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NetDania Stock & Forex Trader vs Stocks

NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 4.6★ · Free + IAP · ⚠ stale 70
Winner NetDania Stock & Forex Trader
Stocks 4.5★ · Free to download 60

NetDania Stock & Forex Trader is better for dedicated traders needing real-time data, while Stocks is a basic, free option for general market tracking, despite its news paywalls.

Full reviews: NetDania Stock & Forex Trader · Stocks

NetDania Stock & Forex Trader offers accurate, live market data and charting tools, but is plagued by frequent ads and stability issues. Stocks, the default Apple app, provides basic market tracking but frustrates users with numerous paywalled news articles.

Head to head

Features edge: NetDania Stock & Forex TraderR8R11R14R22
NetDania Stock & Forex Trader NetDania provides live updates on spot markets, accurate prices, and charting tools, with users appreciating its ability to track live FX rates and various instruments R8R11R14. However, some users note a lack of Bitcoin support and issues with chart editing in landscape mode R22.
Stocks Stocks offers basic stock tracking and real-time news links, with users finding it easy to use for checking company money rates and general market information . However, users desire more customization, sorting features, and a wider range of stocks, especially in specific sectors like gaming .
Ease of Use tieR11R22R31R36
NetDania Stock & Forex Trader NetDania is described as easy to use and straightforward for tracking and analyzing securities R11. However, recent updates have introduced issues like freezing when rotating charts, difficulty with ticker symbol searches, and problems with alerts not saving changes R22R31R36.
Stocks Stocks is generally considered easy to use and navigate for basic stock tracking . However, some users find the app has become awkward to use with recent updates and unclear controls . There's also a significant accessibility flaw where the app ignores system light mode settings .
Reliability edge: StocksR1R6R10R24
NetDania Stock & Forex Trader NetDania has significant reliability issues, with numerous reports of the app crashing frequently, freezing, and failing to start R1R6R10R24. Some users note it was better before recent updates R3.
Stocks Stocks generally works well, but some users report data inaccuracies, with the app displaying incorrect market movements . There are also instances of the app stopping updates or failing to match prices quoted on the LSE .
Price/Value tieR3R4R13R15
NetDania Stock & Forex Trader NetDania is a free app with in-app purchases, but the free version is heavily criticized for constant, intrusive, and sometimes inappropriate ads R3R4R13R15. Users express willingness to pay to remove ads, but not for a yearly subscription R15. Some who paid for premium still reported getting ads . There are also complaints about 'bad signals' costing $60 for three months .
Stocks Stocks is a free app, but a major point of contention is the prevalence of paywalled news articles, requiring subscriptions to Apple News or other sources R63R72R76. Users feel this makes the app unprofessional and frustrating, as it acts as a marketing tool for Apple News .
Support edge: NetDania Stock & Forex TraderR9R10
NetDania Stock & Forex Trader NetDania's support is criticized, with one user being told to contact Apple support for an in-app purchase issue R9. Another user explicitly states there is 'no technical support whatsoever' R10.
Stocks There are no direct mentions of user support experiences for the Stocks app in the provided reviews.
Pick NetDania Stock & Forex Trader if

you need real-time, accurate live updates on spot markets and FX rates, and are willing to tolerate frequent ads or pay for a subscription despite some reported issues R8R14.

Pick Stocks if

you need a basic, free app for general stock tracking and market overview, and don't mind the numerous paywalled news articles .

Evidence note: Reviews for NetDania Stock & Forex Trader are more detailed regarding features and issues, while many reviews for Stocks are very short or irrelevant, making it harder to draw comprehensive conclusions for App B.

Frequently asked

Does NetDania Stock & Forex Trader have a lot of ads?
Yes, NetDania Stock & Forex Trader is heavily criticized for constant, intrusive, and sometimes inappropriate ads that appear when opening the app and navigating sections, even for some premium users R3R4R13R15.
Can I read news articles for free in the Stocks app?
No, many users of the Stocks app complain that almost all news articles require a subscription to Apple News or other paid services, making the news feature largely inaccessible without payment R63R72R76R90.
Is NetDania Stock & Forex Trader reliable?
NetDania Stock & Forex Trader has significant reliability issues, with many users reporting that the app frequently crashes, freezes, or fails to start, especially after updates R1R6R10R24.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R8] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 5/5 · US Quick and useful: I use the app principally to get live updates on spot markets. The prices are accurate and live. It worth paying for.
  2. [R11] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 5/5 · US Great App: This App is easy to use and great real time information
  3. [R14] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 5/5 · US Fx: Great way to track live FX rates
  4. [R22] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 1/5 · US Not user friendly: Chart editing is not showing in landscape mode, very difficult to do analysis in this app
  5. [R31] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 1/5 · US IOS 13 update error: After updating to iOS 13 I can’t look up ticker symbols through search because the search bubble no longer exist.
  6. [R36] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 3/5 · GB Alerts can't be edited: When I make changes to an alert, the change isn't active but its what is in the editor.
  7. [R1] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 1/5 · US Défi quotidien: Problème de démarrage de l’application
  8. [R6] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 3/5 · US Keeps crashing when creating and viewing new tradeboards: Hello Sir/Madam, I have been using your app for some time, however with the latest update the app keeps crashing every time when viewing the newly created tradeboard. Could you please have a look onto that? And I ll change the review star
  9. [R10] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 1/5 · US Used to be good, but crashes and all the time now: Iphone 12 ios 18. Crashes whenever the “studies” feature is selected. Possibly the last ios update played a role. And, no technical support whatsoever.
  10. [R24] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 3/5 · US NetDania Rocks (and Fails): This has been my go-to app for real time stock and market information, except for the fact that, for this version, almost every time I light it off it loads and immediately goes back to the home screen. FRUSTRATING!!! I have to light it off about ten times before I can use it. Thanks. I'm going somewhere else.
  11. [R3] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 3/5 · US Excellent: Horrible. You spend a lot of time with commercial when you open it up and when you go to different sections. Constant commercial. It was a lot better in the beginning but I think they were bought out. Horrible.
  12. [R4] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 1/5 · US Porno ads: Why does a supposedly financial app serve the most vile and vulgar ads?
  13. [R13] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 1/5 · US This app is serving porno advertising from Temu what a disgrace: This is supposed to be a financial app not some dirty ads app
  14. [R15] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 3/5 · US Love the app hates the adds: I use this app almost every day to keep track of different currencies, it the closest thing to real time data. However i hate all the adds that now it has. I WOULD PAY TO GET RIDE OF THE ADDS! but not a yearly subscription! Make that option available please and you will get 5 stars again from me
  15. [R9] NetDania Stock & Forex Trader 3/5 · US Love app, not able to purchase subscription: I like the application enjoy the information and signals. Am ready to purchase subscription however the app cannot connect to iTunes store. Contacted support and they told me to contact apple support. I'm able to purchase in app subscriptions with other apps only this one had the issue
  16. [R63] Stocks 3/5 · US 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
  17. [R72] Stocks 3/5 · US Good, but…: …just too many paywall / Apple News stories.
  18. [R76] Stocks 1/5 · US Upsell: Almost every link to an article requires a subscription to read it.
  19. [R90] Stocks 3/5 · US Stories or new: It should not show me Apple News which I have not bought . I do not want to clock through to know I have to pay for Apple News . There should be an option for user to choose .

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