Option Explorer vs Easy Option Calculator
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/
Easy Option Calculator
Calculate option prices and Greeks using the Black-Scholes model. Input underlying price, exercise price, days to expiration, interest rate, and volatility to get instant results. Reset values easily with a dedicated button.
- Black-Scholes model calculation
- Option price and Greeks
- Input underlying price
- Input exercise price
- Input days to expiration
- Input interest rate
- Input volatility
- Reset values function
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Easy Option Calculator is very easy to use, enter following values, and click button “Call”, or “Put” to get option prices and option Greeks: Underlying price ($), exercise price ($), days until expiration (days), interest rate (%), and volatility (%). click "Reset" button to reset values. The Black–Scholes model is a mathematical model of a financial market containing certain derivative investment instruments. From the model, one can deduce the Black–Scholes formula, which gives the price of options. It is widely used by options market participants. Many empirical tests have shown the Black-Scholes price is “fairly close” to the observed prices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Easy Option Calculator at none against Option Explorer's 1. Easy Option Calculator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Option Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (160 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Easy Option Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Easy Option Calculator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Option Explorer has 160 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Option Explorer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Easy Option Calculator's.
Option Explorer ships an update every 4 months, Easy Option Calculator every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Option Explorer | Easy Option Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (160 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 160 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Doubina | Guoli Jian |
Customer experience
Option Explorer
Easy Option Calculator
In-app purchases
Option Explorer
- Ad-free OE Premium$0.991 Month
Easy Option Calculator
No in-app purchases
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