LSEG Workspace vs CME Direct
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LSEG Workspace
Access real-time financial data, news, and analytics on the go. Monitor portfolios, track company information, and receive customized alerts for market movements. Stay informed with exclusive Reuters news and research reports.
- Customizable watchlists
- Portfolio monitoring
- Exclusive Reuters news
- Extensive company data
- Real-time market news
- Research reports access
- Cross-platform alerts
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Be ready 24/7 with: • Customised Watchlist views, across product types and against 20,000+ analytics • Portfolio Monitoring with Intraday P&L, Active Return, Performance by Asset Class, Relative Weights • Exclusive access to Reuters news coverage for the financial services industry • Access to the depth and breadth of LSEG data, both historical and real-time including 142 million company financial data points each year • Financial information on 88,000 active public companies including deals, research, and ownership details • Research reports available directly on mobile/cell • Up-to-the-minute news across multiple markets with access to 10,500+ real-time newswires, global press, and web news sources • Public company events added directly to your Outlook or mobile calendar • Cross-platform exchange pricing covering all major markets and product types, including Public and Private Equity, Fixed income, Funds, FX, Commodities, and more • Watchlists with mobile-optimised data views, now also including tailored views for FX pairs • Setup and receive cross platform alerts for news, price movement, research, ratings changes and more Please note: This app is currently only accessible for customers with a LSEG Workspace subscription. To sign up, please go to https://www.lseg.com/en/data-analytics/products/workspace
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: LSEG Workspace at 50% against CME Direct's 0%. LSEG Workspace also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (68 vs 1). CME Direct's advantage is monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 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.
LSEG Workspace holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LSEG Workspace has 68 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of LSEG Workspace's written reviews are positive against 0% of CME Direct's.
LSEG Workspace ships an update every 2 months, CME Direct every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LSEG Workspace | CME Direct |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Refinitiv | CME Group, Inc. |
Customer experience
LSEG Workspace
CME Direct
In-app purchases
LSEG Workspace
No in-app purchases
CME Direct
No in-app purchases
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