OANDA
OANDA is a popular trading app praised for its user-friendliness and fast execution, especially for forex, but recent updates have led to frequent crashes, login issues, and dissatisfaction with charting tools and limited asset availability.
OANDA is a free-to-download finance app for trading, particularly favored for forex due to its intuitive interface and quick trade execution. However, recent user reviews highlight significant issues with app stability, including frequent crashes and login problems, alongside complaints about limited charting features and a narrow selection of tradable assets.
What users like
- User-friendly and easy to navigate, suitable for beginners and experienced traders alike.R1R11R15R23
- Fast trade execution and competitive spreads, contributing to lower trading costs.R50R57R60
- Good for forex trading and integrates well with other platforms like TradingView.R48R54R59R66
- API connection is easy and works well for programmatic trading.R2
- Offers a paper trading option with virtual money for learning.R65
What users complain about
- Frequent app crashes, freezing, and login issues, especially after recent updates.R7R14R22R41
- Charting features are limited and lack advanced tools, accuracy, and customization options.R17R19R89R171
- Difficulty modifying or closing trades, with reports of trades not closing or being canceled.R5R8R10R16
- Limited availability of cryptocurrency, commodities (like gold/silver), and other trading instruments.R6R26R37R88
- Withdrawal process is slow, problematic, and has high fees, with reports of denied requests.R32R103R113R172
- Concerns about high spreads, slippage, and alleged manipulation leading to losses.R5R18R29R39
- Customer service is often unresponsive, unhelpful, or difficult to reach.R33R91R101R123
- App layout and formatting issues, especially after updates.R20R182R315
Latest update · v5.9.2
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Recurring themes
Who it's for
OANDA is for beginners and experienced traders looking for a user-friendly platform primarily for forex trading, especially those who value quick execution and integration with TradingView R23R48. It is not for users who require advanced charting tools, a wide variety of cryptocurrencies or commodities, or those who are frustrated by app instability and poor customer service R6R17R14R91.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew negative, which is common for app updates. While many users praise the app's core functionality and ease of use, the volume of complaints regarding crashes, login issues, and charting limitations is substantial and consistent across multiple reviews, indicating a clear negative trajectory in user experience despite the lifetime rating.
Frequently asked
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How are OANDA's charting features on mobile?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R1] User Friendly: Very straight forward and easy to use platform
- [R11] JM: Excellent and easy to execute it all transactions, I Love it
- [R15] Yup: Pretty easy and simple
- [R23] Oanda: I have to say that Oanda is by far the best forex broker i have ever used! They have such a comfortable and easy to understand app that is perfect for both beginners and experienced traders! I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a trustworthy forex broker! Good luck!
- [R50] Oanda: OANDA is a great trading platform! The spreads are super low, which keeps trading costs down, and trade execution is lightning-fast. The platform is also very easy to use, whether on desktop or mobile. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a reliable and efficient broker.
- [R57] OANDA is hands-down one of the best brokers out there!: I’ve been trading for a while now, and OANDA has completely raised the bar for what I expect from a forex broker. From the start, the platform felt intuitive and professional, whether I’m trading from my desktop or the mobile app, everything runs smoothly. Execution is lightning fast, spreads are competitive, and I’ve never had issues with s
- [R60] Good platform: Traded on oanda for a while. The spread is ok and fees are fine too. Just don’t trade at open or near close the spread can go wild.
- [R48] My Go-To for Forex: My go-to platform for forex trading. Easily integrates into TradingView and provides helpful market insights. Highly recommend for anyone looking to trade forex.
- [R54] Best broker: honestly Oanda is one of the best broker in my opinion, i started forex trading back in september of 2024 i haven’t had any issue the mobile app functionality is so amazing and its compatible with MT4 and Trading view so you can advance your trading. in overall i haven’t had any issue with them they’ve been very reliable and efficient. You can also check out news they provide and they
- [R59] Great platform: Oanda is a great trading platform. I actually find it easy to trade using the Oanda APP. Easy to use and enters into trades quickly. I use Oanda for all my charting pairs on trading view as well, since it displays the trading volume and its high liquidity. I highly recommend Oanda for any trading experience levels.
- [R66] Easy and User Friendly: I have been using this platform since MT4 was shut down. It is simple, intuitive and you are able to connect to other platforms like trading view which makes my life much easier!
- [R2] Love the platform: I use the API connection extensively to trade using programs I created. The connection is easy and works very well!
- [R65] Paper trading: It’s supper good to study and learn how to trade it will give u $100,000.00 fake money to trade. It’s a good app to learn trading 😁
- [R7] Technical issue with the OANDA App: The OANDA App has been changed somewhat in the past two months- it responds so slowly whenever I click a new section.
- [R14] Terrible: constantly crashing
- [R22] Can’t sign back in: I sign in this app every single morning of every single day and today I can’t sign in for anything. My money is in limbo and I can’t take it out of the position at 10 thanks, oanda you’re gonna take it anyway, so why not take it this way?
- [R41] Not working on iPhone: I have the app on my iPad and it works perfectly. But for some reason it won't work on my iPhone. I try to log in and it's stays there it just says "logging in" for hours.
- [R17] Oanda panda: Charts suck and need improvement for mobile
- [R19] Chart drawing: I like this app for convenience, but I would like to see the drawing feature be used with the crosshairs instead of the finger touch for better accuracy, and the ability to select a past drawing by tap and holding. I’m having a very hard time selecting my trend lines after I drawn them. A much better mobile charting app is tradeview.
