SwingTrader by IBD vs Savvy Trader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwingTrader by IBD
Discover swing trading opportunities with precise entry and exit points. This app applies proven investing system rules to identify stocks for short-term moves, offering detailed charts and real-time alerts.
- Access to long and short trades
- Trade setup with buy zone, profit goal, stop loss
- Detailed charts with buy/sell points
- Push notifications and email alerts
- Live quotes
- IBD's market analysis for swing trading
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SwingTrader subscription required. Find swing trading ideas and get exact entry and exit points with the SwingTrader APP from Investor's Business Daily. SwingTrader applies the rules of IBD's CAN SLIM Investing System in a swing-trading environment to help you take advantage of short-term trends. IBD experts use fundamental and technical analysis to identify stocks ready to make short-term moves. The SwingTrader app is simple to use so you can take advantage of the swing trade ideas at any time. Key Features: - Access to long and short trades - Trade setup for every trade, including: buy zone, profit goal and stop loss - Detailed charts with buy and sell points clearly marked on each chart - Push notifications and email alerts that link directly to trading ideas - Live quotes - Easy swipe functionality helping you go through stock ideas quickly - Access to past trades, including trade details and chart notes - IBD's market analysis customized for swing trading environment - Quick access to IBD's support and training team SwingTrader is free to download. Subscribers get full access to this app as part of their existing subscription.
Savvy Trader
Track stocks and crypto investments in one place. Create and share virtual portfolios, subscribe to others, and receive trade notifications. Use it as a stock market simulator for paper trading.
- Track stock and crypto investments
- Create and share virtual portfolios
- Subscribe to other user portfolios
- Real-time stock quotes
- Stock market simulator/paper trading
- AI-powered investing questions
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Savvy Trader AI combines the power of ChatGPT with Savvy Trader for stocks and investing related questions. Track all your stock and crypto investments in one place using Savvy Trader. Create virtual portfolios of your favorite stocks and crypto for yourself or share them with others. When you choose to share your portfolio, you can do so for free or charge a monthly subscription fee and earn recurring income by sharing your portfolio. Discover and subscribe to other user portfolios based on portfolio performance, popularity or investment style. When you subscribe to a portfolio, you will be notified of every trade via SMS, email, or push notifications, allowing you to stay aware of your favorite investor's trades and comments. Use Savvy Trader to get realtime stock quotes on any stock and see who has been buying or selling the stock and why. Savvy Trader is also an excellent educational tool as you can use it as a stock market simulator or paper trading app to safely simulate investing in the stock and crypto markets without using any actual money. Best of all, it's all free and no ads! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Savvy Trader at 89% against SwingTrader by IBD's 19%. Savvy Trader also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). SwingTrader by IBD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 55). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Savvy Trader sells 54 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. SwingTrader by IBD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Savvy Trader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Savvy Trader has 645 ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of SwingTrader by IBD's written reviews are positive against 89% of Savvy Trader's.
