Sterling Trader vs Compass Smart Trader
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
Compass Smart Trader
This multi-asset trading platform provides real-time quotes for Futures, Options, and Forex. Analyze markets with advanced charts and technical indicators, execute trades, and review your trading history.
- Real-time quotes
- Market analysis with charts
- Technical indicators
- Depth of Market (Level 2)
- Trade execution
- Trading history
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Compass Smart Trader is a Multi-asset mobile trading platform for Futures,Options and Forex. The application allows you to receive prices, analyze market with charts and technical indicators, trade and view the history of your trading operations. Features: *Real-time quotes of Futures, Options and Forex. *Depth of Market(Level 2) *High performance charts and graphical indicators *Trade Execution *Complete set of fills, orders and positions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Compass Smart Trader at 100% against Sterling Trader's 36%. Compass Smart Trader also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Sterling Trader's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 2). 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.
Compass Smart Trader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sterling Trader has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Sterling Trader's written reviews are positive against 100% of Compass Smart Trader's.
Sterling Trader ships an update every 2 months, Compass Smart Trader every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sterling Trader | Compass Smart Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| 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 — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Professional Trading Solutions | Compass Financial Technologies Pte. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Sterling Trader
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In-app purchases
Sterling Trader
No in-app purchases
Compass Smart Trader
No in-app purchases
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