Backtest vs GoCharting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backtest
Monitor your investment portfolios and asset allocations using historical price data. Simulate how your portfolio would have performed in the past before making real investments.
- Portfolio monitoring
- Asset allocation tracking
- Risk assessment
- Historical performance simulation
- Investment strategy testing
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Backtest is a portfolio app that monitor your portfolios and asset allocations and risk with historical prices. Get taste how your portfolio could perform in the past before investing into your assets.
GoCharting
This app offers advanced charting and trading tools for various asset classes like stocks, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. It supports multiple chart types, technical indicators, and drawing tools for in-depth market analysis.
- Advanced OrderFlow Charting
- Supports Stocks, Futures, Options, Forex, Crypto
- FootPrint, MarketFlow, VolumeFlow Charts
- Depth of Market & Time & Sales
- 14+ Advanced Chart Types
- 100+ Technical Indicators
- 100+ Drawing Tools
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GoCharting is an Advanced OrderFlow Charting & Trading App that supports multiple asset classes including Stocks, Futures, Options, Commodities, Forex and Cryptocurrencies. Various Types of Charting Supported: -> FootPrint Charting -> MarketFlow Charting -> VolumeFlow Charting -> Depth of Market -> Time & Sales -> Delta Divergence & Imbalance App Supports 14+ advanced chart types (renko, point & figure), 100+ technical indicators, 100+ drawing tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GoCharting at 3.3 against Backtest's 1.0. GoCharting also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 4). Backtest's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. GoCharting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Backtest asks for nothing beyond the download.
GoCharting holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoCharting has 27 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Backtest's written reviews are positive against 32% of GoCharting's.
| Parameter | Backtest | GoCharting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 3.3 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 32.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hundred Spires | GoCharting LLC |
Customer experience
Backtest
GoCharting
In-app purchases
Backtest
No in-app purchases
GoCharting
- NSE Premium Plan$28.49









