Comparison

OMJ vs Sphere Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

Voice markets reimagined

Free

💰 Finance

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About

OMJ

Features

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NOTE: For OMJ subscribers only. The Oil Market Journal provides a wide range of live, forward, settlement and historical oil prices for the Rotterdam spot market and other key international markets. When it comes to trading oil you need a reliable, trustworthy and authoritative source of market information. Oil distributors, service stations, bunker traders, shippers and other large volume oil buyers rely on the OMJ each day. Our mobile app provides access to your prices while on the go.

About

Sphere Mobile

Features

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Giving institutional traders unparalleled market views they can act on. Sphere merges actionable screen trading with live voice and IM prices from your brokers in one holistic app

Screenshots

OMJ3 screens

Sphere Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

OMJ and Sphere Mobile are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OMJ ships an update every 5 weeks, Sphere Mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences

OMJ versus Sphere Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	OMJ	Sphere Mobile
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 5 weeks — better	Every 6 weeks
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better	iPhone, iPod
Requires iOS	15.6	15.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	9 MB	42 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	The Oil Market Journal	Sphere Innovations

In-app purchases

None

OMJ

No in-app purchases

None

Sphere Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OMJ free?

OMJ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Sphere Mobile free?

Sphere Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do OMJ or Sphere Mobile have ads?

Neither OMJ nor Sphere Mobile shows ads.

Which is updated more often, OMJ or Sphere Mobile?

OMJ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Sphere Mobile every 6 weeks. Most recently, OMJ was updated on October 5, 2026 and Sphere Mobile on October 7, 2026.