MSN vs Harbor
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 personalized news, real-time weather forecasts, and financial market updates. Enjoy a curated feed of short videos and content from trusted publishers.
- Personalized news feed
- Real-time weather forecasts
- Financial news and stock tracking
- Short 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.
Harbor
This app aggregates content from various sources into a unified timeline. It allows users to customize their reading experience with a unique feed rating system and discover new content through a curated directory. An optional subscription unlocks advanced features for power users.
- Unified timeline aggregation
- Customizable feed rating system
- Curated feed directory
- Add feeds by URL
- Ad-free and algorithm-free experience
- Optional premium subscription
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Harbor is the modern feed reader you didn’t know you needed. Follow the people, blogs, and feeds you care about, with no ads and no algorithms. It’s a feed reader you can browse casually, with the ability to aggregate from hundreds of sources without feeling too overwhelming. Harbor keeps its unified timeline manageable with a unique feed rating system. When you subscribe to a feed, you can tell Harbor you’re a “casual reader” or a “completionist” for that feed. Harbor then tries to ensure that you won’t miss a post from that blog you love that only posts once a month, while still allowing you to subscribe to feeds that post dozens of times per day. New to RSS, or newly returning to RSS? Harbor’s built-in and finely curated feed directory is the best way to find new blogs, newsletters, and websites to follow. Of course, you can always add new websites and blogs by their URL. Harbor Premium is an optional paid subscription for power users who subscribe to more than five feeds. Terms of Use: https://harbor.page/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://harbor.page/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MSN at 4.6 against Harbor's 4.1. MSN also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (125K vs 9). Harbor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price 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. Harbor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MSN asks for nothing beyond the download.
MSN holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MSN has 125K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of MSN's written reviews are positive against 60% of Harbor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MSN ships an update every 2 weeks, Harbor daily. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSN | Harbor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (125K ratings) — better | 4.1 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.1% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #70 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 263 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Pixel Foundry, LLC |
Customer experience
MSN
Harbor
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
Harbor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSN
No in-app purchases
Harbor
- Harbor Premium Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Harbor Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year









