Comparison

SWFX HD vs MCarloRisk3D

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

Head to head
About

SWFX HD

This platform offers real-time financial data and analysis tools optimized for iPad. Access live charts, market news, economic calendars, and financial TV to stay informed about market movements. It adapts data flow based on connection speed for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Live Charts with technical analysis
  • Market News
  • Economic Calendars
  • Financial TV
  • Daily High/Low
  • Movers & Shakers
  • Pivot Point Levels
Features
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The most innovative platform available on the iPad! Special iPad edition gives you more information at the same time thanks to great display of iPad. Enjoy a genuine iPad application with the following features: - Live Charts with technical analysis - Market News - Economic Calendars - Financial TV - Daily High/Low - Movers & Shakers - Pivot Point Levels In order to let you acces the app from anywhere, app supports Edge/3G/Wi-Fi connection types with an automatic connection control system that adapts data flow size depending on the connection speed. DISCLAIMER: Any information provided by the application does not constitute a forecast of the market value of any instrument at any time and is not an investment advice or recommendation in any form.

About

MCarloRisk3D

Estimate future stock and crypto prices with advanced Monte Carlo simulations. Backtest your strategies and account for extreme market events with customizable parameters. Offers 3D visualizations for enhanced understanding of probability surfaces.

Highlights
  • Monte Carlo price/probability estimation
  • Stock and crypto analysis
  • Backtesting and verification
  • 3D probability surface visualization
  • Optional Black Swan events
  • Tunable forward volatility
  • Historical data resampling
Features
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Get estimates of price / probability distribution into the future, fast, for stocks and crypto. Backtest your results. Don't just multiply volatility by root(t), do a monte carlo study and cover the extreme bases. Give the symbol-pushers a run for their money. Can your equation throw in random, out of the ordinary shocks of different magnitude and probability? This app can! MCarloRisk3D: with 3D viewing options for better understanding of the estimated probability surface. Now with price data feeds for higher market cap crypto coins. Stock price risk analyzer app for the common man. Now with optional Black Swan events and tunable forward volatility. Estimates future price distribution using random walk theory. 
Background discussion: E. Fama article on early random walk studies from the 1960's:

 http://www.ifa.com/Media/Images/PDF%20files/FamaRandomWalk.pdf

 New model calibration tutorial:

 http://diffent.com/tuning1.pdf

 The app uses prior data from the stock in question for volatility estimates. 

User can control how far back in time to use historical data to capture only the current "epoch" of a company or of the market as a whole if desired. 
Built-in backtesting, verification, and model tuning tools.

 -- Details -- 

This app models daily stock returns as a stable stochastic process and estimates a future price distribution by Monte Carlo re-sampling from an "empirical distribution" of a user-specified subset of prior (known) daily returns. 

Be sure to press the Run Monte button on the Monte Carlo tab after changing settings or downloading a new data set. 

This app downloads historical data from Google Finance as base data to resample. Prices are converted to daily returns [P(t)/P(t-1)] before resampling. The user can choose how far back to resample. By estimating a probability distribution of future prices at the user-specified investment horizon in this manner, we can give risk-of-loss estimates in thumb-rule fashion. 

Reports out estimated price and %loss estimates at the commonly used levels of 1st percentile and 5th percentile (1% and 5% risk). Also reports out median (50th percentile) price estimates at the given number of days forward. Calculations are performed on daily Closing price data. An artificial shock filter is provided, which can be used to reject the resampling of prior returns that are artificially large (due to splits or other artificial re-valuations that do not affect the underlying value of the asset). The stochastic model may be tuned or calibrated only by adjusting the maximum number of days backwards to sample or adjusting the black swan parameters. Model Validation features: 

On the Monte Carlo tab, you can withhold any number of recent days from the model and then plot the results of the stochastic risk forecast as lower-bound envelopes at 1% and %5 estimated probability (risk) levels. 

 Validate tab:

 This allows you to perform an exhaustive validation on your model by withholding several points, computing the model, comparing the forward prediction of the model versus the actual reserved data, and repeating this in increasing time sequence for all withheld points.

 A vertical "Cursor Beam" is provided that you can drag across the new plots in the Monte Carlo tab and the Validate tab to show the plotted values from several curves at once, with the values color-coded to the curves.

 Show the full price probability plot linked to the days-forward setting of the Monte Carlo graph. This is a slice thru the probability surface generated by the Monte Carlo procedure.
 The app provider makes no claims as to the suitability of this app for any purpose whatsoever, and the user should consult an investment advisor before making investment decisions.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MCarloRisk3D at 5.0 against SWFX HD's 1.0. MCarloRisk3D also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MCarloRisk3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SWFX HD versus MCarloRisk3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSWFX HDMCarloRisk3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSWFX - Swiss FX Marketplace SAdifferential enterprises

Customer experience

SWFX HD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

MCarloRisk3D

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SWFX HD

No in-app purchases

None

MCarloRisk3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SWFX HD free?
SWFX HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MCarloRisk3D free?
MCarloRisk3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SWFX HD or MCarloRisk3D?
MCarloRisk3D is rated higher. SWFX HD averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MCarloRisk3D averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SWFX HD or MCarloRisk3D have ads?
SWFX HD shows ads; MCarloRisk3D does not.
Which is updated more often, SWFX HD or MCarloRisk3D?
SWFX HD ships an update every 2 months, and MCarloRisk3D every 2 months. Most recently, SWFX HD was updated on October 23, 2026 and MCarloRisk3D on October 10, 2026.

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