Comparison

Futures Journal vs PA

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

Head to head
About

Futures Journal

Log and analyze futures trades with this powerful iPhone app. Track performance, manage risk with a built-in calculator, and view delayed market data. Designed for serious futures traders to improve their edge.

Highlights
  • Log trades with detailed entry/exit prices, strategy, and notes
  • Performance dashboard with P&L, win rate, and balance tracking
  • Auto-close trade tracking based on stop loss or profit target
  • Built-in risk calculator for position sizing
  • Delayed futures quotes and charts
  • Pre-loaded and custom futures symbols
Features
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Futures Journal — The trading journal built for futures traders. Stop tracking trades in spreadsheets. Futures Journal helps you log trades, analyze performance, and manage risk in one powerful iPhone app designed specifically for futures markets. Whether you trade ES, NQ, CL, GC, or micro futures, Futures Journal gives you the tools to review your performance and improve your edge. Track Every Trade Log trades in seconds with a clean, streamlined interface. Record entry and exit prices, symbol, strategy, stop loss, risk-to-reward ratio, and notes so every trade is documented. Keep a complete searchable trade history and quickly edit or delete entries when needed. Performance Dashboard See how your trading is performing at a glance. Track: • Current account balance • Total profit & loss • Win rate • Win / loss counts • Average win and average loss • Maximum gain and loss A cumulative P&L chart helps you visualize your performance over time so you can identify trends and refine your strategy. Auto-Close Trade Tracking Automatically close journal entries when the delayed market price reaches your stop loss or profit target. This helps keep your journal accurate without manually updating trades. Important: Futures Journal is a journal only. It does not connect to your broker or place trades. Built-In Risk Calculator Size positions instantly using your maximum risk per trade and ATR. The calculator uses symbol-specific tick size and tick value so contract sizing and risk calculations remain accurate for each futures market. Futures Market Data View delayed futures quotes and charts directly inside the app. Refresh prices on demand and analyze the market without leaving your journal. Pre-Loaded Futures Symbols Futures Journal includes tick size and tick value data for major contracts including: ES, NQ, RTY, MES, MNQ, CL, GC, SI, MCL, MGC, and ZB You can also add custom symbols and strategies in the setup screen. Easy Setup Enter your starting account balance and begin logging trades immediately. The app structure mirrors traditional spreadsheet journals, making it easy to migrate from Excel. You can also load sample data to explore the app before adding your own trades. Built for Serious Traders Futures Journal is built natively with SwiftUI and SwiftData for speed, reliability, and a clean dark-mode interface. Your trading data stays stored on your device, giving you a focused journaling experience without unnecessary complexity. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PA

This app connects directly to your prop firm broker to verify trading performance data. It pulls real-time balance and PnL directly from the source, ensuring accuracy and preventing manipulation. Track payouts, blown accounts, and gain insights into firm-level trading realities.

Highlights
  • Connects to prop firm brokers (Rithmic, Tradovate)
  • Verifies PnL and balance from source
  • Tracks live balance and cumulative history
  • Optional public scoreboard for verified results
  • Monitors payouts and blown accounts
  • Data encrypted with AES-256-GCM
Features
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PA-Tracker connects to your prop firm broker and verifies every PnL number from the source. Self-reported trading screenshots don't survive daylight. PA-Tracker pulls your real balance and PnL straight from Rithmic and Tradovate — the same data your broker sees — and timestamps it. No edits. No cherry-picking. WHAT IT DOES • Connect your Apex, Topstep, or other prop firm account via Rithmic or Tradovate • See your live balance, today's PnL, and cumulative history • Opt into the public scoreboard — verified handles, firms, and outcomes • Track payouts, blown accounts, and firm-level trading reality • Free. WHO IT'S FOR Traders who believe the edge is provable, firms that want third-party verification, and anyone tired of screenshots masquerading as track records. HOW YOUR DATA IS HANDLED • Broker credentials encrypted AES-256-GCM at rest • Your data is yours — nothing public unless you opt in • No device fingerprinting, no cross-app tracking, no data brokers • Full privacy policy at pa-tracker.com/privacy WHAT IT'S NOT PA-Tracker doesn't place trades. It only reads balance state. Your trading, your risk, your broker — all you. We just show the numbers the way they actually happened. If the edge is real, it survives daylight.

Screenshots

Futures Journal4 screens
PA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PA at none against Futures Journal's 1. PA also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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. Futures Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. PA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Futures Journal against 3.7 for PA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Futures Journal versus PA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFutures JournalPA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTyler EassonDavid Wright

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Futures Journal

Subscriptions1
  • Futures Journal Pro$4.991 Month
None

PA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Futures Journal free?
Futures Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PA free?
PA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Futures Journal or PA?
Futures Journal and PA are both rated 3.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Futures Journal or PA have ads?
Neither Futures Journal nor PA shows ads.

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