ArthNow vs Moneycontrol: Different Apps for Different Jobs
Moneycontrol and ArthNow are often mentioned together, but they solve different problems. Moneycontrol, owned by Network18, is one of India's most-used markets platforms: live quotes, a portfolio tracker covering stocks and mutual funds, watchlists, a home-screen stock widget, message boards and a paid Pro tier with research.
ArthNow does one thing: it tells you what is happening in the markets and the economy in short, ad-free briefs you can read or listen to. If you open Moneycontrol mostly for the news, the comparison below will help. If you open it for your portfolio, you probably want to keep it.
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The honest summary
- Moneycontrol is the stronger app for numbers: quotes, holdings, watchlists, mutual fund data and screeners.
- ArthNow is the calmer app for news: short briefs, no ads, audio playback and seven Indian languages.
- They work well together: track your portfolio in Moneycontrol or your broker's app, read the news in ArthNow.
ArthNow vs Moneycontrol: side by side
Moneycontrol details are from its app store listing and company announcements as of October 2026.
| ArthNow | Moneycontrol | |
|---|---|---|
| Built around | Reading short market and business news | Market data, portfolio tracking and news |
| Portfolio tracker | No | Yes: stocks, mutual funds and other assets |
| Watchlist | No | Yes: stocks, mutual funds, commodities and futures |
| Live index and mover data | Nifty 50, Sensex, Bank Nifty, top gainers/losers, advances/declines | Comprehensive quotes, charts and market statistics |
| IPO tracking | IPO news desk and open/upcoming/recent NSE IPO list | IPO news and data |
| News format | Briefs readable in under a minute, with a link to the full report | Full articles, live blogs and video |
| Ads on the free tier | None | Ad-supported; ad-free with Pro |
| Investment ideas or stock calls | No; news only | Pro and Super Pro include research and investment ideas |
| Listen to news | Every brief, two voices, normal or fast speed | Not a core feature |
| Read in Indian languages | Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada | Primarily English (separate Hindi site) |
| Community discussion | No | Message boards |
| Loans and fixed deposits offered | No | Yes, through partners |
Data app versus news app
A lot of frustration with finance apps comes from using one app for two jobs. Moneycontrol's home screen is packed because it tries to be a quote terminal, a portfolio manager, a newspaper, a forum and a marketplace for financial products at once. For many investors that is exactly the point: everything is in one place.
ArthNow deliberately leaves the data work to other apps. There is no portfolio to sync, no watchlist to maintain and no forum to moderate. That keeps the app light and lets each news brief carry the essentials, such as what moved, by how much and why, without competing with tickers and banners.
Where Moneycontrol is clearly better
- Tracking your own investments, including mutual funds, in one portfolio view.
- Quotes and statistics for individual stocks, with charts and historical data.
- Watchlist-driven alerts and a home-screen widget for live prices.
- Research, technical ratings and investment ideas for Pro subscribers.
- A large community of retail investors discussing individual stocks.
If any of these is the reason you open a finance app, ArthNow will not replace it.
Where ArthNow is the better reader
ArthNow is designed for reading and listening. The feed is grouped into Market, Economy, IPO, Metals & MCX, Personal Finance and Crypto & Web3, and My Feed shows only the topics you choose. Briefs stay short and factual, with no ads between them and no recommendation to buy or sell.
Two features have no equivalent in Moneycontrol's free app: audio briefs you can play hands-free with a choice of voice and speed, and on-device translation that switches the whole app, news included, into seven Indian languages. A reader in Pune or Coimbatore can follow the RBI policy decision in Marathi or Tamil without waiting for a separate regional edition.
Comparing other apps too?
If you also use Economic Times, read ArthNow vs Economic Times. If you like Zerodha's free headline feed, see ArthNow vs Pulse. For the full picture, including Mint and CNBC-TV18, see our best market news app guide.
Which one should you install?
ArthNow suits you if you…
- Open finance apps mainly to read what's happening
- Want an app with no ads and no stock tips
- Listen to news while commuting or exercising
- Prefer an Indian language over English
Moneycontrol suits you if you…
- Track a portfolio of stocks and mutual funds
- Rely on watchlists, charts and stock statistics
- Want research and investment ideas (Pro)
- Like discussing stocks with other investors
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Comparisons are based on each app's public store listing and website as of the review date above. Features and prices change; check the app itself before you subscribe. Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Pulse, Mint, Business Standard and CNBC-TV18 are trademarks of their respective owners, and ArthNow is not affiliated with them. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
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