Comparison

What Would Joel Do vs OptionStrat

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

Head to head
About

What Would Joel Do

Access a trading community, book consultations, and purchase educational materials. Premium subscriptions unlock exclusive content like hot stocks and investment portfolios.

Highlights
  • Follow trading Facebook group
  • Book consultations and webinars
  • Purchase webinar recordings and workbooks
  • View Hot Stocks (premium)
  • Access daily Percent Gainers List (premium)
  • View investment portfolio (premium)
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Welcome to the WWJD App! Here you can follow the Inside of Trading Facebook group, book consultations and webinars, purchase webinar recordings and workbooks PLUS with premium subscriptions you can view Hot Stocks, daily Percent Gainers List and my current investment portfolio. I hope you find it useful, and as always, we appreciate your feedback.

About

OptionStrat

Visualize and analyze options trades with a profit calculator and strategy builder. Discover institutional trades with real-time unusual options flow. Optimize strategies for maximum returns or profit chance.

Highlights
  • Options profit calculator
  • Strategy visualizer
  • Strategy optimizer
  • Unusual options flow tracker
  • Complex strategy detection
  • In-app tutorials
Features
Currently charting
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OPTIONS PROFIT CALCULATOR: Find and edit option strategies in real-time with our options profit calculator to gain a visual understanding of your trades. OptionStrat's strategy visualizer is used to find the potential profit and loss at various prices, as well as show how your trade is affected by implied volatility, time decay, and other factors. The strategy visualizer makes it easy to scroll through various strikes and expirations to build an options strategy. Nearly any strategy can be created, including strategies with underlying stocks like covered calls, or multiple expirations such as double diagonals. Over 50 strategy templates are available to choose from, each with a handy setup chart and description. STRATEGY OPTIMIZER: Automatically calculate the best strategies given a target price and expiration date. The options optimizer will search through thousands of potential trades to find which strategies maximize returns or chance of profit (or somewhere in between). UNUSUAL OPTIONS FLOW: OptionStrat Flow scans the market to uncover large and unusual trades as they happen, giving you insight into trades by institutions and other smart money. Not only do we show large call or put purchases, but we detect if the transaction showed urgency or aggression from the buyer or seller to show you both sides of the market. We are the first to provide unusual options activity for complex strategy types. OptionStrat Flow detects spreads, condors, and other advanced strategies and categorizes them as bearish, bullish, neutral, or directional. Use the in-app tutorials to learn more about each tool in the OptionStrat toolkit! DISCLAIMER: Options involve a high degree of risk and are not suitable for all investors. OptionStrat is not a registered investment advisor. The calculations, information, and opinions in this app are for educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Calculations are estimates and do not account for all market conditions and events. TERMS OF USE: https://optionstrat.com/terms

Screenshots

What Would Joel Do4 screens
OptionStrat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OptionStrat at every 10 days against What Would Joel Do's every 4 months. OptionStrat also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 11) and chart position (#61 vs unranked). What Would Joel Do's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. What Would Joel Do sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and OptionStrat sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What Would Joel Do holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OptionStrat has 1.9K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Would Joel Do ships an update every 4 months, OptionStrat every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
What Would Joel Do versus OptionStrat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Would Joel DoOptionStrat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better4.8 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews—79.8% of reviews
Number of ratings111.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#61 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNzinga HarrisonOptionStrat LLC

Customer experience

What Would Joel Do

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OptionStrat

All ratings1,926 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral11.2%
Negative9.0%

Bugs and requests

What Would Joel Do

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

OptionStrat

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing and Crashing Issues
  • Incorrect Data Calculations
  • Disappearing UI Elements
  • Incompatibility with Certain Device Configurations

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow Modifying Saved Trades
  • Provide Real-Time Options Quotes
  • Implement International Stock Support
  • Increase Maximum Number of Open Windows
  • Add Time Stamps to Active Ticker List
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  • Implement Spanish Translation

In-app purchases

8 purchases

What Would Joel Do

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Ultimate Membership$49.991 Month
One-time6
  • 10 Credits$9.99
  • 25 Credits$24.99
  • 35 Credits$34.99
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  • 50 Credits$49.99
  • 75 Credits$74.99
  • 100 Credits$99.99
12 purchases

OptionStrat

Subscriptions12
  • Live Option Tools7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Tools Monthly7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Live Option Tools7 Days trial$39.991 Month
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  • Live Options Flow7 Days trial$59.991 Month
  • Live Options Flow7 Days trial$89.991 Month
  • Live Options Flow7 Days trial$99.991 Month
  • Live Option Tools7 Days trial$199.991 Year
  • Live Option Tools$299.991 Year
  • Live Options Tools7 Days trial$419.991 Year
  • Live Options Flow7 Days trial$599.991 Year
  • Live Options Flow7 Days trial$899.991 Year
  • Live Options Flow7 Days trial$999.991 Year

Questions

Is What Would Joel Do free?
What Would Joel Do is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OptionStrat free?
OptionStrat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, What Would Joel Do or OptionStrat?
What Would Joel Do is rated higher. What Would Joel Do averages 5.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while OptionStrat averages 4.8 from 1.9K ratings.
Do What Would Joel Do or OptionStrat have ads?
Neither What Would Joel Do nor OptionStrat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Would Joel Do or OptionStrat?
What Would Joel Do ships an update every 4 months, and OptionStrat every 10 days. Most recently, What Would Joel Do was updated on October 24, 2026 and OptionStrat on October 29, 2026.

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