Bloomberg Professional vs eFront Deal Flow
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.
eFront Deal Flow
Manage your investment deals and contacts from anywhere. This app syncs all your data with the desktop platform, enabling seamless collaboration for remote teams. Create, update, and organize deals, tasks, and notes on the go.
- Syncs all actions with eFront Invest
- Create and manage deals on the go
- Add/edit/remove contacts
- Manage tasks and assign to deals
- Add/edit/remove notes and assign to deals
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The eFront Deal Flow mobile app is an extension of the eFront Invest desktop platform’s deal management module – designed for the on-the-go use case. The app is read and write, it syncs all user input between mobile and desktop, resulting in smooth collaboration between remote teams. The app enables deal managers to manage their deals, contacts, tasks and notes on the road. Available for eFront Invest Deal Flow clients only. Key Features: • All actions are synced with eFront Invest so deal teams collaborate remotely. • Users can create new deals and manage existing deals on the go. • Users can add/edit/remove contacts to their in-app contact library. • Users can add/edit/remove tasks to the in app task library. They can also assign tasks to new and existing deals. • Users can add/edit/remove notes to the in app’s notes library. They can also assign notes to new and existing deals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eFront Deal Flow at 5.0 against Bloomberg Professional's 3.7. eFront Deal Flow also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.1). Bloomberg Professional's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (460 vs 1). 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.
eFront Deal Flow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bloomberg Professional has 460 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bloomberg Professional ships an update every 2 weeks, eFront Deal Flow every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bloomberg Professional | eFront Deal Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (460 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 460 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bloomberg Finance LP | BlackRock |
Customer experience
Bloomberg Professional
eFront Deal Flow
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
eFront Deal Flow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bloomberg Professional
No in-app purchases
eFront Deal Flow
No in-app purchases
Questions
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