Comparison

Stocks vs HeatMap

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

Head to head
About

Stocks

Follow daily stock and market performance with customizable watchlists. Get real-time quotes, interactive charts, and breaking business news. Seamlessly sync across all your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable watchlists
  • Real-time quotes and price changes
  • Interactive stock charts
  • Business news integration
  • Cross-device syncing (iCloud)
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Siri integration
Features
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Stocks makes it easy to follow the daily performance of your stocks and the market. Track groups of stocks, indexes, mutual funds, ETFs, and currencies through watchlists. Dive into tickers to get the latest quotes and track movements through interactive charts. Stay on top of the latest business news from top publications around the world. With iCloud you can track your stocks across your Mac, your iPad, your Apple Watch, your Apple Vision Pro, or on your iPhone. Features Watchlists • Group stocks, indexes, mutual funds, ETFs, currencies into one or more watchlists. • Track performance of tickers in each watchlist at a glance through color-coded spark-lines, price quotes, as well as price change, percentage change, and market capitalization. • Organize tickers within watchlists manually, by name, by price change, by percentage change, or by market capitalization. Ticker Details • Explore specific tickers in your watchlist through interactive price charts for day, week, month, and multi-month periods. Compare prices at different times. • For any ticker view key details including after-hours price, trading volume, EPS, and more. • Add the date for a company’s upcoming earnings report to your calendar. Business News • Read and watch stories specific to the companies you follow from top-rated business publications powered by Apple News*. • Apple News+ subscribers can see Apple News+ stories right in Stocks. More ways to view Stocks • Use the Stocks app on your iPhone, your iPad, your Apple Watch, your Mac, and your Apple Vision Pro. • Add Stocks widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen to see price quotes at a glance. • Ask Siri questions such as “How is the Nikkei doing?” or “What is Apple’s stock price?” *Top Stories and Apple News stories are available in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia; news stories in other countries are provided by Yahoo.

About

HeatMap

Visualize stock market trends with a real-time heatmap. Explore company rankings by industry, cryptocurrency dominance, and market overviews. Get AI-powered news summaries and market closing notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time stock market heatmap
  • Company ranking by industry
  • Cryptocurrency market cap heatmap
  • Market overview and closing notifications
  • AI-summarized stock news
  • Search trends by country
Features
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◎ See global stock trends at a glance with market cap and trading value heatmaps. • Supports 20 markets including the US, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Korea. • View market cap heatmaps across multiple periods: 1D, 7D, 14D, 30D, 90D, 6M, and 1Y. • Top-volume stocks from major exchanges are also visualized as a treemap. ◎ Sector Treemap • Compare global company values across 35+ sectors including Automakers, Semiconductors, Airlines, Banks, Healthcare, Video Games, and E-Commerce. ◎ Dividend Heatmap (NEW) • Visualize dividend yields and dividend growth for S&P500 stocks. • Per-stock dividend history charts included. ◎ Crypto Heatmap • Heatmaps by market cap and trading volume, plus 12 categories including DeFi, Memes, NFT, and Metaverse. ◎ AI Stock Insights (NEW) • Ask the AI chatbot anything about your watchlist. • Catch up on the latest news and briefings for your watchlist at a glance. ◎ Market Overview & Macro News • Track major indices, futures, commodities, and FX rates with mini charts in one view. • Curated political and economic news plus trending YouTube videos by country. • Get push notifications with key info on major indices after market close. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://softable.kr/privacy-policy/heatmap

Screenshots

Stocks3 screens
HeatMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stocks at none against HeatMap's 3. Stocks also leads on ratings volume (871K vs 219) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). HeatMap's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, ads, monetization model 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. HeatMap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Stocks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HeatMap holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stocks has 871K ratings behind it against 219, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Stocks's written reviews are positive against 83% of HeatMap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stocks ships an update every 4 months, HeatMap fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stocks versus HeatMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStocksHeatMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (871K ratings)4.9 (219 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.3% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings871K — better219
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleSeungsik Woo

Customer experience

Stocks

All ratings871,300 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews3,463 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral10.8%
Negative25.9%

HeatMap

All ratings219 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Stocks

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Stocks disappearing from watchlists
  • Incorrect or outdated stock data displayed
  • App crashes and freezes on certain devices
  • News section not loading or disappearing
  • Scrolling issues causing jumps in the list

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add portfolio tracking and performance analysis
  • Improve news feed with more free content
  • Introduce real-time price updates and alerts
  • Allow reordering and organizing of watchlists
  • Provide more charting and technical analysis tools

HeatMap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stocks

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

HeatMap

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.491 Month
  • Annual Subscription (25% off)$38.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$11.99

Questions

Is Stocks free?
Stocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HeatMap free?
HeatMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stocks or HeatMap?
HeatMap is rated higher. Stocks averages 4.5 out of 5 from 871K ratings, while HeatMap averages 4.9 from 219 ratings.
Do Stocks or HeatMap have ads?
Both Stocks and HeatMap show ads.
Which is updated more often, Stocks or HeatMap?
Stocks ships an update every 4 months, and HeatMap fortnightly. Most recently, Stocks was updated on September 25, 2026 and HeatMap on September 24, 2026.

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