Comparison

Barclays Live vs Aiera

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

Aiera

Access and stream critical investor events like earnings calls and conference presentations with live audio and speech-to-text transcription. Manage your investment workflow on the go with features like DVR-like playback, search, document viewing, and offline downloads.

Highlights
  • Live audio streaming
  • Live speech-to-text transcription
  • DVR-like playback controls
  • Search across events and companies
  • View supporting event documents
  • Offline event downloads
  • Automated event summaries
Features
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This app is only accessible by Aiera customers. Aiera offers the best mobile experience for critical investor events such as earnings calls, conference presentations, regulatory/macro events, and so much more. Gain access to 60,000+ events per year across 13,000+ global equities, on the app trusted by countless top institutional investors. Take your investment workflow with you, wherever you are: - Access and stream the events you care about with one click - Listen to live audio and follow along with truly live speech-to-text transcription - Pause, rewind, and change playback speed during live events (like DVR) - Search across companies and events for key terms you care about - View supporting event documents such as presentation slides and press releases - Download events for offline access, with audio and transcription - View automated summaries of all events in the Aiera app - Scope your calendar and event lists across your custom company watchlists Manage the firehose of earnings season, conference season, and every event in between, in the palm of your hand. AIERA regards information that it provides as data that readers may or may not use in evaluating securities transactions that they may be contemplating. Readers should not construe the information provided as investment advice or as recommendations to buy, sell, or hold any securities. AIERA specifically disclaims having the information that it would need to tailor the information that it provides to any particular person's investment needs. AIERA advises readers to consider the information carefully, and to consult with their advisors, as appropriate, prior to making any investment decisions. AIERA is not registered as a securities broker-dealer or an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any state securities regulatory authority.

Screenshots

Barclays Live4 screens
Aiera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Aiera at 4.8 against Barclays Live's 4.3. Aiera also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Aiera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Barclays Live's written reviews are positive against 75% of Aiera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, Aiera fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Barclays Live versus Aiera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarclays LiveAiera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)4.8 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1218 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarclays Services LimitedAIERA, Inc.

Customer experience

Barclays Live

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

Aiera

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Barclays Live

No in-app purchases

None

Aiera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barclays Live free?
Barclays Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aiera free?
Aiera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Barclays Live or Aiera?
Aiera is rated higher. Barclays Live averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Aiera averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do Barclays Live or Aiera have ads?
Neither Barclays Live nor Aiera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barclays Live or Aiera?
Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, and Aiera fortnightly. Most recently, Barclays Live was updated on October 24, 2026 and Aiera on October 25, 2026.

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