Lightstreamer Stock vs BMS Trader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightstreamer Stock
This application demonstrates real-time stock price updates using the Lightstreamer iOS client library. It displays live data with a simple interface and includes support for APNs push notifications. The source code is publicly available.
- Real-time stock price updates
- Lightstreamer iOS client library integration
- Simple user interface
- APNs push notification support
- Publicly available source code
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Lightstreamer Stock-List is an application that uses the Lightstreamer iOS client library to receive real-time data from Lightstreamer Server. The app subscribes to a set of stock prices, receives the updates in real time, and displays them with a very simple user interface. This version includes full support for APNs push notifications. Source code is available on GitHub, see: github.com/Lightstreamer Lightstreamer is a real-time messaging server optimized for the Internet. Blending WebSockets, HTTP, and push notifications, it streams data to/from mobile, tablet, browser-based, desktop, and IoT applications. Lightstreamer provides many advanced mechanisms to optimize user experience, including: bandwidth management, dynamic throttling with congestion control, compression, and conflation.
BMS Trader
Access your Bull Market Securities account on the go. View real-time market data, charts, and news. Place trades for stocks, ETFs, and options quickly and easily from your mobile device.
- Real-time market data and charts
- Trade stocks, ETFs, and options
- Streaming Level 1 & 2 quotes
- News and charts
- Option chains and multi-leg orders
- Live orders, positions, and balances
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BMS Trader is a trading application which provides access to your Bull Market Securities account from a mobile device. View market data and charts in real-time and place trades with a few taps for Stocks, ETF’s, and Options. Stay connected to the markets so you can get access to actionable information and make trading decisions anywhere, anytime. BMS Trader for iPhone: Trade Equities, ETFs, Options on the go Streaming Level 1 & 2 quotes News and Charts Option Chains and Multi-leg Orders Live Orders, Positions and Balances Multiple Color Schemes To learn more, go to https://bullmarketus.com We love feedback and looking for comments and suggestions on how we can improve BMS Trader Mobile to deliver the best trading experience
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BMS Trader at 100% against Lightstreamer Stock's 0%. BMS Trader also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BMS Trader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Lightstreamer Stock's written reviews are positive against 100% of BMS Trader's.
Lightstreamer Stock ships an update every 8 months, BMS Trader every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightstreamer Stock | BMS Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lightstreamer Srl | BULL MARKET SECURITIES INC. |
Customer experience
Lightstreamer Stock
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In-app purchases
Lightstreamer Stock
No in-app purchases
BMS Trader
No in-app purchases
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