MSN vs SnappyFact
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.
SnappyFact
Instantly find fact checks from various sources with a single search. View full articles and share them directly from your browser. Receive notifications for new fact checks on your saved searches.
- Aggregated fact checks
- Web link integration
- Article sharing
- New fact check notifications
- Siri integration
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With a single search, SnappyFact brings you fact checks from an array of websites. Tap a result's web link to bring up the full article in your browser, and share from there. SnappyFact notifies you when new fact checks are posted for your searches. Launch with Siri - Just say: "Hey Siri, Check SnappyFact"! Ad-Free. Optional In-App purchase to tip your developer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MSN at 4.6 against SnappyFact's 1.0. MSN also leads on ratings volume (124K vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). SnappyFact's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 38%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and SnappyFact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MSN holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MSN has 124K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of MSN's written reviews are positive against 50% of SnappyFact'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, SnappyFact every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSN | SnappyFact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #114 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 262 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Russ K Peardon |
Customer experience
MSN
SnappyFact
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
SnappyFact
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSN
- Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
SnappyFact
- Buy Me A Coffee$2.99
