Barclays Live vs REDD Intelligence
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.
REDD Intelligence
Access real-time news and analytics on over 1,400 emerging market companies. This platform provides intelligence on event-driven special situations, helping finance professionals identify trading catalysts and relevant opportunities.
- Real-time news and analytics
- Emerging market company coverage
- Event-driven special situations intelligence
- Trading catalyst reporting
- Focus on market opportunities
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Risk Event-Driven and Distressed Intelligence (REDD) is a leading provider of material intelligence on emerging market event driven special situations. Through an online platform and suite of mobile applications, REDD delivers real-time news and analytics on over 1,400 emerging market companies. REDD’s recognized team of journalists and analysts continuously report on trading catalysts, allowing bankers, asset managers and advisors to focus on opportunities relevant to their unique market or business needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barclays Live at 67% against REDD Intelligence's 0%. Barclays Live also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). REDD Intelligence's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Barclays Live holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Barclays Live's written reviews are positive against 0% of REDD Intelligence's.
Barclays Live ships an update every 2 months, REDD Intelligence every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barclays Live | REDD Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barclays Services Limited | REDD Latin America LLC |
Customer experience
Barclays Live
REDD Intelligence
In-app purchases
Barclays Live
No in-app purchases
REDD Intelligence
No in-app purchases
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