Comparison

Vix Project vs COT Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Vix Project

This app provides real-time financial data to help users make informed investment decisions, free from political opinions. It allows for the creation of custom alerts to stay updated on market changes.

Highlights
  • Real-time financial data
  • Customizable alerts
  • Data-driven investment decisions
  • Politics-free investing environment
Features
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Vix project was created out of the frustration of politics and opinions in investing. With Vix Project, you are given all the data to make clear investment decisions. -Realtime data -Create custom alerts

About

COT Pulse

Features
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Read the weekly CFTC Commitment of Traders report in seconds instead of hours. Every Friday the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission publishes the Commitment of Traders report, showing how the largest participants in the currency futures market are positioned. The raw COT data is a wall of numbers. COT Pulse turns it into a clear picture of forex market sentiment across eight major currencies. WHO IT IS FOR Beginners who want to know what the COT report is saying without learning to parse a CFTC spreadsheet, and experienced traders who want positioning, price and extremes together on one screen. THREE TABS, ONE DATASET Simple One sentiment card per currency. See whether hedge funds are net buyers or net sellers, how far positioning moved this week, and where the COT index sits inside its own three year range. Detail A single currency in depth: the COT index gauge, a hedge fund net position chart across 14 weeks, 52 weeks or full history, and a plain language reading of what the week actually shows. Pro Price plotted against all three trader groups on one panel, with shaded extreme zones and the current net position of each group in contracts. WHAT YOU GET - Weekly COT data for the euro (EUR), British pound (GBP), Japanese yen (JPY), Australian dollar (AUD), US Dollar Index (USD), Canadian dollar (CAD), Swiss franc (CHF) and New Zealand dollar (NZD) - COT index scored against a rolling three year range - Net position, weekly change and open interest for every currency - Hedge funds, commercial hedgers and retail traders shown separately, never blended into one figure - Price versus positioning overlay chart for forex analysis - Extreme zone shading so stretched positioning is obvious at a glance - A divergence flag for the weeks when hedgers are pressing against speculators at an extreme - Raw CFTC figures, unmodified, for anyone who wants to audit the source - Weekly digest notification when new COT data is published - Custom alerts when a currency reaches a positioning extreme - Available in 20 languages UNDERSTANDING THE THREE CATEGORIES The CFTC groups traders into three categories, and COT Pulse labels all three accurately. Hedge funds, listed by the CFTC as non-commercial, are large speculators who tend to follow trends. Commercial hedgers hold real business exposure in the underlying market and have historically been the better informed side at positioning extremes. Retail traders sit below the CFTC reporting threshold and are recorded as non-reportable. Many tools collapse these into a single "smart money" number. COT Pulse keeps them separate, because the distinction is where the useful signal lives. WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM CFTC Commitment of Traders, Legacy report, futures only. Published each Friday at 15:30 ET and reflecting positions held the prior Tuesday. Price data comes from European Central Bank reference rates. History reaches back more than two decades, so an extreme is measured against real precedent rather than a few recent months. BUILT FOR FOREX TRADERS COT Pulse is a focused forex sentiment tool. There is no account to create, no broker to connect and no portfolio to set up. Open the app and the current week is already there. IMPORTANT COT Pulse presents public market data for information and education. It is not investment advice and it does not forecast prices. Trading foreign exchange involves substantial risk, and past positioning does not indicate future results. Always do your own research.

Screenshots

Vix Project3 screens
COT Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Vix Project at none against COT Pulse's shown. Vix Project also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vix Project ships an update daily, COT Pulse every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vix Project versus COT Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVix ProjectCOT Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKnucklehead Code & Design LLCHafid Zaini

In-app purchases

None

Vix Project

No in-app purchases

None

COT Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vix Project free?
Vix Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COT Pulse free?
COT Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vix Project or COT Pulse have ads?
COT Pulse shows ads; Vix Project does not.
Which is updated more often, Vix Project or COT Pulse?
Vix Project ships an update daily, and COT Pulse every 6 weeks. Most recently, Vix Project was updated on September 30, 2026 and COT Pulse on October 13, 2026.

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