Comparison

ICAP vs XFlow Charts

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

Head to head
About

ICAP

Access real-time market prices for international wholesale markets. Customize alerts and screen content for a personalized view. Connect directly to the service for seamless market monitoring.

Highlights
  • Real-time market price viewing
  • International wholesale market data
  • Customizable alerts
  • Configurable screen content
  • iPhone and iPad display management
  • Connect to ICAP service
Features
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The ICAP app enables ICAP users to view market prices for a wide variety of international wholesale markets. The app can be customized to receive real-time alerts, configure screen content, manage controls on the iPhone or iPad for display settings and enable an ICAP customer to connect to ICAP.

About

XFlow Charts

Features
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XF Charts is built for professional futures traders across the world's leading derivatives exchanges, including CME, CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX, and Eurex. Whether you trade equity indexes, commodities, fixed income, currencies, or European futures, XF Charts provides institutional-grade tools for order flow analysis, Footprint Charts, Volume Profile, Market By Order (MBO), Heatmaps, Historical Replay, and Gamma Exposure powered by the OPRA options chain. Analyze every trade, follow liquidity in real time, and understand what is driving the market before the move happens. FEATURES Footprint Charts Analyze bid/ask volume, delta, imbalances, absorption, and executed volume inside every candle. Volume Profile Session, composite, custom range, and visible range profiles with POC, Value Area, HVNs, and LVNs. Heatmap Visualize resting liquidity, limit orders, and liquidity shifts in real time and throughout history. Market By Order (MBO) Track individual limit orders, monitor order IDs, detect iceberg orders, and follow how liquidity moves over time. Advanced Order Flow Time & Sales, Big Trades, cumulative delta, aggressive versus passive participants, and detailed execution analysis. Gamma Exposure (GEX) Integrated OPRA options chain with live Gamma Exposure, dealer positioning, gamma levels, dealer walls, Zero Gamma, and options-driven market analysis. Historical Replay Replay complete trading sessions with Footprint Charts, Heatmaps, Order Flow, MBO data, and Gamma Exposure exactly as they unfolded. Multi-Chart Workspaces Create fully customizable layouts that automatically sync across your devices. Professional Drawing Tools Trend lines, Fibonacci tools, VWAP, support and resistance tools, and annotations. High Performance A clean, distraction-free interface built for speed and professional trading workflows. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONAL FUTURES TRADERS XF Charts supports the world's leading futures exchanges, including CME, CBOT, COMEX, NYMEX, and Eurex, giving traders access to institutional-grade market data and professional analysis tools in a single platform. See every trade. Follow the liquidity. Understand the market before the move.

Screenshots

ICAP4 screens
XFlow Charts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: XFlow Charts at weekly against ICAP's every 3 weeks. ICAP's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.1). 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

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

ICAP ships an update every 3 weeks, XFlow Charts weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ICAP versus XFlow Charts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterICAPXFlow Charts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.2 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperICAP Services North America LLCXFlow Trading s.r.o.

In-app purchases

None

ICAP

No in-app purchases

None

XFlow Charts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ICAP free?
ICAP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is XFlow Charts free?
XFlow Charts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ICAP or XFlow Charts have ads?
Neither ICAP nor XFlow Charts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ICAP or XFlow Charts?
ICAP ships an update every 3 weeks, and XFlow Charts weekly. Most recently, ICAP was updated on October 1, 2026 and XFlow Charts on September 28, 2026.

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