SwingTrader by IBD ships an update every 4 months, Savvy Trader weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwingTrader by IBD | Savvy Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (101 ratings) | 4.8 (645 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 101 | 645 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #110 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Investor’s Business Daily, Inc. | Savvy Trader, Inc. |
Customer experience
SwingTrader by IBD
Savvy Trader
User reviews
SwingTrader by IBD
From 101 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great research and dialogue on IBD Live
- 👍 Concept and user design are fine
- 👍 Good app on the phone
- 👍 Accurate trade setup details
- 👍 Great swing trading app
Room to improve
- 😞 Poor performance relative to market
- 😞 Money loser, strategy doesn't work
- 😞 Soviet era tech, difficult to use
- 😞 Lacks basic functionality
- 😞 Not worth the subscription cost
Savvy Trader
From 645 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Transparent and fair pricing model
- 💡 Ability to track and follow expert traders' portfolios
- 📊 Easy portfolio creation and sharing features
- 🎓 Educational insights and trading guidance
- 🚀 Real-time trade notifications and alerts
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't save portfolio data reliably
- 🐛 Notifications frequently fail to work (push, email, SMS)
- 🐛 New alerts don't display while app is open
- ❌ No mutual funds support (stocks and ETFs only)
- 💳 Difficult cancellation process for recurring charges
Bugs and requests
SwingTrader by IBD
Reported bugs
95 issues- Constantly logs you out
- Email button not doing anything
- App crashes out of account
- App shows empty screen
- Can't handle load when new alert comes in
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- App shows no data when clicking alert
- Display of information is very buggy
- Current trades list is blank
- App kicks you out and logs you off
- Have to hold thumb on screen to prove human
- Fiddling on the app to see alert symbol
- Alerts are not timely
- Push notifications missing stock symbol
- App loads to a purple screen
- Current trades page will not load
- Charts work half the time
- Cannot zoom out on charts
- Informative bumbles on charts not always viewable
- Latest release keeps signing off
- Notifications no longer include stock symbol and entry price
- App is phone size, not slick
- App doesn't launch
- Utterly non-functional, just loading
- App doesn't look like screenshots
- Does not support iPads
- Trades on app 20 minutes late
- Push notifications missing stock symbol
- App is slow to update trades
- Trades are late
- Not honoring stops
- Customer service doesn't care
- Great app for losing money
- Buy alerts too late
- Feel conned, sold junk
- Lost more in one week than 6 months aggressive trading
- By the time app loads, ship has sailed
- Trades posted after closed out
- Delay in receiving alerts
- Cost is 30-50% higher
- Outdated tech, glitchy maps
- App is poorly done, needs help
- Buy point already out of range
- Many will reverse, few wins
- Too much work and stress
- Made more money just buying and holding
- Buy point is already out of range
- Stocks pick end up reversing
- Buy alerts are delayed
- Lose money on inevitable dip
- Issue has been going on for years
- Don't waste your money
- Current trades page will not load
- Don't waste your money, it's a scam
- Stocks are already high and crash
- Absolutely not worth it, poor performance
- Negative percentage performance
- Terrible, just loading
- Horrible, useless
- Doesn't look like screenshots
- Does not support iPads
- Trades on app 20 minutes late
- Push notifications missing stock symbol
- App is slow to update trades
- Trades are late
- Not honoring stops
- Customer service doesn't care
- Great app for losing money
- Buy alerts too late
- Feel conned, sold junk
- Lost more in one week than 6 months aggressive trading
- By the time app loads, ship has sailed
- Trades posted after closed out
- Delay in receiving alerts
- Cost is 30-50% higher
- Outdated tech, glitchy maps
- App is poorly done, needs help
- Buy point already out of range
- Many will reverse, few wins
- Too much work and stress
- Made more money just buying and holding
- Buy point is already out of range
- Stocks pick end up reversing
- Buy alerts are delayed
- Lose money on inevitable dip
- Issue has been going on for years
- Don't waste your money
- Current trades page will not load
- Don't waste your money, it's a scam
- Stocks are already high and crash
- Absolutely not worth it, poor performance
- Negative percentage performance
- Terrible, just loading
- Horrible, useless
- Doesn't look like screenshots
- Does not support iPads
Requested features
16 requests- List stock symbol in all alerts
- Add stock symbol and entry price point back to notifications
- Full screen iPad app
- Link to IBD for fundamentals and technicals
- Native iPad support
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- Face ID login
- Allow users to add own setups and track batting average
- Bundle deals for multiple services
- Monthly or yearly purchase options for bundles
- Improve iPad app functionality
- Add trade calculator function back
- Zoom out feature on charts
- Fix charts to display informative bumbles
- Build something for tracking our trades
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Savvy Trader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Portfolio data not persisting after app closure
- Push, email, and SMS notifications not working
- Alerts not showing for open positions while app is running
- Difficult to cancel recurring subscription charges
Requested features
4 requests- Add mutual funds support to portfolio tracking
- Implement direct subscription fee charging for content creators
- Fix real-time alert display while app is active
- Improve notification system reliability
In-app purchases
SwingTrader by IBD
No in-app purchases
Savvy Trader
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Questions
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