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Head-to-head

Investing.com vs CNBC

Investing.com 4.7★ · Free + IAP 75
Winner Investing.com
CNBC 4.7★ · Free to download 60

Investing.com offers more comprehensive market data and tools for active investors, while CNBC excels at delivering financial news and live broadcasts, despite persistent technical issues.

Full reviews: Investing.com · CNBC

Investing.com is praised for its extensive market coverage and fast, accurate data, making it a strong tool for self-investors. CNBC provides timely financial news and live streaming, but users frequently report problems with video playback, app freezes, and intrusive ads.

Head to head

Features & Content edge: Investing.comR1R2R8R9
Investing.com Investing.com is lauded for its comprehensive market coverage, fast and accurate data, and tools for self-investing, with some users finding the 'Ideas Track' and 'InvestingPro' features valuable R2R8. However, some paid users feel the 'Pro' subscription is not worth the money, citing useless stock picks and paywalled content R1R9. There are also complaints about missing features like short position tracking and fair value for stocks .
CNBC CNBC is appreciated for its timely financial news, live coverage, and overall informative content . Users value the ability to track portfolios and get market data . However, several users report missing data points like metals prices, 52-week highs and lows, and outdated crypto news . Some also criticize the app's political bias in articles and news coverage .
Ease of Use & Reliability tieR2R5R7R12
Investing.com Investing.com users praise its speed and convenience R2. However, the app is plagued by numerous technical issues, including ads freezing the app, inability to use the app overseas, broken search functions, watchlist editing problems, and UI elements misbehaving R5R7R12. Some issues, like the landscape mode bug, were fixed quickly R5.
CNBC CNBC faces significant reliability issues, particularly with live streaming and video playback, which frequently freeze, lag, or fail to load R64R66R73. Users also report problems with the app not working on certain devices (iPad Pro, iPad 2) or with CarPlay, login instability, and articles not loading . The Picture-in-Picture feature was removed and then reinstated, which was appreciated .
Price & Value tieR1R4R7R9
Investing.com Investing.com offers a free version with intrusive ads R7R12. The paid 'Pro' subscription is criticized for being too expensive, with users feeling it's not worth the money for the content provided R1R4R9R28. Some users also report issues with pricing discrepancies and difficulty canceling subscriptions R4R40. However, some 'InvestingPro' users find the 'Ideas Track' worth the cost .
CNBC CNBC is free to download but offers subscriptions for enhanced content. Users complain about an overload of ads even with a subscription, and the high price of the 'Club' or 'Pro' membership . Some feel the subscription value is poor, with limited access to content for the price .
Customer Support tieR3R37R40R43
Investing.com Investing.com's customer service receives strong criticism for being slow, unresponsive, and difficult to reach R3R37R40R43. Users report issues with getting problems resolved, especially regarding subscription problems or app functionality while traveling R40R43.
CNBC CNBC users also report poor customer support, with issues like login problems and video freezing not being resolved . One user mentioned a lack of response regarding security clearances .
Pick Investing.com if

Pick Investing.com if you need a comprehensive tool for monitoring various markets, desire fast and accurate data, and are an active self-investor looking for detailed insights R2R8.

Pick CNBC if

Pick CNBC if your primary need is timely financial news, live market coverage, and video content, and you are willing to tolerate occasional technical glitches and ads .

Evidence note: Both apps have a significant number of negative recent reviews, often highlighting technical issues and perceived poor value for paid features. The free-vs-paid asymmetry is notable for Investing.com, where many complaints about ads come from free users, while paid users have specific complaints about the value of the 'Pro' features.

Frequently asked

Is Investing.com's paid subscription worth it?
User opinions are mixed; some find the 'Ideas Track' and 'InvestingPro' features valuable and worth the cost , while others feel the subscription is too expensive, doesn't offer enough unique value, and includes useless stock picks R1R4R9R28.
Does CNBC's app have live streaming issues?
Yes, many users report persistent problems with CNBC's live streaming and video playback, including freezing, lagging, and failure to load, even for paid subscribers R64R66R73R76.
Are there many ads in Investing.com?
Yes, users frequently complain about intrusive and aggressive ads in the free version of Investing.com, which can freeze the app or appear in push notifications R7R12R25R31.

