Comparison

BlackBoxStocksMobile vs ORTEX

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time market scanning
  • Options flow analysis
  • Stock and options alerts
  • Dark pool scanner
  • News integration
  • Educational program
  • Live trade rooms
Features
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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.

About

ORTEX

Access real-time financial data and analytics to make informed investment decisions. Track market sentiment, insider trading, short interest, and options flow. Utilize proprietary stock scoring and trading signals to identify opportunities and manage your portfolio effectively.

Highlights
  • Real-time market data
  • Portfolio and watchlist tracking
  • Market sentiment analysis
  • Proprietary stock scoring
  • Advanced trading signals
  • Short interest tracking
  • Insider transaction monitoring
  • Options flow analysis
Features
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Make smarter trades and investments with ORTEX's award-winning stock-data & ideas platform. Take control of your investments and stay ahead of the market with the ORTEX app. ORTEX is a groundbreaking financial analytics platform designed to make smart investing easier for you. The Power of ORTEX in Your Pocket Gain real-time access to a wealth of market data, anytime, anywhere. Set up your portfolio or watchlist and get an overview of the data that affects the stocks you care about. Market Sentiment Stay up to date with the latest market sentiments, see how Short Interest has changed in the S&P, or any other index, or your own portfolio. What is the options market telling you? How have directors and company insiders traded? Get the overview – dig into the details! Stock Scores Find interesting investment opportunities with ORTEX proprietary stock scoring system, considering over 100 data points, every day, for over 65,000 stocks. Create your own weighting on how any data should be considered and create your own personal screening tool. Trading Signals Let our advanced trading signals guide you. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced trader, our indicators will help you make timely and effective investment decisions Short Interest What are the hedge-funds doing? What company is the most shorted? And where are shorts building up? See it Live, as it happens. ORTEX gives you access to easy to read charts,as well as all the details down to how many security loans were taken out today and at what rate. Insiders Get all the latest insider transactions. See the trends: which insider normally times the market well? Options Find the most market-affecting options trades in our Interesting Options flow, or use our proprietary Option Flow Sentiment to find the stocks with the largest option pressure. Dividends Use our dividend screener to find high yielding companies, or stocks that are soon to pay a dividend. Investigate the history of all dividend payments, how often do they increase? How much of the profit do they pay out in dividend? Get all the data. A wealth of data ORTEX gives you access to global data for almost every stock trading on any exchange. Our data sets include: Fundamentals, Analyst Estimates, Live Pricing, Short Interest, News, Options, Insiders, Company Events, Macro Events, Holdings, Dividends, IPOs, Credit Default Swaps, Lock Ups, US Government Trades, and much more. https://ortex.com/TermsAndConditions https://ortex.com/PrivacyPolicy

Screenshots

BlackBoxStocksMobile4 screens
ORTEX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlackBoxStocksMobile at none against ORTEX's 3. BlackBoxStocksMobile also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 18). ORTEX's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. ORTEX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. BlackBoxStocksMobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for BlackBoxStocksMobile against 4.2 for ORTEX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 87 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of BlackBoxStocksMobile's written reviews are positive against 65% of ORTEX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlackBoxStocksMobile ships an update fortnightly, ORTEX every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BlackBoxStocksMobile versus ORTEX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackBoxStocksMobileORTEX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (87 ratings) — better4.2 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews — better65.2% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better18
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB32 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBlackBoxStocksORTEX TECHNOLOGIES LTD

Customer experience

BlackBoxStocksMobile

All ratings87 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative28.6%

ORTEX

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative26.1%

In-app purchases

None

BlackBoxStocksMobile

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ORTEX

Subscriptions3
  • Advanced7 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Advanced$34.991 Month
  • Advanced$349.001 Year

Questions

Is BlackBoxStocksMobile free?
BlackBoxStocksMobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ORTEX free?
ORTEX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BlackBoxStocksMobile or ORTEX?
BlackBoxStocksMobile is rated higher. BlackBoxStocksMobile averages 4.3 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while ORTEX averages 4.2 from 18 ratings.
Do BlackBoxStocksMobile or ORTEX have ads?
Neither BlackBoxStocksMobile nor ORTEX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlackBoxStocksMobile or ORTEX?
BlackBoxStocksMobile ships an update fortnightly, and ORTEX every 2 weeks. Most recently, BlackBoxStocksMobile was updated on October 24, 2026 and ORTEX on October 30, 2026.

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