CQG vs cmdtyView
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CQG
Access real-time market data, advanced charting tools, and execute trades on global exchanges directly from your smartphone. This powerful application is designed for professional traders seeking reliable and comprehensive financial market access on the go.
- View real-time market data
- Access advanced charts
- Trade on international exchanges
- Global market coverage
- Robust cloud infrastructure
- High-performance trading
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CQG for iPhone is a high-performance app for professional traders worldwide. Easily view market data, access charts, and trade on international exchanges, including CME (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX), ICE, Eurex, eSpeed, LME, NFX, NYSE, NASDAQ AMEX and others, from your smart phone with this powerful, easy-to-use app. Built on CQG's robust cloud infrastructure, CQG for iOS has all of the data quality, global coverage, and reliability that traders have come to expect. Now anywhere, anytime. *Note: This application requires an account with one of CQG's partner brokers for trading access. If you do not have an account, visit www.cqg.com/partners/fcms.
cmdtyView
This app provides comprehensive tools for commodity trading and analysis. It offers advanced charting, real-time news, economic calendars, and integrated trading features to simplify workflows and inform decision-making.
- Advanced charting tools
- Benchmark cash prices
- Commodity news and analytics
- Economic calendar
- Futures execution
- Physical grain trading
- Instant messaging
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Your workflows demand powerful tools and we deliver exactly that in one place. Our advanced charting, benchmark cash prices, commodity news, analytics, Excel tools, and an economic calendar ensure you’re always informed and prepared to make the right decisions. With futures execution, cmdtyMatch physical grain trading, instant messaging, and grain accounting all in one place - your workflows have never been simpler. Throw in our global futures coverage and broad physical pricing and cmdtyView becomes a game changer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cmdtyView at 4.3 against CQG's 3.4. cmdtyView also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). CQG's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (38 vs 10). On price, review sentiment, 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.
cmdtyView holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of CQG's written reviews are positive against 50% of cmdtyView's.
CQG ships an update every 4 months, cmdtyView every 24 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | CQG | cmdtyView |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (38 ratings) | 4.3 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CQG | Barchart |
Customer experience
CQG
cmdtyView
In-app purchases
CQG
No in-app purchases
cmdtyView
No in-app purchases
