What Is the eToro App Store and How Apps Connect

Key takeaways

• The eToro App Store is a directory of third-party applications approved to connect to eToro accounts through the platform's official API.
• App connections run through OAuth 2.0: you authenticate on eToro's own login page, and your eToro password never reaches the connected app.
• eToro does not build, review, approve, or endorse the apps in its store. The due diligence is the user's responsibility before connecting.
• Some apps can trade automatically on an eToro account without per-trade approval; others require your confirmation for each rebalance. Ask directly before connecting.
• Acubic is a listed App Store integration. On a standard eToro connection it runs one-click approval only; unattended rebalancing is available only on a separately funded eToro sub-account.

When eToro launched its App Store, it created a new category of question for eToro users: not just what their portfolio is doing, but what the apps connected to it can do. The App Store is a directory of third-party applications that integrate directly with eToro accounts through the platform's official API. Some are analytics tools. Some are portfolio builders. Some can place trades on your behalf without asking you first. Understanding what the store is, how the connection mechanism works, and what any given app can actually do is the information you need before connecting one.

What the eToro App Store is

The eToro App Store is eToro's catalogue of applications built by independent developers and organisations that have been approved to connect to eToro accounts through the platform's official OAuth integration. It is part of eToro's Builders Economy Programme, which opens the platform's API to third-party integrations across portfolio management, analytics, and automation.

An app's listing in the store means eToro has approved the technical connection, not that eToro has reviewed or endorsed what the app does. eToro's App Store risk disclosure confirms this: the platform does not build, review, approve, or endorse any of these applications, and has no control over how they work or what they output (eToro App Store Risk Disclosure). Being listed is a technical clearance, confirming the app can connect to the API. It is not a quality assessment of the app's logic, method, or output. Every aspect of the due diligence, whether the method is sound, whether the tool behaves correctly on your account, and whether you can exit cleanly, falls to you.

Acubic is one of the apps listed in the App Store. It is operated independently of eToro: Acubic is not owned by or part of eToro, and eToro does not take responsibility for the portfolios Acubic produces.

How apps connect through OAuth

App Store integrations connect through eToro's OAuth 2.0 implementation, the same mechanism used when you sign in to a third-party service using an existing account from another platform. The key property of this mechanism is what stays on eToro's side: your eToro password never reaches the app.

When you connect an app, you are directed to eToro's own login page to authenticate. eToro then issues the app a scoped access token, a credential that permits specific operations and nothing beyond them. The app holds the token; it never handles your login credentials at any stage. eToro's API portal confirms that it does not release personal information, including email addresses, names, phone numbers, or other identifying data, to third-party applications unless data sharing has been specifically approved for that integration (eToro API Portal, SSO with OAuth 2.0). Identity for a connected app is the pseudonymous token, not your personal details.

Tokens can be revoked from inside eToro at any time, independently of anything done in the connected app. The revocation is immediate and does not require any action from the application. That is the structural off-switch for any App Store connection: it lives inside eToro's settings, not inside the app.

For the full mechanics of what authenticated tokens enable, including the API read endpoints, execution calls, rate limits, and what copy-trading positions mean for automated tools, see the eToro API explained in full.

What connected apps can and cannot do

A connected app can access the operations its token scopes permit. For a portfolio management app, this typically means reading live position data, pending orders, instrument details, and account balances, and potentially placing buy orders, closing positions, and cancelling pending orders.

The permission level is chosen when the connection is set up. A read-only connection lets an app monitor portfolio data without placing any trades. A write connection lets it execute orders as well. An app that does not need to place trades should not need write access. Ask before connecting which level an app requires, and why.

Not every action documented in the eToro API is an action every app uses. Money transfers between eToro accounts exist in the API reference but are not part of a rebalancing tool's workflow. Acubic uses none of the transfer endpoints: it reads positions and, once you approve a rebalance, places equity orders within the managed set you define. Money never leaves your eToro account for anywhere else. Nothing is deposited, withdrawn, or transferred by Acubic at any point.

