CQG vs Ironbeam
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.
Ironbeam
Manage and trade futures and options accounts with a powerful platform. Access real-time quotes, charts, and account information. Create and execute custom trading strategies server-side for a seamless trading experience.
- Trade futures, options, and complex strategies
- Create and use custom trading formulas
- View and manipulate indicators on charts
- Synchronize workspace between mobile and desktop
- Execute strategies with one-click trading
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Trade and monitor your futures & options account with Ironbeam. Ironbeam is designed for the beginner and professional trader. Change between the basic or professional version to find the best offering for you. Access your trading strategies, formulas, quotes, charts, and account information. Ironbeam is a powerful trading platform and the iOS version has all of the functionality of the desktop. Trade, write formulas, chart data, and execute your strategies server-side (right at the exchange data centers). Features: * Trade futures, options, and complex strategies. Create, modify, and manage your orders and formula based strategies quickly and easily. * Create and use your custom formulas. Also access the large number of built-in trading strategies and formulas * View and manipulate indicators how you want them on charts. You can even apply indicators to the Trading Matrix (quote board) or the Advanced Trader (depth of market trading ladder) * Modify your workspace on the mobile app and access it later on the desktop (or vice versa) * Create your own custom strategies. Use these strategies as part of a trading system or enable to be used as part of one-click trading.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CQG at 3.4 against Ironbeam's 2.5. CQG also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 30%). Ironbeam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 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.
CQG holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of CQG's written reviews are positive against 30% of Ironbeam's.
CQG ships an update every 3 months, Ironbeam every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CQG | Ironbeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (37 ratings) — better | 2.5 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews — better | 30.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CQG, Inc. | IRONBEAM |
Customer experience
CQG
Ironbeam
In-app purchases
CQG
No in-app purchases
Ironbeam
No in-app purchases









