T4 Mobile vs CME Direct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
T4 Mobile
Trade financial markets directly from your mobile device. Monitor positions, enter new orders, and revise existing ones with an intuitive interface. Enjoy real-time market access and reliable order submission.
- Mobile trading capabilities
- Real-time market access
- Order entry and revision
- Intuitive touch screen interface
- Tap2Trade technology
- Reliable back-end
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Want to trade from the golf course, your car, the movies or grocery store without carrying your bulky laptop around? T4 Mobile allows you to do just that. It runs directly on phones and tablets running iOS, allowing you basic trading capabilities from the palm of your hand. With T4 Mobile, you can make phone calls, surf the internet, listen to your favorite music, send emails, and now, TRADE. Follow market activity, monitor positions, enter new orders and revise existing orders with ease and convenience. T4 Mobile offers an easy-to use interface that utilizes modern touch screen technology. Just like T4 and T4 WebTrader, T4 Mobile offers real-time market access to every exchange Plus500US Futures Technologies offers. In addition, you get our exclusive Tap2Trade technology allowing real-time order submission, and a back-end that offers extreme reliability. If you are an existing T4 user, T4 Mobile is available to use now. The same username and password can be used for all T4 products.
CME Direct
Access real-time futures and OTC market data, including bids and offers. Manage orders, view trader status, and analyze positions with integrated charting and calculators. Streamline trade processing with direct mid- and back-office system integration.
- Real-time market bids and offers
- Order management and modification
- Trader status and position reports
- Integrated futures charting
- Options calculators
- Straight-through processing
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Download the CME Direct app for access to all CME futures and OTC markets. Major features of CME Direct include: • Access real-time bids, offers across all CME markets • Create Alerts to get notified based on various parameters. • View and modify your working orders and fills anytime you need • Real-time trader status reports of open orders, completed trades • Real-time markets block feed • Real-time options ladder feed • Real-time positions • Trades executed across CME Direct Mobile feed directly into mid- and back-office systems for a complete and straight-through processing end-to-end solution • Integrated futures charting and options calculators If you would like a demo or to request information regarding CME Direct. Email: markettechsales@cmegroup.com https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/cme-direct/mobile-app.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: T4 Mobile at 50% against CME Direct's 0%. T4 Mobile also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
T4 Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: T4 Mobile has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of T4 Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of CME Direct's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | T4 Mobile | CME Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (14 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 56 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cunningham Trading Systems, LLC | CME Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
T4 Mobile
CME Direct
In-app purchases
T4 Mobile
No in-app purchases
CME Direct
No in-app purchases
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