Trading Lab vs Stock Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trading Lab
Practice trading with historical market data across stocks, forex, and crypto. Analyze performance with advanced indicators and charts, and utilize dynamic playback for realistic training. Offers a variety of trading tools and order types for comprehensive practice.
- Historical data playback
- Multi-market symbols
- Full timeframes support
- High-performance indicators and charts
- Dynamic market replay
- Advanced trading tools
- Template function for indicators
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Now it supports iPhone, iPad and Mac. The trading lab is a trading review and training app designed to provide users with a trading training environment based on historical data playback. Main features: multi market symbols, high-quality historical data, full timeframes, high-performance indicators and charts, dynamic market playback, convenient and efficient trading tools. Function list: ◆ Multiple market symbols ◆ High quality historical data ◆ Full time timeframes All timeframes are supported, including 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 10 minutes, 12 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, day, week, month, quarter, half a year, and year. ◆ High performance indicators and charts ◆ Template function Tips: You can save indicator combination and color matching as templates to facilitate switching between different combination schemes ◆ Dynamic market replay 1. Support automatic playback and manual playback 2. Support setting playback speed 3. Support setting playback step 4. Support fast jump of date ◆ Convenient and efficient trading tools 1. Support market buy, market sell, buy limit, sell limit, buy stop, sell stop 2. Support one click market price order transaction 3. Support menu quick transaction 4. Support panel line drawing transaction 5. Support trailing stop Both the market order and the pending order support the setting of trailing stop. After the position is generated, the trailing stop is activated according to the trigger conditions. 6. Support group orders ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subscription information • You can select two subscription options: Pro Monthly User and Pro Annual User. • The monthly user of Pro updates every 31 days, and the annual user of Pro updates every 12 months. During the subscription period, you can use various transaction varieties and tools without restriction. • Subscription costs $3.99 per month and $39.99 per year. • After the purchase is confirmed, the payment will be made to the iTunes account. • The subscription will be automatically renewed unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The account will be renewed within 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the cost of renewal will be determined. • Users can manage subscriptions, and automatically renew can be turned off by going to the user's account settings after purchase. • If any unused part of the free trial period is provided, it will be confiscated when the user purchases the subscription. • Users can manage subscriptions, go to their iTunes account settings after purchase, and turn off automatic renewal. • You can unsubscribe or free trial at any time through subscription settings through your iTunes account (go to Device Settings, and then click iTunes Account Apple ID>View Apple ID>Enter Password>Subscribe>Assembly>Unsubscribe button). At least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period or subscription period to avoid charges. Learn more: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 Service Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy terms: http://xmacd.com/privacypolicy.html • Contact us Customer service email: tradingstarapp@hotmail.com
Stock Trainer
Practice stock trading with anonymous historical data. This app simulates real market conditions, allowing users to hone their investment strategies without financial risk. Learn and improve your trading skills through realistic, randomized historical stock scenarios.
- Practice stock trading
- Anonymous historical stocks
- Randomized historical data
- Improve trading skills
- Risk-free simulation
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Improve your stock trading skills by praciticing on anonymous historical stocks! Stock Trainer loads anonymous stocks at random times in history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Stock Trainer at free with in-app purchases against Trading Lab's subscription. Stock Trainer also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (80% vs 60%). Trading Lab's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). On price 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
Both are free to download. Trading Lab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Stock Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stock Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stock Trainer has 72 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Trading Lab's written reviews are positive against 80% of Stock Trainer's.
Trading Lab ships an update every 5 days, Stock Trainer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trading Lab | Stock Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) | 4.5 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3.7 GB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 菁晶 王 | 庆辉 宋 |
Customer experience
Trading Lab
Stock Trainer
Bugs and requests
Trading Lab
Reported bugs
12 issues- Slow download and screen changes
- Crypto trading not functional/advertised
- App crashes frequently
- Drawing tools disappear when changing timeframes
- External monitor display issues
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- Inaccurate simulation balance
- Historical data synchronization issues
- Add template often fails
- External monitor issues
- Charts not properly displayed
- External monitor issues
- External monitor issues
Requested features
15 requests- Add A-share data
- Add more drawing tools (Fibonacci, etc.)
- Support US ETFs (leveraged ETFs)
- Allow importing individual stock data
- Add crypto (BTC, ETH) support
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- Add timezone support
- Improve drawing tool persistence across timeframes
- Add session feature (London, New York)
- Flexible time adjustment (GTM +/-)
- Redesign time frame switching
- Add user notes/instructions
- Add statistical analysis on account transaction details
- Add ability to switch instruments
- Add Chinese futures data
- Add a buy-out option instead of subscription
Stock Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trading Lab
- Pro Monthly User$5.991 Month
- Pro Yearly User$19.991 Year
- Pro Permanently User$44.99
Stock Trainer
- Life member$14.99







