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TLDR: Edgewonk ($197/year) is the journal built for traders who believe their mindset is the bottleneck. Its Tiltmeter discipline tracker and emotional tagging system turn psychology into measurable data. TradesViz (free – $20/mo) is the journal built for traders who want every number, chart, and statistical edge they can extract from raw performance data — 600+ metrics, 70+ interactive charts, and a free tier generous enough to use indefinitely. Neither platform is objectively better. Edgewonk wins on behavioral coaching. TradesViz wins on analytical depth and value. Pick based on what you actually need to improve.

Most trading journal comparisons pit a clear winner against a dated underdog. This one is different. Edgewonk and TradesViz are built around fundamentally different theories of how traders improve.

Edgewonk starts with the assumption that your strategy is probably fine — the problem is you. Its entire feature set is designed to measure discipline, flag emotional decisions, and show you exactly how much money your own psychology is costing you. TradesViz starts with the assumption that you need more data, better visualizations, and sharper statistical tools to find your edge. Both approaches have merit, and the right choice depends on where your actual leaks are.

This comparison breaks down pricing, analytics, psychology features, AI tools, integrations, and user experience so you can pick the journal that matches the way you actually trade.

Quick Comparison Table

Feature	Edgewonk	TradesViz
Monthly price	$197/year (~$16.42/mo, single plan)	Free / $13/mo (Pro) / $20/mo (Platinum)
Annual price	$197/yr (1-year) / $297/yr (2-year)	~$9.75/mo Pro / ~$15/mo Platinum (25% annual discount)
Free tier	No (14-day money-back guarantee)	Yes (3,000 executions/month, 50+ visualizations)
Broker integrations	200+ import templates	200+ brokers (40+ with auto-sync)
Import method	Auto-sync, CSV, manual entry	Auto-sync, FTP sync, CSV, manual entry
Psychology tracking	Tiltmeter, emotional tagging, discipline scoring	Basic notes and tags (no dedicated system)
AI features	Edge Finder AI (pattern detection)	AI-powered Q&A, natural language queries
Mobile app	Web-based (mobile-responsive, no native app)	iOS & Android apps + PWA
Supported assets	Stocks, options, futures, forex, crypto, CFDs	Stocks, options, futures, forex, crypto, CFDs
Performance metrics	50+ pre-built stats, 20 custom stat slots	600+ statistics, 70+ interactive charts
Trade simulator	Yes (built-in)	Yes (multi-asset with historical replay)
Trustpilot rating	4.7/5 (~40 reviews)	4.4/5 (~75 reviews) [UNVERIFIED exact count]

Pricing and Value

Edgewonk keeps pricing simple: one plan, one price. You pay $197 for a full year of access (~$16.42/month), or $297 for two years (~$12.38/month). Every feature is included — Tiltmeter, Edge Finder AI, trade simulator, all import templates, and all asset classes. There are no tiers to navigate and no features locked behind upgrades. Edgewonk offers a 14-day money-back guarantee instead of a free trial.

TradesViz runs a three-tier model anchored by a genuinely usable free plan. The Basic tier costs nothing and includes 3,000 monthly executions, 50+ visualizations, and basic AI features — enough for most part-time traders to journal seriously without spending a dollar. The Pro plan at $13/month (~$9.75/month billed annually) adds unlimited imports, full AI access, and advanced analytics. The Platinum plan at $20/month (~$15/month annually) unlocks custom dashboards, pivot grids, and the complete tool suite.

Value verdict: TradesViz wins on raw affordability. The free tier is one of the most generous in the trading journal market, and even Platinum costs less annually than Edgewonk. But Edgewonk's flat pricing means you never hit a paywall mid-workflow — every psychology and analytics tool is available from day one. If behavioral coaching is your priority, Edgewonk's $197/year is a focused investment. If you want maximum analytical tools per dollar, TradesViz delivers more volume for less.

Analytics and Reporting

This is where the philosophical split between these two journals becomes concrete.

TradesViz treats data as the primary product. The platform surfaces 600+ performance statistics across 70+ interactive charts, heatmaps, and customizable dashboards. You can build pivot grids to slice your data by any combination of variables — time of day, asset, strategy, hold duration, day of week — and visualize correlations that flat reports miss. The dashboard widget system (600+ available widgets on Platinum) lets you construct views tailored to your exact trading style. For traders who think in data, TradesViz provides raw material that few competitors match.

Edgewonk offers 50+ pre-built statistics and 20 custom stat slots, which covers the core metrics every trader needs: win rate, expectancy, R-multiples, P&L distributions, and MAE/MFE analysis. The entry and exit quality scoring system grades how well you timed each trade relative to the available range. The Coin Flip Distribution analysis is unique — it compares your actual results against what random entries with the same exits would produce, isolating whether your edge comes from timing entries or managing trades.

