Comparison

OptionPosition+ vs Option Explorer

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

Head to head
About

OptionPosition+

Analyze stock and option positions with this financial tool. Explore hedging strategies, create diversified portfolios, and visualize potential gains, losses, and Greeks. Understand price and volatility impacts on your investments.

Highlights
  • Stock and option price analysis
  • Portfolio creation and management
  • Graphical illustration of option strategies
  • Black-Scholes equation for implied volatility
  • Gain/Loss, Delta, Vega, Theta, Gamma visualization
  • Probability of future stock prices and gains/losses
  • Volatility Smile display
Features
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OptionPosition+ Version 4.1 OptionPosition+ is a financial analysis App that estimates the value of a set of shares and put and call options for a particular stock. It allows the investor to explore various option hedging positions and create a portfolio that is sensitive to price and volatility fluctuations or that provides protection for various concerns. OptionPosition+ graphically illustrates the value of put protection, covered calls, call spreads, time spreads, delta neutral skew trades, iron condors, etc.. Further information is available at https://www.optionposition.com OptionPosition+ comes with an initial one month subscription period that provides access to data on most stocks listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ and certain indexes (i.e. NDX, NQX, XND). After this one month subscription period you may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. (If you do not maintain a subscription you can only access stock and option data for AAPL.) • Auto-renewable subscription • 1 month ($2.99), 2 month ($4.99) and 3 month ($5.99) durations • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Privacy policy and terms of use: https://sites.google.com/site/kramerkramersoftware/ OptionPosition+ Features: • delayed stock and option prices for all available strike dates and strike prices (delay varies from 0 to 20 minutes) • remembers 30 different portfolios each with 6 assets: ..........puts, calls, shares or child portfolios ......................child portfolios can have different underlying stock ......................child portfolios have correlated price ..........long, short any quantity ..........all listed strike dates ..........all listed strike prices ..........e-mail to anyone • Black-Scholes equation used to determine implied volatility and future value of put and call options • graphically displays Gain/Loss, Delta, Vega, Theta or Gamma as a function of stock price: ..........now (see black lines below) ..........at any future date up to the earliest strike date (see red lines below) ..........at assumed higher or lower volatilities (see green lines below) ..........with a changing price correlation to child portfolios included as an item/hedge • graphically displays the probability of future stock prices and the probability of future option portfolio Gains/Losses based on current put/call straddle prices • graphically displays the Volatility Smile for any expiration date • scales on the graph are continuously adjustable with one and two finger moves – easily zoom in or out • tap on the graph to show the X,Y value at a point and the value of the curves at that X value • diagnostics table shows all Greeks and lets you easily create a Delta neutral portfolio • 3 month US dollar LIBOR used for risk free interest rate • incorporates predicted dividend payments into the Black-Scholes calculations without making a ‘fixed dividend rate’ error in Delta Screen shots: For an explanation of these option positions, and more, see our website www.OptionPosition.com. Screen shots shown below (for both iPhone and iPad): 1) Gain/Loss for a Put Protection in AAPL 2) Gain/Loss graph for an Iron Condor in AAPL 3) Assets (iPad includes Diagnostics) for the Iron Condor in AAPL 4) Delta graph for the Iron Condor in AAPL 5) Probability of the value of the Gain/Loss for the Iron Condor in AAPL 6) Volatility Smile using data source A

About

Option Explorer

This application provides real-time option pricing data for US-based ticker symbols. Monitor key metrics like last price, bid/ask spreads, and volume across various strike prices and expiration dates without needing a brokerage account.

Highlights
  • Option pricing data
  • Track US ticker symbols
  • Monitor last price
  • Bid/ask spreads
  • Volume tracking
  • Multiple strike prices
  • Multiple expiration dates
Features
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Option Explorer puts the power of option pricing at your fingerprints. You can now track option specifics about any us based ticker symbol. The app allows you to monitor last price, bid / ask spreads and volume for multiple strike prices and expiration dates. No brokerage account required. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

OptionPosition+4 screens
Option Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Option Explorer at 4.7 against OptionPosition+'s 3.8. Option Explorer also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (156 vs 21). OptionPosition+'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. OptionPosition+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Option Explorer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Option Explorer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Option Explorer has 156 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of OptionPosition+'s written reviews are positive against 92% of Option Explorer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OptionPosition+ ships an update every 5 weeks, Option Explorer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
OptionPosition+ versus Option Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOptionPosition+Option Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (21 ratings)4.7 (156 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews92.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21156 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter KramerVladimir Doubina

Customer experience

OptionPosition+

All ratings21 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative8.5%

Option Explorer

All ratings140 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

OptionPosition+

Subscriptions3
  • full access to stock and option data$2.991 Month
  • full access to stock and option data$4.992 Months
  • full access to stock and option data$5.993 Months
1 purchases

Option Explorer

Subscriptions1
  • Ad-free OE Premium$0.991 Month

Questions

Is OptionPosition+ free?
OptionPosition+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Option Explorer free?
Option Explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OptionPosition+ or Option Explorer?
Option Explorer is rated higher. OptionPosition+ averages 3.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Option Explorer averages 4.7 from 156 ratings.
Do OptionPosition+ or Option Explorer have ads?
Option Explorer shows ads; OptionPosition+ does not.
Which is updated more often, OptionPosition+ or Option Explorer?
OptionPosition+ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Option Explorer every 4 months. Most recently, OptionPosition+ was updated on September 23, 2026 and Option Explorer on September 5, 2026.

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