The approval step and unattended execution

eToro's App Store risk disclosure notes that some applications can place trades in a connected account automatically, without the account holder reviewing or approving each one. That is a real difference between how apps in the store are designed, and the App Store listing does not answer it for any given app. Each app answers it differently, and you need to ask before connecting.

On a standard eToro connection, Acubic runs in one-click approval mode. Each scheduled rebalance prepares the proposed order set and stops. Nothing is sent to eToro until you confirm it. That is a structural property of how standard eToro account connections work, not a toggle an app can configure away.

The exception is the eToro sub-account: a separately funded account inside eToro where Acubic places the strategy's trades, with order sizes scaled to the amount you funded it with. On an eToro sub-account connection, Acubic can run scheduled rebalances without a per-order prompt, because the sub-account is isolated from your main account and its positions. The one-click versus full-auto guide explains both modes in full and the conditions under which each applies.

The practical question to ask of any App Store integration before connecting: can it trade automatically on my main eToro account without asking me first? An honest answer to that question, backed by documentation, is what you are looking for.

What the App Store does not guarantee

The App Store is a directory, not a certification programme. eToro's approval for an app to connect through the API says the integration is technically capable of connecting. It says nothing about the construction method behind the app, the soundness of its decisions, or whether its output is appropriate for your situation.

Several things that might sound like quality signals are not. An app being listed does not mean eToro reviewed its portfolio construction logic, tested it against different market conditions, or endorses any description of returns. The Builders Economy Programme creates access. What a tool does with that access, and whether it does it well, is for you to verify before connecting.

The questions worth asking of any App Store integration mirror the ones you would ask of any tool that touches a live brokerage account: is the construction method published, does it require your approval before placing trades by default, does it handle your account's specific structure (copy-trading positions, for instance), and what happens to your positions if you disconnect? For a structured checklist of those questions and what complete answers look like, see what to look for in an AI portfolio tool for eToro.

App Store apps versus eToro's own products

The App Store context sits alongside eToro's native portfolio products, and the two operate differently enough to be worth naming side by side.

eToro's Smart Portfolios are thematic baskets curated and managed by eToro's own investment team or its partners. You allocate capital to a Smart Portfolio as a product that eToro manages inside the platform. An App Store integration, by contrast, connects to your own eToro account and holds positions directly in your name. You keep custody throughout, and disconnecting the app leaves every position exactly where it is.

The governance differs too. eToro decides the composition and rebalancing schedule for Smart Portfolios. An App Store tool operates on your account using its own method, subject to the access you granted and the approval step you chose. For a detailed comparison of what each arrangement means in practice, including who sets the composition, who controls the rebalance, and what custody you retain over your positions, see eToro Smart Portfolios versus a portfolio built for you.

How Acubic connects through the App Store

Acubic connects using OAuth, so you authenticate on eToro's own login page when you set up the connection, and your eToro password never reaches Acubic. The access token Acubic holds is revocable from inside eToro at any time. Acubic is not owned by or part of eToro, and eToro does not endorse or take responsibility for the portfolios Acubic produces.

What Acubic does with the connection is documented. It reads live positions so it can measure how far the portfolio has drifted from the strategy's target weights. On a scheduled rebalance, it computes the smallest set of orders that closes that gap and presents them for review. On a standard eToro account, nothing executes until you confirm it. Acubic excludes copy-trading positions from the managed set by reading the copy reference on each position. The capital boundary you define at connection time determines the managed set: everything outside it, including other holdings or Smart Portfolio allocations, is left alone.

Acubic does not predict short-term market moves and does not promise or imply any level of return. It builds a portfolio according to a published quantitative method and defends that allocation against drift on a schedule you choose. The full connection walkthrough, including what Acubic can see, what it can do, and how to revoke access, is in how Acubic works with eToro.

When you are ready to connect or want to review the automation options, the eToro integration page has the setup walkthrough, the automation modes, and the revocation path in one place.

Sources

1. SSO with OAuth 2.0, eToro API Portal, accessed 3 November 2026.
2. eToro App Store, the Builders Economy Programme, and the AI Agent Portfolios feature Risk Disclosure, eToro Group Trading Ltd, accessed 3 November 2026.