Comparison

Barclays Live vs CreditSights

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

CreditSights

Access independent credit research and comprehensive market insights on your mobile device. Stay connected with timely data, news, and unbiased analysis to make well-informed credit decisions and manage risk effectively.

Highlights
  • Direct mobile feed access
  • Company information and metrics
  • Offline article saving
  • Research publication notifications
  • Content filtering by region/sector
  • Review top and recent research
Features
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Covering markets that move requires research that moves with you. The CreditSights Mobile app is designed to help you stay connected with the market insights that drive your day. Through your mobile phone or tablet, you can now access our independent credit research and comprehensive market insights to make timely, well-informed decisions and better manage risk. Top Features: • Access your feed directly from your mobile device • View individual companies with valuable info and metrics • Save articles and read them offline • Receive notifications when relevant research is published • Filter content by region, credit grade, or sector • Review Top Read and most recent research CreditSights empowers more than 40,000 financial professionals among the world's largest institutions with the credit-risk tools, independent research and comprehensive market insights they need to make well-informed credit decisions. Setting the standard for global credit research since 2000, we provide timely data, news, and unbiased analysis of over 30,000 issuers around the world. Over 90% of the world's largest institutions use CreditSights enabling market participants to know more, risk better and ultimately create value. Note: This app is for CreditSights subscribers and current login credentials are required to sign in.

Screenshots

Barclays Live4 screens
CreditSights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CreditSights at 4.9 against Barclays Live's 4.3. CreditSights also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (79 vs 12). Barclays Live's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CreditSights holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CreditSights has 79 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Barclays Live's written reviews are positive against 100% of CreditSights's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, CreditSights every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Barclays Live versus CreditSights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarclays LiveCreditSights
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)4.9 (79 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1279 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarclays Services LimitedCreditSights

Customer experience

Barclays Live

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

CreditSights

All ratings79 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Barclays Live

No in-app purchases

None

CreditSights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barclays Live free?
Barclays Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CreditSights free?
CreditSights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Barclays Live or CreditSights?
CreditSights is rated higher. Barclays Live averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while CreditSights averages 4.9 from 79 ratings.
Do Barclays Live or CreditSights have ads?
Neither Barclays Live nor CreditSights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barclays Live or CreditSights?
Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, and CreditSights every 4 months. Most recently, Barclays Live was updated on October 24, 2026 and CreditSights on October 24, 2026.

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