Bloomberg Professional vs The Analyst App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloomberg Professional
Access key Bloomberg Terminal functions on your mobile device. Stay updated with breaking news, market data, and communicate with colleagues and clients. Requires a Bloomberg Terminal and Bloomberg Anywhere subscription.
- Breaking news updates
- Market data access
- Instant Bloomberg messaging
- Security data and research
- Portfolio tracking
- Customizable alerts
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This app is only accessible by Bloomberg Terminal clients with a Bloomberg Anywhere subscription. Markets don’t stop when you leave your desk. Stay ready with 24/7 access to breaking news, markets, clients and colleagues wherever you go. ASKB by Bloomberg AI: A new conversational AI interface that transforms how financial professionals discover, analyze and act on market intelligence. News and Research: Read breaking and overnight news or dig deeper with AI-powered document search. IB (Instant Bloomberg): Exchange ideas, research, pricing, indications of interest and more with a global network of financial professionals. All with the same compliant communication capture as on the Terminal. Market Data: Quickly assess markets across asset classes. Access analyst recommendations, estimates, ownership data and summaries of developed and emerging markets. Worksheets: Access worksheets away from the Terminal, monitor watchlists in real time and view related news, events, research and charts. Please note: your B-Unit app is required for the initial login only.
The Analyst App
Access investment research and real-time notifications on new recommendations and impactful research. Save content to read offline, customize your homepage, and enjoy full access to all notes and video content.
- Real-time notifications
- Offline reading
- Customizable homepage
- Full research library access
- Video content playback
- Bookmark saved content
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Our bespoke app was built with the mindset of buy-side fund managers, allowing you to follow all our research coverage from wherever you like to read. With real-time notifications every time we publish a note or video, you can instantly access the latest or save it to read later offline. Receive alerts to new recommendations and impactful research when you are off the desk. Stay alert – Set up notifications so you never miss an initiation or a note on a company you’re interested in. Choose your own homepage content to highlight your areas of interest. Don’t miss big potential alpha opportunities! Read what you want, when you want it – If you get a notification but don’t have time to read our work instantly, you can bookmark the note which will download it to your device; allowing you to catch up later even if you’re offline. Don’t waste flight time! Full access – Anything you can access on our website, you can get in the app including our full library of notes, voting tools and all our video content. Navigate quickly to your bookmarked companies and jump right back in. Enjoy being part of the network! Fit for purpose – Our App is built with our content in mind, videos will autoplay when you click but you can keep scrolling to read the note at the bottom of your screen. Consume our content the way you want to. Sit back and browse The Analyst TV for high-impact ideas!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bloomberg Professional at 3.7 against The Analyst App's 3.0. Bloomberg Professional also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). The Analyst App's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, 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.
Bloomberg Professional holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bloomberg Professional has 460 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Bloomberg Professional's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Analyst App's.
Bloomberg Professional ships an update every 2 weeks, The Analyst App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bloomberg Professional | The Analyst App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (460 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 460 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bloomberg Finance LP | The Analyst |
Customer experience
Bloomberg Professional
The Analyst App
Bugs and requests
Bloomberg Professional
Reported bugs
4 issues- Search function not working
- Worksheet views and column widths issues
- Portfolios not loading properly
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add IB chat functionality
- Improve portfolio management features
- Allow offline content access
- Provide more customization options
- Integrate with iPhone calendar for events
The Analyst App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bloomberg Professional
No in-app purchases
The Analyst App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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