CITICS Forum vs BCA Research
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CITICS Forum
Enhance your forum experience with real-time updates on schedules and meeting reminders. Access detailed information about presenters, agendas, and participating corporations. Revisit past events and watch replays of missed sessions.
- Real-time schedule updates
- Meeting notification reminders
- Forum details (presenters, agenda)
- Attending corporate information
- Past event replays
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The CITIC App will be your perfect companion to your CITIC Securities International Forum experience. Features include: - Checking your most updated schedule - Receiving notification reminders ahead of your meetings - Getting all the forum details, including presenters' biography, track agenda, attending corporates, past replays - Browsing through past events to watch replays that you might have missed
BCA Research
Access leading investment research on your mobile device. Stay informed with instant updates, personalized feeds, and multimedia content like podcasts and webcasts. Save articles for later and enjoy a customizable reading experience.
- Instant research updates
- Personalized content feed
- Listen to podcasts and reports
- Watch webcasts and live streams
- Save content for later
- Light/dark mode reading
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The BCA Research app puts our market-leading investment research directly in your hands, helping you to make more informed decisions, faster than ever. FEATURES - Get our latest research instantly on your phone - Create your own personalized feed - Listen to Podcasts & Reports - Watch Webcasts & BCA Live & Unfiltered - Save content to read later - Read reports in light or dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: BCA Research at 161 against CITICS Forum's 3. CITICS Forum's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CITICS Forum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BCA Research has 161 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CITICS Forum ships an update fortnightly, BCA Research every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | CITICS Forum | BCA Research |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (161 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 161 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CLSA Limited | BCA Research |
Customer experience
CITICS Forum
BCA Research
In-app purchases
CITICS Forum
No in-app purchases
BCA Research
No in-app purchases
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