Barron’s - Investing Insights Reviews

by U2NyR

I pay for Barron’s yet I am forced to watch loud flashing video ads while I read articles on Saturday morning. I don’t know what’s so hard about tables and images for the this app people, but not 1 table shows properly without getting cut off.
There is no offline functionality. You download the magazine and if you open it on an airplane is says “unable to connect. Retry”. You still need the physical paper copy in 2020.
Dow Jones hires really poor programmers

by Plsemail

If you only care about readers with the latest ipad then you are fine. But if you want to retain the maximum # of eyeballs then your app should be able to differentiate between ipads that have the latest ios and those that don't. Barrons store will not allow me to upgrade Barron's since my ipad can't use the latest IOS. So i cant read Barron's? What happened to concerns about universal access? Please fix or I can cancel my subscription. Suddenly Barron's is not a part of my weekly Sunday morning ritual.

by RN1973

Those of us with iPads not capable of running iOS 10 can no longer even use prior compatible versions as of now. The old app tells us to download the "new and enhanced" version but we cannot because Barrons Store says it requires iOS 10. And the older version, while still downloadable, simply tells us to upgrade. I've never had this happen with ANY other app. It is find to not support older iOS apps but not fine to just cut off those of us who don't get the latest hardware every year. Let us use the old version unsupported! My six year old iPad 3 works fine with iOS 9 for everything I want to do .... Except read Barron's. Disappointed. maybe the website will still work.

by Bg1000nickname

Prior to this latest app update, I could download and read an entire issue - in fact several issues - on the plane. Loved that feature as it allowed me to catch up with recent stories I’d missed. This new app requires an active internet connection, so I can no longer read on a long flight. Please restore Barrons to its previous functionality. Note: the Wall Street Journal app still supports offline reading. Barron’s and WSJ apps used to work identically. In this case, newer is not better.

by Mrstsan

It seems that they absolutely do not allow any printing from Barrons . They apparently also made it impossible to copy an article to paste into a different app and print from there. While I understand that they’re trying to protect their intellectual property, it’s hugely annoying and inconvenient. I mean, is it a huge problem for them, enough to justify annoying their customers? Or did some tech in IT say, hey people possibly maybe can sometimes cause lost business by printing and distributing articles so let’s block everybody including our honest customers. I’m sorry, but I still like paper for those few articles I want to annotate and file for future reference. The saving of articles in Barrons just does not provide the same convenience. Plus, I’m older and my eyes get tired faster reading on screens that with paper. It’s stupid, makes me want to cancel my subscription.

by SVftblplyr81

Barrons itself warrants no stars, and is an absolute embarrassment. There has been years of glitches with tables not showing, app shutting down, and individual articles not loading. After two hours of reading it also makes your phone too hot to touch and will take battery life from 100% to 30%.

Content is solid enough to warrant spending 3-4 hours over the weekend reading through the magazine. However, if grammar and punctuation matter to you, your eyes will bleed. The political bias is apparent, but toned down for the most part. Companies/stocks discussed heavily lean value and are good if you are looking to slightly underperform the market but have less volatility. Growth stocks are deemed as a foolhardy endeavor, which is annoying. Every now and then, though, a guest writer will provide a growth gem making it worthwhile.

by DK-guy

Barrons is now useless as there is a bug that block you from reading articles. Even though we have a full paid subscription it constantly wants me to log on because it says I have no paid subscription. And it seems from the latest reviews this is a common problem that this app is doing nothing about to fix! Really not a way to treat trusted subscribers for a 20 USD a month subscription.

by SF Times Reader

The Search function is terrible. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Searching for a company name or ticker will sometimes link you to an article, other times it will show zero results (even though there ARE articles), and other times it will show you the articles but then instantly crash Barrons .
Hire someone to fix this ASAP.
Content is good, app needs work.

by Pierrot5678

This is a critic over Barron’s editorial line. When you sign-up for Barron, all you hear about, all you learn about, is the same stuff. On Monday it’s about Tesla, on Tuesday it’s about Apple, on Tuesday it’s about Microsoft and then Thursday it’s Tesla again. Can you guys expand your views and tell us about things we actually want to hear about? But no, every headline is about how Tesla is this and that. We don’t care. Do your job and tell us something new.

by Same Blah Blah

A long time subscriber. Watchlist still not corrected. Three weeks of unloading and reloading app for updates and still no watchlist. A service call with talking to 4 reps a week ago and watchlist glitch still not corrected. This is a paid subscription. Yahoo and CNBC are fee. Highly recommend this app take into account the demographics of subscribers.

