Refinitiv Eikon vs FactSet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FactSet at 4.6 against Refinitiv Eikon's 2.3. FactSet also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (369 vs 36). Refinitiv Eikon's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and review sentiment (42% vs 19%). 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.
FactSet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FactSet has 369 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Refinitiv Eikon's written reviews are positive against 19% of FactSet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Refinitiv Eikon ships an update every 2 months, FactSet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Refinitiv Eikon | FactSet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (36 ratings) | 4.6 (369 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.0% of reviews — better | 18.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 | 369 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Refinitiv | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Refinitiv Eikon
FactSet
Bugs and requests
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
FactSet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Refinitiv Eikon
No in-app purchases
FactSet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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