OptionStrat vs Owesum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Options profit calculator
- Strategy visualizer
- Strategy optimizer
- Unusual options flow tracker
- Complex strategy detection
- In-app tutorials
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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
Owesum
Easily calculate tips and split bills with friends. Scan receipts or enter details manually to see service fees and gratuity upfront. Split the total evenly, with each person's share rounded to the cent.
- Tip on pre-tax subtotal
- Detect service fees and gratuity
- Split bills evenly
- Scan receipts with on-device OCR
- Manual bill entry
- Offline functionality
- Bill history
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Owesum is a tip calculator and bill splitter for dining out. Scan the receipt or type it in, see any service fee or included gratuity up front, tip on the pre-tax subtotal whenever the bill shows one, and split the total evenly across your party. No accounts. No sign-ups. Your receipt images aren't uploaded, and your bill data stays on your device — you decide if and when to share a summary. WHAT OWESUM DOES • Tip on the subtotal — when the bill provides a pre-tax subtotal, Owesum keeps tax out of the percentage base. If a scan finds only a charged amount, you confirm how to treat it before continuing. A heads-up flags a tip that looks unusually high. • Catch service fees and included tips — a bill that already carries a service fee or auto-gratuity starts at 0% extra tip, so you can see what's already included before deciding whether to add more. • Split the bill — divide the total evenly across your party, with each person's share rounded to the cent so the numbers always add up. • Scan the receipt — on-device scanning looks for the subtotal, tax, fees, and total and fills them in for your review. You confirm every number before anything is split. • Enter it your way — typing in the bill is fast and always works. • Keep a history — recent bills are saved on your device so you can look back anytime. • Share the breakdown — send a clean summary of who owes what through your phone's share sheet. WORKS WITHOUT INTERNET Poor reception at the table? Scan your receipt, review the numbers, calculate your tip, and split the bill offline. Receipt recognition and calculations run on your phone, with no internet connection required. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Receipt scanning uses on-device text recognition, so your images are never uploaded, and your bills, splits, and history are kept in local storage on your phone. There's no account to create and no name or email to provide. (Owesum is free, supported by ads, and uses limited analytics and crash reporting to improve — see our privacy policy for details.) Whether it's dinner for two or a group tab with a service fee on it, Owesum takes the math off your plate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Owesum at none against OptionStrat's 10. Owesum also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). OptionStrat's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 9). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. OptionStrat sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Owesum asks for nothing beyond the download.
Owesum 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 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of OptionStrat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Owesum's.
OptionStrat ships an update every 10 days, Owesum every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OptionStrat | Owesum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #102 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OptionStrat LLC | Soo Hyung Lee |
Customer experience
OptionStrat
Owesum
Bugs and 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
Owesum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OptionStrat
- 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 Flow7 Days trial$599.991 Year
- Live Options Flow7 Days trial$999.991 Year
Owesum
No in-app purchases









