Comparison

OptionPosition+ vs Optactic

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

Optactic

This tool helps experienced traders visualize and plan options strategies, while also offering learning resources for beginners. It simplifies complex strategies, visualizes risks and rewards, and provides strategy recommendations. The app is fully functional offline.

Highlights
  • Visualize risks and rewards
  • Build exit plans
  • Strategy recommendations
  • 40 pre-defined strategies
  • Offline functionality
  • Black-Scholes pricing model
Features
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Optactic is a very useful tool for experienced traders to plan and visualize options strategies.  Beginners can also use this app to learn and master various options strategies using the in-app learning resources. - Simplify complex Options strategies. - Visualize risks and rewards through time and volatilities. - Build exit plans. - Strategy recommendations based on your predictions. - Rank strategies by potential rewards and risks. - 40 pre-defined Options strategies or build your own custom strategy. - Chance of profit, expected profit and returns, greeks, margin estimation. - Provide hook to your own DIY market data server. - Fully functional offline. Accuracy - Option price calculation is based on black scholes pricing model. - Stock price probability is based on log normal. - Rigorously tested to meet the strict accuracy requirement of our in-house traders. Continuous Improvement - We are actively developing new features, fixing bugs and improve app performance. - Our goal is to make Optactic an indispensable tool for option strategists. EULA - We follow the Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

OptionPosition+4 screens
Optactic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Optactic at free with in-app purchases against OptionPosition+'s subscription. Optactic also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). OptionPosition+'s advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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. OptionPosition+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Optactic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Optactic holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OptionPosition+ has 21 ratings behind it against 4, 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 100% of Optactic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OptionPosition+ ships an update every 5 weeks, Optactic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OptionPosition+ versus Optactic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOptionPosition+Optactic
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (21 ratings)4.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter KramerHonghai Gu

Customer experience

OptionPosition+

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

Optactic

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
4 purchases

Optactic

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Version$17.99

Questions

Is OptionPosition+ free?
OptionPosition+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Optactic free?
Optactic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OptionPosition+ or Optactic?
Optactic is rated higher. OptionPosition+ averages 3.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Optactic averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do OptionPosition+ or Optactic have ads?
Neither OptionPosition+ nor Optactic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OptionPosition+ or Optactic?
OptionPosition+ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Optactic every 3 weeks. Most recently, OptionPosition+ was updated on October 7, 2026 and Optactic on September 28, 2026.

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