ActPad vs Pip Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActPad
Trade Forex, CFDs, Futures, and ETFs on your iPad with this platform. Access your existing trading account, monitor positions, view live charts, and manage orders in real time. Stay updated with a live news stream and manage your trading history.
- Live streaming dealing rates
- Trade Forex, CFDs, Futures, ETFs
- Real-time interactive charts
- Easy order management
- Detailed account information
- Live news stream
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ActPad is the iPad version of the popular ActTrader platform by ActForex, Inc. ActPad allows you to trade the same instruments you can on the desktop version, including Forex, CFDs, Futures, and ETFs. Simply log in with your ActTrader username and password to access your trading account, orders, and open positions. Place trades, monitor your account, and even view live charts. Your account data and trading activity are synced in real time. Trades you make on the iPad are reflected on the desktop application, and vice-versa. With ActPad, you never have to be tied down to your computer again! Features: -Live streaming dealing rates -Live trading from your ActTrader account -Trade Forex, CFDs, Futures, ETFs -Real-time interactive charts -Easy order management -Detailed account information -Open position information -Trading history -Live, up to the minute News stream -Instrument subscription
Pip Calculator
Easily calculate the value of each pip for your forex trades. Input your account currency, currency pair, and trade size to accurately determine the worth of a single pip, aiding in better risk management.
- Calculate pip value
- Supports various currency pairs
- Input account currency
- Input trade size
- Accurate risk management tool
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In order to manage risk with more accuracy, it is important for you to know the pip value of each of your trades. The Pip Calculator app does this for you. All you have to do is enter your account currency, the currency pair you are trading on, and the trade size. Then the Pip Calculator app will automatically determine how much each pip is worth. Forex trading involves a significant risk to your invested capital. The information and results provided by the application are provided for information purposes only. They do not constitute or should be interpreted as advice or recommendation. Therefore, Tyrcord, Inc. assumes no responsibility for the risks incurred by anyone acting solely on the basis of this information and results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pip Calculator at 72% against ActPad's 27%. Pip Calculator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). ActPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Pip Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ActPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pip Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pip Calculator has 406 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of ActPad's written reviews are positive against 72% of Pip Calculator's.
ActPad ships an update every 3 months, Pip Calculator every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActPad | Pip Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (406 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | 71.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 406 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ACT TRADER TECHNOLOGIES LTD | alpinetic |
Customer experience
ActPad
Pip Calculator
Bugs and requests
ActPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pip Calculator
Reported bugs
10 issues- App start bugging and not working at all after buying premium
- Keeps saying unable to receive data
- App doesn’t do the one thing I downloaded it for (calculating pips)
- Calculator is completely wrong
- Does not work
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- No LOT Option
- Very narrow range of currencies
- Not enough controls
- App is unorganized
- This app cannot calculate on how many pips the movement of a pair makes
Requested features
5 requests- 💡 Introduce Arabic language
- 💡 Option to display/enter in LOT sizes
- 💡 Calculate lot size based on stop loss and vice versa
- 💡 Need to be able to do reverse imputes
- 💡 Make a pip counter app for both FX and commodities
In-app purchases
ActPad
No in-app purchases
Pip Calculator
- Premium$9.99
Questions
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