Stocktwits Reviews

by Wolftig

I've noticed since 3 months or so ago, whatever updates they did caused Stocktwits to use an insane amount of cellular data. Not sure if it's the streaming ads or some other aspects of Stocktwits , but it's literally consuming hundreds of MB's everytime I switch to use Stocktwits . So after using it several times, 1 GB of cell data would be consumed. This makes it unusable except when on wifi. I've emailed to report this but haven't gotten a reply, nor have I seen improvement from Stocktwits .

Another weird thing is Stocktwits has recently been literally heating up my iPhone (11 Pro Max) when I use it. My phone heats up noticeably after using Stocktwits for a bit. And as soon as I close Stocktwits , my phone cools back down so I'm sure it's due to the this app app. What in the heck is it doing that it's stressing the phone processor that much?

UPDATE: Couple months and few app version updates later, and the above issues still have NOT been addressed, even though their developers have been "looking into it". I've since read more reviews with the same problems. It uses ridiculous amount of cell data, making it unusable. And even if you were on wifi, you can't use it for long because it overheats the phone like a grill and drains battery

by Mikey10159

Recently I found out that moderators and employees at stock twits take positions both bullish and Bearish on companies without properly disclosing this. These people have the power to, and actively remove both messages and people from threads. I’ve seen people banned for not following the “house rules” after sharing that a moderator was bearish a company and posting about it. Meanwhile leaving unruly bearish accounts alone. The house rules are written in a way that any message or person can be removed. Yet they do so only when it fits their agenda. They are not acting in a fair and ethical way.

Additionally I’ve watched as the “newsfeed broke” on one thread showing only bearish articles. They claimed it was a bug and were trying for fix it for more than 3 weeks and it persists.

Stocktwits is run by unethical policies, be warned the sentiment may be skewed and the conversation edited.

by JNC1986

I am part of a new crypto that launched in early November. As I understand it this app pulls its chart data from other sources (like Coinmarketcap) in order to display the asset’s chart in their app. From the beginning, this app pegged the wrong crypto’s chart (BRG vs BRG.X) so the incorrect/misleading chart has been displayed on the board for going on 2 months now. The symbols are very similar so it’s an honest mistake, however the delay (or refusal, or ineptitude?) to make the fix is unacceptable. Countless people on the board have asked every which way for this app to make the fix and we have received everything from complete silence to a canned “We’re aware” response. I am not a coder but I can’t imagine this is a difficult fix. It is very disappointing to see this app can’t or won’t rectify an error for such a long period of time and their “customer service” might as well be an auto-reply. The platform is for investors and speculators to research assets, and this error is legitimately misleading people since the chart is the very first thing they see!

by A. Savage 34

I was told that I couldn’t have an individual account and an account for my business that has everything to do with stock trading. I made a post on my business account ASavageMethod and BOOM…just like that I was blocked out of that account permanently. I did not advertise, I include my site link, yes absolutely it’s my content, but what I posted was stock information on predictions of Lows and Highs for the day on 10+ stocks. I gave it away for free so others could at least use it or look and compare to what actually happens. Nothing about that was an Ad…I was contributing to the community, helping others with my Data that I put together and had a link in the post of where they could go to find the information if they wanted to. I didn’t spit any sales pitch at all.
Anyways, that site is and always has been full of blatant Ad bots and spamming but apparently they don’t care much about that. I demanded they remove my business account name and profile from their website and keep only the records they need offsite…I have yet to see them comply with that.

by Bnat123456

For starters, Stocktwits does not let you post your own due diligence. If they don’t agree with your opinion, they will simply delete your posts and your account. Seems like an infringement on free speech, but at this point who really cares. There are so many better apps I can spread a message on and post valuable information and research I take pride in. Secondly, the amount of bots that seem to be trained to just report accounts and get people banned for no reason. I have had friends accounts get banned for nothing, simply because bots are mass reporting them. Thirdly, the SHIB community is extremely toxic and annoying. In my honest opinion, allowing this community into Stocktwits was your biggest mistake as the flooded every board, even ETF’s, spamming, swearing, name calling, and again even reporting people for no reason. Again, getting them banned. What a terrible application. There are so many better places you can get information and die diligence from. Stay away from this!

