Comparison

Sphere Whiteboard vs CT Chat

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

Head to head
About

Sphere Whiteboard

Features
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Giving institutional traders unparalleled market views they can act on. Sphere merges actionable screen trading with live voice and IM prices from your brokers in one holistic app.

About

CT Chat

A secure and reliable real-time messaging application designed for commodity market professionals. It offers full message accountability, file sharing, and group chat capabilities. Track messages, share media, and search conversations efficiently.

Highlights
  • Real-time messaging with read receipts
  • Blast message tracking
  • File and media sharing
  • Full-text search
  • Push notifications with muting
  • QR code contact discovery
Features
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CT Chat is a secure messaging app built for commodity market professionals. Fast, reliable real-time messaging with full message accountability — see when messages are sent, delivered, and read. Track blast messages across multiple recipients. Share files, images, and documents. Create group chats for desks and teams. * Direct and group messaging with read receipts * Blast message tracking with per-recipient status * File and media sharing * Full-text search across all conversations * Push notifications with per-contact muting * QR code contact discovery * Dark and light themes Built by CT Grid for the commodity trading and broking industry.

Screenshots

Sphere Whiteboard3 screens
CT Chat3 screens

Verdict

The call

Sphere Whiteboard and CT Chat are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Sphere Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, CT Chat every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sphere Whiteboard versus CT Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSphere WhiteboardCT Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSphere InnovationsCommodity Technologies Limited

In-app purchases

None

Sphere Whiteboard

No in-app purchases

None

CT Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sphere Whiteboard free?
Sphere Whiteboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CT Chat free?
CT Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sphere Whiteboard or CT Chat have ads?
Neither Sphere Whiteboard nor CT Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sphere Whiteboard or CT Chat?
Sphere Whiteboard ships an update fortnightly, and CT Chat every 11 days. Most recently, Sphere Whiteboard was updated on October 7, 2026 and CT Chat on October 12, 2026.

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