Comparison

Bondradar vs Fundwave

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

Head to head
About

Bondradar

This app provides real-time news and in-depth analysis of global bond markets. It covers expected and live deals, offering customized searches, charts, and league tables. Users can receive instant alerts for bond mandates, launches, and pricings.

Highlights
  • Real-time bond market news
  • In-depth deal analysis
  • Customizable data searches
  • League tables and charts
  • Instant message alerts
  • Emerging markets coverage
Features
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Bond Radar is a news service covering all aspects of the primary bond markets (including emerging markets, high grade and high yield markets) backed by professionals with many years of experience and extensive contacts in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Bond Radar’s web site includes full coverage of expected and live deals in the international bond markets, broken down on a regional and market sector basis. Additionally, the Bond Radar Data Wizard provides in-depth analysis of our extensive data base, enabling customised searches to generate charts, league tables and spreadsheets. Announcements of bond mandates, launches and pricings are made in real-time and users may elect to receive message alerts directly to their inbox. We also offer in-depth analysis of the performance and distribution of all new deals based on objective reporting, combining viewpoints from the major banks and other market participants. We also offer the services provided on this web site via the Bloomberg system (please see our menu page on BRRD), whilst mobile coverage is also provided through the Bond Radar app.

About

Fundwave

Features
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Fundwave is the first SaaS made for Venture Capital and Private Equity funds. With Fundwave, you can - manage your investors and do capital calls - track portfolio companies and IRRs - collect KPIs and captables - generate quarterly reporting - manage your dealflow On this app, you can ask Fundwave AI any questions regarding your data on Fundwave related to above. You can also ask generic questions about private equity and venture capital. Note: This app requires you to already have a Fundwave account.

Screenshots

Bondradar4 screens
Fundwave3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fundwave at every 3 weeks against Bondradar's every 6 months. Bondradar's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bondradar ships an update every 6 months, Fundwave every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Bondradar versus Fundwave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBondradarFundwave
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB18 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBond RadarFundwave Pte Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Bondradar

No in-app purchases

None

Fundwave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bondradar free?
Bondradar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fundwave free?
Fundwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bondradar or Fundwave have ads?
Neither Bondradar nor Fundwave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bondradar or Fundwave?
Bondradar ships an update every 6 months, and Fundwave every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bondradar was updated on September 10, 2026 and Fundwave on September 11, 2026.

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