Bala量化 vs ChartLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bala量化
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Bala Quant - Multi-Period Stock & ETF Screener, Daily Market Wrap & Real-time Alert Tool Bala Quant is a high-performance, cross-platform quantitative analysis assistant designed for individual investors and quant researchers. [Key Features] 1. Daily Market Wrap & Theme Tier Ladder: - Objective market sentiment thermometer and 90-day historical review calendar based on public exchange data. - Structured theme tier ladder displaying space height, first-board followers, and core capacity stocks, alongside 09:25 call auction volume movers and dragon-tiger institutional flow data. 2. Multi-Period Stock & ETF Screener & Custom Strategies: - Full-market screening across Daily, Weekly, and Monthly timeframes for both stocks and ETFs (with 3-decimal precision). - Natural-language semantic strategy editor supporting MA, MACD, KDJ, RSI, BOLL, and volume patterns, with home-screen pinning and configurable intraday radar intervals. 3. Historical Backtesting & Paper Trading Portfolio: - Long-term historical backtesting with customizable capital, position sizing, and stop-loss/take-profit rules. - Virtual portfolio tracking with real-time P&L calculation, target TP/SL monitoring, and settlement review cards. 4. Multi-Period Real-time Alerts: - Configurable price, percentage change, volume, and technical alerts across Daily, Weekly, and Monthly levels. - Instant delivery via Apple Push Notifications (APNs) and Webhooks (WeCom, Feishu, DingTalk). 5. Cross-Platform Experience & Multi-Group Watchlist: - Unlimited cloud-synced watchlist groups and adaptive split-view layout for iPad, foldables, and macOS. [Disclaimer] All market data, strategies, backtests, and paper trading tools in this app are for informational and research purposes only and do not constitute financial advice or profit guarantees. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investing involves risk. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://balajiang.com/privacy
ChartLab
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ChartLab is a candlestick review and backtesting training tool built for traders. It includes real historical candlestick data for US stocks and A-shares, recreating past market movements so you can practice buy and sell decisions repeatedly in a risk‑free environment. 1. Two training modes: Random blind training (stock code and time hidden), and training with selected stocks and custom time ranges 2. Stock screener: Support limit-up, consecutive limit-ups, uptrend, rising volume with rising price, all-time high, 1-year high and many other filter conditions 3. Freely switch between time-sharing, minute, daily and other cycles; supports drawing, chip peak indicators and dozens of technical indicators 4. Real historical market replay, fully replicating limit rules, fees, short interest and other trading rules 5. Long and short simulated orders. Full records of profit/loss, win rate and maximum drawdown for every trade 6. Conditional order simulation: Grid trading, take-profit / stop-loss, pullback & rebound, price triggers, daily change rules and more strategies 7. Advance candle by candle to practice market reading and build trading intuition, avoiding hindsight bias 8. Auto-generated trading reports to validate your strategies and help you build your own trading system Whether you are a beginner learning candlestick basics or an experienced trader refining entry and exit logic, you can gain experience and improve your skills via historical backtesting. This app is for educational and simulation purposes only. No real stock trading service is provided. Simulation results do not guarantee future market performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bala量化 at every 6 days against ChartLab's fortnightly. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Bala量化 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ChartLab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bala量化 ships an update every 6 days, ChartLab fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bala量化 | ChartLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 晓东 陈 | YoElephant |
In-app purchases
Bala量化
- 普通会员 - 1个月1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Plus 会员 - 1个月$9.991 Month
- Pro 会员 - 1个月$14.991 Month
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- 普通会员 - 12个月$39.991 Year
- Plus 会员 - 12个月$99.991 Year
- Pro 会员 - 12个月$149.991 Year
ChartLab
- Quarterly Membership$36.99
- Annual Membership$89.99