If you want to drown in data and find your own patterns, TradesViz gives you more surface area. If you want curated metrics that directly answer whether your process is working, Edgewonk is more focused. Tracking the right metrics matters more than having the most metrics — but the definition of "right" depends on your stage as a trader.

Psychology and Discipline Tracking

This is Edgewonk's defining advantage and the primary reason traders choose it over analytically stronger alternatives.

The Tiltmeter is a real-time discipline tracker. You create custom rules for entries, exits, and trade management, then rate each component of every trade as positive, negative, or neutral. The Tiltmeter aggregates these ratings into a visual discipline score that shifts green (disciplined) or red (undisciplined) as you log trades. Over time, you can filter your P&L by Tiltmeter score to see exactly how much money your rule-following trades make versus your impulsive ones.

Edgewonk also supports emotional tagging — you can label trades with states like "revenge trade," "FOMO entry," or "felt fearful," then run reports to see how each emotional state correlates with outcomes. The insight this produces is often the same: even traders with losing overall records frequently have profitable subsets of trades where they followed their rules. The problem is execution, not strategy. The Tiltmeter provides the feedback loop that turns that awareness into measurable improvement.

TradesViz supports notes and custom tags on trades, which you can use to log emotional states manually. But there is no structured psychology system — no discipline scoring, no Tiltmeter equivalent, and no automated behavioral pattern detection. You can approximate some of this by tagging consistently and filtering reports, but it requires more manual effort and doesn't produce the same kind of targeted feedback.

For traders who have identified discipline as their primary leak, Edgewonk's psychology suite is the single most focused tool available in any trading journal.

AI and Automation

Both platforms have invested in AI, but their implementations reflect their different philosophies.

Edgewonk's Edge Finder AI analyzes your trade history to identify your statistical edge — which setups, market conditions, and execution patterns produce your best results. It surfaces patterns that manual analysis might miss and helps you understand which trades to take more of and which to cut. The AI is focused on pattern recognition within your existing data rather than open-ended conversation.

TradesViz's AI Q&A takes a conversational approach. You can ask natural-language questions like "what is my average hold time on winning futures trades?" or "which day of the week has my worst performance?" and get data-backed answers pulled from your journal. This is closer to having a research assistant that can query your database on demand. The AI is available even on the free tier with basic access, scaling up on paid plans.

Edgewonk's AI is more proactive — it finds patterns you didn't think to look for. TradesViz's AI is more reactive — it answers the questions you already have. Both are useful, and neither replaces the discipline of consistent trade logging. The best AI analysis in the world can't help if your journal is empty.

Broker Integrations and Import

Both platforms support 200+ brokers, but the import experience differs meaningfully.

TradesViz offers the more flexible import system. Around 40+ brokers support full auto-sync, including Interactive Brokers, Schwab, Robinhood, MetaTrader 4/5, TradingView, and multiple cryptocurrency exchanges. TradesViz also supports FTP-based sync and real-time connections for MetaTrader 5 — the only journal offering all three sync methods for MT5 users. Connected accounts sync automatically every 24 hours, or you can trigger manual syncs on demand. Crypto traders benefit from direct exchange integrations that many journals lack.

Edgewonk provides 200+ import templates covering major brokers and platforms. Auto-sync is available for supported brokers, with CSV import as the fallback. The import process is straightforward, and templates handle column mapping automatically for supported platforms. Traders using prop firms like FTMO or less common platforms may need to use generic CSV formats with both journals, though Edgewonk's template library tends to cover niche platforms well.

If seamless auto-sync is a priority, TradesViz has a slight edge with more direct API connections and its unique triple-sync approach for MetaTrader users. For most traders using mainstream brokers, both platforms get trades into the journal without much friction.

User Experience and Learning Curve

Edgewonk transitioned to a fully web-based platform with version 3.0, accessible through any browser on desktop or mobile. The interface is clean but dense — the Tiltmeter, trade simulator, and analytics panels require time to understand and configure properly. Initial setup (creating custom rules, defining entry/exit criteria for the Tiltmeter) takes more upfront effort than most journals. Once configured, daily logging is quick. Edgewonk does not have a dedicated native mobile app, though the web interface is responsive on phones and tablets.

TradesViz has a steeper learning curve driven by sheer volume — 600+ statistics and 70+ chart types mean the dashboard can feel overwhelming on first login. The platform compensates with a native iOS app, an Android app, and a PWA (progressive web app) that works on any mobile browser. The v2.0 mobile update added advanced metrics, auto-sync triggers, and dark mode. For traders who review data on their phone between sessions, TradesViz offers a meaningfully better mobile experience.

Neither platform is hard to use. Both are hard to master. The difference is that Edgewonk's complexity comes from behavioral configuration (setting up your Tiltmeter rules correctly matters), while TradesViz's complexity comes from analytical breadth (knowing which of 600+ stats actually matter for your style).

