Proposal: Keep Kite app simple, build a separate Kite Super App

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The current Kite app is loved for its simplicity, speed, and trading focus, and it should remain uncluttered and distraction-free. At the same time, a Kite Super App could offer advanced features to cater to both active and new-gen traders, including stocks, ETFs, F&O, commodities, mutual funds with SIPs, IPO investing, advanced charts, watchlists, alerts, Events, Smart Screeners, Volume Busters, and portfolio analytics.

Proposal: Keep the current Kite app as a simple, lightweight trading platform, and build a separate Kite Super App for users who want a feature-rich experience. This approach lets Zerodha serve both active and new-gen traders without compromising the fast, clean experience of Kite, while providing advanced tools, deeper analytics, and reliable support in the Super App.

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Following up on my previous proposal for a Kite Super App, here’s I will try to add small use cases, whenever I get the time

Suppose we have a portfolio of 20 stocks and wish list of 200 stocks — and we want to track important events like dividends, bonus issues, stock splits, demergers, or any other corporate actions. Currently, Zerodha doesn’t offer an in-house way to track all these events directly in Kite. Users rely on scattered third-party apps like Tijori, Ticker Tape, Moneycontrol, etc., which breaks the seamless experience.

Proposal:

  • Integrate an in-house events tracker directly into Kite Super App or even Kite Watchlist.
  • Users can see upcoming and past events for all stocks in their watchlist at a glance.
  • Include filters and notifications — e.g., dividend announcements, splits, bonuses, or corporate actions — for active and new-gen traders.
  • This removes dependency on external apps and keeps the entire trading & investing experience within Zerodha.

Such a feature would make Kite Super App a one-stop solution for both trading and informed investing, saving users time and improving engagement.

I’d love to hear from the community:

  1. What features would you expect or love to see in a Kite Super App?
  2. Which tools, notifications, or analytics would make it indispensable for your trading and investing workflow?
  3. Do you support the idea of having a separate Kite Super App, or would you prefer everything in the existing Kite app?
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Great idea to address all segments of the investing/trading community. But I will suggest to keep it a single app, with an option in settings to enable Pro mode. Managing releases across two different apps will complicate engineering unnecessarily.

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We propose that Zerodha retain the existing Kite app as the fast, lightweight core platform. In parallel, Zerodha can build a Kite Super experience — either as a separate app or as a togglable advanced mode — which layers in power tools such as corporate actions tracker, rich analytics, alerts, event filters, portfolio deep dive, and advanced charting.

We believe MTF (Margin Trading Facility) has now become a bigger driver of engagement and revenues than even options, especially among new-age traders. Yet, the current experience for MTF users is scattered — they rely on external screeners and news apps to track stocks before taking margin trades. A dedicated MTF-first interface inside Kite (or Kite Super) can solve this by offering a daily discovery dashboard showing most traded stocks, top gainers/losers, intraday movers, MTF-eligible top stocks, and sectoral heatmaps. This will help traders quickly identify opportunities while staying within the Kite ecosystem.

Alongside discovery, the dashboard can feature portfolio-linked news, watchlist alerts, and a clear margin utilization bar that highlights interest cost and potential margin call levels. One-click actions like “Buy on Margin,” “Convert Delivery ↔ MTF,” and “Repay Margin” would make the experience seamless. By giving young traders a fast, transparent, and engaging MTF UI, Zerodha can strengthen retention, capture more of the leveraged trading segment, and expand MTF revenues — while keeping the core Kite app clean and uncluttered.

Alongside discovery, an MTF module should give users complete visibility of their leveraged positions: portfolio snapshot, margin utilization meter, interest clocking per day, and real-time risk alerts (e.g., margin call triggers, circuit moves, sudden news). Integrated stock-linked news for both portfolio and watchlist can further enhance decision-making. Action buttons like “Buy on Margin,” “Convert delivery ↔ MTF,” and “Quick repay margin” will make the journey seamless. By providing speed, risk transparency, and actionable insights in one place, Kite can become the go-to MTF platform for new-gen traders, deepening engagement and strengthening Zerodha’s core revenue stream.

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Or maybe just charge a reasonable interest rate , rather than what we have now ?