TradesViz is one of the few journals in this space with an actual permanent free plan, not just a trial — and it backs that up with a genuinely large feature set even on the paid tiers. This is an honest comparison for a futures/prop-firm trader deciding between the two, not a case against a tool that does a lot of things well.
What TradesViz gets right
- A real free-forever plan. No card required, essential journaling, import, and basic analytics included, not just a time-limited trial.
- An enormous amount packed into low-priced paid tiers. Pro at $19.99/month (or $14.99/month annually) covers all asset types, 100+ charts, and powerful grid/filtering tools; Platinum at $29.99/month adds AI coaching, AI Q&A, trading simulators, and 600+ statistics.
- Wide broker auto-sync. 250+ brokers supported, across stocks, options, futures, forex, crypto, and CFDs on the paid plans.
- Genuinely dense analytics. 600+ statistics and custom dashboards on the top tier is more raw data than most traders will use, but it's there if you want it.
Where the fit gets narrower
The free plan is stocks-only. A futures trader can't actually use TradesViz's free tier for their own trades — futures import requires at least the Pro plan, which changes the free-vs-free comparison a futures trader would actually be making.
It's a broad, multi-market analytics platform, not a futures specialist. Covering stocks, options, futures, forex, crypto, and CFDs with 600+ generic statistics is a real strength for a multi-asset trader, but nothing in that breadth is specifically built around a futures trading day's session boundary or a prop-firm evaluation account's drawdown rules.
Risk-simulation and AI coaching are Platinum-only. The features closest to what a prop-firm trader would actually want — risk simulators, AI review — sit behind the top $29.99/month tier, not the entry paid plan.
Where ExpectancyIQ is different
ExpectancyIQ's free trial is built around futures specifically, not stocks — imports from Tradovate, NinjaTrader, cTrader, or Topstep exports during a 14-day trial (then read-only), with a FIFO fill-matcher reconstructing exact per-fill commission from fills-based data. The 5pm CT trading-day rollover is handled as a core rule, so an overnight hold doesn't get split across two days that never happened. The trial already includes the Trade Score, 43 of the 53 report charts, and prop-firm rule tracking (drawdown type, loss limits, consistency, distance to bust). Forecast — 1,000 simulated futures of your own trades, showing your chance of passing versus busting — and the AI Coach sit on Pro, much as TradesViz gates its risk simulators and AI coaching behind Platinum; the difference is that Pro is ExpectancyIQ's only paid tier. The AI Coach (Pro) reviews a single trade against your plan, sums up your day, grades your week A to F with three actions, summarises your strengths and leaks, and answers questions about your own results. It works only from figures the app has already calculated, so when a number isn't there it tells you what to log instead of guessing. A per-account deposits/withdrawals ledger, a running per-trade balance column, and per-account currency keep the balance figure reconciled for a funded account topped up incrementally, paid out, or denominated in GBP/EUR — international funded accounts TradesViz's stocks-first free tier doesn't address.
The honest trade-off: ExpectancyIQ's free access is a 14-day trial (then read-only) on one account, with no dedicated stock or options import and nowhere near TradesViz's 600+ statistics. If you want the widest possible free analytics on stock trades, or need options-specific tooling, TradesViz's breadth wins there.
Pricing side by side
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ExpectancyIQ Free | $0 | 14-day trial, then read-only: 1 account, Trade Score, 43 report charts, full journal and reviews |
| ExpectancyIQ Pro | $132/year, or $99/year during a promotion — the price you join at is the price you keep | Annual only, 5 accounts, AI Coach, all-time stats, all 53 charts including the Forecast simulator, cTrader auto-sync |
| TradesViz Free | $0 | Stocks only, 1 account, 3,000 executions/month |
| TradesViz Pro | $19.99/mo ($14.99/mo annual) | All asset types, unlimited import, 10 accounts |
| TradesViz Platinum | $29.99/mo ($22.49/mo annual) | AI coaching, risk simulators, 600+ statistics, 20 accounts |
Both companies adjust pricing and plan limits periodically — check current numbers on each site before deciding.
Who each tool is actually right for
If you trade stocks and want the widest free analytics available, or you trade across several asset classes and want one very deep, low-priced tool for all of them, TradesViz is a strong, honestly-priced option. If futures and prop-firm evaluation accounts are specifically what you trade, and you want a free trial that actually applies to your market plus session mechanics and commission accounting handled correctly by default, that's the gap ExpectancyIQ is built for. Which one is "better" genuinely depends on which market you're trading.
Curious how it looks on your own futures trades? Import a CSV into ExpectancyIQ for free, or read the broader case for journaling at all in Why Keep a Trading Journal?. If TradeZella is also on your shortlist, see ExpectancyIQ vs. TradeZella.