ActPad vs Ironbeam
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
Ironbeam
Manage and trade futures and options accounts with a powerful platform. Access real-time quotes, charts, and account information. Create and execute custom trading strategies server-side for a seamless trading experience.
- Trade futures, options, and complex strategies
- Create and use custom trading formulas
- View and manipulate indicators on charts
- Synchronize workspace between mobile and desktop
- Execute strategies with one-click trading
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Trade and monitor your futures & options account with Ironbeam. Ironbeam is designed for the beginner and professional trader. Change between the basic or professional version to find the best offering for you. Access your trading strategies, formulas, quotes, charts, and account information. Ironbeam is a powerful trading platform and the iOS version has all of the functionality of the desktop. Trade, write formulas, chart data, and execute your strategies server-side (right at the exchange data centers). Features: * Trade futures, options, and complex strategies. Create, modify, and manage your orders and formula based strategies quickly and easily. * Create and use your custom formulas. Also access the large number of built-in trading strategies and formulas * View and manipulate indicators how you want them on charts. You can even apply indicators to the Trading Matrix (quote board) or the Advanced Trader (depth of market trading ladder) * Modify your workspace on the mobile app and access it later on the desktop (or vice versa) * Create your own custom strategies. Use these strategies as part of a trading system or enable to be used as part of one-click trading.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Ironbeam at 30 against ActPad's 5. Ironbeam also leads on device support (3 vs 1). ActPad's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.6 for ActPad against 2.5 for Ironbeam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ironbeam has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 27% of ActPad's written reviews are positive against 29% of Ironbeam's.
ActPad ships an update every 3 months, Ironbeam every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActPad | Ironbeam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) — better | 2.5 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | 29.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ACT TRADER TECHNOLOGIES LTD | IRONBEAM |
Customer experience
ActPad
Ironbeam
In-app purchases
ActPad
No in-app purchases
Ironbeam
No in-app purchases









