FX Calculators vs Japanese Candlestick Patterns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FX Calculators
This app provides a suite of simple and effective tools for financial market risk management and decision-making. It includes calculators for Fibonacci levels, pip value, pivot points, position size, margin, and stop loss/take profit.
- Fibonacci Levels calculator
- Pip Value calculator
- Pivot Points calculator
- Position Size calculator
- Margin calculator
- Stop Loss/Take Profit calculator
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Risk management in financial markets is one of the keys to success. Therefore, it is important to set up a trading strategy of your own. It is for this purpose that the FX Calculators application has been created. It will help you in your risk management and your decision making by providing you a suite of simple and effective tools. Forex calculators available : • Fibonacci Levels : A simple tool to identify strategic places for transactions, stop losses or target prices within a trend. • Pip Value : The fastest way to determine the value per pip in your account currency. • Pivots Points : A simple way to determine resistances and supports levels. • Position Size: Calculate the proper size that meets your risk management. • Margin: Calculate the margin needed to open and hold positions. • Stop Loss/Take Profit : Determine how much you stand to lose or gain if your stop-loss or take-profit levels have been reached. Supported currencies: • AUD (Australian Dollar) • BRL (Brazilian Real) • CAD (Canadian Dollar) • CHF (Swiss Franc) • CNH (Offshore Chinese Yuan) • CZK (Czech Koruna) • DKK (Danish Krone) • EUR (Euro) • GBP (British Pound) • HKD (Hong Kong Dollar) • HRK (Croatian Kuna) • HUF (Hungarian Forint) • IDR (Indonesian Rupiah) • ILS (Israeli New Shekel) • INR (Indian Rupee) • JPY (Japanese Yen) • KRW (South Korean Won) • KWD (Kuwaiti Dinar) • MXN (Mexican Peso) • MYR (Malaysian Ringgit) • NGN (Nigerian Naira) • NOK (Norwegian Krone) • NZD (New Zealand Dollar) • PLN (Polish Zloty) • RON (Romanian Leu) • RUB (Russian Rouble) • SAR (Saudi Riyal) • SEK (Swedish Krona) • SGD (Singapore Dollar) • THB (Thai Baht) • TRY (Turkish Lira) • USD (United States Dollar) • ZAR (South African Rand) Supported indices: • FCHI (CAC 40) • GDAXI (DAX 30) • DJI (Dow Jones Industrial Average) • STOXX50E (EURO STOXX 50) • HSI (HANG SENG INDEX) • IBEX (IBEX 35) • NDX (NASDAQ 100) • N225 (Nikkei 225) • GSPC (S&P 500) • AXJO (S&P/ASX 200) • GSPTSE (S&P/TSX Composite index) • FTSE (UK 100) Supported commodities: • BZ (Brent Crude Oil) • NG (Natural Gas) • CL (West Texas Crude Oil) • XAG (Silver) • XAU (Gold) Supported cryptocurrencies: • BCH (Bitcoin Cash) • BTC (Bitcoin) • DSH (Dash) • ETH (Ethereum) • LTC (Litecoin) • XRP (Ripple) Forex trading involves a significant risk to your invested capital. The information and results provided by the application are provided for information purposes only. They do not constitute or should be interpreted as advice or recommendation. Therefore, Tyrcord, Inc. assumes no responsibility for the risks incurred by anyone acting solely on the basis of this information and results.
Japanese Candlestick Patterns
This app helps traders identify and interpret Japanese candlestick patterns for technical analysis. It offers a comprehensive reference, search functionality, customizable notes, and interactive training games to enhance charting knowledge.
- Quick search for candlestick patterns
- Reference for 111 patterns
- Customizable notes and definitions
- Two training games
- Pattern identification by various criteria
- Detailed pattern information
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Japanese candlesticks provide a visual insight into Market psychology as one of many tools in technical analysis of the financial markets for trading success. This app provides 1) a quick search of patterns given observed chart factors to narrow to a few possible candle patterns for quick identification and interpretation of current market trading direction, 2) a complete reference on 111 Japanese Candlestick patterns, 3) some patterns augmented with caveat notes, 4) ability to add, edit, and delete patterns and caveat notes, 5) ability to edit candle recognition notes or provide personal notes, and 6) two training games to build your knowledge of charting patterns. Candice helps you quickly find the possible Japanese candlestick patterns in a chart from input of the trading situation. No more looking through numerous graphic images to match or memorizing what each pattern means. Enter specific values to find possible matches and then see the trade action. Patterns can also be found by name, prior trend, number of trade days, signal type (bearish/bullish), number of candles, or marked favorites. Each candle pattern provides image, name, signal, reliability, rating, trend, colors, how to recognize, recommended trade actions, and your own custom notes. A separate database is provided populated with definitions, and notes where entries can also be added, edited or deleted. Candice employs a visual table of contents as well as a full index dictionary name reference. Patterns images can be enlarged for view or replaced with your own. A separate Caveat Notes database is provided populated with added notes and definitions where entries can also be added, edited or deleted. Candice comes Flashcard and Slideshow pattern games to review candle patterns. You can configure which patterns to learn or all of them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FX Calculators at 67% against Japanese Candlestick Patterns's 0%. FX Calculators also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.1). Japanese Candlestick Patterns's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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
FX Calculators is free to download; Japanese Candlestick Patterns costs $4.99 up front. FX Calculators sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Japanese Candlestick Patterns asks for nothing beyond the download.
FX Calculators holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FX Calculators has 1.3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FX Calculators's written reviews are positive against 0% of Japanese Candlestick Patterns's.
FX Calculators ships an update fortnightly, Japanese Candlestick Patterns every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FX Calculators | Japanese Candlestick Patterns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | alpinetic | James Redpath |
Customer experience
FX Calculators
Japanese Candlestick Patterns
Bugs and requests
FX Calculators
Reported bugs
4 issues- Impossible to skip ads
- App takes too long to load
- Doesn't calculate again
- Doesn't work in landscape mode
Requested features
5 requests- Add favorite pairs list
- Allow input of stop-loss and take-profit in pips
- Add option to input price levels and calculate stop-loss/take-profit in pips and $
- Implement landscape mode for iPad
- Add support for US30, SPX, NAS100, USO
Japanese Candlestick Patterns
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FX Calculators
- Remove Ads$19.99
Japanese Candlestick Patterns
No in-app purchases
Questions
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