Comparison

QST Mobile vs CME Direct

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

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time market bids and offers
  • Order management and modification
  • Trader status and position reports
  • Integrated futures charting
  • Options calculators
  • Straight-through processing
Features
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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

Screenshots

QST Mobile4 screens
CME Direct4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: QST Mobile at 40% against CME Direct's 0%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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, CME Direct every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
QST Mobile versus CME Direct: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQST MobileCME Direct
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperComputer Voice Systems, Inc.CME Group, Inc.

Customer experience

QST Mobile

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

CME Direct

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

QST Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

CME Direct

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QST Mobile free?
QST Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CME Direct free?
CME Direct is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QST Mobile or CME Direct have ads?
Neither QST Mobile nor CME Direct shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QST Mobile or CME Direct?
QST Mobile ships an update monthly, and CME Direct every 3 weeks. Most recently, QST Mobile was updated on October 9, 2026 and CME Direct on October 3, 2026.

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