Barclays Live vs CITICS Forum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barclays Live
This exclusive application provides institutional clients with market insights, analytical tools, and FX pricing. It offers a personalized and interactive experience, synchronized with its desktop counterpart for seamless transitions. Access requires a Barclays Live username and password.
- Award-winning research
- Market monitors
- Analytical tools
- FX pricing from BARX
- Connect messaging feature
- Personalized and interactive experience
- Mobile and desktop synchronization
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Barclays Live offers its institutional clients an exclusive application featuring award-winning research, market monitors, analytical tools, FX pricing from BARX and a Connect messaging feature. The Barclays Live app delivers a new, personalized and interactive experience. The app is available for iPhones and iPads and is fully synchronized with Barclays Live for desktop, enabling you to move seamlessly from mobile to desktop. The Barclays Live app is only for institutional clients of the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Barclays Bank PLC and its affiliates (collectively and each individually ‘Barclays’). Clients will require a Barclays Live username and password.
CITICS Forum
Enhance your forum experience with real-time updates on schedules and meeting reminders. Access detailed information about presenters, agendas, and participating corporations. Revisit past events and watch replays of missed sessions.
- Real-time schedule updates
- Meeting notification reminders
- Forum details (presenters, agenda)
- Attending corporate information
- Past event replays
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The CITIC App will be your perfect companion to your CITIC Securities International Forum experience. Features include: - Checking your most updated schedule - Receiving notification reminders ahead of your meetings - Getting all the forum details, including presenters' biography, track agenda, attending corporates, past replays - Browsing through past events to watch replays that you might have missed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CITICS Forum at 5.0 against Barclays Live's 4.3. CITICS Forum also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Barclays Live's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3). 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.
CITICS Forum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.
Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, CITICS Forum fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barclays Live | CITICS Forum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barclays Services Limited | CLSA Limited |
Customer experience
Barclays Live
CITICS Forum
In-app purchases
Barclays Live
No in-app purchases
CITICS Forum
No in-app purchases
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