Comparison

Portseido vs Scaryfolio

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

Head to head
About

Portseido

Track all your investments, including stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies, across over 70 exchanges. Monitor dividends, manage asset allocation, and measure portfolio performance with detailed analytics and visualizations. Keep your investments under control from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Track 70+ stock exchanges, ETFs, and Cryptos
  • Monitor past and future dividends
  • Manage asset allocation and performance
  • Measure portfolio performance against benchmarks
  • Supports multiple currencies and portfolios
  • Historical performance and trade analytics
Features
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A powerful portfolio and dividend tracker that provides rich analytics and visualizations of your portfolio, providing historical performance, trade analytics, allocations and many more. Have your investments under control from your mobile device. Track all investments in one place, see past and future dividends, monitor asset allocations, measure and benchmark portfolio performance, and more. TRACK ALL INVESTMENTS IN ONE PLACE - Cover over 70+ stock exchanges, 20,000+ ETFs, and Cryptos - Display in any currency in the world - Aggregate multiple portfolios and easily switch between them - Easy to set up TRACK YOUR DIVIDENDS - Automatically add dividends - Track historical dividends - Manage and plan your future dividends MANAGE YOUR ASSET ALLOCATION - See how your portfolio is allocated - Monitor how each position performs - Track your average cost over time MEASURE PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE - Measure your performance against your preferred benchmarks - Track your return with Simple Return, Time-Weighted Return (TWR) and Money-Weighted Return (MWR) - See your performance in any period

About

Scaryfolio

Access your investment portfolio, track performance, and plan for financial independence with this native client for Ghostfolio. View detailed account information, market insights, and customize your experience with widgets and notifications across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Portfolio dashboard with interactive charts
  • Detailed account and transaction tracking
  • Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) planning tools
  • Watchlist and market performance insights
  • Customizable widgets and Apple Watch complications
  • In-app notifications and Siri shortcuts
  • Privacy controls for financial data
Features
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Scaryfolio brings Ghostfolio to your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch with a beautiful, native experience across all your devices. Whether you use Ghostfolio Cloud or run your own self-hosted instance, Scaryfolio gives you instant access to investments, watchlist, market insights, notifications, shortcuts, and long-term planning tools from anywhere. PORTFOLIO DASHBOARD - Beautiful interactive charts - Track performance across 1D, 1W, 1M, 3M, 1Y, YTD, and All-time - View portfolio value, net worth, gains, returns, and account performance - Choose whether charts show portfolio value or performance - Customize summary metrics, axis lines, ticker display, and cash handling ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - View all investment accounts in one place - See detailed holdings, balances, currencies, positions, and transactions - Track dividends, buys, sells, fees, and interest income - Add and edit activities with a native workflow - Create accounts and manage balances with Scaryfolio Pro FIRE PLANNING - Plan financial independence and early retirement from your portfolio - Project growth using assets, monthly savings, return assumptions, and retirement date - Estimate sustainable yearly and monthly withdrawals - Explore contribution and growth projections with an interactive chart - Add FIRE widgets for withdrawal estimates and time left until retirement WATCHLIST & MARKETS - Track symbols in your Ghostfolio watchlist - Browse market benchmarks and detailed performance charts - Sort by name, ticker, or distance from all-time high - View all-time high performance, market condition, and 50-day/200-day trends WIDGETS & WATCH - Add portfolio, performance, chart, and FIRE widgets - Choose accounts, time ranges, and metrics for supported widgets - See portfolio value and performance without opening the app - Use Lock Screen complications for quick portfolio updates - Track your portfolio, accounts, and holdings on Apple Watch NOTIFICATIONS, SHORTCUTS & SPOTLIGHT - Get in-app portfolio notifications for 1D, weekly, monthly, and yearly performance - Choose scheduled times and report options for each notification - Use App Shortcuts and Siri to open screens or retrieve portfolio and account metrics - Find accounts quickly with Spotlight search - Build custom workflows in the Shortcuts app PERSONALIZATION - Enable or hide Portfolio, Accounts, Watchlist, and Markets tabs - Show net worth or portfolio value - Exclude uninvested cash from account totals - Blur financial amounts with privacy controls - Fine-tune lists, charts, summaries, widgets, notifications, and shortcuts SCARYFOLIO PRO Unlock full portfolio management and advanced customization with a single in-app purchase: - Create and delete investment accounts - Record buy and sell transactions - Log dividends, interest income, fees, and expenses - Search for stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, or cryptocurrencies - Use FIRE planning, advanced widgets, personalization, premium views, and portfolio/account data shortcuts PRIVACY & SECURITY - Your data stays on your Ghostfolio server - Secure token-based authentication - No tracking, no ads, no data collection - Works with Ghostfolio Cloud and self-hosted instances REQUIREMENTS - A Ghostfolio account (ghostfol.io or self-hosted) - Your Ghostfolio Security Token Scaryfolio is an unofficial client for Ghostfolio, the open-source wealth management software loved by investors worldwide. Take control of your financial future with native apps for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Portseido4 screens
Scaryfolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Portseido at none against Scaryfolio's 5. Portseido also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Scaryfolio's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, 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. Scaryfolio sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Portseido asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Portseido ships an update monthly, Scaryfolio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Portseido versus Scaryfolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortseidoScaryfolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPortseido Co., Ltd.Eduardo Almeida

Customer experience

Portseido

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

Scaryfolio

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Portseido

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Scaryfolio

Subscriptions1
  • Scaryfolio Pro$5.991 Year
One-time4
  • Friendly Ghost$0.99
  • Helpful Haunt$2.99
  • Legendary Phantom$5.99
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  • Scaryfolio Pro$11.99

Questions

Is Portseido free?
Portseido is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scaryfolio free?
Scaryfolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Portseido or Scaryfolio have ads?
Neither Portseido nor Scaryfolio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Portseido or Scaryfolio?
Portseido ships an update monthly, and Scaryfolio every 3 days. Most recently, Portseido was updated on November 3, 2026 and Scaryfolio on November 9, 2026.

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