Comparison

Balafin vs ChartStreak

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

Head to head
About

Balafin

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Balafin is a private, local-first financial planning app for seeing where your household stands today and exploring where a plan could lead. Enter your household, accounts, debts, real assets, income, and expenses by hand. Balafin does not link to banks, hold money, place trades, or tell you what to do. Your numbers stay on your device and sync only to your own private iCloud. Sync is on by default and can be turned off in Balafin’s Security settings. The developer cannot read your private iCloud data. Overview for today See current net worth, cash flow, savings, debt, and investment allocation facts in one calm view. Open each metric to see what it is based on and its limitations. Plan for what comes next Explore long-term projections with taxes, required debt payments, and retirement withdrawals. The assumptions that drive each result stay visible. Balafin separates current facts from projections and marks estimates clearly. Balafin Free Your household data, complete projection, plan outlook, disclosures, privacy controls, and security settings stay free. Free uses Balafin's starting assumptions and targets without hiding an unfavorable result. Balafin+ Balafin+ lets you set your own targets and assumptions, save alternative plans, compare them, and run the Stress Tester. A plan updates when you change its facts or assumptions. A Balafin+ subscription also supports Balafin Free and continued improvements. Balafin+ is $49.99 per year. Eligible new subscribers can start a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm a purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Apple charges the Apple Account for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage the subscription and turn off auto-renew in Apple Account settings after purchase. If you purchase a subscription before a free trial ends, the unused part of the trial ends immediately. Balafin provides estimates for informational and educational purposes. It does not provide financial, investment, tax, or legal advice, and results are not guarantees. Privacy Policy https://balafin.com/privacy/ Terms of Use https://balafin.com/terms/

About

ChartStreak

Test your market prediction skills by guessing future price movements on historical charts. Compete daily and weekly for badges and rewards, or practice with a trading simulator. Challenge friends to see who can forecast best.

Highlights
  • Guess price movements on real historical charts
  • Daily and weekly challenges
  • Trading simulator with candle-by-candle progression
  • Challenge friends with custom charts
  • Market prediction practice
  • Earn badges and rewards
Features
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ChartStreak is a chart game built on real market history. You see a slice of a real chart with the dates hidden, and you call where the price will be seven candles later. Then the rest of the chart plays out. HOW A DAY WORKS • Five charts a day, one from each market: crypto, forex, indices, stocks and commodities. • 30 seconds per chart. Tap the chart to set your forecast, submit, and see what really happened. • Your score compares your call with the plain “no change” forecast on the same chart, scaled to how volatile that chart was. • All five charts count. Keep your streak going day after day. • The daily challenge needs a linked email; Price forecast, the trading simulator and shared charts work without one. • The day’s top 3 can get a badge, and streaks of 7 and 30 days get one too. WEEKLY TOURNAMENT • Your best 5 days out of 7 make your weekly score. • The week’s top 5 can receive rewards in premium days, under the tournament rules. • Entry is free and automatic: a day counts once you answer at least three of its charts. PRACTICE BETWEEN DAYS • Price forecast: single charts from crypto, forex, indices, stocks and commodities. • Trading simulator: step through a chart candle by candle, open and close trades with your own position size and see your P&L. CHALLENGE FRIENDS Share a finished day or training round as a “play my chart” link. Friends play your charts and land on a mini leaderboard with you. A training round on intraday charts or with a longer history needs premium to play. PREMIUM • Unlimited training and simulator runs. • Pick the market, instrument, era and timeframe, including 4-hour, hourly and 15-minute charts. • Indicators (MA, EMA, BOLL, RSI, MACD, Supertrend) and chart drawing in Price forecast and the trading simulator. • Run journal and metrics. Premium is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. New subscribers may start with a 7-day free trial if the App Store offers it: payment is charged to your Apple ID when the trial ends, or at confirmation of purchase if there is no trial. It renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, trial included; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. ChartStreak is a game for education and entertainment. It is not investment advice, and nothing in it is a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Charts are historical; no real money is traded. Apple is not a sponsor of the ChartStreak tournament and is not involved in it in any way. Tournament rules: https://chartstreak.app/rules/ Terms: https://chartstreak.app/terms/ Privacy: https://chartstreak.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Balafin4 screens
ChartStreak3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ChartStreak at 15.1 against Balafin's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Balafin sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year and ChartStreak sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Balafin against 5.0 for ChartStreak. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Balafin ships an update every 3 days, ChartStreak every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Balafin versus ChartStreak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalafinChartStreak
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB40 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShawn ValcoPavel Kastsiukou

Customer experience

Balafin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ChartStreak

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Balafin

Subscriptions1
  • Balafin+ Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

ChartStreak

Subscriptions1
  • Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Balafin free?
Balafin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChartStreak free?
ChartStreak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Balafin or ChartStreak?
Balafin and ChartStreak are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Balafin or ChartStreak have ads?
Neither Balafin nor ChartStreak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Balafin or ChartStreak?
Balafin ships an update every 3 days, and ChartStreak every 5 days. Most recently, Balafin was updated on November 5, 2026 and ChartStreak on November 6, 2026.

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