Comparison

ActPad vs Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Live streaming dealing rates
  • Trade Forex, CFDs, Futures, ETFs
  • Real-time interactive charts
  • Easy order management
  • Detailed account information
  • Live news stream
Features
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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

About

Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts

Receive real-time trading alerts for Forex, Crypto, indices, and stocks. Customize price targets or indicator signals with advanced options. Trusted by over 100,000 traders for fast and accurate notifications.

Highlights
  • Real-time price and indicator alerts
  • Customizable price targets
  • Indicator and candlestick pattern recognition
  • Multi-timeframe analysis
  • Support for major exchanges (Binance, Exness, etc.)
  • Custom alert sounds
Features
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- Get a powerful tracker for Forex, Crypto, Indices, Stocks and Synthetic indices, with trading alerts in real time. Quote and historical data is sourced from reputable brokers and exchanges: Exness, Deriv, Binance, Weltrade, AvaTrade, IC Markets and more. - Set custom price/rate targets or custom indicator (RSI/MACD/MA...) signals with just a few taps. - Trusted by 100K+ traders for fast and accurate notifications and email alerts. NEW IN THIS VERSION * Alert Chart: see an alert's candles, the indicators it uses and each bar where it fired. * Alert Exchange: no need to build every alert from scratch. Browse Strategy Templates made by us, see what other traders share in the Community tab, and keep the ones you like in Favorites - one tap copies it into your own list, ready to edit. Publish your own alerts too: public for everyone, or private with a code you share only with people you choose. * Advanced mode: build a real strategy inside a single alert. Put your conditions into groups, then combine the groups with AND, OR or "any K of N" - for example (EMA 50 over EMA 200 AND ADX over 25) AND (RSI crosses 70 OR MACD crosses 0). * Multi-Candle: ask for a condition n times inside m candles, not just one - e.g. RSI over 70 on 2 of the last 3 candles. * Add Multi Alert: set an alert up once, pick every symbol you want it on, and we create one alert per symbol. * Alert until I update: once the price hits your target, the alert keeps notifying you until you turn it off or edit it - even if the price moves back. * Dark mode across the whole app, with a Theme setting: System Default, Light or Dark. KEY FEATURES: track every market with Price Alert & Indicator Alert * Real-time Alerts: get instant notifications for price movements with Price Alert, and for technical signals on over 100 forex pairs and over 2000 crypto pairs, including Currencies, Indices, Commodities, Energies, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks and Synthetic indices from the world's largest brokers and exchanges: Exness, Deriv, Binance, Weltrade and more. * Indicator Alert: customise everything in one alert - combine multiple indicators and patterns, mix timeframes, set your own indicator parameters, and use the advanced options our system provides. * Multi-Timeframe Analysis: combine indicators and patterns across different timeframes for a comprehensive view. * Customizable Indicators: access a vast library of technical indicators with customizable parameters. * Candlestick Pattern Recognition: identify over 40 candlestick patterns for enhanced technical analysis. * Custom alert sound, per pair. Over 40 Japanese candlestick patterns: Hammer, Inverted Hammer, Hanging Man, Shooting Star, Engulfing, Harami Cross, Doji Star, Morning Star, Morning Doji Star, Belt Hold, Pin Bar and more. Most popular indicators: Accelerator, Accumulation/Distribution, Alligator, ADXW, ATR (Supertrend / Average True Range), Awesome Oscillator, Auto Fibonacci Retracement, BB (Bollinger Bands), CCI, DeMarker, Donchian Channel, Envelopes, Force Index, Fractals, Heikin-Ashi, HMA (Hull Moving Average), Ichimoku, KDJ, MACD, MFI, Momentum, OsMA (Moving Average of Oscillator), Parabolic SAR, Pivot, RSI, RVI, SMA, EMA, SMMA, LWMA, Standard Deviation, Stochastic, Stochastic RSI, TDI (Traders Dynamic Index), VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price), VWMA (Volume-Weighted Moving Average), Volume Average, Williams %R and more. *** Download Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts today and take control of your trading! ---------------------------------- * App guideline: https://docs.tradingalert.net/ ---------------------------------- If you have any feedback or a feature request, please contact us: - Email: cacom2401@gmail.com - Telegram live support: https://t.me/forex_alert_support ---------------------------------- Privacy Policy: https://docs.tradingalert.net/info/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://docs.tradingalert.net/info/terms-and-conditions Thanks for using this app!

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts at 88% against ActPad's 27%. Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). ActPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15). On price and ads 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. Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ActPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts has 34 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 88% of Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActPad ships an update every 3 months, Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ActPad versus Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActPadForex Alerts & Crypto Alerts
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings)4.7 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.7% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings534 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperACT TRADER TECHNOLOGIES LTDDao Ngoc Hoang

Customer experience

ActPad

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative40.0%

Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts

All ratings34 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ActPad

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Plan Tier 1$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan Tier 2$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan Tier 3$14.001 Month
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  • Monthly Plan Tier 4$18.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan Tier 1$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan Tier 2$79.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan Tier 3$139.991 Year
  • Yearly Plan Tier 4$189.991 Year

Questions

Is ActPad free?
ActPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts free?
Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ActPad or Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts?
Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts is rated higher. ActPad averages 2.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts averages 4.7 from 34 ratings.
Do ActPad or Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts have ads?
Neither ActPad nor Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActPad or Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts?
ActPad ships an update every 3 months, and Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts every 3 weeks. Most recently, ActPad was updated on November 1, 2026 and Forex Alerts & Crypto Alerts on November 7, 2026.

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