MSN vs Digital Gateway
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.
Digital Gateway
Access global tax news, KPMG contact information, and exclusive reports. Features include interactive maps, guided inboxes, and AI-powered consulting. Manage workflows with simple swipes and undo actions.
- Global tax news with map and list views
- KPMG partner and team contact directory
- AI-powered large language model consulting
- Interactive world map for news and contacts
- Guided inbox for client and service line overview
- Workflow management with swipe gestures
- Exclusive Data & Analytics reports
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Global tax news and IRW news are updated regularly and can be viewed in a chronological list or on a world map. The world map features a scrollable carousel from which the article in focus is geographically located as a corresponding marker. In like manner, tapping a marker automatically focuses the carousel to its corresponding article. Articles both in the list and on the world map can be filtered by associated topic, geographic jurisdiction or user-specified search phrase. KPMG partner and engagement team contact information can be filtered by geographic jurisdiction or service line and viewed in a list or on a world map where contacts are displayed at their home offices. Contact biography, photo, email address and phone number are accessible from a tactile digital business card. Native dialer and default email launches automatically upon tapping phone or email icons, respectively. For user-specified clients and service lines a guided Home experience gives a high level, up to date overview and grants quick access to all sections of the application. Exclusive content includes Data & Analytics reports, which are organized under shared categories and accessible from a concise menu. Signing off or skipping tasks in the Workflows section is a swipe away. Swipe right to sign off, swipe left to skip and if you make a mistake, just shake your device to undo your last action. Consulting with a large language model is just a tap away from either the Main Menu or the Home experience. Continue a conversation, begin a new conversation with a preexisting persona, or simply initiate a quick chat to get a quick answer. Add a range of Knowledge Sources to extend the context of your chat. Model and creativity are configurable. Our License Agreement and Cookie Policy are tucked away in a legal section in the Main Menu for reference. The Main Menu also provides status indicators for all exclusive content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Digital Gateway at none against MSN's 1. Digital Gateway also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). MSN's advantage is ratings volume (124K vs 8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. Digital Gateway asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digital Gateway holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MSN has 124K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MSN ships an update every 2 weeks, Digital Gateway every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSN | Digital Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #94 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | KPMG International |
Customer experience
MSN
Digital Gateway
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
Digital Gateway
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSN
- Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
Digital Gateway
No in-app purchases









