Download Exness — several programs, and why one does not replace another (Jordan)
Not one client program but a set: two of them come from a software publisher outside the broker, and each covers something the others do not.
Open Exness Account →A bank is reached through one program. A trading account is reached through four kinds: a phone app, MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4 and a terminal that runs in a browser. Two of them are general-purpose terminals from a software publisher outside the broker, which is why they carry their own version numbers and their own installers, and why having one of them does not make the others unnecessary.
The list is not a menu of copies
| Device | What to download | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Android phone / tablet | Exness Trade app (or Exness Go for Standard and Pro) | Google Play |
| iPhone / iPad | Exness Trade app | App Store |
| Windows 10 / 11 PC | MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4 desktop | Exness account area |
| Mac | MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4, or the web-based Exness Terminal | Exness account area / browser |
| Any browser | Exness Terminal (web) — nothing to install | Runs in the browser |
What each program is for
Android & APK
The Exness Trade app from Google Play; MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4 for Android.
PC — Windows 10 & 11
MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4 desktop, or the web terminal on a Windows PC.
iPhone & iPad
The Exness Trade app from the App Store.
Mac
MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4 on macOS, or the browser-based Exness Terminal.
MetaTrader 5
Download MT5 for Windows, Android and iOS.
MetaTrader 4
Download MT4 across desktop and mobile.
Web Terminal
Trade in the browser — nothing to install.
Why one does not stand in for another
Each of these covers something the others do not. The Exness Trade app keeps an account and its open positions in a pocket. On a desk, MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4 is the program with the chart tooling and the full order ticket, and theExness Terminal opens the same account in a browser with nothing installed at all. An installer for a program that reaches a trading account is worth taking only from the channel of whoever publishes it: the app stores for the phone builds, the account area for the desktop terminals.
Open an Exness account →One client program is a banking habit, not a rule
A current account has one program attached to it, and the reason is organisational rather than technical: the same organisation writes the software and keeps the money, so there is nothing to choose between. Trading pulls those two roles apart. The account sits with the broker; the programs that reach it are written by different people on different schedules.
That is the whole explanation for a page like this one existing. If there were one program, the page would be a button. There are several, so the useful question is not which is newest but which of them covers the thing being done today.
Two of the programs are not the broker's own
MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 are general-purpose terminals used across the industry; an account connects to them rather than the other way round. They arrive as installers with their own build numbers, they keep their own settings on the machine, and their appearance owes nothing to whoever holds the account behind them.
The mobile app and the browser terminal come from the broker's side of the picture, and only one of the four — the browser terminal — puts nothing on the device at all.
Why one does not stand in for another
The phone app is built around holding an account: positions, balance, the account area. The desktop terminals are built around the chart and the order ticket, with timeframe and indicator sets a phone screen cannot carry. The browser terminal exists for a machine where installing anything is not an option.
None of that is a ranking. A reader who trades from a chair and checks positions on a train ends up with two of them, and the two are not competing — they are covering two different situations rather than the same one twice.
Who makes what, and what that changes
| Program | Published by | What that means in practice |
|---|---|---|
| Exness Trade app | The broker | Account, positions and the account area in one place |
| MetaTrader 5 | An outside software publisher | Own installer and build number; the account connects to it |
| MetaTrader 4 | An outside software publisher | Own installer and build number; the classic terminal |
| Exness Terminal | The broker | Runs in a browser; nothing is installed |