Lightspeed Mobile vs BlackBoxStocksMobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time Level I market data
- Real-time charting
- Dynamic time and sales data
- Real-time alerts
- Portfolio management
- Options display
- Updated watchlists
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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).
BlackBoxStocksMobile
This app analyzes stock and options markets in real-time, scanning thousands of stocks and millions of contracts. It provides alerts, dark pool data, news, and educational resources, along with live trading rooms led by experienced traders.
- Real-time market scanning
- Options flow analysis
- Stock and options alerts
- Dark pool scanner
- News integration
- Educational program
- Live trade rooms
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The BlackBox App scans the NASDAQ, NYSE, CBOE, Dark Pools and all other options markets analyzing over 8,000 stocks and up to 1.3 million options contracts multiple times per second. Our Options Flow, Stock & Options Alerts, Dark Pool Scanner, News, and more are combined with an Education Program and LIVE Trade Rooms led by Top Traders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlackBoxStocksMobile at 68% against Lightspeed Mobile's 6%. BlackBoxStocksMobile also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BlackBoxStocksMobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 87 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Lightspeed Mobile's written reviews are positive against 68% of BlackBoxStocksMobile's.
Lightspeed Mobile ships an update every 2 months, BlackBoxStocksMobile fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightspeed Mobile | BlackBoxStocksMobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (81 ratings) | 4.3 (87 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 81 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Professional Trading Solutions | BlackBoxStocks |
Customer experience
Lightspeed Mobile
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In-app purchases
Lightspeed Mobile
No in-app purchases
BlackBoxStocksMobile
No in-app purchases
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