InvestSMART vs HALO Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InvestSMART
This app allows users to monitor their investments on the go. It offers a simple way to track your portfolio from anywhere.
- Monitor investments on the go
- Simple investment tracking
- ASX investing
- Portfolio monitoring
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InvestSMART is Australia's best ASX Investing app providing a simple way to monitor your investments on the go.
HALO Mobile
Access institutional-grade investment tools on your mobile device. This app offers advanced financial management features, with full functionality available via subscription or a free trial.
- Institutional-grade investment tools
- Companion app for HALO Global
- Free trial access
- Region-specific subscriptions
- Advanced financial management
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HALO Mobile is a miniaturised companion app for HALO Global. Created by professional fund managers, HALO Mobile brings users institutional-grade investment tools to their fingertips. Full functionality is available with a subscription to the HALO Global Web application at no extra cost. If you do not have an existing HALO Global subscription, you will be given free trial access of full HALO Mobile functionality. For each region covered (Americas, Asia, Australia/New Zealand & EMEA) you will be entitled to 500 clicks. At the end of the trial period you can continue using basic functionality within the app. You may purchase one of the in-app HALO mobile region subscriptions through your iTunes account at the end of the trial period to re-enable advanced functionality. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be made available to you again when you cancel a subscription. For more information, see our https://www.halo-technologies.com/halo-platform/app-terms-conditions and https://www.halo-technologies.com/halo-platform/privacy-policy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: InvestSMART at fortnightly against HALO Mobile's every 2 months. InvestSMART also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 20%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. InvestSMART sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HALO Mobile sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
InvestSMART ships an update fortnightly, HALO Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InvestSMART | HALO Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 30.4% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | InvestSMART | HALO TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD |
Customer experience
InvestSMART
HALO Mobile
Bugs and requests
InvestSMART
Reported bugs
25 issues- Keeps logging me out
- Has to re-login every time
- Portfolio Manager removed
- Account management and view gone
- Intelligent Investor / Eureka Report subscription gone
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- Recommendations gone
- Interface is gone
- Only shows InvestSmart portfolios, not user portfolios
- Typo on login page ('Forgotton')
- Issues loading, have to delete and reinstall
- Have to log out and log in again every time app is reopened
- Links to past articles lead to non-member pages
- Dropdown boxes have black text on black background
- App takes over speakers
- New version locks users out, requires re-download
- Nothing opens during trial, pop-ups imply multiple sign-ups needed
- Cannot agree to terms during trial
- No landscape mode on iPad
- App asks to subscribe to premium when already subscribed
- App crashes on iPhone XS
- Email validator is incorrect
- App no longer opens on iPhone
- App gets stuck loading watch lists
- Login button not responding
- App doesn't work after latest update
Requested features
14 requests- Restore previous functionality
- Bring back portfolio view
- Restore all-in-one functionality of version 4
- Allow users to change back to previous version
- Develop a better app
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- Fix black text on black dropdowns
- Allow landscape on iPad
- Ability to update account details
- Fix login button responsiveness
- Fix app crashing issues
- Fix email validator
- Fix app not opening issues
- Allow users to unsubscribe from emails
- Reduce number of notifications
HALO Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
InvestSMART
- Yearly Subscription$499.99
HALO Mobile
- HALO - Australia/NZ - Mobile$0.991 Month
- HALO - Americas - Mobile$0.991 Month
- HALO Mobile EMEA$0.991 Month
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- HALO Mobile - Asia$0.991 Month
