Comparison

Foreign Policy News & Analysis vs Conspectus Intelligence

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Foreign Policy News & Analysis

Access in-depth analysis and breaking news on global politics and world affairs. Explore coverage by region, listen to podcasts, and enjoy exclusive content with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Breaking news and analysis
  • Regional coverage
  • Podcasts and events
  • Topic search and sharing
  • Offline article saving
  • Personalized news feed
Features
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Stay ahead of global events with Foreign Policy (FP), the trusted source for world news, politics, and expert analysis. From geopolitics and economics to defense and security, FP helps you understand what’s happening—and why it matters. With the FP app, you can: • Read the latest breaking news, in-depth analysis, and expert opinion. • Explore coverage by region: China, India, Europe, Middle East, and more. • Enjoy FP podcasts and events, free and open to the public. • Search topics that matter to you and share stories with friends. FP subscribers get even more: • Save articles to read offline. • Build a personalized My FP news feed. • Access exclusive newsletters, audio articles, FP Live events, and past print issues. • Get real-time alerts when new analysis is published. Already a FP subscriber? Log in to the mobile app with your site credentials. Not a subscriber? Get instant and unlimited access to the Foreign Policy mobile app with in-app purchase. In-app subscription options: With an in-app subscription, enjoy unlimited access to articles. In-app subscribers can create an account to access all subscription benefits. Cancel anytime and retain access through the end of your billing period. Insider articles require an Insider subscription. Your subscription will automatically renew each month or year, and your credit card will be charged through your App Store account. You can turn off auto-renew at anytime in your App Store account settings. For information about our privacy policy, please click here: https://foreignpolicy.com/privacy

About

Conspectus Intelligence

This app analyzes financial news and institutional research to reveal market disagreements. It presents evidence-backed briefs outlining bullish, neutral, and bearish viewpoints, allowing users to explore the source of every claim.

Highlights
  • Evidence-backed briefs
  • Bullish, neutral, bearish case breakdowns
  • Cited source citations
  • Topic coverage tracking
  • Related topic connections
  • Focus-built reading experience
Features
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Conspectus Intelligence The most valuable signal in markets isn't the consensus number. It's seeing where the disagreement actually lies. Conspectus reads the institutional landscape for you — tier-one financial media, sell-side research, central bank communications, specialist publications — and distills it into evidence-backed briefs that show how a topic is being framed, where views converge, and where they're breaking apart. Most tools summarize the news. Conspectus maps the argument. THE BRIEF Every Conspectus brief lays out the bullish, neutral, and bearish cases side by side — each position built from real coverage, each claim carrying a tappable citation back to its original source. No black box. You can interrogate every sentence. THE COVERAGE Macro Signals. Geopolitics & Policy. Corporate Events. Sector Themes. Public and Private Markets. Conspectus tracks the topics institutional investors actually debate — and keeps briefs current as the coverage evolves, so you're reading the state of the argument today, not last week's snapshot. THE DISCIPLINE Conspectus is journalism, not investment advice. It generates no trade ideas, no price targets, no recommendations. It exists to compress hours of institutional reading into minutes of structured evidence — the raw material for your own judgment, not a substitute for it. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS Portfolio managers, analysts, allocators, consultants — anyone whose job depends on knowing not just what the market thinks, but how confidently and how uniformly it thinks it. When the sources split 50/50, that's not noise. That's the story. THE DETAILS Bull / neutral / bear breakdowns with cited evidence for every position Tap any [N] marker to read the source behind the claim Quick View — scan a topic's full stance without leaving your feed Related topics, connected by meaning, not keywords A reading experience built for focus: dark and light themes, adjustable text, zero clutter Free. No paywall. No ads. Just the argument, mapped.

Screenshots

Foreign Policy News & Analysis4 screens
Conspectus Intelligence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Conspectus Intelligence at none against Foreign Policy News & Analysis's 7. Conspectus Intelligence also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Foreign Policy News & Analysis's advantage is chart position (#89 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Foreign Policy News & Analysis sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Conspectus Intelligence asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Foreign Policy News & Analysis versus Conspectus Intelligence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForeign Policy News & AnalysisConspectus Intelligence
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.6K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#89 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB59 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperForeign Policy MagazineCastlebury Ventures

Customer experience

Foreign Policy News & Analysis

All ratings2,491 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral13.6%
Negative16.7%

Conspectus Intelligence

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Foreign Policy News & Analysis

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and account management problems
  • Frequent crashes and app freezes
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices
  • Articles not loading or disappearing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add offline reading mode
  • Improve search and article discovery
  • Allow font size and theme customization
  • Integrate with social media sharing

Conspectus Intelligence

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Foreign Policy News & Analysis

Subscriptions7
  • Foreign Policy Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • FP Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Month
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  • Foreign Policy Subscription$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$199.991 Year
  • FP Annual Subscription1 Year trial$199.991 Year
  • Foreign Policy Insider1 Year trial$249.001 Year
None

Conspectus Intelligence

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Foreign Policy News & Analysis free?
Foreign Policy News & Analysis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Conspectus Intelligence free?
Conspectus Intelligence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Foreign Policy News & Analysis or Conspectus Intelligence have ads?
Neither Foreign Policy News & Analysis nor Conspectus Intelligence shows ads.

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