DSE vs CDBL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DSE
Monitor your stock trading activities and portfolio on the go. Receive real-time alerts and order status updates, ensuring you stay informed even when away from your computer.
- Trading account access
- Portfolio monitoring
- Real-time alerts
- Order status updates
- Mobile accessibility
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Ultimate awareness companion for your trading activities. Access your trading account (get registration from broker) and portfolio from your mobile. Get alerts, orders status and more in real time. Be notified even when you are away.
CDBL
This app provides a secure and efficient way to manage securities transactions through a computerized book entry system. It eliminates the need for physical certificates, reducing risks and simplifying the settlement and transfer of ownership.
- Computerized book entry system
- Securities account management
- Electronic transfer of ownership
- Eliminates physical certificates
- Secure transaction settlement
- Information Security Management System certified
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Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) was incorporated on 20 th August 2000 sponsored by the country's Nationalized Commercial Banks (NCBs), Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), Private Commercial Banks (PCBs), Foreign Banks, Merchant Banks, Publicly listed Companies, Insurance Companies and Dhaka & Chittagong Stock Exchanges with the collaboration of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Legal basis for CDBL's operations is set out in the Depositories Act 1999, Depositories Regulations 2000, Depository (User) Regulations 2003, and the CDBL by-laws. CDBL's core services cover the efficient delivery, settlement and transfer of securities through computerized book entry system i.e. recording and maintaining securities accounts and registering transfer of securities; changing the ownership without any physical movement or endorsement of certificates and execution of transfer instruments. The Central Depository System (CDS) operated by CDBL has proved to be a convenient and reliable means to settle securities transaction. The investor has been freed from the hassles of physical handling of certificates, errors in paper work and the risks associated with damaged, lost and forged certificates. Live operations of the CDS commenced with the inauguration of the Electronic Government Securities Registry (EGSR) by the Governor of Bangladesh Bank on 20 th October 2003. The EGSR also serves as a platform for secondary market sale/purchase as well as Repo transactions of government securities to commercial banks linked online to the CDS. Equity market securities de materialization process i.e. eliminating physical certificate as record of security ownership by substituting it as an electronic book entry record in the CDS commenced on 24 th January 2004 with the entry of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited into the CDS. CDBL has achieved an ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certificate on Information Security Management System conforming to the specifications of ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and the best practices adopted in ISO/IEC 27002:2013.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CDBL at 5.0 against DSE's 2.2. CDBL also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months). DSE's advantage is ratings volume (103 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CDBL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSE has 103 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DSE ships an update every 11 months, CDBL every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DSE | CDBL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (103 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flextrade | Central Depository Bangladesh Limited |
Customer experience
DSE
CDBL
Bugs and requests
DSE
Reported bugs
58 issues- Search option doesn't work
- Total trade volume and value doesn't show in favorite list
- Unable to buy a new stock
- App only works on mobile data, not Wi-Fi
- App seems neglected and not updated
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- App is buggy and slow
- Too slow, shows random errors on login
- Shows wrong total price and profit/loss amount
- Super slow and awful user experience
- App is full of glitches
- Phone can't support, error message 'version is no longer support'
- Version not available anymore
- Cannot log in on iPhones (9 out of 10 times)
- App not working properly on iOS 14.7.1, often crashes
- Poor UI design, maintenance, and tons of bugs
- Really slow, no updates for months
- Irresponsive, bad interference, poor maintenance
- Flaws and lags, but usable
- Daily not working on iPhone 6S Plus
- Not working more than 90% of the time
- Not user friendly, shows errors like no trade, wrong password, no permission
- Laggy and very slow, especially buy/sell confirmation
- App seems completely broken, not working most of the time
- Errors are not specific
- Security does not come every time, need to close and open multiple times
- Some orders get stuck, not showing until re-login
- Login issues on iPhone, frustrating
- Sometimes not working on iPhone X
- Could only use the app a few times for login, doesn't work on iOS devices
- Not properly working always
- Takes one minute to open login page, sometimes need to reopen for security code
- Shows blank gray screen for a minute, then 'version not supported' message
- Cannot use on background, loses data when minimized
- Copy-paste doesn't work on the app
- How to recover password from the app?
- Very slow to fetch info
- Login issues
- Brokerage house can't help with instant support
- Too much slow
- Performance is way back from present situation
- New version not working, compatibility issue with latest iOS
- App doesn't open on iOS since August 14, 2020
- Basically nothing works
- Facing problem after app upgradation, don't get security code
- Getting rejection 'favourite rejection' during login
- New version not working on iPhone 11 Pro Max, invalid security code
- App crashes frequently on iPhone 7 Plus (iOS 12.4)
- Showing 'invalid security code' very frequently
- Every time update it needs new registration, updates are awful, full of bugs and errors
- After update the application didn't work, security code not showing
- Version 1.1.473 not supported iOS 12.3.1
- Cannot see the full bidding list as like android devices
- Security code issues, often doesn't appear
- Nothing works on this app: alert/login/order
- Login issues, frequently says password incorrect or invalid
- Facing problem for generating security code
- Cannot download, please fix it
- This version is not supported
Requested features
8 requests- UI improvement needed
- Add finger password login
- Allow copy-paste for passwords
- Add more options like price graph (more than two years), News archive, Market Category, Share Quantity, Buyer and sale price more lines
- Improve bidding list view for iOS
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- Add company news directly
- Password applicable only for selling and buying, not for opening the app
- Add more info of individual's account
CDBL
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DSE
No in-app purchases
CDBL
No in-app purchases
