Comparison

OptionPosition+ vs Option Calculation

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 Calculation

Features
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This is an effective and practical app for calculation of European-style option! Based on BSM Model: • support to calculate option price, implied volatility, put-call parity. • When you calculate option price/implied volatility, the greeks are calculated and show simultaneously. • Support to show option price/delta/gamma for 2D/3D interactively! • Overlay contracts' curve with different days/implied volatility in same graph. For example, to calculate option price: input underlying price, strike price, days to expire, riskless rate, implied volatility, tap the blue button in the bottom, the option price will be calculated and show immediately! Then tap the button in the top right, show function line of delta/gamma and underlying price in theory. Slide to change the underling price, see how price/delta/gamma changes.

Screenshots

OptionPosition+4 screens
Option Calculation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Option Calculation at none against OptionPosition+'s 3. OptionPosition+'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Option Calculation asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OptionPosition+ ships an update every 5 weeks, Option Calculation every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OptionPosition+ versus Option Calculation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOptionPosition+Option Calculation
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter Kramerjiang jin fu

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
None

Option Calculation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OptionPosition+ free?
OptionPosition+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Option Calculation free?
Option Calculation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OptionPosition+ or Option Calculation have ads?
Neither OptionPosition+ nor Option Calculation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OptionPosition+ or Option Calculation?
OptionPosition+ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Option Calculation every 2 months. Most recently, OptionPosition+ was updated on September 23, 2026 and Option Calculation on September 19, 2026.

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