MSN vs Abbey
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.
Abbey
This social app focuses solely on credible news, offering a distraction-free experience. It provides a social interface for users to access established news sources without the clutter of traditional social media posts.
- Credible news focus
- Social interface
- Eliminates traditional posts
- Uninterrupted news consumption
- Established news sources
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The Abbey is a social app exclusively for credible news. By eliminating traditional social posts, The Abbey differentiates itself from alternative news sources such as Twitter and Reddit, while maintaining a social interface making it the ultimate destination for uninterrupted, established news.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Abbey at 100% against MSN's 38%. Abbey also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). MSN's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (124K vs 4). 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. Abbey asks for nothing beyond the download.
Abbey 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 4, 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 100% of Abbey's.
MSN ships an update every 2 weeks, Abbey every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MSN | Abbey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (124K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 262 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | The Abbey App, Inc. |
Customer experience
MSN
Abbey
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
Abbey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MSN
- Microsoft Copilot Pro$20.001 Month
Abbey
No in-app purchases
