktop app or on my android device.
  9. [R4] thinkorswim 1/5 · US Absurdly Slow: You will literally lose money as you wait for charts and other views to load.
  10. [R5] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Can’t use app anymore😤: My phone is not compatible for the latest iOS update and now I cannot use the app. This is not OK! Do something.
  11. [R50] thinkorswim 4/5 · US Attention: The app is very good but if you do traiding is the worst because the commission is to high, and the change to Charles the client attention got worse and when the volatility is very high some time freeze and leave out of market
  12. [R92] Yahoo Finance 5/5 · US My left arm: It helps me so much, I do so many things in this app. Love it. Sadly the subscription is quite expensive for me to move forward with it.
  13. [R94] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Used to be good: I normally review details about the stocks here. More recently, I have noticed a lot of crypto bro and/or biased perspective segments playing where normally they would have news or CEOs interviews. Additionally, the ads have increased as well so almost every other news story is an advertisement. Luckily, it says the word ad next to it.
  14. [R13] thinkorswim 1/5 · US these morons broke the app: enough with the pointless updates. since the app no longer works on my phone ill be taking my business elsewhere
  15. [R17] thinkorswim 5/5 · US Version 226.1 requires iOS 18…why?: I use this app daily on a dedicated older iPad, which cannot run iOS 18. The backend now requires 226.1, which I cannot install. Thus I can no longer login with the previous version 225.1 anymore. Please reconsider the iOS 18 requirement on new versions. Thanks.
  16. [R41] thinkorswim 1/5 · US App is no longer working: It really sucks that this app is no longer supported on older versions of iOS, and that means that if you want to continue using the app, you have to go out and buy newer versions of iPads and iPhones. If you are still able to use the app today, be prepared as your time is coming when your device is no longer supported. As a financial services company, Schwab should not b
  17. [R100] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Glitches and more glitches: This is the most misleading app for price action. So many glitches specially after hours, right after close and in pre markets . Delete
  18. [R106] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Prices very inaccurate: portfolio is off by significant trends and dollars for some of my stocks compared to Schwab and dependable and unreliable. Don’t use it to trigger any trade.
  19. [R115] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Wildly Inaccurate: When I pull in multiple portfolios, it aggregates the information wildly inaccurate. I reported this issue several times and it continues to be a problem. For example, my current YTD performance shows over a 22 million dollar loss and 89% decline. In 5 days, it shows I lost over 145 million dollars for a 97% decline. Absolutely pointless.
  20. [R81] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US App is fine, but the journalistic staff is slanted: I realize there’s ideological capture in most universities that produce “journalists”, and that Walter Duranty got his pulitizers in the 30s covering up stalins genocides, but would it be so hard to hire financially literate reporters. Also it is true politics impacts the markets, but if you view a diamond from only one angle 100% of the time, yo
  21. [R87] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US Liberal: Still leaning to far left.
  22. [R102] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US Biased news: The app provides decent stock market data, but the news is definitely very biased with a left leaning approach. Conservative viewpoints are not well represented.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store