Comparison

TIC vs TraderWaves

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

Head to head
About

TIC

This app provides AI-powered market intelligence for traders, offering educational trade ideas, risk-free practice trading, and real-time market data. It includes tools for learning, analysis, and staying updated on economic events, with options for integrating broker accounts.

Highlights
  • AI-powered trade ideas
  • Risk-free paper trading
  • Live market heatmap
  • TradingView charts
  • Copy trading hub
  • TIC Academy
  • AI Advisor
Features
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Trading journal, AI coaching and market analysis in one place. TIC brings a trading journal, AI coaching, paper trading, market research and a trader community into one workspace. Plan your next decision, record what happened and learn from your own trading history across forex, gold, indices and crypto. JOURNAL YOUR TRADES. UNDERSTAND YOUR HABITS. Keep trades, notes, tags and chart screenshots together. Organise your setups with Playbooks, explore journal analytics and use AI Trade Review to examine patterns in your recorded trades. Export supported journal data to CSV and build a record you can learn from. AI ADVISOR AND WEEKLY COACHING Ask the AI Advisor about a chart, market context or trading discipline. With Elite, Chart Vision helps examine chart screenshots, while Weekly Coach reviews your recorded activity and follows up on your previous focus. Coaching requires sufficient trading history. AI can make mistakes; check its output before acting. CONNECT YOUR ACCOUNTS View supported MT4/MT5 account balances, equity, positions and history with Elite. Automatic imports help bring closed trades into your journal. Supported Binance, Bybit and IBKR connections are available across plans. Connections are read-only; TIC does not place broker orders. Import coverage and availability vary by provider. PRACTISE AND REPLAY Use paper trading and a virtual portfolio to practise without placing real-money trades. Join the Trading League or use Elite's Backtest Lab to replay historical charts and work through decisions candle by candle. Simulated results are not actual investment returns. DISCUSS SETUPS WITH OTHER TRADERS Pro and Elite members can join the discussion room, share chart images, ask questions, react and reply in threads. Stay involved with reply and TIC Team notifications according to your settings. Discuss individual trade ideas and join “Ask Ahmed” every Sunday. Free members can preview conversations. YOUR DAILY MARKET WORKSPACE Follow watchlists, price alerts, charts, market sentiment, the economic calendar and market sessions. Explore market analysis, price scenarios and confidence breakdowns where available. Trade ideas include timeframes, reasoning, opposing factors, entry, stop and three targets. TIC Desk brings your tools together on mobile and desktop, with access based on your plan. RISK, CAPITAL AND DISCIPLINE Use position-size, pip, margin and compound-growth calculators. Elite adds capital planning and Prop Guardrails to help monitor configured daily-loss and drawdown limits using available account data. These tools cannot prevent losses or guarantee compliance with a provider's rules. LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE Build your knowledge with Trading Academy lessons and quizzes. Learn, practise and review your trading at your own pace. START FREE. CHOOSE WHAT YOU NEED. Start with free tools, manual journaling and paper trading. Pro adds AI and journal capabilities plus member discussions. Elite adds weekly coaching, Backtest Lab, Chart Vision, broker account tools and more. Features, usage limits and prices are shown in the app. English, Arabic with right-to-left support, and other languages are available. TIC provides educational tools and market commentary, not personalised investment advice. Trading involves risk and you can lose money. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Market data and alerts depend on providers and connectivity. Pro and Elite are paid auto-renewing subscriptions. Prices, billing periods and limits appear before purchase. Payment is processed by Apple. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://tahsininvestmentsco.com/app/privacy Terms of Service: https://tahsininvestmentsco.com/app/terms

About

TraderWaves

Track your trading performance with a comprehensive journal and analytics platform. Review trade history, analyze key metrics, and manage your workflow. Offers interactive charts and custom notes to enhance your trading strategy.

Highlights
  • Trade journal for decision review
  • Performance analytics and metrics
  • Detailed trade history
  • Daily journal and strategy notes
  • Interactive charts
  • Push notifications
Features
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TraderWaves is a trading journal and analytics platform built for traders who want a clearer view of their performance. Connect supported trading accounts, track your trade history, review key performance metrics, write journal notes, analyze charts, and manage your trading workflow from one place. Key features: - Trade journal for reviewing decisions and outcomes - Performance analytics and account metrics - Trade history with detailed execution review - Daily journal, strategy notes, and templates - Interactive charts and market review tools - Backtesting session review - Push notifications for important account activity TraderWaves is designed for analysis, journaling, and performance review. It does not provide financial advice, trading signals, or investment management. Trading involves risk, and you are responsible for your own trading decisions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://traderwaves.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://traderwaves.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

TIC4 screens
TraderWaves4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TraderWaves at 5.0 against TIC's 4.6. TIC's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. TIC sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and TraderWaves sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TraderWaves holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TIC has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TIC ships an update every 6 days, TraderWaves monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TIC versus TraderWaves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTICTraderWaves
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB53 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperTAHSIN INVESTMENTS & CO LIMITEDWallace FX Ltd

Customer experience

TIC

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TraderWaves

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TIC

Subscriptions4
  • TIC Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
  • TIC Elite Monthly$69.991 Month
  • TIC Pro Annual$199.991 Year
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  • TIC Elite Annual$499.991 Year
2 purchases

TraderWaves

Subscriptions2
  • TraderWaves Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
  • TraderWaves Pro Yearly$239.991 Year

Questions

Is TIC free?
TIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TraderWaves free?
TraderWaves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TIC or TraderWaves?
TraderWaves is rated higher. TIC averages 4.6 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while TraderWaves averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do TIC or TraderWaves have ads?
Neither TIC nor TraderWaves shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TIC or TraderWaves?
TIC ships an update every 6 days, and TraderWaves monthly. Most recently, TIC was updated on October 25, 2026 and TraderWaves on October 24, 2026.

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