iBroker vs Firetip X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBroker
Trade futures and options on the go with real-time quotes, customizable charts, and price alerts. Access multiple exchanges directly and manage your positions with ease. Offers a free demo account for practice.
- Real-time quotes
- Futures and options contract search
- Direct market access
- Customizable charts with indicators
- Price alerts via push notifications
- Watchlist for favorite contracts
- One-click position management
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The simple, intuitive app for trading Futures & Options wherever you are… via your existing futures account and CQG login. Clients with accounts at an authorized Broker can trade on CQG Trader, CQG Integrated client and iBroker interchangeably, with a fully synched trading experience between desktop and mobile device. The current authorized brokers are AMP, Dorman, RCG, and Straits; with more coming online every month. If your current broker isn’t listed, request they authorize iBroker today. The app makes it very easy to signup for a free demo account, where you will get $50,000 in simulated funds to allow you to test the product, plus: REAL TIME QUOTES for 7 days Search and Browse FUTURES and OPTIONS contracts DIRECT MARKET ACCESS (DMA) to Multiple Exchanges Fully customizable real time CHARTS with indicators TWITTER integration on each contract, view feed and join the conversation PRICE ALERTS via Push Notifications WATCHLIST with your favourite contracts Quick access to LAST VIEWED Markets One click REVERSE position, close position, CLOSE ALL positions Setup default ORDER SETTINGS per contract
Firetip X
This app allows users to trade and monitor futures and options accounts. Access trading strategies, formulas, quotes, charts, and account information. Execute strategies server-side for efficient trading.
- Trade futures, options, and complex strategies
- Create and use custom trading formulas
- View and manipulate indicators on charts
- Apply indicators to Trading Matrix and Advanced Trader
- Synchronize workspace between mobile and desktop
- Execute strategies with one-click trading
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Trade and monitor your futures & options account with Firetip X. Access your trading strategies, formulas, quotes, charts, and account information. Firetip X 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 review sentiment: iBroker at 100% against Firetip X's 33%. iBroker also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Firetip X's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Firetip X holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iBroker has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of iBroker's written reviews are positive against 33% of Firetip X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iBroker ships an update every 5 months, Firetip X every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBroker | Firetip X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iBroker Global Markets SV, SA | Certigo, Inc. |
Customer experience
iBroker
Firetip X
In-app purchases
iBroker
No in-app purchases
Firetip X
No in-app purchases