Review the reviews. Boss man 2 years ago versus current. What happened? Big down turn in markets this week and use free version of CNBC. SHAME ON YOU!

by Ashish L.

I am amazed at how bad Barrons is relative to its sister app, WSJ. My app does not download for offline reading. It crashes often. this app has good content and when you have a network connection AND the articles load properly / app doesn’t crash, it is good. Unfortunately, this is 50-50 with Barrons as I constantly have to reboot it. The issue that initiates me the most is the inability of Barrons to download the full magazine and allow for seamless reading offline. How has this not been fixed yet!!

by Funkydow

This should be a great app — perfect use for an iPad — but it continues to fail. Navigation is clumsy and while some of the tiles are better displayed, it’s still confusing to find what you are looking for.

But even worse: Memory management is terrible; you cannot load a new article half the time. The bug was reported at least 3 years ago and remains unfixed. Essentially forces you to a browser version, which negates the value of Barrons . Barron’s should do much better than this.

by —yay—

First time subscriber and user of the mobile app. Barrons crashes for me on both ipad and iphone. Before it eventually but inevitably does, I experience stuttery scrolling behavior. Also, parts of the content is missing, for example in the recent piece on biotech companies, the biotech index chart would flash for a fraction of a second an disappear, never to be seen again on both phone and tablet, unless you use the tablet in landscape mode. Really annoying and disappointing. I’ve used some exemplary apps from other free news providers. You can do better.

by Rushirkb

While trying to create watchlist for my favorite stocks, i always am seeing this error banner stating “Unable to create watchlist”.
I think watchlist if one of the most basic and essential feature of Barrons and should work as expected. Having not many features, It reflects a very negative experience for first time users like me that even among the very few features provided by Barrons , one of them is not working.
Also, the UI to create watchlist is not that intuitive.
Please try and fix it for the next release.

by 126rogue4

I have had the this app app for a number of years. It is good for quick access to a story but it seems deficient in depth and access to all aspects of this app. I don’t have a lot of time so certain timely information is important to me. As examples I have this app emails sent regarding stories. When you click on a story from the email it opens in the web to this app. It then asks if I want Barrons , which I have, so why not open up in Barrons .
I like the data option which only appears in the web version and there is no access from Barrons . If you pick the e edition access from Barrons it seems to take forever to load. I have no time or patience, so its not the best option either. A good app would be more like the web version.

by Kruser99

Overall I enjoy Barrons . What is frustrating is I will receive a email from Barron’s with articles of interest. When I click on a article, I’m routed to the internet asking me to subscribe. Why not route me to Barrons where I have already subscribed and paid Barron’s their fee. When I go to Barrons , I will try to find the articles they emailed me with no success. This is frustrating since I’m already a paid subscriber.

by Barrons Fan

I read Barron’s and WSJ on the iPad. Recently, if I am mid article and let the iPad go to sleep or I lock it and then I reopen the iPad and Barron’s/WSJ app, the the same article comes up but it is reset to show the beginning of the article. So you have to scroll back to where you left off. The apps used to save your spot in the article whenever you locked and then unlocked your iPad. Basically a pain in the neck since I read these papers and their articles off and on throughout the days.

by Jophus21029

This version of this app prevents the user from selecting a single word to get a dictionary definition. You are permitted only to select one paragraph. Select All is also not allowed.

