Comparison

GuruFocus vs Robo Advisor

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

Head to head
About

GuruFocus

Access extensive stock analysis and up to 30 years of financial data for over 90,000 global stocks. Discover new investment ideas with a powerful screener and stay updated on value investing trends and news.

Highlights
  • Real-time portfolio monitoring
  • 30-year financial data
  • Customizable stock screener
  • DCF calculator
  • Guru and insider trades
  • Value investing news
Features
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Invest Like a Pro with GuruFocus. Discover smart investing with the GuruFocus app. View extensive stock analysis data and up to 30-years of financial data on over 90,000 stocks trading around the globe. Find new investing ideas using our All-in-one Screener and read the latest stock analysis and news. *Key Features:* - Quick portfolio access to monitor your investments in real-time. - Deep stock analysis (summary and 30-year financials data) - Fully-customizable All-in-one Screener to define your own winning investing strategy. - Handy DCF calculator to gauge stock value instantly. - Continuous updates on value investing trends and news. - Guru and insider trades to gain insights from value legends like Warren Buffett and Howard Marks

About

Robo Advisor

This app offers affordable, independent fiduciary investment advice for account-level decisions. It manages stock portfolios based on your set guidelines, optimizing performance and risk. Link your existing brokerage accounts for seamless management.

Highlights
  • Fiduciary investment advice
  • Portfolio management
  • Stock optimization
  • Risk management
  • Re-balancing intervals
  • Link brokerage accounts
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Affordable independent fiduciary for all account level investment decisions. Link your Schwab, Fidelity, Vanguard or Interactive Brokers account. Affordable, transparent, conflict-of-interest free fiduciary advice from a SEC Registered Investment Advisor. The app will manage portfolios of individual stocks to optimize performance within guidelines you set including investment strategy, portfolio construction, risk management, and re-balancing intervals. Back office teams manage the investment operations of your portfolios. Management Fees: Large Value: 0.10% Large Growth: 0.10% Small Value: 0.10% Small Growth: 0.10% International: 0.10% Multi-Alternative: 1.57% Robo Advisor provides discretionary investment advisory services. Investors have the app manage their assets via a separate account arrangement governed by an investment management agreement. Investment advisory services for separate accounts consist of sourcing and analyzing investment opportunities, making investments, monitoring investments, disposing of investments already made by each client, and providing risk management services to each client.

Screenshots

GuruFocus4 screens
Robo Advisor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GuruFocus at 85% against Robo Advisor's 0%. GuruFocus also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.7) and ratings volume (472 vs 9). Robo Advisor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GuruFocus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GuruFocus has 472 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of GuruFocus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Robo Advisor's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
GuruFocus versus Robo Advisor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuruFocusRobo Advisor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (472 ratings) — better1.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings472 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.66.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCechan TianMichael Tito

Customer experience

GuruFocus

All ratings472 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative12.7%

Robo Advisor

All ratings9 ratings
Positive11.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative77.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

GuruFocus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues for premium users
  • Crashes and freezes on certain devices
  • DCF calculator not updating properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add cash flow statement data
  • Improve mobile optimization and layout
  • Integrate retirement fund and index fund data
  • Display off-market price changes

Robo Advisor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

GuruFocus

No in-app purchases

None

Robo Advisor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GuruFocus free?
GuruFocus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Robo Advisor free?
Robo Advisor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GuruFocus or Robo Advisor?
GuruFocus is rated higher. GuruFocus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 472 ratings, while Robo Advisor averages 1.7 from 9 ratings.
Do GuruFocus or Robo Advisor have ads?
GuruFocus shows ads; Robo Advisor does not.

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