Comparison

Compound Note vs Accrue

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

Head to head
About

Compound Note

Features
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Compound Note turns your daily trading result into one line. Set two of three — starting amount, target amount, period — and the app works out the third. From then on you only need to look at one number: what you have to earn today. ā–  One number for today Today's target is shown as money, not as a percentage. No mental math before you trade. ā–  One line a day Enter the day's profit or loss, or just your account balance. The app does the rest and moves you to the next day. ā–  A race you can see Every day you log becomes a step. Wins, losses, streaks and rest days line up, so you can see the shape of your month at a glance. ā–  A report in numbers Win rate, profit factor, average win and loss, longest streak — read from your own records, not from a sample. ā–  A reminder at night A push at 10 p.m. tells you tomorrow's number, so you start the day already knowing it. ā–  Your data stays on your phone Records are kept on the device. No sign-up, no account, no server. Compound Note is a journal. It does not connect to a broker or exchange, it does not recommend trades, and no return is promised.

About

Accrue

Features
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Accrue is a compound interest calculator for a strategy quoted per trading day. Enter the gain you are aiming for each market day — 0.300% — and Accrue compounds it over the 252 days a year the market is open, then says what that comes to in the terms everyone else uses: APR, APY, and the same rate read on a calendar basis. It is one screen. Every input is a field you edit with the chart in view, and the answer moves as you type. FEATURES • The daily rate is the input, not an annual figure divided down • 252 market days or 365 calendar days, switchable — and it shows what your rate is on the other one • Contributions daily, weekly or monthly • Term in days, months or years • The chart's time scale is an input too: read the same projection in days, weeks, months, quarters or years • Drag along the curve to read any point out • A breakdown table that unfolds underneath, at whatever scale you chose • Opens on whatever you left in it • Light and dark, or follow your iPhone WHY THE DAY COUNT MATTERS A gain earned per trading day compounds about 252 times a year, not 365. At 0.300% a day that is 112.73% APY on a market basis against 198.43% on a calendar one — the same number, read two ways, and the difference only means something because the daily rate is what you typed. NOT A FORECAST Accrue projects one scenario: the rate you enter, held every single day. No strategy does that, and the app makes no claim that any rate is achievable. It is a tool for seeing what compounding does. No account, no network, no tracking. Every feature is free; the optional tips in Settings unlock nothing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Compound Note4 screens
Accrue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Accrue at none against Compound Note's shown. Compound Note's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Compound Note versus Accrue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompound NoteAccrue
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerji hyun limRouse Experiments

In-app purchases

None

Compound Note

No in-app purchases

None

Accrue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compound Note free?
Compound Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Accrue free?
Accrue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Compound Note or Accrue have ads?
Compound Note shows ads; Accrue does not.

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