Comparison

iCDS vs Barchart Professional

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Barchart Professional

Features
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Your workflows demand powerful tools and we deliver exactly that in one place. Our advanced charting, volatility analysis, news feeds, analytics, and equity leaderboards ensure you’re always informed and prepared to make the right decisions. With futures execution and real time market data available from global exchanges all in one place - your mobile workflows have never been simpler.

Screenshots

iCDS4 screens
Barchart Professional4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Barchart Professional at 3 against iCDS's —. Barchart Professional also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iCDS versus Barchart Professional: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCDSBarchart Professional
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJames ZuckerBarchart

In-app purchases

None

iCDS

No in-app purchases

None

Barchart Professional

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCDS free?
iCDS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Barchart Professional free?
Barchart Professional is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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