Comparison

MintMonitor vs CCC Options Scanner

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

Head to head
About

MintMonitor

This app projects your balance forward, showing bills and paychecks on their actual dates. It helps you visualize your financial future up to three months ahead, highlighting potential low points and providing detailed breakdowns of income and expenses.

Highlights
  • Daily balance projection up to 3 months
  • Calendar view of income and expenses
  • Bills and paychecks on real dates
  • Customizable budget cycles
  • Spending breakdown by category
  • Savings goals tracking
  • Cloud backup and restore
Features
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MintMonitor projects your balance forward, one day at a time. Most budgeting apps are good at telling you where the money went. MintMonitor tells you where it's going: bills and paychecks land on their real dates instead of being smoothed into a monthly average, so you can see the day your balance dips while there's still time to do something about it. YOUR BALANCE, THREE MONTHS AHEAD • Every day between today and three months out, with the balance at the close of each one • Read it as three figures or as a balance chart, drawn from the same day-by-day walk • The low point in each cycle, dated — a tight week is visible before you reach it • Cleared and pending kept apart, so you know what's actually in the account A PROJECTED CALENDAR YOU CAN READ TWO WAYS • A month grid showing each day's net movement and the balance after it • Or a table: one row per day, with income, expenses and the projected balance in their own columns • Tap any day to see what it's made of — every bill, paycheck and budgeted amount behind the figure • Pick the one the dashboard opens in, and switch whenever you like BILLS AND PAYCHECKS ON THEIR REAL DATES • Bills weekly, every two weeks, monthly, quarterly or annual • Paychecks weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly • Add a bill as paid, or drop one from the month when it isn't happening • Reminders ahead of a due date, and a follow-up if one goes past due BUDGETS THAT MATCH HOW YOU'RE PAID • A budget per category, by week, two weeks, half-month or month • Dated bills come out of their budget rather than on top of it • Alerts when a category is near its limit or over it — you pick the point • Start your budget cycle on the day you're actually paid, not the 1st • Choose which day your weeks begin, separately from that cycle WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING • Spending broken down by category over 30, 60 or 90 days, or six months • Income against expenses, month by month • Savings goals with a target amount and a target date, editable as plans change • Reserve a goal's contribution as a budget, on the day the money actually moves SET UP IN ONE SITTING • A guided walkthrough for your starting balance, income and budgets • Suggested budgets to start from, rather than a blank page • Set up mid-month and the first cycle scales to the days that are left • A tour of the app whenever you want it again YOUR TRANSACTIONS, AND YOUR WAY OUT • Filter by date, type, cleared status or category, and save the view you use most • Export your full history to CSV whenever you want it BACKED UP AND IN STEP • Cloud backup after changes, restored on any device you sign in to • Sign in with Apple, and delete your account and its data from inside the app BUILT TO BE PLAIN • Every figure traceable to what produced it — no unexplained numbers • Dark and light themes • Eight currencies • A glossary of every term the app uses NO BANK CONNECTION MintMonitor never asks for your bank login. You enter what you earn and what you owe, and every projection is built from that. SUBSCRIPTION MintMonitor Access unlocks the whole app — no limited tier, no upsells inside. Choose monthly or annual, starting with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. MintMonitor is a budgeting tool. It doesn't give financial advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CCC Options Scanner

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CCC Options Scanner turns options and macro intelligence into a structured mobile workflow for active traders. Move from discovery to confirmation, planning, journaling, and review without rebuilding your research at every step. CCC organizes the process as Scan It. Confirm It. Trade It. Journal It. Enhance It. SCAN Follow live Options Radar activity with flow score, premium, directional context, and signal timing. Compare three focused scanner panels—Swing, Options 5D, and Smart Money—or customize the lineup with Sector, ETF, and Earnings scanners. Use Advanced Screeners to explore Options, Seasonality, Stocks, and Volatility with your own criteria. CONFIRM Open the underlying ticker directly from a radar or scanner result. Review an interactive chart, price structure, support and resistance, options confirmation, gamma levels, expected movement, event risk, news, filings, earnings, and additional CCC research context. TRADE FRAMEWORK Translate the available intelligence into a decision framework with setup grade, confidence, directional bias, five-day trigger and invalidation levels, strike references, target time horizon, volatility structure, gamma context, and scenario guidance. Contract information is a selection framework—not an executable quote or fabricated recommendation. Verify the live option chain, listed strikes, bid-ask spread, volume, open interest, implied volatility, and event risk before acting. JOURNAL Create and review trade journal entries. Add execution screenshots and let CCC prefill the details it can identify, then review and edit every field before saving. ENHANCE Study completed trades to identify what worked, what cost you, and what to improve in the next decision cycle. CCC Options Scanner does not place trades, custody funds, or connect to a brokerage for order execution. It is an educational market-intelligence, research, planning, and journaling product—not a broker, investment adviser, or source of personalized financial advice. Nothing in the app is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Options involve substantial risk and are not suitable for every investor. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MintMonitor4 screens
CCC Options Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MintMonitor at none against CCC Options Scanner's 2. MintMonitor also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. CCC Options Scanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MintMonitor asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MintMonitor versus CCC Options Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMintMonitorCCC Options Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMintMeter LLCStonk Emporium LLC

In-app purchases

None

MintMonitor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CCC Options Scanner

Subscriptions2
  • CCC Mobile$9.991 Month
  • CCC VIP + Mobile$29.991 Month

Questions

Is MintMonitor free?
MintMonitor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CCC Options Scanner free?
CCC Options Scanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MintMonitor or CCC Options Scanner have ads?
Neither MintMonitor nor CCC Options Scanner shows ads.

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