Maybe to better protect Dow Jones' intellectual property Barrons could be redesigned to present all text as a graphic, with screenshot disabled, and the screen darkened if a nearby smartphone lens is detected.

by Capin131

The articles are the main show here and are great. Very informative and valuable.

However, Barrons needs some work. I get random slowdowns where I can’t scroll down the article. If you exit Barrons to respond to a message and return, you lose your spot in the article. Extremely frustrating.

by Gojase

I gave Barrons 4 stars because app is solid, but I found it wanting in the following two ways:

1. Search Feature: Their search feature might be where Barrons is most deficient. It’s hard to search for articles on Barrons . If there’s a way to search for articles, I can’t figure out. I can only search for stock symbols, which give the 5 most recent articles that mention the stock. A lot of times that’s not enough. It would be great if we could search articles by terms, authors, date, etc.

2. “Open in App”: When I open a Barron’s article I found in Google, my Safari web browser gives me the option to open the article in Barrons . But doing so just opens Barrons to wherever I left off the last time I was on Barrons . With no way to search for articles in Barrons , this can be frustrating. The only way to read these articles seems to be by signing in to my Barron’s account on my web browser, which I don’t want to do.

Other than that, Barrons is pretty solid. Nice user interface, nice font, good articles.

by Michaell1967

Before I finish one article, the ad video constantly pops up and takes over the whole screen, with this creeping old man looking right at you then walks off to a chair by the cabin. What the hack? I can’t stand it. Even when I move the screen to hide the ad section, the video still takes over as soon as I read further down the screen. It’s so disruptive. Maybe it’s time to cancel the subscription.

by Osprey1955

Am having a similar problem that I trace back to the acquisition of a new iPad. Access was never an issue with my older iPad but with my new one, I am unable to read full articles. I keep being asked to sign in and when I do, I am either denied or am asked to signed in again. Circular. Tech confines that I am a subscriber, and I continue to receive the paper hard copy but otherwise, Tech support has been anything but helpful.

by Eagle3010

It seems that Barron’s feels that the well working app from a year ago needed to be “modernized” and thus broken. The sterile looking top stories section, now infused with ads, detracts from the excellent content. Get rid of the black! Expanding a graphic on an iPad is now unreadable. Any white background area becomes black rendering all text unviewable and unreadable. What used to be an enjoyable experience has now become irritating. Tied with the ridiculous price increase, not worth continuing my subscription.

by Mh455149341

I started with a 2 due to Ads and app override any music you’re trying to play. Clunky. Frustrating. Since then I’ve seen Barrons fails to load new magazine issues. The added “features” add no value. And how many apps with watch lists do we need? Can Barron’s simply restore this it being an iPad or tablet version of its magazine and stop loading it with speed-robbing and time - wasting stuff? I’ve been a this app subscriber since 1989. Barrons is a Huge disappointment.

by Lyon4ik

Can you fix the ads - it’s really annoying that your video ads interfere with background music / podcasts. You can’t listen to anything while reading your app as your ads keep popping up (and stopping music) as you scroll down within the section / article. This is absolutely unacceptable and only leads to negative response to your ads - a reaction opposite of what your advertising partners are paying you for...

Also, fix the article downloads. The articles no longer download - if you don’t have the internet connection, like millions of people in NYC during their subway commute, you cannot open any of the articles - you just see the headlines without being able to view them. In the past, you could predownload the articles before losing reception. No more...

by Desinova

As you read articles, you get rudely interrupted by their pop up marketing videos. When you pay for service, l don’t want to be interrupted by your sales marketing. If I wanted to watch advertisements I’ll turn on the television. Fix it and stop the pop up advertisements. Readers should have the option on whether they want to watch a stupid advertisement or not. The advertisement shouldn’t be forced upon them.

by Brandon.g.R

Just going to give some advice if you decide to cancel you can only do so through iTunes, go to iTunes, account settings, subscriptions, click on Barron’s, then if you choose click on cancel. Barron’s was not clear on this process so wanted to give a heads up to any who subscribed and was lost as I was.