CNBC: Stock Market & Business 4+

Suggestions

I love your app in general, it is my go to app to stay on top of individual positions. A few things I would like to see more of:

1) For individual stocks I would like to see more pertinent data sooner whenI scroll down. I click on Apple, for example, and I see your “key stats”. Then I see adds. Then I seeratios, events, and then “news”, a lot of it irrelevant to that stock. Then I see Industry peers, returns, and then 52 week high/low info. We should see all the relevant stats, every one I have listed above, then adds if you must, then relevant news, like earnings and reports and such, then the jumbo jumbo about the company.

2) I am not yet a PRO subscriber, as no one has yet convinced me of its value… I do, however, have a cable subscription with CNBC. I travel frequently, and get tired of my “ten minute sample” running out. That shouldn’t be. Please fix it.

3) I sometimes find myself out of the country, Costa Rica specifically. I cannot stream your video on my iPad when I am there. Some nonsense about it not being available in that area. I say nonsense, because when I lived there, I had it on cable TV. Now, I just want to stay in touch with my iPad when I am there visiting. Please fix that.

Otherwise, you have are an awesome toll that I use on a daily basis, hence my requests !

Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely,

John Ulizzi

Charts in new version are lame

The charting changed a few weeks back and it was a significant downgrade. I have used this app extensively for years. The charts were not amazing but very functional on a daily basis. The new charts, at least on my iPad, do not show the the most recent day. For awhile the small chart on the data page for a stock would show the current day but when I go to the full sized chart it is two days back??? Now even the small chart is two days back. Went to App Store and saw an update was available. Did the update. Same thing. Same style chart is used on yahoo and theirs work so come on. Also the standard deviation should use all of the data from the designated period and put a line on the chart, like it did before. A standard deviation is then a straight line and you can see where deviations in the data occur. The standard deviation now shows as a line below the chart and is apparently calculated over some unknown periods as it is not a straight line. Also can no longer select the moving averages I want I.e. 10 day 20 day etc. stuck with your choices and an envelope of unspecified numbers of days. Many other complaints but at least get it to the current day. All in all from very good to lame. If it doesn’t change I will be looking for a new app to use.

Developer Response ,

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Poor video streaming experience

I’ve used the CNBC iPad app for about a year in the mornings to stay updated on the markets and watch the news while I get ready or go through morning routines. There is rarely a morning where I don’t spend ~5+ minutes resetting the app or re-launching the video. 1) Anytime there is a commercial, the application loses the broadcast and video stops, resulting in permanent loss of playback until the app is exited and re-launched. 2) Picture in picture is even worse, loses playback once about every 15 or 20 minutes. 3) The app cannot keep track of my TV provider credentials. It will show me logged in, then only play 10min of preview content, then ask me to login again. After a (pull down) refresh on the watch tab, the credentials are back magically but it takes -minutes- to resume playback.

-When it works- the app is overall great, but CNBC developers have a long way to go for a consistent experience with video. Happy to run betas or participate in bug reporting program as I have some experience with iOS apps several years back.