FactSet vs LSEG Workspace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FactSet
Access comprehensive financial data, market research, and real-time news on the go. Monitor portfolios, track securities, and stay updated with breaking alerts. Download documents for offline access to manage investments effectively.
- Portfolio monitoring
- Watchlist management
- Real-time market data
- Historical financials and estimates
- Contextual news content
- Breaking news alerts
- Offline document download
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Leverage the power and intelligence of the FactSet workstation anytime, anywhere Monitor your latest proprietary security data: • Portfolio holdings and watchlist securities are always up to date • Monitor real-time portfolio performance relative to a benchmark • Keep an eye on your watchlist and make edits that sync across FactSet Research the markets: • Indices, fixed income, commodities, exchange rates, and cryptocurrencies • Real-time quote & price data for equities at any time of day • View historical financials and estimates, charts, broker research, earnings, and the latest filings as they release Never miss a beat: • Contextual news content keeps you updated with the latest top market news and news for the companies that you care about most • Enable breakings news alerts to stay informed in real-time • Download documents offline for your upcoming travels FactSet delivers superior analytics, service, content, and technology to help more than 200,000 investment professionals seize opportunity sooner. *NOTE* The FactSet app is for subscribers to FactSet only! For more information on FactSet, please visit www.factset.com.
LSEG Workspace
Access real-time financial data, news, and analytics on the go. Monitor portfolios, track company information, and receive customized alerts for market movements. Stay informed with exclusive Reuters news and research reports.
- Customizable watchlists
- Portfolio monitoring
- Exclusive Reuters news
- Extensive company data
- Real-time market news
- Research reports access
- Cross-platform alerts
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Be ready 24/7 with: • Customised Watchlist views, across product types and against 20,000+ analytics • Portfolio Monitoring with Intraday P&L, Active Return, Performance by Asset Class, Relative Weights • Exclusive access to Reuters news coverage for the financial services industry • Access to the depth and breadth of LSEG data, both historical and real-time including 142 million company financial data points each year • Financial information on 88,000 active public companies including deals, research, and ownership details • Research reports available directly on mobile/cell • Up-to-the-minute news across multiple markets with access to 10,500+ real-time newswires, global press, and web news sources • Public company events added directly to your Outlook or mobile calendar • Cross-platform exchange pricing covering all major markets and product types, including Public and Private Equity, Fixed income, Funds, FX, Commodities, and more • Watchlists with mobile-optimised data views, now also including tailored views for FX pairs • Setup and receive cross platform alerts for news, price movement, research, ratings changes and more Please note: This app is currently only accessible for customers with a LSEG Workspace subscription. To sign up, please go to https://www.lseg.com/en/data-analytics/products/workspace
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Verdict
FactSet and LSEG Workspace both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of LSEG Workspace's written reviews are positive against 19% of FactSet's. LSEG Workspace also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). FactSet's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (367 vs 66). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for FactSet against 4.5 for LSEG Workspace. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FactSet has 367 ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 19% of FactSet's written reviews are positive against 50% of LSEG Workspace's.
FactSet ships an update every 3 weeks, LSEG Workspace every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FactSet | LSEG Workspace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (367 ratings) — better | 4.5 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 367 — better | 66 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | Refinitiv |
Customer experience
FactSet
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In-app purchases
FactSet
No in-app purchases
LSEG Workspace
No in-app purchases
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