Comparison

Stock Position vs MCarloRisk3D

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

Head to head
About

Stock Position

Analyze stock market data for your investment portfolio. Track asset prices, visualize historical performance, and calculate key financial metrics like beta and CAPM expected return. Manage multiple portfolios with detailed insights.

Highlights
  • Download and analyze market price data
  • Track individual asset and portfolio values
  • Graph historical price performance (up to 10 years)
  • Compare portfolio to market factors
  • Calculate beta and CAPM expected return
  • Manage multiple portfolios
  • Real-time gain/loss display
Features
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Stock Position downloads and analyzes market price data of a portfolio of stock assets (NYSE or NASDAQ). It lists the current market price of the individual assets and the portfolio, graphs the price (over the past 10 years) of individual assets and the portfolio, compares the price (over time) to any listed market factor, correlates the rate of return to determine the beta value for the individual assets and the portfolio, and displays the standard deviation and CAPM expected return of the individual assets and the portfolio. * 8 portfolios of 40 assets each (or 1 portfolio of 5 assets if no subscription). * quick display of asset and portfolio current values and gain/loss (many values are real time) * use asset proxies (surrogates) to track intra-day asset values * weekly beta calculated from any start/end dates IMPORTANT NOTE: Although initially free, Stock Position requires an In App Purchase subscription (non-renewing) to use many features. A one month initial subscription for each device is included for free. Screenshots below: (All with similar portfolios) 1) CAPM graph showing portfolio diversification with a beta of .96, return slightly better than the market risk with an Alpha of 2.2%. 2) asset table - portfolio total is $ down $464 in the day. A proxy (SPY) is used to value the day's change in FPURX. 3) stocks graphed cumulatively from 2013 to 2021. Rate of return 14.9%. 4) Portfolio correlation to a market factor (SPY) showing a beta of .96 since 01/01/13, a return of 15.2% which is 2.2% (alpha) better than the market risk-related return. Beta sensitivity to Start Date is displayed by moving the slider. 5) Portfolio comparison to a market factor (SPY) showing close correlation with small residuals until recently (due to FDX and TSLA).

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.

Screenshots

Stock Position4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MCarloRisk3D at 100% against Stock Position's 50%. MCarloRisk3D also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Stock Position's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and iOS requirement 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. Stock Position sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MCarloRisk3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MCarloRisk3D holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Stock Position's written reviews are positive against 100% of MCarloRisk3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stock Position ships an update every 8 months, MCarloRisk3D every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and July 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stock Position versus MCarloRisk3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStock PositionMCarloRisk3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter Kramerdifferential enterprises

Customer experience

Stock Position

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

MCarloRisk3D

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stock Position

One-time2
  • load/graph data for 1 month$0.99
  • Load/graph data for 6 months$1.99
None

MCarloRisk3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stock Position free?
Stock Position is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MCarloRisk3D free?
MCarloRisk3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stock Position or MCarloRisk3D?
MCarloRisk3D is rated higher. Stock Position averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MCarloRisk3D averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stock Position or MCarloRisk3D have ads?
Neither Stock Position nor MCarloRisk3D shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stock Position or MCarloRisk3D?
Stock Position ships an update every 8 months, and MCarloRisk3D every 2 months. Most recently, Stock Position was updated on August 20, 2026 and MCarloRisk3D on July 20, 2026.

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