Reviews of Elite Dangerous TradePad

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List of user reviews and ratings for Elite Dangerous TradePad

Total ratings

3.83 (Rating count: 1,256)

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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 However, many reviews highlight serious drawbacks: data is often outdated or incorrect, including prices and station listings; route planning can be unreliable and frequently fails or forgets results; performance problems such as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Outdated/incorrect market data and station information (prices, markets, and facility listings).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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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.80

All time rating average: 3.83

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19% (12)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-14	TE*****	Next best thing to a lacerated bakery product 👌
Next best thing to a lacerated bakery product 👌
2026-07-10	Ch*****	Very useful as a guide to what nearby star systems have the best deals for trading goods (usually metals are worth a lot), so that you can make as much profit as possible in game. I did have trouble to start with doing searches for nearby star systems, then realised I misspelled one of the systems by mistake, just two letters out!! Easy mistake to make, so watch your spelling. I am playing the Xbox console version of Elite Dangerous, so some of the prices are a bit inaccurate. Great app!! 👍
Very useful as a guide to what nearby star systems have the best deals for trading goods (usually metals are worth a lot), so that you can make as much profit as possible in game. I did have trouble to start with doing searches for nearby star systems, then realised I misspelled one of the systems by mistake, just two letters out!! Easy mistake to make, so watch your spelling. I am playing the Xbox console version of Elite Dangerous, so some of the prices are a bit inaccurate. Great app!! 👍
2026-05-24	Ch*****	This app doesn't work at all !!! I paid to remove the advertisements, and now all it says is "OOPS." "
This app doesn't work at all !!! I paid to remove the advertisements, and now all it says is "OOPS." "
2026-04-23	Ro*****	would like to be able to put in what I'm looking for and a list of systems come up where that material is at.
would like to be able to put in what I'm looking for and a list of systems come up where that material is at.
2026-03-17	ch*****	Does not show system which need a permit, even i have one. E. G. Exbeur
Does not show system which need a permit, even i have one. E. G. Exbeur
2025-11-09	ti*****	love this app..id pay a few£ to loose the adds
love this app..id pay a few£ to loose the adds
2025-10-10	Ma*****	used to love this app, have returned to the game, and it's pretty much useless now on PS5. Incorrect prices mean I make a loss, and sometimes the station doesn't even exist.
used to love this app, have returned to the game, and it's pretty much useless now on PS5. Incorrect prices mean I make a loss, and sometimes the station doesn't even exist.
2025-09-16	Ch*****	app well worth having recently running into a problem with looking up a commodity going to the system that the commodity supposed to be at and it's completely unexplored system with no stations
app well worth having recently running into a problem with looking up a commodity going to the system that the commodity supposed to be at and it's completely unexplored system with no stations
2025-09-06	ch*****	The multi-stop trade planner works great, and gives pretty accurate information! The commodity finder is unusable, the information it provides is always either out of date or just wrong, like telling me that outposts have large landing pads, multiple times in a row
The multi-stop trade planner works great, and gives pretty accurate information! The commodity finder is unusable, the information it provides is always either out of date or just wrong, like telling me that outposts have large landing pads, multiple times in a row
2025-08-15	Al*****	This is a very useful, very well designed app. The interface is perfect and the range of useful information functions is superb. The only issue it has is that the Trailblazers update has introduced new markets and systems which aren't always showing up. Even with this problem in mind this is still the most useful Elite Dangerous tool that I know of.
This is a very useful, very well designed app. The interface is perfect and the range of useful information functions is superb. The only issue it has is that the Trailblazers update has introduced new markets and systems which aren't always showing up. Even with this problem in mind this is still the most useful Elite Dangerous tool that I know of.