Option Explorer vs Optactic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Option Explorer
This application provides real-time option pricing data for US-based ticker symbols. Monitor key metrics like last price, bid/ask spreads, and volume across various strike prices and expiration dates without needing a brokerage account.
- Option pricing data
- Track US ticker symbols
- Monitor last price
- Bid/ask spreads
- Volume tracking
- Multiple strike prices
- Multiple expiration dates
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Option Explorer puts the power of option pricing at your fingerprints. You can now track option specifics about any us based ticker symbol. The app allows you to monitor last price, bid / ask spreads and volume for multiple strike prices and expiration dates. No brokerage account required. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Optactic
This tool helps experienced traders visualize and plan options strategies, while also offering learning resources for beginners. It simplifies complex strategies, visualizes risks and rewards, and provides strategy recommendations. The app is fully functional offline.
- Visualize risks and rewards
- Build exit plans
- Strategy recommendations
- 40 pre-defined strategies
- Offline functionality
- Black-Scholes pricing model
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Optactic is a very useful tool for experienced traders to plan and visualize options strategies. Beginners can also use this app to learn and master various options strategies using the in-app learning resources. - Simplify complex Options strategies. - Visualize risks and rewards through time and volatilities. - Build exit plans. - Strategy recommendations based on your predictions. - Rank strategies by potential rewards and risks. - 40 pre-defined Options strategies or build your own custom strategy. - Chance of profit, expected profit and returns, greeks, margin estimation. - Provide hook to your own DIY market data server. - Fully functional offline. Accuracy - Option price calculation is based on black scholes pricing model. - Stock price probability is based on log normal. - Rigorously tested to meet the strict accuracy requirement of our in-house traders. Continuous Improvement - We are actively developing new features, fixing bugs and improve app performance. - Our goal is to make Optactic an indispensable tool for option strategists. EULA - We follow the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Optactic at none against Option Explorer's shown. Optactic also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Option Explorer's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (156 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Option Explorer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Optactic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Option Explorer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Option Explorer has 156 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Option Explorer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Optactic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Option Explorer ships an update every 4 months, Optactic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Option Explorer | Optactic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (156 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 156 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Doubina | Honghai Gu |
Customer experience
Option Explorer
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In-app purchases
Option Explorer
- Ad-free OE Premium$0.991 Month
Optactic
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$17.991 Year
- Premium Version$17.99
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