Bloomberg Professional vs Refinitiv Eikon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloomberg Professional
Access real-time market data, breaking news, and AI-powered financial insights on the go. Communicate with a global network of professionals and monitor watchlists from anywhere. Requires a Bloomberg Terminal subscription.
- 24/7 market data access
- Breaking news and research
- AI-powered document search
- Global professional network communication
- Real-time watchlist monitoring
- Worksheet access
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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.
Refinitiv Eikon
Access comprehensive financial data, market news, and research tools on the go. Monitor portfolios, receive custom alerts, and collaborate with colleagues through an intuitive interface. Requires an existing account.
- Market-moving news and Reuters exclusives
- Portfolio monitoring
- Custom alerts for data and news
- Eikon Messenger for collaboration
- Save news and research offline
- Natural language search
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Refinitiv Eikon – the most comprehensive, intuitive, and collaborative set of financial tools available! Discover the exceptional clarity and power of Refinitiv Eikon for iOS today. * Note, a Refinitiv Eikon account is required to access the app. Features: • Unrivaled market-moving news and Reuters exclusives • Quick and seamless list and portfolio monitoring • Comprehensive market summaries • Custom alerts for market data, news, research and more • Eikon Messenger • Ability to save news and research in Briefcase for availability in offline mode • Natural language search with Eikon Answers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bloomberg Professional at 3.7 against Refinitiv Eikon's 2.3. Bloomberg Professional also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (461 vs 36). Refinitiv Eikon's advantage is review sentiment (42% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bloomberg Professional has 461 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Bloomberg Professional's written reviews are positive against 42% of Refinitiv Eikon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bloomberg Professional ships an update every 2 weeks, Refinitiv Eikon every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bloomberg Professional | Refinitiv Eikon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (461 ratings) — better | 2.3 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 42.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 461 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bloomberg Finance LP | Refinitiv |
Customer experience
Bloomberg Professional
Refinitiv Eikon
User reviews
Bloomberg Professional
From 461 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Productive on the go
- 🚀 Frequently updated
- 💡 Great for research and preset monitors
- 🚀 Versatile and replicates terminal functions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Lacking key terminal functionality
- 🔍 Clunky and counterintuitive UI
- 🔍 Slow performance and refresh issues
- 🔍 Forced updates and device compatibility issues
Refinitiv Eikon
From 36 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for professionals on the move
- 📊 Comprehensive market data
- 📰 Real-time news feeds
- 🔄 Syncs with desktop version
- 📱 Great for mobile users
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐌 Slow loading times
- ❌ Basic functionality not working
- 📉 Poor charting capabilities
- 🚫 Push notifications broken/spotty
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
Refinitiv Eikon
Reported bugs
25 issues- Push notifications are broken/stopped working
- Sign in not working/login credentials not working
- Pages don't load/buttons don't work
- Transcript button does not work/works sporadically
- Randomly fails to load data
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- Cannot login at all
- Crashed after update
- Cannot type ':' character
- New upgrade crashes right after entering password
- Cannot receive notifications
- Charts and lists very slow or don't load at all
- Crash frequency makes app useless
- App crashes constantly
- Needs iPhone X support
- News feed not fully displayed on iPhone
- Unable to download/gets stuck
- Research tab doesn't work/error loading data
- Research does not match broker entitlements
- Favorites button gone after upgrade
- Font size cannot be adjusted
- Cannot modify home page
- Keeps crashing when signing in
- Messaging does not work
- App keeps crashing when opened
- Contact Us feature not working
Requested features
13 requests- Add ability to sort lists and portfolios by column
- Ability to pause/unpause alerts from within the app
- Access mp3 version of events from within the app
- Better charting capabilities
- Better news feed with ability to share to other Eikon users
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- Better layout for 'dashboard'-esque views
- More info on overview pages
- Add favourites list for fx pairs, bonds, and commodity quotes
- Improve news feed layout (e.g., like Flipboard)
- Add messenger functionality
- More technical indicators
- Ability to adjust font size for news
- Ability to create an account if one doesn't exist
In-app purchases
Bloomberg Professional
No in-app purchases
Refinitiv Eikon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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