Comparison

MCarloRisk3D vs Edge FX

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

Head to head
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.

About

Edge FX

This platform provides financial institutions with advanced trading solutions for accessing global FX, NDF, and Metals markets. It offers ultra-low latency electronic access to competitive liquidity through a proprietary trading system.

Highlights
  • Access to global FX, NDF, and Metals liquidity
  • Ultra-low latency trading
  • Proprietary trading platform
  • Workflow management solutions
  • Electronic market access
Features
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Edgewater Markets is a leading technology-driven market leader in workflow management and execution services, providing complete software solutions for banks, asset managers, brokers and other financial institutions to competitively and efficiently access global markets. We provide access to consistently competitive FX, NDF and Metals liquidity electronically via EdgeFX.Pro™, our proprietary, ultra-low latency trading platform.

Screenshots

Edge FX3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Edge FX at every 10 days against MCarloRisk3D's every 2 months. Edge FX also leads on device support (3 vs 1). MCarloRisk3D's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MCarloRisk3D against 5.0 for Edge FX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MCarloRisk3D ships an update every 2 months, Edge FX every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MCarloRisk3D versus Edge FX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMCarloRisk3DEdge FX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdifferential enterprisesEdgewater Markets

Customer experience

MCarloRisk3D

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

Edge FX

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MCarloRisk3D

No in-app purchases

None

Edge FX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MCarloRisk3D free?
MCarloRisk3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Edge FX free?
Edge FX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MCarloRisk3D or Edge FX?
MCarloRisk3D and Edge FX are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do MCarloRisk3D or Edge FX have ads?
Neither MCarloRisk3D nor Edge FX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MCarloRisk3D or Edge FX?
MCarloRisk3D ships an update every 2 months, and Edge FX every 10 days. Most recently, MCarloRisk3D was updated on October 10, 2026 and Edge FX on October 13, 2026.

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