Comparison

JASTX vs BEX

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

Head to head
About

JASTX

Organize your investment research and trading reflections with a structured journaling app. Capture ideas, annotate charts, and build a searchable archive of your market analysis. Export your data and maintain local backups for long-term record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Multiple notebooks for organization
  • Structured notes for ideas and reviews
  • Image capture and annotation
  • OCR text recognition
  • Advanced search capabilities
  • PDF/CSV data export
  • Local backup options
Features
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JASTX is a note-taking and review journal app designed for personal investment research and trading reflection. It helps you organize market ideas, chart screenshots, thesis updates, and review notes into a structured archive you can revisit over time. Create notebooks for different strategies, sectors, or workflows. Add rich notes, attach images, annotate screenshots, tag records, and link related stocks so each decision has context and supporting evidence. With OCR text recognition, filtering, search, statistics, PDF/CSV export, and local backup tools, JASTX makes it easier to build a long-term research record and keep your investment process organized. Key Features Organize research with multiple notebooks Write structured notes for ideas, plans, and reviews Capture photos or import images from your library Annotate screenshots and research images Use OCR to recognize text in images Search by title, content, stock, tag, and OCR text Review records through statistics and summary views Export data as PDF or CSV Keep local backups of your archive JASTX is intended for record-keeping and personal research organization only. It does not provide investment advice or guarantee results.

About

BEX

Features
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BEX-ts Insight is a financial information platform designed to help users stay informed about global markets through real-time news, AI-powered analysis, market intelligence, and economic data.

Screenshots

JASTX3 screens
BEX4 screens

Verdict

The call

JASTX and BEX are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
JASTX versus BEX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJASTXBEX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRay SantanaDavid Bushee

In-app purchases

None

JASTX

No in-app purchases

None

BEX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JASTX free?
JASTX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BEX free?
BEX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JASTX or BEX have ads?
Neither JASTX nor BEX shows ads.

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