Comparison

Principles In Action vs Go by FE

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

Head to head
About

Principles In Action

Explore life and work principles from a renowned investor through interactive case studies, video footage, and assessments. Discover personalized guidance and compare insights with friends to achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Interactive case studies
  • Behind-the-scenes video footage
  • PrinciplesYou Assessment
  • Personality test
  • Daily principle from Ray
  • Digital 'Coach' for principle guidance
  • Personal principle development section
Features
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Principles In Action is a free app that brings to life Ray Dalio’s best-selling book Principles: Life & Work. It combines the complete text of the book with behind-the-scenes video footage and interactive case studies of the principles in action during his time leading Bridgewater Associates Ray is one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, and he’s sharing the unconventional principles that helped him create unique results in life and business because he believes they can help any person or organization better achieve their goals. In addition to the book and supporting cases, the app also includes: • Take the PrinciplesYou Assessment in app to view results and add friends to compare. • Compare your assessment with your friends and see their results. • Read Ray's latest articles and reflections on the economy and markets. • Daily principle from Ray to help you get more out work and life. • Highlighted case-of-the-week and related principles. • Search function across all content in the app, including the full set of principles. • Converse with Digital Ray, Ray's AI twin which has been trained on tens of thousands of items from Ray's content library. • Dedicated section in the app for you to highlight, favorite, develop and record your own and others’ principles. • Additional content from Ray including studies on economics along with regular long form articles published on social media. Principles: Life & Work has been recommended by Bill Gates, Arianna Huffington, Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban, Mike Bloomberg, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Systrom, Jamie Dimon, and others.

About

Go by FE

Access all your Financial Edge training materials, including videos, PDFs, and Excel models, on your mobile device. Download content for offline study and complete quizzes without an internet connection. Stay on track with a training calendar and communicate with instructors via messaging.

Highlights
  • Access course materials
  • Download for offline viewing
  • Offline quiz completion
  • Training calendar
  • Instructor messaging
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Go by FE provides immediate access to all of your Financial Edge training resources. Instantly access your course materials, including company statement PDFs, Excel models, training videos and more. Want to study on the train or plane? Now you can download all of your materials for viewing offline! You can complete quizzes offline too and submit your answers when you are next connected. Never miss an assignment deadline via the training calendar. Receive instructions, help and advice directly from your instructor or organization via the messaging system.

Screenshots

Principles In Action4 screens
Go by FE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Principles In Action at 80% against Go by FE's 33%. Principles In Action also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (6.1K vs 3). Go by FE's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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

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

Principles In Action holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Principles In Action has 6.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Principles In Action's written reviews are positive against 33% of Go by FE's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Principles In Action ships an update every 3 months, Go by FE every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Principles In Action versus Go by FE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinciples In ActionGo by FE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (6.1K ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings6.1K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB55 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPRIOS, LLCFinancial Edge Training Ltd.

Customer experience

Principles In Action

All ratings6,065 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive80.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative12.0%

Go by FE

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Principles In Action

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes
  • Inability to open book or case studies
  • Lost progress and saved data
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to export user-added principles
  • Improved sync across devices
  • Better integration with book content

Go by FE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Principles In Action

No in-app purchases

None

Go by FE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Principles In Action free?
Principles In Action is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Go by FE free?
Go by FE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Principles In Action or Go by FE?
Principles In Action is rated higher. Principles In Action averages 4.9 out of 5 from 6.1K ratings, while Go by FE averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Principles In Action or Go by FE have ads?
Neither Principles In Action nor Go by FE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Principles In Action or Go by FE?
Principles In Action ships an update every 3 months, and Go by FE every 4 months. Most recently, Principles In Action was updated on November 6, 2026 and Go by FE on November 2, 2026.

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