MotiveWave Mobile vs Onyx Mobile Trader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotiveWave Mobile
Trade and monitor futures, stocks, forex, and crypto on the go with this broker-neutral mobile trading platform. It offers advanced charting tools, multiple broker connections, and customizable layouts for phones and tablets.
- Broker-neutral trading
- Multiple broker connections
- Advanced charting tools
- 170+ built-in studies/indicators
- Order flow tools
- Harmonic trading tools
- Optimized layouts for phone/tablet
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The MotiveWave mobile application complements our desktop application and is broker neutral with current support for 4 brokers, allowing you to easily trade and monitor futures, stocks, forex and crypto from wherever you are. MotiveWave does not include data and additional brokers may be added in future releases. The mobile application supports multiple broker connections within the same Workspace or you can create separate Workspaces for each broker. The application supports two layout modes: Phone - optimized layout (portrait mode) that shows a single screen at a time Tablet - Docking framework for displaying multiple docks (charts, watch lists, account info, order book, Time/Sales and Depth of Market) As an incredibly feature-rich trading platform, here are some of the highlights below showing the capabilities that you can find in our trading software. Our trading software is available in 4 different editions to meet your charting and trading needs. Key Features (available features will depend on edition): 4 Supported Brokers: (CQG, OANDA, Rithmic, TD-Ameritrade) Multiple Brokers/Data Feeds per Workspace Chart Tools: Trend Line, Horizontal and Vertical Line, Price and Time Labels, Fork, Modified Schiff Fork, Channel, Time and Price Range, Arrows, Support and Resistance Areas, P&L Calculator/PL Targets, Cycle, Time Cycle, Wedges, Angles, Curves, Regression Tools, Circles, Triangle, Quad Polygon, Sine Wave, Quadrant Lines, Tirone Levels, Speed Lines, Cross Line Fibonacci: Retracement, Extension, Expansion, Circle, Arc, Fan, Regression Tools, Customizable Ratio Presets. Callouts (Balloon, Line, Box), Annotation, Note, Comment, Ellipse, Boxes, Arrows, Shapes, Numbers, Letters 170+ Built-in Studies/Indicators Indicator on Indicator: Use one indicator as an input for another Chart Linking: Link Instrument - All charts have same instrument Link Bar Size - All charts have the same bar size Multiple Chart Bar Types: OHLC bars, HLC bars, Candlesticks, Trend Candlesticks, Hollow Candlesticks, Heikin-Ashi, Percent Change, Line, Square Line, Bars, No Bars Non-Linear and Second-Based Bars: Tick, Range, Renko, Hybrid Renko, Volume, Point & Figure, Reversal Second-Based Bars (Requires Historical Tick Data) Time Frame Visibility Options: Time frame visibility enables you to specify the bar sizes where a component is visible. For example, show a Trend Line only on bar sizes smaller than or equal to 1 hour. Order Flow Tools and Studies: Volume Profile and VWAP Studies Order Flow Studies: TPO, Volume Imprint, Depth of Market, Bid/Ask Volume, Order Heatmap, Big Trades, Delta Volume, Cumulative Delta TPO and Volume Profile Components Time and Sales Harmonic Tools: Bull/Bear versions of Gartley, Butterfly, Crab, Deep Crab, Bat, Alternate Bat, Shark, Cypher, AB=CD, Alternate AB=CD, 5-0, 3 Drives Advanced DOM (Depth of Market): Track recent trades at the bid and ask Track pulling and stacking Volume profile (with separate bid and ask volume profiles) Market by Order, which will display individual order sizes in the book (currently Rithmic only) Full Market Depth beyond 10 levels Position in Queue Trading: Trading directly from a chart or the chart axis Trading from the Trade Panel Trading from the DOM Privacy Policy: https://www.motivewave.com/company/privacy_policy.htm Terms of Service: https://www.motivewave.com/company/terms_of_service.htm
Onyx Mobile Trader
This app integrates Rithmic's data feed with TradingView's charting for a comprehensive trading experience. It offers powerful tools for analyzing markets and executing trades.
- Rithmic data feed integration
- TradingView charting tools
- Seamless trading experience
- Market analysis tools
- Trade execution
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Tradeshell's Onyx platform seamlessly bridges Rithmic's powerful data feed with TradingView's charting tools for the ultimate trading experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Onyx Mobile Trader at none against MotiveWave Mobile's 3. Onyx Mobile Trader also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). MotiveWave Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and rating (3.4 vs 3.1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MotiveWave Mobile sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Onyx Mobile Trader asks for nothing beyond the download.
MotiveWave Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of MotiveWave Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Onyx Mobile Trader's.
MotiveWave Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, Onyx Mobile Trader fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MotiveWave Mobile | Onyx Mobile Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (28 ratings) — better | 3.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MotiveWave Software | Tradeshell Systems LLC |
Customer experience
MotiveWave Mobile
Onyx Mobile Trader
In-app purchases
MotiveWave Mobile
- Standard Edition$14.991 Month
- Order Flow Edition$29.991 Month
- Pro Edition$49.991 Month
Onyx Mobile Trader
No in-app purchases
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