BlackBoxStocksMobile vs Savvy Trader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlackBoxStocksMobile
This app analyzes stock and options markets in real-time, scanning thousands of stocks and millions of contracts. It provides alerts, dark pool data, news, and educational resources, along with live trading rooms led by experienced traders.
- Real-time market scanning
- Options flow analysis
- Stock and options alerts
- Dark pool scanner
- News integration
- Educational program
- Live trade rooms
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The BlackBox App scans the NASDAQ, NYSE, CBOE, Dark Pools and all other options markets analyzing over 8,000 stocks and up to 1.3 million options contracts multiple times per second. Our Options Flow, Stock & Options Alerts, Dark Pool Scanner, News, and more are combined with an Education Program and LIVE Trade Rooms led by Top Traders.
Savvy Trader
Track stocks and crypto investments in one place. Create and share virtual portfolios, subscribe to others, and receive trade notifications. Use it as a stock market simulator for paper trading.
- Track stock and crypto investments
- Create and share virtual portfolios
- Subscribe to other user portfolios
- Real-time stock quotes
- Stock market simulator/paper trading
- AI-powered investing questions
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Savvy Trader AI combines the power of ChatGPT with Savvy Trader for stocks and investing related questions. Track all your stock and crypto investments in one place using Savvy Trader. Create virtual portfolios of your favorite stocks and crypto for yourself or share them with others. When you choose to share your portfolio, you can do so for free or charge a monthly subscription fee and earn recurring income by sharing your portfolio. Discover and subscribe to other user portfolios based on portfolio performance, popularity or investment style. When you subscribe to a portfolio, you will be notified of every trade via SMS, email, or push notifications, allowing you to stay aware of your favorite investor's trades and comments. Use Savvy Trader to get realtime stock quotes on any stock and see who has been buying or selling the stock and why. Savvy Trader is also an excellent educational tool as you can use it as a stock market simulator or paper trading app to safely simulate investing in the stock and crypto markets without using any actual money. Best of all, it's all free and no ads! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Savvy Trader at 4.8 against BlackBoxStocksMobile's 4.3. Savvy Trader also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 68%) and chart position (#149 vs unranked). BlackBoxStocksMobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Savvy Trader sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. BlackBoxStocksMobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Savvy Trader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Savvy Trader has 650 ratings behind it against 87, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of BlackBoxStocksMobile's written reviews are positive against 89% of Savvy Trader's.
BlackBoxStocksMobile ships an update fortnightly, Savvy Trader weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlackBoxStocksMobile | Savvy Trader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (87 ratings) | 4.8 (650 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 | 650 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #149 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BlackBoxStocks | Savvy Trader, Inc. |
Customer experience
BlackBoxStocksMobile
Savvy Trader
Bugs and requests
BlackBoxStocksMobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Savvy Trader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Portfolio data not persisting after app closure
- Push, email, and SMS notifications not working
- Alerts not showing for open positions while app is running
- Difficult to cancel recurring subscription charges
Requested features
4 requests- Add mutual funds support to portfolio tracking
- Implement direct subscription fee charging for content creators
- Fix real-time alert display while app is active
- Improve notification system reliability
In-app purchases
BlackBoxStocksMobile
No in-app purchases
Savvy Trader
- Couch_Investor - Couch Investi$49.991 Month
- samsolid - Hidden Edge Small C$49.991 Month
- Family Portfolio$49.991 Month
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- Shay's Growth Portfolio$49.991 Month
- 3000UP - Humanoid$49.991 Month
- ToddGordon - Active Opps$49.991 Month
- gadelhaofficial - 4th Industri$49.991 Month
- Family Portfolio$299.001 Year
- Shay's Growth Portfolio$299.001 Year
- 3000UP - Humanoid$299.001 Year
Questions
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