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Yahoo Finance vs Stocktwits

Yahoo Finance 4.8★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner Yahoo Finance
Stocktwits 4.8★ · Free to download 60

Yahoo Finance is the better choice for comprehensive financial tracking and news, despite recent UI issues, while Stocktwits is better for real-time social sentiment and community interaction.

Full reviews: Yahoo Finance · Stocktwits

Yahoo Finance offers robust financial tracking, portfolio management, and news, though recent updates have introduced bugs and UI frustrations. Stocktwits excels as a social platform for investors to share ideas and gauge market sentiment, but struggles with moderation, spam, and technical glitches.

Head to head

Features & Data Accuracy edge: Yahoo FinanceR1R7R8R9
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance is praised for its comprehensive financial tracking, portfolio review, and accuracy R8R35R26. Users appreciate features like after-hours data and simple charts . However, recent updates have caused issues with portfolio views, alert functionality, and chart loading R1R7R9. Some users report significant inaccuracies in portfolio aggregation and price action, especially after hours R40.
Stocktwits Stocktwits is valued for providing real-time financial information, trending stocks, and the ability to track investments . Users appreciate the social aspect for finding information and sentiment . However, some key features like seeing futures vs. closing prices during off-hours have been removed . There are also complaints about delayed pre-market and after-hours share prices .
Ease of Use & UI/UX edge: Yahoo FinanceR3R4R6R7
Yahoo Finance Many users find Yahoo Finance easy to use and user-friendly . However, recent UI/UX changes have been widely criticized, with issues like changed daily price change display, truncated portfolio views, oversized columns on iPad, and advanced charts opening automatically and slowly R3R4R6R7. There are also reports of the app getting slower and locking up .
Stocktwits Stocktwits is generally considered easy to use . However, users report significant iPad bugs related to sizing and a lack of Split View and Slide Over support . Some find the UI clumsy and the design lacklustre , with a need for better optimization .
Reliability & Performance edge: Yahoo FinanceR4R7R10R11
Yahoo Finance While some users report Yahoo Finance works fine R11 and is reliable , a significant number of recent reviews highlight reliability issues. These include the app not working on specific networks R10, login problems after updates , price alerts failing , charts not rendering or loading slowly R4R7, and general unreliability . Some users experience their watchlist being lost or stocks not updating correctly .
Stocktwits Stocktwits users report issues with the app freezing or hanging, especially when loading stocks or refreshing watchlists, requiring a restart . There are also reports of the app draining battery quickly and muting audio .
Community & Content tieR21R22R27R31
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance offers news and community features, but users frequently criticize the news content for being biased, political, and low quality R21R27R34R42. The comment sections are also heavily criticized for aggressive filtering, censorship, and removal of comments R22R31. Some users miss the old community chat board style .
Stocktwits Stocktwits is primarily a social platform, praised for its community, banter, and opportunity to express ideas . However, it faces severe criticism for lack of moderation, leading to toxicity, misogynistic abuse, bots, scammers, and market manipulation R61R64R72. Users also complain about political posts unrelated to stocks .
Support & Pricing edge: Yahoo FinanceR1R30R32R61
Yahoo Finance Yahoo Finance is free with in-app purchases. One user mentions the subscription is quite expensive R32. There are complaints about help screens needing improvement R30 and alerts disappearing without warning R1.
Stocktwits Stocktwits is free to download and many users appreciate that it's free . However, there are significant complaints about customer support, with users reporting autonomous account suspensions, no response from support, and no way to contact a human R61. Some users who paid for 'edge' features still got banned R61. There are also issues with excessive email spam with no easy opt-out .
Pick Yahoo Finance if

You need a comprehensive, free platform for tracking your investments, managing portfolios, and accessing financial news, and are willing to tolerate some recent UI glitches and potentially biased news R8R26R35.

Pick Stocktwits if

You prioritize real-time social interaction, community sentiment, and discovering trending stocks, and are prepared to navigate issues with moderation, spam, and occasional app performance problems .

Evidence note: Recent reviews for Yahoo Finance lean negative, focusing on UI changes and bugs, while lifetime ratings remain high. Stocktwits has a higher lifetime rating, but many recent reviews highlight severe issues with moderation and spam, which are inherent to its social nature. The free-to-download nature of Stocktwits means many users are interacting with the free tier, and their complaints about spam and moderation are common for social platforms.

