iCDS vs CD Calculator Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCDS
This app calculates Credit Default Swap upfront fees using the official ISDA CDS Standard Model. It provides live calculations for various metrics, including dirty upfront, accrued amounts, and risk sensitivities, for multiple contract types and maturities.
- ISDA CDS Standard Model pricing engine
- SNAC maturities for 1Y to 10Y
- Dirty upfront fee calculation
- Implied default probability chart
- First-order risk metrics (CS01, DV01)
- Live overnight reference-rate curves
- Regional contract pricing
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iCDS is a free Credit Default Swap upfront fee calculator built on the official ISDA CDS Standard Model — the same pricing engine used across institutional fixed-income desks. Enter a quoted spread, coupon, recovery, notional, and tenor. iCDS computes the SNAC (Standard North American CDS) upfront charge live as you change inputs, with the dirty upfront, accrued, par spread, and first-order risk metrics visible alongside. WHAT'S INSIDE • ISDA CDS Standard Model (v1.8.3) compiled directly into the app • Seven SNAC maturities in one segmented row: 1Y / 2Y / 3Y / 4Y / 5Y / 7Y / 10Y • DIRTY UPFRONT card — total cash to settle (upfront fee + accrued), with components shown alongside • Default-risk-by-maturity chart — implied cumulative default probability at each tenor; tap a bar to price it • First-order risk metrics on every trade — CS01, IR DV01, Rec01 (bump-and-reprice) • Live overnight reference-rate curves from five central banks: – USD SOFR (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) – EUR €STR (European Central Bank) – GBP SONIA (Bank of England) – JPY TONA proxy (FRED / St. Louis Fed) – AUD AONIA (Reserve Bank of Australia) • Six regional contracts: NA, EM, EU, Asia, Japan, AUS • Spread input via preset chips and a numeric keypad; cap raised to 10,000 bp for distressed credits • ISDA RFR test-grid validation across all five currencies • In-app Diagnostics tab — deterministic self-tests for the pricing engine, IMM helpers, regional holiday calendars, and live overnight-rate fetchers WHO IT'S FOR Quantitative finance students, fixed-income professionals, and developers exploring CDS pricing. Source is open under Apache 2.0. NOT FOR Booking, settlement, trading, or any decision with real money behind it. iCDS produces indicative pricing only — not financial, investment, or trading advice. Rates may be delayed; calculations use a flat overnight-rate discount curve, a standard simplification. PRIVACY No data collection. No tracking. No accounts. Reference rates are fetched live from public central-bank endpoints. LICENSE Source code: Apache 2.0. Pricing engine: ISDA CDS Standard Model Public License (© 2009 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., developed with Markit). Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ISDA, Markit, JPMorgan Chase, or any rate provider.
CD Calculator Pro
Estimate the future value of your Certificate of Deposit with this fast and easy-to-use calculator. Plan your savings and compare options by exploring how interest rates affect your CD growth.
- Estimate future CD value
- Calculate total returns
- Analyze interest rate impact
- Simple input interface
- Compare CD options
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CD Calculator Pro helps you estimate the future value of your Certificate of Deposit. Plan your savings and compare options using this fast and easy-to-use calculator. Key Features: - Calculate total returns based on deposit amount, rate, and term - Explore how interest rates affect your CD growth - Simple interface to input your CD details and see results instantly - Ideal for fixed-term, fixed-rate Certificate of Deposit planning Perfect for anyone using CDs or money market accounts to grow their savings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iCDS at 100% against CD Calculator Pro's 17%. iCDS also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). CD Calculator Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (490 vs 17). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CD Calculator Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CD Calculator Pro has 490 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of iCDS's written reviews are positive against 17% of CD Calculator Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iCDS ships an update every 2 weeks, CD Calculator Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCDS | CD Calculator Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (17 ratings) | 4.8 (490 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 490 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Zucker | RedTracker LLC |
Customer experience
iCDS
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In-app purchases
iCDS
No in-app purchases
CD Calculator Pro
No in-app purchases
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