Savvy Trader vs Hedgeye
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Hedgeye
Access institutional-quality financial research to make informed investment decisions. Get proprietary market signals, macro insights, and deep research on sectors, stocks, ETFs, and crypto. Designed for ease of use to help protect and grow your capital.
- Proprietary Market Signals
- Macro Research
- Sector, Stock, ETF, Crypto Research
- Real-Time Alerts & Tools
- Intuitive Filters & Search
- Conflict-free Research
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Discover a better way to invest with the Hedgeye app — built to empower ALL investors with conflict-free, institutional-quality financial research. Stay ahead of the markets with: Proprietary Market Signals: Receive instant notifications of Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough’s trading signals and coaching notes. Macro Research: Access timely, actionable insights across global macro including Hedgeye’s proprietary Growth-Inflation-Policy model that keeps you ahead of the curve. Sector, Stock, ETF, and Crypto Research: Enjoy deep research by sector and ticker, including our first-in-class Digital Assets work, ETF Pro. Real-Time Alerts & Tools: Utilize Hedgeye’s trusted trading tools and research to make sharper investment decisions. Designed for ease of use, the app presents the latest research with minimal navigation, intuitive filters, and robust search functions so you can focus on what matters most—protecting and growing your capital. Founded in 2008, Hedgeye Risk Management levels the playing field between Main Street and Wall Street by providing transparent, accountable, and trustworthy research. Our unique risk management process and market insights reshape how you approach financial markets, helping you stay informed, confident, and ahead of major market moves Join thousands of savvy investors in the Hedgeye Nation—where transparency meets results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Savvy Trader at 89% against Hedgeye's 43%. Savvy Trader also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). Hedgeye's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 54). 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 53 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Hedgeye asks for nothing beyond the download.
Savvy Trader holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Savvy Trader has 616 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Savvy Trader's written reviews are positive against 43% of Hedgeye's.
Savvy Trader ships an update every 6 days, Hedgeye every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Savvy Trader | Hedgeye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (616 ratings) — better | 3.5 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 616 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Savvy Trader, Inc. | Hedgeye Risk Management, LLC |
Customer experience
Savvy Trader
Hedgeye
Bugs and 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
Hedgeye
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Savvy Trader
- dans - Dividend Stocks$5.001 Month
- Joeg_LA - Joeg_LA's Stock Port$5.001 Month
- dhaval_kotecha - Dhaval's Port$9.991 Month
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- Savvy Trader Pro - Monthly$14.991 Month
- rudymora00 - Growth and Value$15.001 Month
- BluSuitDillon - BluSuit’s Grow$49.991 Month
- kpfin99 - Stock and options Tr$49.991 Month
- neilsletter - Smack the Daq!$49.991 Month
- marcjurek4 - Marc Jurek Portfo$49.991 Month
- SavvyTracker - Bill Gates Stoc$49.991 Month
- SavvyTracker - Michael Burry S$49.991 Month
- efortiza - Winning$49.991 Month
- Gregory_FTA - Gregory’s Focuse$49.991 Month
- Ghostxtrading - Ghost X Tradin$49.991 Month
- austinl - Austin's Portfolio$49.991 Month
- samsolid - Hidden Edge Small C$49.991 Month
- Family Portfolio$49.991 Month
- Shay's Growth Portfolio$49.991 Month
- 3000UP - Humanoid$49.991 Month
- ThePulper - Eggs in One Basket$49.991 Month
- ToddGordon - Active Opps$49.991 Month
- gadelhaofficial - 4th Industri$49.991 Month
- interstellarven - INTERSTELLAR$49.991 Month
- skowih - A+ Hypergrowth$49.991 Month
- kpfin99 - Small Cap Opportunit$49.991 Month
- sathishthephoenix - 10X by 203$49.991 Month
- antepen - antep$49.991 Month
- kiboubmohammedelamin - Mamine$49.991 Month
- FlippA_Invests - FlippA_Invest$49.991 Month
- StockMktNewz - StockMKTNewz St$49.991 Month
- Hamid - My Full Portfolio$49.991 Month
- Savvy Trader Pro - Annual$99.991 Year
- Hamid - My Full Portfolio$299.001 Year
- Dailystockpick - 2023 Trading$299.001 Year
- neilsletter - Smack the Daq!$299.001 Year
- SavvyTracker - Bill Ackman Sto$299.001 Year
- SavvyTracker - Michael Burry S$299.001 Year
- antepen - antep$299.001 Year
- smartnetworth1 - Smart Net Wor$299.001 Year
- stoffel_brian - Brian Stoffel'$299.001 Year
- efortiza - Winning$299.001 Year
- samsolid - Hidden Edge Small C$299.001 Year
- GoldenPathInvesting - Golden P$299.001 Year
- Family Portfolio$299.001 Year
- Shay's Growth Portfolio$299.001 Year
- 3000UP - Humanoid$299.001 Year
- skowih - A+ Hypergrowth$299.001 Year
- austinl - Austin's Portfolio$299.001 Year
- ThePulper - Eggs in One Basket$299.001 Year
- Ghostxtrading - Ghost X Tradin$299.001 Year
- Couch_Investor - Couch Investi$299.001 Year
- BluSuitDillon - BluSuit’s Grow$299.001 Year
- revazova - Regina's portfolio$300.001 Month
Hedgeye
No in-app purchases








