Shareprice.co.uk iPhone application

Live streaming, no bull.

Why this application ?

There's quite a few ways to get 15 minute (or more) delayed information via your iPhone; but if you're serious about following the market whilst mobile / down the pub then this application is the only solution to observe realtime tick by tick price movements from the London Stock Exchange.

But other iPhone apps in the store claim to be 'live'?

Unless we're proven otherwise, they're telling porkies.

• - The RTQuotes application uses scraped data and is only offering realtime polling based data on the US markets. London market is delayed.
• - The Bloomberg application (we love it) displays delayed data. They don't claim to be live, but just thought we'd clarify it.
• - The MoneyAM live solution costs £19.99 a month and works in the Safari browser, not as a native app. In our view, that's just not cool.
• - Stock brokers / CFD / spreadbetting firms that offer iPhone dealing. Well, they might provide an offer to trade but that's not quite the same.

Free live data until next release!

From the next release, we plan to charge £4 per month to ensure our users get a dedicated stream and can grow to meet demand. This fee represents the licensing fee imposed on us by the LSE , we're simply passing it on with no margin.

Download the app, register your username and password here and test it out!

Disclaimer stuff

Requires 3G or wi-fi connection to update

Only available via the UK iPhone app store

Attention iPhone crackers: the nice people at O2 ensured our streaming connection will work over their 3G network. We can't be sure about any networks. Since you're probably geeky, this relates to the operator's use of http proxies.

Normal terms and conditions of the shareprice.co.uk service apply to the iPhone application

Stock market data sourced from Interactive Data Corporation. Streaming technology powered by Lightstreamer