# Elite Dangerous TradePad

> A companion app for the game Elite Dangerous

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.phantomapps.edtradepad](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.phantomapps.edtradepad)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.phantomapps.edtradepad`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Phantomapps
- **Category:** ENTERTAINMENT
- **Downloads:** 164,666
- **Rating:** 3.83 / 5 (1,257 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.9236
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2015-07-22
- **Publisher country:** NZ
- **Size:** 24 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phantomapps.edtradepad)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://theguitarsource.co.uk/edtradepad-privacy-policy.html](https://theguitarsource.co.uk/edtradepad-privacy-policy.html)

## Description

**Elite Dangerous TradePad** is a powerful companion app for Elite: Dangerous (PC) that gives pilots instant access to over 34 million price entries and data for 45 million systems and 500,000+ stations. Search system and station info, commodity prices, ships, modules and Galnet news. The app supports English, Russian and German, and provides real-time updates for prices, commodities, modules and ships at every station.

Features include a versatile route calculator (single jumps, loops, multi-hop and area loops), extensive search filters (landing pad size, distance from star, faction, government, economy, power states and more), rare commodity search, station search (material traders, fine payers), offline route saving, notes per system/station, and the ability to contribute price updates. Note: app is for the PC version and uses community-sourced third-party data that may occasionally be out of date.

## Rankings

- #174,940 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.phantomapps.edtradepad.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Elite Dangerous TradePad is praised for its clean UI, fast price checks, and the multi-stop trade planner that helps plan routes and locate stations. However, many reviews highlight serious drawbacks: data is often outdated or incorrect, including prices and station listings; route planning can be unreliable and frequently fails or forgets results; performance problems such as freezing or long loading times are common; updates that add new markets aren’t always reflected, and some features don’t work as expected. Despite the flaws, it remains a useful companion for some players.

### Pros

- Well-designed interface with a broad set of information functions.
- Effective multi-stop trade planner for route planning.
- Lightweight, easy-to-use Android app for quick price checks and station/module lookup.
- Helps you find stations and markets when you don’t know the system.
- Regarded by some users as a must-have Elite Dangerous companion app.

### Cons

- Outdated/incorrect market data and station information (prices, markets, and facility listings).
- Route planning and search are unreliable: not finding routes, inconsistent results, and routes failing to update.
- Performance issues: freezing, loading loops, or results failing to load.
- Data coverage gaps after game updates: new markets/systems missing and items not in-game.
- Features don't always work as expected (commodity finder unreliable; some actions restricted, e.g., can't start a route unless at a station).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.phantomapps.edtradepad)