Comparison

Barclays Live vs Goldman Sachs Marquee

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

Goldman Sachs Marquee

Access market insights, research, and analytics from financial experts. Stay updated with curated content, podcasts, and interactive tools for informed decision-making.

Highlights
  • Personalized market commentary feed
  • Curated research and thematic content
  • Library of podcasts, interviews, and webinars
  • Visual market insights and analytics
  • Derivative structuring tool
  • Peer market sentiment polling
Features
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Access the latest thought leadership from Goldman Sachs and discover insights and analytics whenever you need them. Explore research and market commentary from Goldman Sachs experts alongside award-winning pre-trade analytics in the form of Marquee© MarketView and Visual Structuring™. - MarketFeed: Your personalized feed of trading floor commentary and Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research - Research & Insights: Curated and thematic content from top authors and publications – keeping you plugged in to the latest developments in global markets. - Media: A comprehensive library of podcasts, interviews, webinars, and more from Goldman Sachs. Save your favorite rich media and content pieces to watch, listen, and read offline – even while on the road with CarPlay integration. - MarketView: Experience Euromoney’s 2024 "Financial Innovation of the Year" on the go – an ecosystem of visual insights answering important questions on global markets. - MarketPoll: Find out what your peers in the market are thinking – what is top of mind and what is consensus? - Visual Structuring: Multi-award-winning and patented visual cross asset derivative structuring tool.

Screenshots

Barclays Live4 screens
Goldman Sachs Marquee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Goldman Sachs Marquee at 4.9 against Barclays Live's 4.3. Goldman Sachs Marquee also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 12). Barclays Live's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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

Goldman Sachs Marquee holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goldman Sachs Marquee has 1.1K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Barclays Live's written reviews are positive against 60% of Goldman Sachs Marquee's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, Goldman Sachs Marquee weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Barclays Live versus Goldman Sachs Marquee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarclays LiveGoldman Sachs Marquee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings121.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB138 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBarclays Services LimitedGoldman Sachs

Customer experience

Barclays Live

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

Goldman Sachs Marquee

All ratings1,138 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%

Bugs and requests

Barclays Live

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Goldman Sachs Marquee

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes at disclaimer acceptance screen
  • Login page hangs after entering credentials
  • Incompatible with iOS 26
  • Error message 'feature not supported' after iOS 13.5.1 update
  • Double charging issues with refund processing

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore Media podcasts functionality
  • Disable or customize banner notifications
  • Support for corporate email login (goldman.com)

In-app purchases

None

Barclays Live

No in-app purchases

None

Goldman Sachs Marquee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barclays Live free?
Barclays Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Goldman Sachs Marquee free?
Goldman Sachs Marquee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Barclays Live or Goldman Sachs Marquee?
Goldman Sachs Marquee is rated higher. Barclays Live averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Goldman Sachs Marquee averages 4.9 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Barclays Live or Goldman Sachs Marquee have ads?
Neither Barclays Live nor Goldman Sachs Marquee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barclays Live or Goldman Sachs Marquee?
Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, and Goldman Sachs Marquee weekly. Most recently, Barclays Live was updated on August 13, 2026 and Goldman Sachs Marquee on September 24, 2026.

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