I have an IRA with Fidelity and think their iOS app is decent. However, I'm ready to open a normal brokerage account and have been researching which broker I should go with.  I had pretty much walked myself to eTrade, but after reading the app reviews in the iOS App Store, I'm second guessing that choice.

It's infrequent that I would actually sit down at the computer to log in. I much prefer using either my iPhone or iPad mini. Which broker would you guys recommend for the quality of the mobile app, balanced against the other details of what makes an online broker good?

Interactive brokers. Low commissions. Good mobile platform, especially for iPad. Have to pay 11.50 for real time stock/option data though. Waived if you pay $30 in commissions though.

I use the fidelity app for a couple accounts including a brokerage account. Never had any issues with it. But fidelity rapes you on trades.

 

Amen. I use Robinhood for nearly all of my trading (except for the OTC market and some foreign stocks that aren't covered). I have an old Scottrade account that I do research on. Failing that, yahoo finance has just about every bit of information you need to research a new stock.

Loyal 3 is also a great tool for non-traditional investing. Zero commission fees like Robinhood. You invest whole dollar amounts (minimum $10) to purchase fractional shares. Their selection is limited to about 50 or so stocks but a good handful are great dividend growth stocks like pepsi, dr pepper snapple, coke, unilever, mcdonalds, yum, target, and many more. I like this platform because if all I have to invest from my check after paying the bills is $10, I am still making progress toward financial independence.

TD Ameritrade's apps have worked well for me.  They have two, one is an account management/research/trading app and the other is geared more towards purely trading.