by Xacxc

I would post news stories and get random people cursing at me. I emailed admins to remove my account since I was sick of them not enforcing the no harassment rule. All I would do is simply post a story, no bullish or bearish tag, and people would be mad and curse at me because the story doesn’t suite their feelings. This was becoming a waste of time. Then I tried to delete my post and account but it wouldn’t let me, I emailed an admin a couple of times to have this resolved but after no reply I lost patience and just removed Stocktwits from all of my devices. Because I wasted so much time already I figured I’d leave a review for all of you so you don’t waste as much time as I did, I suggest you find something more professional to use , this is mostly a waste of time and feels like a childish app for mostly immature people.

by MJAL33

This is the worst forum to go to for a healthy discussion and collaboration. Most everyone on here has no idea what they are doing and just absolutely bashes you if you have a differing opinion. It is impossible to openly share and discuss facts without having a handful of 18-22 year olds telling you to F off because they dont agree with you. This has turned into another stupid social media platform, there are zero reasons for anyone actually looking to learn about the markets and stocks to get on here. Shame on the developers and owners of Stocktwits for allowing it to turn into this. To prove my point: go into the SRNE forum and state you think the stock will decline. Watch what happens to your inbox. Deleted this and never considering downloading again. Go to places like marketwatch and finimize to actually learn about companies.

by Anbonney

It’s pretty clear Stocktwits is modeled of Twitter. And if your basing your user experience on another app, there’s a few things we can learn.

First of all, the home page should be the feed or the “stream” as you call it. All the users and maybe top comments with my watchlist tickers should show up there. If you want to get fancy, add a scrolling marquee to the top with my watchlist. clicking on the marquee would expand it and show me a full list of my watched stocks. There should be a tab for the watchlist otherwise.

My profile should only be one click away. On the bottom ribbon ideally. Just put my profile picture there so I can get there in a hurry.

If I click or search a ticker symbol, the fundamentals should be right above the chart. I should have to leave the page to view them. The chart timeline should also be able to be changed from that stock profile page. I should have to leave the page for it.

Move the inbox to the top corner. I don’t need a whole tab on the bottom ribbon for it.

Rooms are pretty sloppy. I can’t search for any other rooms and I can only see your featured rooms.

Also, who hides dark mode behind a paywall?

by ATXJK

1. Give the option to real-time sort to the customer. Nothing is more frustrating to scroll at human speed to have the machine speed update re-sort the watched list with the latest delayed update. While you’re at it, if real-time sort is enabled, how about indicating which stock symbol just changed positions with a much slower “heat” color change, the same way you indicate price changes.

2. Enlarge that “Shoe More” string and tap zone and move it away from other tap zones. So many interesting posts have “show more”, but I end up going into the comments thread instead (which presents a whole other issue of simply expanding a “show more” post) or tapping on another nearby UI element.

3. If you can’t handle loading of GIF attachments till it fully loads, either slow it down or don’t play it till it’s finished loading or leave the option to the customer to play the gif.

by Oofozzz

Most of the account sound like someone doing a parody of what a retail bro newbie sounds like but nope it’s real. Unfortunately nonstop political whiners too like every social media space constant baseless attacks on Bidens market seem allowed. Was a lot more fun when it was just hilarious comment meant to be true but you take as parody. Is a few people that do good research but watch out for them the most because they only pump the stock and you get huge loss from one sided viewpoints. Tired of the politics gets you sucked in too makes app less fun. If you use for any real purpose beside talking trash or being one of the bros it’s time has passed for that.

by AHaney83

Hi, wanted to say first off I love Stocktwits. My brother works at a hedge fund, and he told me about Stocktwits . If it wasn’t for one thing that I came across yesterday, this review would be 5 stars.

I had to uninstall Stocktwits to free up room temporarily on my phone. So I reinstalled Stocktwits and tried logging in. But I’ve forgotten the password I used to set up my account as I had it set up to log me in using my fingerprint. So I followed the instructions that were given, and it said it would take 5 to 10 minutes to receive an email to rest it. Great, except it’s now been over a day and I haven’t gotten an email. I’ve checked every folder just to make sure. I did it this morning also to see if it might work, and still nothing.

