Comparison

Poltergeist vs Stock

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

Head to head
About

Poltergeist

Learn stock market investing through simulated trading games. Explore fictional companies or historical data, and build your financial knowledge with interactive lessons. Review your performance and understand investment fundamentals.

Highlights
  • Simulated stock trading
  • Story mode with fictional companies
  • Classic mode with historical data
  • Interactive lessons on investing
  • Portfolio performance review
  • Offline play
Features
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Your portfolio in a changing world. Follow the news, connect events, and decide where to invest in Poltergeist, a stock market game with simulated money. STORY MODE: FOLLOW THE WORLD Manage a portfolio of fictional companies and funds in a simulated world. Follow the news cycle, watch events unfold, and trace their connections across industries and borders. Explore where companies produce and sell, then decide what to buy, what to sell, and when to hold. CLASSIC MODE: PAPER TRADE REAL HISTORY Read candlestick charts and trade through historical stock market data. Each turn reveals another trading day's closing prices. Take long or short positions, choose how much to invest, and see how your decisions play out over a 100-day game. The stock and historical period are revealed when you finish. ACADEMY: UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTALS Work through short lessons on shares, cash, portfolios, orders, risk, and benchmarks. Interactive examples let you change the inputs and see what happens. Check your understanding, revisit a lesson, and learn at your own pace. METRICS: REVIEW YOUR DECISIONS Compare your results with buying and holding the stock. Review completed games, hit rate, time invested, and drawdown to understand more than the final balance. Built for iPhone and iPad, with a dark terminal interface and layouts that make room for more detail on larger screens. Play offline, with no account required. All trading uses simulated money. Classic uses historical daily data, not live prices or intraday trading.

About

Stock

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Stock Master: Buy Low, Sell High! Become the ultimate Stock Master in this fast-paced market simulator. With just two buttons - Buy and Sell - can you outperform the market? Challenge yourself to make smart decisions and maximize your profits. Are you ready to master the art of trading? Download Stock Master now and start your journey to financial mastery!

Screenshots

Poltergeist4 screens
Stock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stock at Free against Poltergeist's $4.99. Stock also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Poltergeist's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months). On in-app purchases 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

Stock is free to download; Poltergeist costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poltergeist ships an update every 2 weeks, Stock every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Poltergeist versus Stock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoltergeistStock
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErlend Lovoll StromBeijing Ningdom Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Poltergeist

No in-app purchases

None

Stock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poltergeist free?
Poltergeist costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stock free?
Stock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Poltergeist or Stock have ads?
Stock shows ads; Poltergeist does not.
Which is updated more often, Poltergeist or Stock?
Poltergeist ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stock every 14 months. Most recently, Poltergeist was updated on November 7, 2026 and Stock on November 4, 2026.

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