Comparison

Lightspeed Mobile vs ChoiceTrade

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lightspeed Mobile

Monitor financial markets and trade stocks, options, and ETFs seamlessly. Access real-time data, charting, and alerts to manage your portfolio effectively. Requires a Lightspeed account.

Highlights
  • Real-time Level I market data
  • Real-time charting
  • Dynamic time and sales data
  • Real-time alerts
  • Portfolio management
  • Options display
  • Updated watchlists
Features
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Lightspeed Mobile is the perfect complement to your Lightspeed Web account. Monitor the markets, trade stocks, options, and ETFs with ease. *** NOT compatible with Lightspeed Trader. A Lightspeed account is required to access the mobile app. *** · High performance, real-time Level I market data · Real time charting; configurable charts with OHLC, line, area, and bar charts · Dynamic time and sales data · Real time alerts; price, orders, and trades · Portfolio management; real time position, P&L and Account Values · Options display with strike prices · Updated watchlists Disclaimer: Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC’s SIPC coverage is available only for securities, and for cash held in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, in equities and equities options accounts. Equities, equities options, and commodity futures products and services are offered by Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC (Member FINRA, NFA and SIPC).

About

ChoiceTrade

This platform provides active, self-directed traders with advanced tools and a choice of trading applications to support their strategies. It aims to offer state-of-the-art technology for informed decision-making, ensuring benefits and convenience outweigh trading costs.

Highlights
  • Advanced trading tools
  • Choice of trading applications
  • State-of-the-art technology
  • Support for trading strategies
  • Informed decision-making tools
  • Benefits and convenience
Features
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ChoiceTrade is an advanced-technology securities brokerage firm that has been in business since 2000. We cater to active, self-directed traders and are committed to making available the most state-of-the-art tools - tools that give our customers their best opportunities for realizing success in their trading strategies. The mobile application trading platform that we offer is geared toward a specific trading style. We have selected our trading applications with one goal in mind - to meet the needs of our customers and to offer them a choice. Whether that's offering a basic mobile trading application for its simplicity, ease of use and low cost, or providing a system that enhances our customer's trading experience complete with the necessary tools for making informed decisions. Regardless of the choices made, our customers are always assured that the benefits, convenience and service far exceed the commissions they'll pay at any level of trading sophistication.

Screenshots

Lightspeed Mobile4 screens
ChoiceTrade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChoiceTrade at 100% against Lightspeed Mobile's 6%. ChoiceTrade also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Lightspeed Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChoiceTrade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightspeed Mobile has 81 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Lightspeed Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChoiceTrade's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lightspeed Mobile versus ChoiceTrade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLightspeed MobileChoiceTrade
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (81 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings81 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProfessional Trading SolutionsChoiceTrade

Customer experience

Lightspeed Mobile

All ratings81 ratings
Positive14.8%
Neutral1.2%
Negative84.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive6.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.5%

ChoiceTrade

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lightspeed Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

ChoiceTrade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lightspeed Mobile free?
Lightspeed Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChoiceTrade free?
ChoiceTrade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lightspeed Mobile or ChoiceTrade?
ChoiceTrade is rated higher. Lightspeed Mobile averages 1.6 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while ChoiceTrade averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lightspeed Mobile or ChoiceTrade have ads?
Neither Lightspeed Mobile nor ChoiceTrade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lightspeed Mobile or ChoiceTrade?
Lightspeed Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and ChoiceTrade every 2 months. Most recently, Lightspeed Mobile was updated on September 26, 2026 and ChoiceTrade on September 11, 2026.

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