- [R89] Review: Platform not very versatile- would like to be able to view more than one chart at a time. Also difficult to view/change ongoing orders
- [R171] Great charts, but...: I logged in and I only get the technical charts, but not the main platform. I had trendlines drawn and those are all gone now. All the currency pairs I had set up are back to the way they originally were. The charts are amazing and the best I have ever seen. On the web I can set up technical charts on the main platform, but in the app they are a separate page. The app ne
- [R5] Must-watch trades: Need to watch for closing quotes due to widening spreads, as the trade may not close.
- [R8] Needs improvement: Let me deposit money but it keeps canceling my trades
- [R10] Wont allow me to modify my trade.: I was in a trade and wanted to move my stop loss to +1 but the app wouldnt allow it. So I had to close my trade early. Trash….
- [R16] They want you too loose money: You won’t be able to close your winning trades, either on app or mt4 until you hit a lose then you are forced to close a loosing trade. Garbage
- [R6] To Many One Stars: Not giving money to an app “trading platform” that can’t seem to get their crypto trading together in. Pretty frustrating Trading View adds them as a top option. That’s dishonest If most crypto currencies are blocked like xrp!
- [R26] Gold: Where is gold xau/usd ? No commodity?no gold or silver! Also still waiting for minim 500 /1 leverage !
- [R37] Crypto: Easy to use App but very few options for currency pairs and cryptocurrency available for trading.
- [R88] The mobile app does not work for me and I can’t access my crypto trade.: The app has not worked for me for the past three months. I can’t access my crypto information at all and every-time I download the app it just shows me a black screen. I’ve reached out to oanda customer service multiple times but no one can resolve this issue for me. I’m very disappointed as a long time user of the platform.
- [R32] Withdrawal process: Is very slow
- [R103] Fraudulent broker beware: They keep denying withdrawal requests. Every bank transfer costs $20 (!) 🤔💭You can't remove any payment methods stored on this platform ❗🔺, and you cannot withdraw to a debit card because it shows that you have no cards even when you have authorized cards on file ❓🆘. You can only buy but not sell. What kind of one-way crypto trading is it? It's been over 2 months since I
- [R113] iPad user: App layout is great... but it desperately needs a time stamp update.. can only zoom it to 2019..also withdrawal limit is to low.. aswell as withdrawal method is broken…
- [R172] ACH WITHDRAWALS PLEASE 🤍: ACH withdrawals would be great as this seems to be the only issue for replacing a card & need to further request a bank statement overall good platform it’s just this 🙏🏻
- [R18] Spread: I get spreads have to be included but 30 points of spread is crazy to me and it literally crosses over my TP and it won’t trigger that is just crazy they got to fix something
- [R29] I hate the changes: I’ve been with OANDA since 2006 this new platform sucks and their spreads are even worse. I hate retail platforms that’s why I’m going back to my futures institutional platform.
- [R39] Avoid This Trash Scamming Broker!: They will try to steal your swap/financing money so keep a eye on your payments! They will also do spread liquidity sweeps to try and hit your stop loss and liquidate your position! They are scamming trash! Avoid at all cost!!
- [R33] Scam: For welcome bonus they told me you met the requirements and it will be 250 for plan of double your benefit/ cover the losses after 60 days , but after 90 days when I lost 500$ in trade at least they payed me 100$, they are not honest and untreatable , be careful, I am going to find another broker, also their customer service is really pure and always tell you Sorry there aren't any agents a
- [R91] Great broker, Poor Customer Support: The app itself works perfectly and delivers exactly what it promises, no complaints there. However, the customer service experience has been extremely disappointing. The support team seems untrained and unaware of how to handle even basic issues. It’s frustrating trying to get help when it feels like the representatives don’t know what they’re doing. A great bro
- [R101] Application: Very poor service I’ve never seen before service like this I sent too many times my document and I didn’t receive response not recommend………
- [R123] Worst trading platform: Bad platform in general! Bad service.
- [R20] Update is terrible: The most recent update is terrible. Formatting is off, positions compressed with numbers running down left side of the screen.
- [R182] Great App but close chart at top merges, new update is crashing app, please fix: Great App, except at close view at the top of screen= price, chart, indicators, all merge can not navigate without changing time frames. New update crashing App, cant log in... Please fix
- [R315] The new buy/sell box......: Arghhhhh!!!!! Why?! Just..... why. I get that you want to make it easier for people to place trades. After all, it's in your interest. But for crying out loud. Obscuring the chart for a buy/sell box when there are already ample was of placing a trade easily?! What's next? You just start placing the trades for us? Remove it for the love of sanity.
- [R28] Developer request: Is it possible to display allow our chosen pair’s price to display outside the app, or as a widget?
- [R96] Freezes on “Sign In”: I have an iPhone 16 IOS 18.3.2 and just like the last review it freezes on “sign in” to a black screen-and I have open positions 😒☹️
- [R122] Signin freezes: Frequently, it keeps saying signing in, and I have to delete the app and then add the app back so a real pain
- [R314] So much potential uncapitalised: I'm new to the app and while I like the sleek style and the easy features like pre-made settings for take profit/stop loss and the automatic calculations for the price per pip, I find they lack so much in the charting department. For example It's hard to zoom in and out and have a decent view of the bars without them looking too squished. Also there are things like
- [R367] No one hour time frame: Not too bad overall but I can't believe the charts are missing the 1 hour time frame! Such a standard chart time frame, there's no reason on earth not too include it. It would take no effort to add it either. Why lose marks on something so simple to fix?
- [R232] Ok: A Cool app with the trash-est customer service and you have to have a major bank account to fund your accnt…even if your bank is under/owned by a major bank they won’t verify it …the app is cool but the ppl who work there or making the rules are problem
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store