# Portfolio Trader review (2026) — features, pricing & alternatives | PortfolioGlance

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**Native Apple portfolio tracker with both MWR and TWR, cost-basis accounting and a one-time purchase.**

Portfolio Trader is a native iOS, iPadOS and watchOS portfolio tracker from Purescope, a one-product Australian company that has shipped it continuously since 2012. It is a record-keeping and P&L-analysis tool built around manual and CSV-imported transactions with automatic pricing: no broker connection, no accounts and no server, with data kept on device and optional iCloud sync. It reports both money-weighted and time-weighted returns, offers FIFO or average-cost accounting, and handles multi-currency holdings within a single portfolio. Unusually for the category, it is unlocked by a one-time in-app purchase rather than a subscription.

- Pricing: Freemium
- Category: Portfolio trackers
- Official site: https://www.iportfoliotrader.com

**Best for:** Apple-only, self-directed investors who hold listed equities, ETFs, investment trusts and funds across several currencies, want cost-basis accuracy, and prefer to pay once and keep their data on device.

## Strengths

- Both MWR and TWR on the portfolio history chart, with index overlay — strong on the most-contested dimension
- Cost-basis accounting you can choose: FIFO or Average Cost, exposed as a setting
- True multi-currency inside a single portfolio, with GBP-in-pence handling that many trackers get wrong
- Local-only, account-free architecture with Face ID lock, plus an Apple Watch app and home-screen widgets
- One-time purchase rather than a subscription — structurally attractive in a subscription-heavy field

## Trade-offs

- Apple-only — no Android, no web app
- No broker or bank sync of any kind; every transaction is manual or CSV
- No dividend forecast, health score, rebalancing, goals, custom tags, AI or backtesting
- Pricing is opaque — the free cap is only described as "small portfolios", with two same-named Pro purchases at $4.99 and $49.99
- No tax-report output, and no first-party evidence of crypto, bonds or metals

## Portfolio Trader vs PortfolioGlance

Portfolio Trader beats us where the Apple platform wins: a native iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch experience with widgets and offline, local-only data ownership, deeper per-position cost-basis mechanics (a FIFO/average-cost toggle, pence-quoted GBP handling), and a one-time purchase with no subscription. It reports both MWR and TWR, so on return method it is a genuine draw — we cannot claim that as a differentiator here. PortfolioGlance is a web app, but adds AI portfolio analysis, a health score, rebalancing, goal projection, custom tag dimensions, dividend forecasting and broader asset and platform reach (Android and web), with a free core that has no position cap. Pick Portfolio Trader if you live in the Apple ecosystem and want a pay-once local ledger; pick PortfolioGlance for the analysis and decision layer and cross-platform reach.

## Features at a glance

| Feature | Portfolio Trader |
| --- | --- |
| Pricing | Freemium |

### Tracking & data

| Feature | Portfolio Trader |
| --- | --- |
| Manual entry | Yes |
| CSV / broker import | Yes |
| Automatic bank/broker sync | Not supported |
| Multi-asset | Partial |
| Multi-currency | Yes |
| Dividend tracking | Yes |
| Dividend/income forecast | Not supported |
| Tax reports | Not supported |

### Analysis & insights

| Feature | Portfolio Trader |
| --- | --- |
| AI portfolio analysis | Not supported |
| AI asset & market analysis | Not supported |
| Portfolio health score | Not supported |
| Rebalancing & drift | Not supported |
| Goal & time-to-goal | Not supported |
| Custom groupings / tags | Not supported |
| Return method (TWR/MWR) | Yes |
| Benchmark & alpha | Yes |
| Backtesting & scenarios | Not supported |

### Access & pricing

| Feature | Portfolio Trader |
| --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes |
| No account linking required | Yes |
| Open source | Not supported |
| Self-hostable | Not supported |
| Public API | Not supported |

### Platform & reach

| Feature | Portfolio Trader |
| --- | --- |
| Mobile app | Yes |
| Multi-language | Yes |

### Community & extras

| Feature | Portfolio Trader |
| --- | --- |
| Public / social portfolios | Not supported |
| AI portfolio review | Not supported |

Verified 2026-07-21
Sources:
- Portfolio Trader — official site (Both Money-Weighted and Time-Weighted returns) — https://www.iportfoliotrader.com/
- iTunes Lookup API (id 581430942) — identity, ratings, version, one-time IAP — https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=581430942
- App Store — US listing (feature list, "(both MWR and TWR)", FIFO/Average Cost) — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/portfolio-trader-stock-tracker/id581430942
- App Store — GB listing (one-time purchase, no subscription; CSV import) — https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/portfolio-trader-stock-tracker/id581430942
- Portfolio Trader — Privacy policy (no accounts, no personal data) — https://www.iportfoliotrader.com/privacy/

## Popular comparisons

- Portfolio Trader vs PortfolioGlance — https://www.portfolioglance.com/investing-apps/portfolio-trader-vs-portfolioglance.md
- My Stocks Portfolio & Market vs Portfolio Trader — https://www.portfolioglance.com/investing-apps/my-stocks-portfolio-vs-portfolio-trader.md

*This overview is editorial and for information only — not financial advice or an endorsement. Features and pricing may have changed since publication; check the official site for the latest details.*