Looked on the website to see if there was a way of getting a hold of someone with this app to see what’s preventing me from getting the email, but it seems you have to get ahold of them throw social media which is a little odd in my opinion. Not sure why you can’t contact them via their website.

If someone from this app reads this, can you please have someone reach out to me? I’d really like to get back to using your app.

by Dabesdiabetic

While Stocktwits is definitely moving forward form a ui standpoint they’re missing one key thing overall: Accountability. They need to have registration include a phone number, so it’s not filled with bots and new accounts (because trust me, 40% of users are bots) and a way to track what the 60% of real users are spewing. I wouldn’t trust a users word more than a rock (as no investor should). Put in a system where people can go bullish/bearish short/mid/long and a profile for users so you can ultimately see for yourself that most people have no idea what they’re talking about. Another idea is to expand brokerage linking and let your portfolio do the talking.

by Kkbgfhygthtg

Overall I like Stocktwits but it desperately needs an update. It freezes up and you have to cancel Stocktwits and then go back in to it. The other thing is when someone makes a post and you try to click to read the comments the screen will go blank, sometimes it will load sometimes it won’t. Also when you comment on a post yours isn’t immediately visible. It pretty much seems outdated, slow, various bugs and glitches. It could be a much smoother operating app.

by Chunnymunny

Great resource for some out of the box ideas for positions that Wall Street momentarily isn’t focus on at the moment. Which gives everyday traders an edge on news that could move a stock that isn’t on mainstream’s list which is where the money is made... before it hits Wall Street and also helps you get in the mindset of everyday traders. It also gives you up to speed news quicker then any news network....as long as you cherry pick your advice carefully, there is a lot of quality information that could help you earn a little more in positions you own or are curious about. Points are usually proven with charts... and charts don’t lie! Plus.... some of these people are hilarious when it comes to sarcastic remarks about stocks... overall good fun all around.

by D24davis

They have failed to fix the BitFarms ($BFARF) ticker that has been frozen for almost a month. Many of the 12k followers have emailed and have received the same generic automated email saying they are looking into it. They clearly are not. This is causing us to lose many of our followers on a daily basis and is surely affecting the price of the stock and keeping away potential investors (it doesn’t help that it is frozen on a minus 12% day) Seems like such an easy fix that they just refuse to look into.

by XXSPOWER

I really like stock twits. Not only do you get to talk to other people who share the same thoughts that you do you also get to bash other idiots that do not share the same believes that you do and you can do it with fun and joy. You can tell them how stupid they are. Most of these people on this app after a stock runs up 100% say they have had it for the whole hundred percent or want to stock falls after disappointing earnings or a blowup they say they shorted it. 99% are liars if you're going to use this app the best thing to do is be trans parent and say what you're doing and then back it up and be a man of your word

by POed Trader

I really wanted to like Stocktwits. I liked the look and functionality so I subscribed. They sure made a good pitch but it turns out it’s just a performance chasing site. I got into it with them once during a down turn in the market. Their outlook for the next day was bearish, going strictly by recent market performance. I pointed out to them there was good news for the next trading day yet they stood by their “analysis”. Turns out the next day was the 3rd largest Dow point gain in history and anyone who followed their “advice” completely missed out on a strong rally. Plus, although I could use the phone app, it wouldn’t let me use their system on the desk top site. It’s a shame because I thought it actually had promise.

by Hugh Gnu

Late February. My stocks were tanking and I wanted to find a community to help me find alternative investments. I found this app and followed the conversation and quickly divested most all of my holdings in favor of COVID related stocks, home delivery- technology- vaccine development- medical supplies. 90 days later my holdings are UP 91.9% I am beating the S&P 500 which is down 12.1%. Even today I’m up 9.9% compared to S&P 1.1%. I am stoked. Admittedly I am an amateur with less than $1500 invested but it’s nearly doubled as of today about 80 days since I found this app. I like to follow the news politics and started applying it to stocks. With the help of the this app community I have found guidance tips trends and pertinent information that has helped me learn and earn. Oh Happy Day!!!! Thank you this app!

by Jimbadrow

I’ve been using this app for years. At first I was unsure about their services, maybe even a little critical, but they have proven to be an amazing social platform for traders and investors of securities or crypto-currency. Of course you will have individuals who are out there pumping their stocks or bashing others, but the community is well moderated thanks to Tommy Tranfo who does an incredible job at keeping things reasonable without creating an uncomfortable environment with too many rules and restrictions. You will find everyone from first trade beginners to seasoned gurus to CEOs, etc...

this app just keeps getting better, I’m happy to be an active contributor to their community and look forward to a long and prosperous future.