Frequently asked

Is Yahoo Finance reliable for stock tracking?
Yahoo Finance is generally considered reliable for tracking investments and portfolio review, with many users praising its accuracy and comprehensive data R8R35R26, though recent updates have introduced glitches and some users report inaccuracies in price action and portfolio aggregation R40.
What are the main issues with Stocktwits?
The main issues with Stocktwits revolve around poor moderation, leading to a high volume of spam, bots, scammers, and toxic or abusive content in the community R61R64R72R73, along with unresponsive customer support for account issues .
Does Yahoo Finance have a free version?
Yes, Yahoo Finance offers a free version with in-app purchases, allowing users to track investments and access financial information without linking accounts R41, though some features like alerts may have been reduced for free users R1 and a subscription is mentioned as expensive by one user R32.
Can I trust the news content on Yahoo Finance?
Users frequently criticize the news content on Yahoo Finance for being biased, politically slanted, and of lower quality, with some wishing for options to manage which news sources they see R21R27R34R42.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US You killed 99 free alerts: After years, personal alert triggers on stocks just disappeared without a warning. Bad form!
  2. [R7] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US 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.
  3. [R8] Yahoo Finance 5/5 · US Best of all financial advice: Best financial tracking and best portfolio review and 💯accuracy
  4. [R9] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US Poor recent UI/UX changes.: In a recent iPad update (late June/July 2026 they changed the daily price change to a dollar amount (I.e. +$3.56) which is pretty much useless. Change it back to being a percentage (I.e. +1.23%) or at least make it user selectable. They also ruined the “basic” view for linked portfolios. Instead of seeing all positions now, you only see like 9. You have to switch
  5. [R3] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US 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.
  6. [R4] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Advanced chart in mobile app: Completely broken. Why time in x axis , always current day candle not rendering 😒
  7. [R6] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US H/L & 52 wk view nowscrewed up: Please fix the recent change to the iPad version. The high/low and 52 wk views cannot be seen without sliding the side menu over. Why is the stock symbol column so wide? Wasn’t this wide before and everything could be seen without sliding the side menu over. Please reduce the width!
  8. [R10] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Not working on xfinity network: Since 1-2 months yahoo finance app is not working on xfinity network. Even yahoo finance website doesn’t work. Not able to get data and open webpage on xfinity network. Others apps works without any issue. It sounds like xfinity blocking yahoo finance.
  9. [R11] Yahoo Finance 5/5 · US Works fine: Works well on my phone.
  10. [R21] 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
  11. [R22] Yahoo Finance 1/5 · US Aggressive comment filter: App’s auto moderation relentless removes completely normal comments
  12. [R27] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US Liberal: Still leaning to far left.
  13. [R31] Yahoo Finance 2/5 · US Censorship: Bias and censorship 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
  14. [R30] Yahoo Finance 3/5 · US Overview: Yahoo Finance needs to have a direct link that gives an overview on the mechanics/options in setting up a portfolio . Your Help Screen’s needs improvement (edits) on clarity, confirmation, direction.
  15. [R32] 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.
  16. [R61] Stocktwits 1/5 · US Trash: Trash app that bans you for rules that are based on feelings. Pay $30 for “edge” and get banned by someone that doesn’t like what u have to say and then have to wait until a week day to be able to post again. Platform has become a joke.
  17. [R26] Yahoo Finance 5/5 · US Need to keep track?: Never have to spend extra time wondering where the market is. Put all your positions in one spot, Yahoo Finance is the best.
  18. [R35] Yahoo Finance 5/5 · US The best accurate professional all data needed to take a decision: The best Financial ap. The greatest financial site
  19. [R40] 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
  20. [R64] Stocktwits 1/5 · US Wow…this is garbage: Absolute garbage! I have attempted to build my platform utilizing basic strategies and this company just doesn’t understand messaging or marketing. This app is a joke compared to other social media platforms. Also, contains illicit activity and spam bots. Thank you AIRe.PublicPlatform
  21. [R72] Stocktwits 3/5 · US They have a ways to go.: Rude people not Real investors . And a bunch of scammers trying to sell crypto investments.
  22. [R73] Stocktwits 1/5 · US Bots, larpers and furus. Oh my!: Everyone on here is either a bot, someone pretending they make money or some guy trying to sell you a subscription. Absolute trash. Outside of that it’s a decent app.
  23. [R41] Yahoo Finance 5/5 · US Nice: I like tracking my investments in this app for free without having to actually having to link my accounts
  24. [R34] 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.
  25. [R42] 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