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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.

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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

DeviceWhat to downloadWhere to get it
Android phone / tabletExness Trade app (or Exness Go for Standard and Pro)Google Play
iPhone / iPadExness Trade appApp Store
Windows 10 / 11 PCMetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4 desktopExness account area
MacMetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4, or the web-based Exness TerminalExness account area / browser
Any browserExness Terminal (web) — nothing to installRuns in the browser

What each program is for

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.

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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

ProgramPublished byWhat that means in practice
Exness Trade appThe brokerAccount, positions and the account area in one place
MetaTrader 5An outside software publisherOwn installer and build number; the account connects to it
MetaTrader 4An outside software publisherOwn installer and build number; the classic terminal
Exness TerminalThe brokerRuns in a browser; nothing is installed

Frequently asked questions

Why is there more than one program to download?
Because the software and the account come from different places. Two of the terminals are general-purpose programs from an outside publisher, and the broker's own app and browser terminal cover what those two do not.
Does installing MetaTrader 5 replace the mobile app?
No. They cover different situations: the desktop terminal carries the chart tooling and the full order ticket, the app carries the account and its open positions on a phone.
Is the browser terminal a download at all?
No. It runs in a browser and puts nothing on the device, which makes it the option for a machine where installing software is not possible.
Do the MetaTrader terminals have their own version numbers?
Yes. They are published as programs in their own right, with their own installers and build numbers, independently of the account connected to them.
Where should an installer come from?
From the channel of whoever publishes it: the app stores for the phone builds, the Exness account area for the desktop terminals.

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