Choose Edgewonk If…

Discipline is your primary leak. If you already have a profitable strategy but can't stop breaking your own rules — revenge trading, oversizing, chasing entries — the Tiltmeter is purpose-built for this problem. No other journal offers the same level of structured discipline tracking.
You want psychology treated as data, not just notes. Emotional tagging and discipline scoring turn subjective experience into quantifiable patterns. You'll see exactly how much money fear, greed, and impulsiveness are costing you.
You prefer one price with everything included. At $197/year with no tiers, no upsells, and no feature gates, Edgewonk is the simplest pricing model in the category. Every tool is available immediately.
You value entry and exit quality scoring. Knowing whether your entries or your exits are the weak link — and by how much — is something Edgewonk surfaces that most journals don't measure directly.
You trade multiple asset classes within one journal. Stocks, futures, forex, crypto, options, and CFDs all coexist in a single Edgewonk instance without switching accounts or paying extra.

Choose TradesViz If…

You want the deepest analytics available in any journal. 600+ statistics, 70+ charts, heatmaps, pivot grids, and customizable dashboards give you more raw analytical power than any competitor at this price point.
A free tier is important to you. TradesViz's Basic plan (3,000 executions/month, 50+ visualizations, basic AI) is one of the most capable free trading journals available. You can journal seriously for months without paying anything.
You need a native mobile app. Dedicated iOS and Android apps plus PWA support mean you can review trades, trigger syncs, and log notes from your phone — something Edgewonk doesn't match with its browser-only mobile access.
Auto-sync flexibility matters. With 40+ direct auto-sync connections, FTP sync, and real-time MT5 integration, TradesViz reduces the friction of getting trades into your journal to near zero.
You want conversational AI for querying your data. TradesViz's natural-language Q&A lets you ask ad-hoc questions about your performance without building reports or filters manually.

The Verdict

This comparison doesn't have a clean winner because Edgewonk and TradesViz solve different problems.

If you've been trading long enough to know that your strategy works but your execution doesn't, Edgewonk is the better investment. The Tiltmeter alone justifies the $197/year for traders whose P&L suffers from preventable discipline failures. The psychology-first approach is unique in the journal market, and no competitor replicates it with the same depth.

If you're a data-driven trader who wants to slice performance by every possible variable and find statistical edges buried in your history, TradesViz delivers more analytical surface area at a lower price point. The free tier makes it accessible to beginners, and Platinum at ~$15/month annually still costs less than Edgewonk while offering 12x the number of trackable statistics.

For many traders, the honest answer is that they need both — behavioral coaching and deep analytics. If your budget allows only one, ask a simple question: do you already know what your edge is and struggle to execute it consistently? That's Edgewonk. Are you still searching for where your edge comes from? That's TradesViz.

Both platforms offer low-risk ways to test the fit. Edgewonk's 14-day money-back guarantee and TradesViz's free tier mean you can try each without committing.

For a broader look at your options, see our full reviews: Edgewonk review | TradesViz review | TradeZella review

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Edgewonk or TradesViz better for beginners?

TradesViz is more beginner-friendly because of its free tier. You can import up to 3,000 trade executions per month and access 50+ visualizations without paying anything. Edgewonk requires a $197 annual commitment upfront, though it includes a 14-day money-back guarantee. If you're still learning whether journaling works for you, starting with TradesViz's free plan is the lower-risk path.

Does Edgewonk have a mobile app?

Edgewonk does not have a dedicated native app for iOS or Android. The platform is fully web-based and mobile-responsive, so you can access it through your phone's browser. TradesViz offers both native mobile apps (iOS and Android) and a PWA option, giving it the edge for traders who prefer dedicated mobile experiences.

Can I track trading psychology in TradesViz?

TradesViz supports notes and custom tags on trades, which you can use to log emotional states and trading psychology observations. However, it does not have a structured psychology system like Edgewonk's Tiltmeter. There is no automated discipline scoring, no emotional-state-to-P&L correlation, and no rule-adherence tracking. If psychology tracking is a core requirement, Edgewonk is the stronger choice.

Which journal has more broker integrations?

Both platforms support 200+ brokers and trading platforms. The difference is in sync quality: TradesViz offers 40+ direct auto-sync connections plus FTP and real-time MT5 sync options. Edgewonk provides auto-sync for supported brokers and 200+ CSV import templates. For most mainstream brokers, both journals get your trades imported smoothly. TradesViz has a slight advantage for MetaTrader users and crypto exchange integrations.

Is Edgewonk worth it at $197 per year compared to TradesViz's free plan?

It depends on your primary improvement goal. If you've identified discipline and emotional control as your main trading weaknesses, Edgewonk's Tiltmeter and psychology suite provide structured feedback that TradesViz's free plan cannot replicate. At ~$16/month, that's a focused investment in behavioral improvement. If your priority is analytics depth and you're comfortable interpreting data without guided psychology tools, TradesViz's free tier delivers strong value — and even its Platinum plan at $20/month costs less than a comparable all-in-one alternative.

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