Comparison

Optionnaire vs Options Academy

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

Head to head
About

Optionnaire

Learn about investing and options trading with short, structured lessons. This app builds financial knowledge step-by-step, with no assumed background. Practice your skills with paper trading before investing real money.

Highlights
  • Structured financial lessons
  • Investing 101 module
  • Options trading module
  • Paper trading practice
  • Progress tracking
  • No assumed financial background
Features
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Optionnaire is a financial education app built to close the gap — with short, structured lessons that build real knowledge, one concept at a time. No assumed background. No embarrassing questions. Just learning that actually sticks. Start where you are. Optionnaire launches with two learning modules designed to take you from curious to confident: Investing 101 Learn how the stock market works, what it means to own a share, how brokerage accounts function, and how to start thinking like an investor — before you put a single dollar in. Options Trading Once you've got the basics, step into one of the most misunderstood — and most powerful — tools in investing. Learn what options contracts are, how buyers and sellers interact, what premiums and strike prices mean, and how strategies like covered calls and cash-secured puts actually work. How it works: Lessons are short, focused, and designed to build on each other. Fill-in-the-blank exercises help you lock in what you've learned — the same way you'd commit a language to memory. Progress through a visual path and see how far you've come. Practice with paper trading to test what you know. Why Optionnaire? Most finance resources assume you already know things. Most courses are expensive and hard to finish. Most apps skip the learning and go straight to the trading. Optionnaire is different. We put education first — because confident investors make better decisions. And better decisions change your financial life. More modules coming soon. Start with what you have. Build toward what you want.

About

Options Academy

Learn options trading through a structured curriculum and interactive simulator. Practice strategies, analyze market conditions, and understand risk without using real money. Gain confidence before making actual trades.

Highlights
  • Structured options curriculum
  • Black-Scholes pricing simulator
  • Greeks Lab and Strategy Builder
  • Implied Volatility (IV) Screener
  • Candlestick pattern quiz
  • AI Trade Explainer
  • Daily Catalysts and Trade Planning
Features
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Options are powerful. They're also misunderstood by most of the people trading them. Options Academy is the curriculum traders wish they had before their first real trade — a structured, simulator-driven learning environment for self-directed learners who want to understand options from first principles. No real money. No brokerage connection. Just the education. THE CURRICULUM Twelve in-depth sections cover everything from the basics of calls and puts to market structure, macro catalysts, tax strategy, broker selection, and trading psychology. Each section builds on the last, giving you a coherent picture of how options actually work — not just how to place them. BLACK–SCHOLES SIMULATOR A live Black–Scholes pricing engine sits at the core of the app. Run option scenarios across a virtual portfolio sized from $1,000 to $1 million and watch exactly how price, time, volatility, and the Greeks interact under real market conditions. It's the clearest way to build intuition for options pricing before you ever risk a dollar. GREEKS LAB AND STRATEGY BUILDER Adjust delta, theta, vega, gamma, and rho with live sliders and watch P/L shift in real time. The Strategy Builder lets you construct up to four-leg spreads, see net Greeks across the full position, and understand the risk profile of any structure before committing capital. IV SCREENER Monitor implied volatility across 75 tickers at a glance. Pull a full IV breakdown for any symbol on demand — rank, percentile, 52-week range, and suggested strategies based on the current vol environment. PATTERN QUIZ AND SETUP LIBRARY Build chart-reading fluency through a candlestick pattern quiz that drills the setups options traders actually rely on. The Setup Library catalogs famous options setups with clear explanations of the mechanics behind each one. AI TRADE EXPLAINER Every trade teaches you something — if you understand what happened and why. The AI Trade Explainer breaks down trade outcomes in plain language, turning each simulated scenario into a genuine lesson rather than just a result. DAILY CATALYSTS AND TRADE PLANNING The Daily Catalysts board tracks upcoming earnings, Fed decisions, and CPI releases so you always understand the macro context driving vol. A structured trading plan workspace helps you think through entries, exits, and risk before you act. LEARN WITHOUT RISK Options Academy has no connection to any real brokerage, and nothing in the app constitutes financial advice or a recommendation to trade. This is an educational simulator — designed to help you build genuine conviction through understanding, not speculation. XP, streaks, badges, and a visual mastery progress tree track where you are in the curriculum. Sign in with Apple keeps your account private and secure. If you're serious about understanding options before putting real capital on the line, start here.

Screenshots

Optionnaire4 screens
Options Academy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Optionnaire at Free against Options Academy's $9.99. Optionnaire also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Options Academy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Optionnaire is free to download; Options Academy costs $9.99 up front. 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 Optionnaire against 5.0 for Options Academy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Optionnaire versus Options Academy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOptionnaireOptions Academy
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOptionnaire LLCBRYAN H LANGE

Customer experience

Optionnaire

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

Options Academy

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

In-app purchases

None

Optionnaire

No in-app purchases

None

Options Academy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Optionnaire free?
Optionnaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Options Academy free?
Options Academy costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Optionnaire or Options Academy?
Optionnaire and Options Academy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Optionnaire or Options Academy have ads?
Optionnaire shows ads; Options Academy does not.

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