Thank you for all that you do!

by Kshsbebakalandx

I have really been enjoying Stocktwits for the community, whether bullish or bearish. Everyone has their place, I guess. However, starting a couple days ago, when I type in #HOD to spell HODL with the hashtag, Stocktwits closes right away and I have to reopen. What is going on?!!!!!! I love that hashtag to show support of my coins and I can’t even do it anymore.

****UPDATE February 24, 2018****
Apparently the issue with #HODL not working was a glitch in Apple’s OS. Their latest updates specifically stated it fixed a bug where certain combinations of characters unexpectedly shuts down certain apps. I updated, tested it out, and it works. My apologies this app for thinking it was on your end. BACK UP TO FIVE STARS!!!!!!! I really do enjoy Stocktwits!!!!

by Michael Harrigan

I have been I contact with support a couple of times to voice MANY issues and bugs. None have been resolved in the last couple of months.

When scrolling through feeds, and an ad shows, it stops my music. Super annoying. I understand the need for ads and agree with showing them, but after I dismiss it, or scroll past, please allow my music to resume. Or don’t stop it in the first place. It’s beyond infuriating that this hasn’t been fixed.

Nothing refreshes on its own. Everything is so delayed. So slow. As an example, I use Stocktwits at x time. I come back 20/30 min later, and where I left off is exactly the same, even after waiting for anything to update. Stock price, feed of comments, and other aspects like that. Even if I pull to refresh, nothing happens. I need to restart Stocktwits to get everything up to date.

I know this is feedback for Stocktwits but trying to use the website is just as horrible. It’s a crazy memory hog. So bloated. It’s ridiculous and I have a 2018 MacBook Pro, 32GB ram, 6-core, i-9.

I love this app and have been around here a good while but I feel over the past year, year and half, everything has gotten so bloated and heavy. I am on my computer a majority of the day and would love to keep this app open but it just kills the memory.

And when I try to use it on my phone, iPhone XS Max, it’s just as slow and extremely buggy.

If I could short Stocktwits , I would.

by ModernLifeIsWar

Quotes are so often broken/delayed/frozen . Frozen/Delayed meaning for 25 minutes they won’t update. Broken is the fun one showing you a price that can be 5-10 points off actual- and no one can ever figure out how that number is even calculated. You can be up 2% on a ticket on your platform and stock twits will report (%1).

Earnings Calendar is wrong almost every week. Shows four of the same companies for five months straight reporting quarterly every week. Just a stupid bug that should be so simple to fix yet doesn’t.

Sea of bots, advertisements, & banners. Not exaggerating.

“Rooms” got announced in early FY18 and they had the audacity to release all the UI functionality without the actual service working for 8 months...so for almost a year, you hit a button called rooms, and nothing happens.

This week my account logs in fine but trending, and my watch list, are all gone. Pulls an error every time.

Stocktwits has such fantastic potential but so poorly executed. I would go as far to guess their budgeting is awful. Either way I’m out.

by RogueBrittany

Like a lot of people it seems, I tried to open Stocktwits this morning but it kept crashing. So I uninstalled and reinstalled Stocktwits . It now opens, but my watchlist is empty and share prices don’t update unless I close and reopen app. Tried to add symbols to Watchlist.....nothing. So I sent a message to support. “Mike” replied saying a new update was being pushed out this morning. At 2:00pm, still no update, so I sent another message. “Mike” again replies saying update will be pushed out today. As of right now, still no Watchlist and share prices still frozen.

