MSN vs Respect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MSN
Stay informed, productive, and entertained with a personalized feed of news, weather, stock updates, and short videos. Access quality content from trusted publishers and track your favorite stocks with real-time market data.
- Tailored content feed
- Real-time weather forecasts
- Financial news and stock tracking
- Personalized video feed
- Content from trusted publishers
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The MSN app keeps you informed, productive, and entertained with tailored content, real-time weather, stock tracking, short videos and more. Key features Your tailored feed, with you on the go. Quality content from thousands of trusted publishers. Weather report Get hourly and 10-day forecasts, air quality, UV index and more. Financial news hub See the latest on the market, trends and your favorite stocks. Your personalized video feed Scroll short clips of the latest news, trending stories and viral moments.
Respect
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Stories of love, stories of life, stories of success, stories of bravery, stories of demise, stories of rise from fall, stories of fall from rise, stories of the great mankind and stories and more stories – our life has it all. But a story can only be a story if it is told. Most of our stories are never told for different reasons. Sharing our personal story with others can be healing and liberating. When you share your story, experiences, and truth with others, you gain a different level of respect. This app lets you tell your story. You can write a story about you or someone you know. You can write a tribute to someone you lost. This app is also a perfect platform to pay respect and tributes to someone you lost – from your family, loved ones or friends – someone with achievements and ambitions. Download this app to share their stories and pay respect so that they will be remembered forever – for who they were. Download this app to pay respect to the brave survivors of adversities, someone in your family or someone you know or may be someone you just don’t know. Download this app to pay respect to all the heroes for their selfless act to fight for others. Download this app to read all real-life touching stories. Download this app to pay respect and comments on someone’s stories. Do you have a story? Have you lost someone you know? Do you know someone who you think is a hero? Share with us and let us all get an opportunity to pay respect and be inspired by their courage and achievements. Respect is where memories live. This app is free to use and anyone can download.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Respect at none against MSN's 1. Respect also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). MSN's advantage is chart position (#91 vs unranked). On price and device support 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. MSN sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $20.00 per month. Respect asks for nothing beyond the download.
MSN ships an update every 2 weeks, Respect every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSN | Respect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Best chart rank | #91 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Anurag Humagain |
Bugs and requests
MSN
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to comment on articles
- Inconsistent behavior when clicking back button
- News articles not loading properly
- Personalization settings not saving
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable news feed and interests
- Offline reading mode
- Dark mode option
- Improved article sharing capabilities
- Better integration with other Microsoft services
Respect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSN
- Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
Respect
No in-app purchases
