LSEG Workspace vs MSCI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
MSCI
Access real-time index performance for over 850 MSCI indexes, including market cap, ESG, factor, and thematic. Compare up to five indexes simultaneously and monitor global equity markets intraday. View index composition and set push notifications for your favorite indices.
- Real-time index performance
- 850+ MSCI indexes
- Compare up to 5 indexes
- Intraday market monitoring
- Index composition details
- Favorites list
- Push notifications
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The MSCI App provides transparency to traders and investors by offering access to real-time index levels and intraday performance information of up to 850+ indexes across MSCI Market Cap, ESG, Factor, and Thematic Indexes. 1. Access to real-time index performance for 850+ select MSCI Indexes 2. Compare real-time index performance of up to 5 MSCI indexes 3. Monitor intraday performance of equity markets around the world 4. See index composition, including top constituents, country and sector weights. 5. Create a favorites list to track MSCI index performance at a glance 6. Set push notifications to keep track of your favorite items
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: MSCI at free against LSEG Workspace's subscription. LSEG Workspace's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (68 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
LSEG Workspace holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LSEG Workspace has 68 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LSEG Workspace ships an update every 2 months, MSCI every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LSEG Workspace | MSCI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Refinitiv | MSCI Inc |
Customer experience
LSEG Workspace
MSCI
In-app purchases
LSEG Workspace
No in-app purchases
MSCI
No in-app purchases
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