99Exch App: Using the Exchange on Your Phone
No download needed, how to get an app-style icon, and why we tell people not to install APK files
Do you need a 99exch app?
No. A 99exch panel is a website. It opens in Chrome on Android or Safari on iPhone, and once you are logged in you get the same markets, bet slip and bet history you would see on a laptop. There is nothing in the app store to download, and you don't need to install anything to use your ID.
What people usually mean by "the app" is a one-tap icon on the home screen. You can make that yourself in about fifteen seconds, from the real panel link, without installing a file. The steps are below.
Add 99Exch to your home screen: Android (Chrome)
Menu names vary slightly between Chrome versions and phone brands
Open the real link in Chrome
Tap the panel link in your WhatsApp chat with us. If it opens inside WhatsApp, use the three dots and choose "Open in Chrome". Make sure the login page has loaded fully.
Open the Chrome menu
Tap the three dots in the top-right corner. Look for "Add to Home screen". On some versions it is called "Install app" or sits under "Add to…".
Name it and confirm
Keep the name short, such as "99exch", and tap Add. Chrome may ask you to confirm once more, or to drag the icon into place.
Add 99Exch to your home screen: iPhone (Safari)
This works in Safari. Other iPhone browsers may not show the option
Open the link in Safari
Long-press the panel link in WhatsApp, copy it, and paste it into Safari's address bar. Links tapped inside WhatsApp open in its own viewer, which has no home-screen option.
Tap Share
Tap the Share icon, the square with an arrow pointing up. On most iPhones it is in the bar at the bottom of the screen.
Add to Home Screen
Scroll the list of actions and tap "Add to Home Screen". Edit the name if you want, then tap Add in the top-right corner.
The icon is a shortcut to the exact address you were on when you added it. That is the point: as long as you made it from the link we sent, tapping it always takes you to the right panel. If we ever tell you the panel address has changed, delete the old icon and make a new one from the new link. The same goes if you made the icon from a search result before you had an ID. Delete it and start again from the link in your chat.
Why we tell people not to install "99exch APK" files
An APK is an Android installation file. When you install one from a chat or a download site instead of the Play Store, nobody has checked what is inside it. The file can look like an exchange, with a 99exch logo and a familiar login screen, and still do other things in the background.
From what players have shown us after installing APKs sent to them, the problems fall into a few groups:
- Password capture. The "app" is a login screen that sends your username and password to whoever built it. They then log in to your real ID.
- Wrong panel. The app opens a different panel from the one your ID is on. You deposit to the details it shows and the money never reaches your real account.
- Permission grabs. It asks for access to SMS, notifications, contacts or "display over other apps". An exchange has no reason to read your SMS. Apps that do can read bank OTPs.
- Remote control. Some ask you to turn on accessibility access, which lets the app tap and type on your phone for you.
We don't send APK files. If someone in a chat says they are from 99exch and sends one, that alone is a reason to stop talking to them. More on this in our 99exch app download guide and is 99exch safe?
Data and battery: what actually uses them
Browsing markets and placing bets uses very little data. The odds update in small pieces of text. What eats data and battery is video: live match streams and live casino tables. As a rough guide, an hour of mobile video at normal quality can use several hundred MB. An hour of just watching the odds move uses a small fraction of that.
- Turn the stream off when you don't need it. Most panels let you collapse the video. The scorecard is enough to follow a session line.
- Close other tabs. Two or three open panel tabs all refresh in the background, and each one may count as a session, which can log you out of the others.
- Watch out for Data Saver modes. They can stop odds from updating properly. If prices freeze, switch it off for the panel.
- Keep the screen on during an in-play bet. If the phone locks while you are placing a bet, the page may reload and you won't know whether the bet went through. Check your bet list before trying again.
- Low battery mode slows refresh. On both Android and iPhone it limits background activity. That is fine for browsing, but not ideal when you are trading a live session.
Phone problems and how to fix them
| Problem | Why it happens | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Home-screen icon opens a blank or "site can't be reached" page | The panel address changed, or the icon was made from an old link | Ask us for the current link, delete the icon and add it again. |
| Odds stop moving but the page doesn't error | Connection dropped silently, or Data Saver is on | Pull down to reload. If it keeps happening, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. |
| Keeps logging out on the phone | The same ID is open in another tab or device | Close the other session. One ID keeps one active login. |
| Bet slip is cut off or buttons overlap | Browser zoom or large system font size | Reset zoom, or turn the phone to landscape for the bet slip. |
| Video stream buffers, odds fine | Weak signal for video | Lower the stream quality or close the video. Odds don't depend on it. |
| Can't find "Add to Home Screen" on iPhone | Using Chrome or the WhatsApp viewer instead of Safari | Copy the link into Safari and use the Share button. |
| Phone says the site is "not secure" | You may be on a wrong or copied address | Don't log in. Check the address against the link in our chat. |
For password and lockout problems, which are the same on a phone as on a laptop, see the 99exch login help page. Don't have an ID yet? Start with how to get a 99exch ID.
18+ only. Betting carries financial risk. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 restricts online money games nationally and several states have their own bans; you are responsible for checking the law where you live. This is not legal advice.