Update 5/1. Stocktwits just gets worse and worse. Now it constantly either freezes or closes altogether. Many times the watch list price is significantly different than the price when you click on the symbol. Constantly get messages that “you aren’t connected to the internet” when all other apps and Safari work just fine. This thing has more bugs than a pile of garbage. Pretty worthless if you are looking for up to date stock information. And extremely frustrating because it locks up at least 3 or 4 times an hour.

by BelandGavinDad

I liked the format of Stocktwits but there is a bug somewhere in the newest version. It wouldn’t work at all for me this morning. So I deleted Stocktwits and re-installed it. Now my Watch List is empty and I can’t add anything symbols to start a new list.

Plus, while some of the info is useful it’s buyer beware with everyone on the boards because they all have some sort of agenda to fill. Whether it’s pumping up a stock or trashing it to scare others into selling, it’s seems shady but it is better than the conversations on Yahoo Finance. Just have to take what is said and posted with a grain of salt and still maintain your own due diligence. Don’t rely on the people to make you any money.

by DickBarsky

Been using Stocktwits for a while, and never crossed my mind that it wouldn’t support landscape mode on an iPad. But, the latest update, while making the charts responsive to portrait/landscape switching, kills landscape mode for the streams & watch list. I use my iPad in landscape with the Smart Keyboard mostly, so switching to Stocktwits is a pain. Would give Stocktwits 5 stars if it still had landscape mode.

UPDATE: Dev got back, they updated/fixed the landscape/portrait mode issue. Of course, I didn’t look here first & went ahead & deleted/reinstalled Stocktwits . Glad to see the dev is so responsive. Thank you. Also, upped my rating to 4 stars.

by H^G

Multitasking.

I love just about everything about Stocktwits, but not being able to have Notes or Safari running side-by-side definitely gets in the way when trying to do research on new ideas. Considering Stocktwits is already built for the iPhone, it is already adapted for compact screen-size, so hopefully multitasking support wouldn’t be too ridiculous to add.

Anyhow, I use Stocktwits on both devices, but mostly iPad at home and multitasking would definitely boost my daily usage. Thanks for providing a great app and service!

by SlugmanV2

This is my go-to app for checking the buzz on my stocks. It is not good for technicals as it is delayed about 15 minutes in reporting share price and the graphs are very basic. Also it does not track stocks that are not on Nasdaq or NYSE, so if your ticker is delisted, it will get dropped by this app. So I like it a lot, but it could be so much more.

Addendum: another issue is that if my iPad is inverted (home button at the top) so I can charge it on its stand, Stocktwits won’t reorient to match. Landscape is supported, but not inverted. I can use landscape mode, but this seems fixable.

by ISP Troop

Stocktwits works fantastic! The developers are also a part of the this app community and they are unbelievably responsive.

I’ve been making a lot of lifelong friends by using Stocktwits . Great for insight and bouncing ideas off of other experienced like-minded traders.

Stocktwits is one of my most used apps on iPhone. Like any social media network, there “undesirable characters” on here... but I recommend blocking or muting to filter out the white noise. The ST police actually does enforce against harassment & manipulation attempts.

My one small critique is the chatroom functionality still needs some TLC. Messages and posts get lost a little too easily. Notifications about post-likes would be helpful maybe. I shared a few with big guns H. Lindzon & company.... they said they would be addressing the issues.

If you’re looking for a chatroom to join, don’t hesitate to join Algo Smackdown room:) and give a shout out!

by Lin Deseal

ST has been working great until I changed my phone to iPhone 8+ last week. There is no settings available in iPhone notification setting and therefore I can not receive any push notifications, even I turn them on in ST app.
It is running fine in my all other apple devices, but it is quite annoying when it does not work in my new phone which I use most.
Please get this fixed ASAP :) I will add the last star!

by E.J. Werewolf

This is essentially Twitter for investors. It is really great for investors at all levels. If you are just learning to invest this is one of top 3 apps I’d recommend to help you gain confidence. There are a ton of full time investors on there 24/7 just sharing thoughts, tips, debating and arguing. You can send private and public messages. Some people will not share their “secrets” period, others are patient and will try to help you succeed. In either case it’s a boatload if information.