TradeSmith vs StockCharts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TradeSmith
Stay informed on financial market trends with real-time headlines and technical analysis. Track your favorite investments and uncover hidden risks in your portfolio.
- Financial market headlines
- Technical analysis insights
- Customizable watch lists
- Portfolio risk assessment
- Investment import and analysis
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The TradeSmith app allows you to explore all the latest headlines in the world of finance; from the futures markets to the opening and closing bells, we’ve got you covered. Discover the overall risk of the financial markets. Don’t let market hype lead your investing decisions; our app shows you how the markets are performing based on technical analysis. Create watch lists of your favorite investments — like Apple and Facebook — to see their risk and performance in the markets. Import your own investments and gain insights into the hidden risks in your portfolio.
StockCharts
Access market data and your saved charts on the go. View real-time stock, bond, and commodity information with customizable indicators and styles. Designed for existing members of StockCharts.com.
- Market summaries
- Access ChartLists
- Real-time advanced charts
- Customizable indicators
- Saved ChartStyles
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The official companion app for StockCharts.com equips existing StockCharts members with easy access to the markets and their charts - anywhere, anytime. See a detailed summary of the current markets, including stocks, bonds, commodities, major indexes, sectors, and much more. Access all of your ChartLists and quickly swipe through your saved charts within the app. Plus, view advanced real-time charts for any symbol with any of your saved ChartStyles to easily apply different indicators and settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TradeSmith at 3.6 against StockCharts's 2.8. TradeSmith also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 10%). StockCharts's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TradeSmith holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of TradeSmith's written reviews are positive against 10% of StockCharts's.
TradeSmith ships an update every 6 weeks, StockCharts every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TradeSmith | StockCharts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (42 ratings) — better | 2.8 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 314 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tradesmith, LLC | StockCharts.com, Inc. |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
TradeSmith
No in-app purchases
StockCharts
No in-app purchases
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