Sterling Trader vs T4 Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sterling Trader
A sophisticated mobile trading platform for equities and options. Access U.S. exchanges with real-time data, charting, and customizable watch lists. Manage portfolios and receive price and trade alerts.
- Equities and options trading
- U.S. exchange access
- Real-time charting
- Customizable watch lists
- Price and trade alerts
- Portfolio management
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Sterling Trader® Mobile is a highly sophisticated trading platform designed for both stand-alone use and to provide existing STT users access to the markets while they are away from their desktop application. ***Please note that a brokerage account is required to access the platform. Contact your broker to set up an account and login for use with Sterling Trader® Mobile.*** Sterling Trader® Mobile Features: · Equities, single and multi-leg options trading support · Trading access across all U.S. exchanges and STT execution venues · Broker and Clearing firm neutral with deep brokerage and clearing firm network · Multi-broker and multi-clearing firm support · Real-time charting · Customizable ticker watch lists · Robust and reliable technology and infrastructure · High performance, real-time Level I and Level II market data · Price Alerts for equities and options · Email and SMS alerts for orders and trades · Portfolio management – real time position, P&L and Account Values
T4 Mobile
Trade financial markets directly from your mobile device. Monitor positions, enter new orders, and revise existing ones with an intuitive interface. Enjoy real-time market access and reliable order submission.
- Mobile trading capabilities
- Real-time market access
- Order entry and revision
- Intuitive touch screen interface
- Tap2Trade technology
- Reliable back-end
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Want to trade from the golf course, your car, the movies or grocery store without carrying your bulky laptop around? T4 Mobile allows you to do just that. It runs directly on phones and tablets running iOS, allowing you basic trading capabilities from the palm of your hand. With T4 Mobile, you can make phone calls, surf the internet, listen to your favorite music, send emails, and now, TRADE. Follow market activity, monitor positions, enter new orders and revise existing orders with ease and convenience. T4 Mobile offers an easy-to use interface that utilizes modern touch screen technology. Just like T4 and T4 WebTrader, T4 Mobile offers real-time market access to every exchange Plus500US Futures Technologies offers. In addition, you get our exclusive Tap2Trade technology allowing real-time order submission, and a back-end that offers extreme reliability. If you are an existing T4 user, T4 Mobile is available to use now. The same username and password can be used for all T4 products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: T4 Mobile at 3.6 against Sterling Trader's 3.0. T4 Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 36%). 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.
T4 Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Sterling Trader's written reviews are positive against 50% of T4 Mobile's.
Sterling Trader ships an update every 2 months, T4 Mobile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sterling Trader | T4 Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (40 ratings) | 3.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Professional Trading Solutions | Cunningham Trading Systems, LLC |
Customer experience
Sterling Trader
T4 Mobile
In-app purchases
Sterling Trader
No in-app purchases
T4 Mobile
No in-app purchases
