DSE vs DSE Scholar Challenge
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.
DSE Scholar Challenge
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Student investment challenge application provides an easy means to offer an investment challenge for university students in Tanzania. Each year Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange PLC organization holds an investment challenge which allows students to trade simulated stock within the application that has been offered by the organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DSE Scholar Challenge at every 3 months against DSE's every 11 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
DSE ships an update every 11 months, DSE Scholar Challenge every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DSE | DSE Scholar Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (103 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 14.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flextrade | DAR ES SALAAM STOCK EXCHANGE PLC |
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
DSE Scholar Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DSE
No in-app purchases
DSE Scholar Challenge
No in-app purchases
