Comparison

QST Mobile vs KDF TradeActive™

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

Head to head
About

QST Mobile

Access real-time streaming quotes, advanced order entry, and comprehensive charting tools for futures and equity exchanges. Developed with professional traders in mind, it offers a highly customizable interface for efficient trading and portfolio management.

Highlights
  • Real-time streaming quotes
  • Advanced order entry
  • World-class charting and analytics
  • Customizable quotes monitor
  • Real-time news with search
  • Price alarms and notifications
  • Strategy builder
Features
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QST Mobile offers real-time streaming quotes, advanced order entry capabilities, news, world-class charting and analytics. Employing an intuitive and easy-to-use design it was developed with feedback from professional traders. QST Mobile delivers reliability, accuracy, usability and high performance. Futures exchange coverage includes CME Group (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), EUREX, CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX). Equity exchange coverage includes NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX. Quotes Monitor offers a highly customizable quote montage that provides detailed quote information organized into multiple pages with user-defined titles. Advanced Symbol Search capabilities assist you in finding the correct symbol to compose any kind of contract in your Quotes Monitor. A Contract Details view will offer you complete info on any contract available in your Quotes Monitor. Charts stream in real-time using HTML5 technology to offer a new level of user interactivity via a wide selection of tools, settings, programmable indicators and order entry. Price Ladder offers a real-time market depth view that highlights your relevant portfolio data in an interactive fashion. Options Chain can display all the options for any futures contract with the ability to trade individual options directly from the module. Price Alarms can be set on any quote with various conditions and alerting modes. Real-time News from Dow Jones and LaSalle Street comes with advanced search capabilities, related linkage and a context-based coloring scheme. Block Trades module provides you real time trading information, perfect way to monitor contracts, quantities and prices traded by others. If you want to solicit a Request For Quote (RFQ), that is also available from various modules of the application. You can also view existing RFQs in the market. Strategy Builder will allow you to place User Defined Strategies (UDS) to the exchange, expanding your trading options. While in application is in the background, all your important information will be available real time via the notification center. Save your Settings at your office or at home and seamlessly continue working on the road, whether you are using QST Desktop, QST Lite or QST Mobile. This application offers you the perfect balance between trading with one tap and, at the same time, offers in-depth customizations for your trading actions. Visualizing your portfolio has never been easier with Orders & Positions. Applying filters and using simple gestures can show or hide details on any item in your portfolio. Account Information provides details about margins, trade equity and balance of your trading account. Quick account switching offers you a flawless transition between the accounts that comprise your portfolio. Real-time notifications provide instant feedback during your trading session. Should you need to review your trading history, changes to your orders and positions, the Order Activity Log is the perfect tool for that.

About

KDF TradeActive™

Trade financial markets on the go with real-time data, charts, and order entry. Access your account balances and market information from anywhere, anytime. Contact customer support for inquiries.

Highlights
  • Real-time market data
  • Live charts
  • Order entry
  • Account balance checks
  • Trade anywhere
Features
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The opportunity to trade anywhere is here! Enter orders, check real-time account balances, get real-time market data and charts wherever you are! Not a customer yet? Call us at +603 2172 3888 or email us at futures@kenanga.com.my

Screenshots

QST Mobile4 screens
KDF TradeActive™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: QST Mobile at monthly against KDF TradeActive™'s every 4 months. KDF TradeActive™'s advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 40%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

QST Mobile ships an update monthly, KDF TradeActive™ every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
QST Mobile versus KDF TradeActive™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQST MobileKDF TradeActive™
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperComputer Voice Systems, Inc.Kenanga Futures Sdn Bhd

Customer experience

QST Mobile

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

KDF TradeActive™

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

QST Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

KDF TradeActive™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QST Mobile free?
QST Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KDF TradeActive™ free?
KDF TradeActive™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QST Mobile or KDF TradeActive™ have ads?
Neither QST Mobile nor KDF TradeActive™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QST Mobile or KDF TradeActive™?
QST Mobile ships an update monthly, and KDF TradeActive™ every 4 months. Most recently, QST Mobile was updated on September 22, 2026 and KDF TradeActive™ on June 1, 2026.

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