Comparison

Podbean Pro vs FxTradeJournal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Podbean Pro

This app provides secure access to branded podcast content for employees, partners, or customers. It offers features like offline listening, episode searching, and advanced playback controls to enhance engagement and brand building.

Highlights
  • Secure content access
  • Offline listening
  • Episode search and history
  • Advanced playback controls
  • New episode notifications
  • Comment for engagement
Features
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Podbean Pro is a convenient, secure app for companies/organizations using Podbean's podcasting solution for branded podcasts. It allows employees, partners, or customers to easily and securely access the audio and video content you wish to deliver to them. Podbean Pro offers highly secure channels, user subscriptions, and fully-customizable options and also improves brand building. App Features: • Instantly stream or download episodes for offline listening. • Easily search episodes to find relevant content, view your play history, and save “liked” episodes. • Advanced playback features such as auto-play, skip forward and backward, and sleep timer. • Stay updated on the latest content with new episode notifications and automatic downloads. • Easily comment to increase engagement • Cellular data controls

About

FxTradeJournal

Features
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Welcome to FxTradeJournal, your essential tool for tracking, planing and improving your trades in the forex market. Whether you're a seasoned trader or just starting out, FxTradeJournal simplifies the process of recording, analyzing, and refining your trading strategies. Educational Value: Keeping a trade journal is incredibly valuable for traders of all levels. It records important details like when trades were entered and exited, the market conditions at the time, and how emotions influenced decisions. Reviewing these entries regularly helps traders understand their decision-making patterns, pinpoint successful strategies, and areas where they can improve. Key Features: * Comprehensive Trade Logging * Trade Plan Logging * View Trade Statistics * Export Trade Details * Create Balance Goals * Light & Dark Mode * No Subscription Fees * No Sign Ups Support & Feature Requests: At FXTradeJournal, understanding what our users value is paramount. We actively listen to user feedback to enhance our app's functionality and user experience. By capturing insights on what works well and areas needing improvement. Your feedback drives us to continuously innovate and deliver a robust trading journal that empowers traders at all levels to excel in the forex market.

Screenshots

Podbean Pro4 screens
FxTradeJournal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Podbean Pro at Free against FxTradeJournal's $4.99. Podbean Pro also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Podbean Pro is free to download; FxTradeJournal costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Podbean Pro versus FxTradeJournal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPodbean ProFxTradeJournal
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.9 (255 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings255 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPodbean IncorporatedMichael Haslam

Bugs and requests

Podbean Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keeps kicking me out
  • Can't remove from iPhone
  • Podcast menus won't rotate on iPad in horizontal mode

Requested features

1 request
  • Horizontal iPad support

FxTradeJournal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Podbean Pro

No in-app purchases

None

FxTradeJournal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Podbean Pro free?
Podbean Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FxTradeJournal free?
FxTradeJournal costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Podbean Pro or FxTradeJournal have ads?
Neither Podbean Pro nor FxTradeJournal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Podbean Pro or FxTradeJournal?
Podbean Pro ships an update every 3 months, and FxTradeJournal every 3 months. Most recently, Podbean Pro was updated on October 22, 2026 and FxTradeJournal on October 27, 2026.

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