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. [R1] Investing.com 1/5 · US Pro plant does not even see the stock pick updated list: Not worth the money
  2. [R2] Investing.com 5/5 · US Fast and convenient: Very faster and accurate data
  3. [R8] Investing.com 5/5 · US Go To App: Investing.com is my go to app for investing. I’ve tried many over the years, but this one seems to have everything I need.
  4. [R9] Investing.com 3/5 · US Not worth it: I have paid version of Investing Pro. Other than getting blasted with several news, the subscription is not worth the money. Monthly stock pick is useless so far. There are other apps that I use is worth every penny unlike this app. I wouldn’t recommend the subscription.
  5. [R5] Investing.com 5/5 · US Version 6.75.1 breaks My Holdings tab: As above, the tab no longer works in landscape mode. Please fix. Fixed in 6.76.0. Very fast fix. Thank you.
  6. [R7] Investing.com 2/5 · US Invasive ads: Keep the junk invasive off the site. I’m not here to see kid games and move the x So immature, - switching to another app with same content would be easy.
  7. [R12] Investing.com 3/5 · US Ad blocks Entry: Love the app, but to get in they make you look at an ad, which is fine whatever, but it glitches have the time and I can never use the app. It’s been many months now.
  8. [R4] Investing.com 1/5 · US What Sale???: How is $214.99 a 60% off July sale? Come on guys. Almost $20 a month for an app that doesn't even sync portfolios is a rip. You'd probably double your subscribers if you dropped the price to $99 annually. Or offer a lifetime membership.
  9. [R3] Investing.com 3/5 · US Great App, Awful Customer Service: The title says it all. Customer service is solely via email and the response time in my case was several days.
  10. [R37] Investing.com 1/5 · US App is good, Support is terrible.: Very difficult to get connected to a human that can solve problems.
  11. [R40] Investing.com 2/5 · US Discounted Pro Membership a BLOODY MESS!!: I received a code from a YouTube blogger for a discounted pro membership and from the beginning this process to input information to receive the pro membership has been a mess. Of course they charge me but they don’t respond with any kind of intro emails or any information.
  12. [R43] Investing.com 1/5 · US Poor customer service and app experience: I’m unable to comment when I’m in Singapore or Vietnam. When I’m in Thailand it works. I’ve reached out to the Customer Services, they didn’t care. Hence I will never pay for a subscription. If you cannot fix this problem when I’m traveling you cannot have my money
  13. [R28] Investing.com 1/5 · US Basura: Para mí es una mierda de plataforma, es demasiada costosa, manipula precios, los análisis son atrasados, no la recomiendo para nada
  14. [R64] CNBC 1/5 · US 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.
  15. [R66] CNBC 3/5 · US 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.
  16. [R73] CNBC 1/5 · US Videos Freeze: I don’t understand for the life of me how this is a five star rated app. This app is absolutely horrible and has gotten worse since Versant bought out the company. The videos freeze about 20% into it. The charts are incredibly amateur and lag the videos take so long to come out after they’ve been played. Do better this is garbage.
  17. [R76] CNBC 1/5 · US Livestream never loads: I hardly ever leave reviews and almost never leave negative reviews but this app has been so frustrating. I have to refresh it 30+ times to get the livestream to even load and sometimes it just never does and I can't watch that morning. Then sometimes I have to go through the same process after stops working after a commercial break. No one has time for that. I know it's sp
  18. [R25] Investing.com 1/5 · US Broken app: Still when ads load up at start up will cause the app to freeze and I can’t click the x to get past the ad. So I normally have to close the app and then open and it’ll be good but now it’s not loading data which I assume the servers are down.
  19. [R31] Investing.com 1/5 · US Se congela: La app cuando la publicidad se activa, se congela y no deja entrar a la app. Ya lo instale 2 veces y sigue el problema.

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