MSN vs Poppulo
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.
Poppulo
Stay connected to your workplace with internal communications tailored to you. Receive urgent messages and personalize your news feed by following relevant groups. Automated translations allow you to select your preferred reading language.
- Internal communications
- Personalized news feed
- Urgent message notifications
- Group following
- Automated translations
- Workplace connectivity
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With the Poppulo mobile app, employees can stay connected to their workplace from anywhere. Keep up to date with internal communications: • Read and interact with company news tailored to you • Receive urgent messages, such as site closures, via push notifications • Personalize your news feed by following groups that interest you • Select your preferred reading language with automated translations Join more than 50 million people who stay connected with their company through Poppulo, the #1 provider of employee communications and digital signage software. Note: Your organization must authorize access to the Poppulo mobile app. You will only have access to mobile features your organization has enabled (not all mobile features may be available to you).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MSN at 4.6 against Poppulo's 2.3. MSN also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ratings volume (124K vs 9). Poppulo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Poppulo asks for nothing beyond the download.
MSN holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MSN has 124K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of MSN's written reviews are positive against 0% of Poppulo's.
MSN ships an update every 2 weeks, Poppulo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSN | Poppulo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) — better | 2.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 262 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Poppulo |
Customer experience
MSN
Poppulo
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
Poppulo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSN
- Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
Poppulo
No in-app purchases
