Price and plans
| ForexFin | Edgewonk | Tradervue | TradeZella | TradesViz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid plans | Trader €5/month, or Forever €25 once (same features) | One plan: $197 per 12 months, VAT added at checkout | Silver $29.95/month · Gold $49.95/month | Essential $35 · Pro $59 · Ultra $99 per month; $315 / $531 / $891 per year | Pro €17.99/month or €13.49/month billed yearly · Platinum €25.99/month or €19.46/month billed yearly |
| Free plan | Yes, no card: logging, entry and exit tags with the tag matrix, equity curve, P&L calendar, CSV import, up to ten accounts | No | Yes, with limits (see Tradervue's plan table) | None listed on the pricing page | Yes: stocks only, one account, 3,000 executions a month |
| Try before paying | Trader: first 30 days free, no card | 14-day money-back guarantee | Trial on Silver or Gold at signup; card charged at the end unless you switch to free | Not stated on the pricing page | 7-day free trial on Pro and Platinum |
| Getting trades in | CSV from MT4, MT5, cTrader and most brokers, reviewed row by row before saving; screenshot import on Trader. No live broker sync. | Import from supported brokers (list on Edgewonk's site) | Imports and broker sync on paid plans | "500+ broker and prop firm integrations" | CSV import on all plans; "70+ auto-sync connections" listed |
| Markets | Forex and gold | Forex, stocks, futures, crypto, indices, commodities, options | Stocks and ETFs, with forex, futures and options support listed | Futures, forex, crypto, CFDs and more | Forex on Pro and Platinum, plus stocks, options, futures, crypto and CFDs |
Prices as published on each vendor's own pricing page on 25 September 2026, in the currency shown there, before VAT. TradesViz showed euro prices to our EU connection. Vendors change prices; check their page before you buy. TraderSync is not in the table because its pricing page could not be checked on that date.
What makes a good trading journal for forex
A journal is only useful if the numbers in it are right and it answers the question you actually have, which is usually “which of my trades make money, and why?” For forex, five things decide that.
Results in R, not only in money. A €40 win means little unless you know you risked €20 to make it. Measuring each trade in R (profit or loss divided by the amount risked) lets you compare trades of different sizes and accounts of different balances.
Import that keeps the broker's figures. MetaTrader and cTrader statements carry commission and swap. A journal that rebuilds profit from prices alone will disagree with your broker; one that keeps the broker's net profit will not. Check what happens to a trade that doesn't parse: silently dropped, or shown to you?
Reasons you can count. Free-text notes are hard to add up. Tags for why you entered and why you exited can be counted, so the journal can show which reasons carry your results.
More than one account. Prop-firm challenges and a personal account are separate risk pots. The journal should keep them apart and still let you see them together.
A price that fits the account. On a €1,000 account, €50 a month for a journal is 5% of the account every month before a single trade. Match the cost to what's at stake.
Two more are worth checking before you commit: whether you can get your data out again, and where it is stored.
Where each one fits
ForexFin
Does well. The cheapest paid plan here (Trader €5/month, or Forever €25 once), and the free journal works on its own: logging, entry and exit tags with a tag matrix, equity curve, P&L calendar, CSV import and up to ten accounts. Trades with a stop loss are scored in R, and the tag matrix shows win rate and result per entry and exit reason. CSV files from MT4, MT5 and cTrader are read directly; every imported row is shown for review before it is saved, and the broker's net profit is kept.
On Trader. Unlimited accounts, screenshot import, mapping for CSV layouts the importer doesn't recognise, and behaviour flags on each account's trades: re-entering within ten minutes of a loss, raising size after a loss, clusters of rapid trades, losses beyond planned risk, and trades taken in the quiet hours after the New York close. Written week, month and lifetime retrospectives are checked against your own figures (in beta).
Weaker. No live broker sync. Forex and gold only. No export of your trades yet. A young product.
Pick it if you trade forex or gold on MetaTrader or cTrader, want results in R by setup and entry reason, and want the lowest price in this table.
Edgewonk
Does well. One annual price ($197, VAT added at checkout) with every feature included: unlimited trades, journals and broker accounts, prop-firm tracking and psychology tracking. Broad market coverage on that single plan.
Weaker. No free plan; the 14-day money-back guarantee is the trial. Paying a year up front is a bigger first commitment than a monthly plan.
Pick it if you trade several markets, want everything on one plan, and prefer a yearly payment to a monthly one.
Tradervue
Does well. A long-standing journal with a free tier. Silver and Gold add unlimited imports and broker sync.
Weaker. Monthly pricing ($29.95 Silver, $49.95 Gold) sits well above ForexFin's. The trial on paid plans charges your card at the end unless you switch back to free.
Pick it if you mainly trade stocks and ETFs and want broker sync.
TradeZella
Does well. The most broker and prop-firm integrations listed (“500+”). Trade replay, and AI features on the Pro and Ultra plans. Pro allows 50 active accounts.
Weaker. The highest prices in this table ($35–$99 a month). Essential allows one active trading account. No free plan or trial listed on the pricing page.
Pick it if you run many prop-firm accounts, want automatic sync from a wide range of brokers, and the price is small next to your account size.
TradesViz
Does well. A free plan (3,000 executions a month), CSV import on every plan, a long list of auto-sync connections, and forex alongside stocks, options, futures and crypto on the paid plans.
Weaker for forex. The free plan covers stocks only, so a forex trader starts at Pro (€17.99 a month, or €13.49 billed yearly).
Pick it if you trade several asset classes and want broker auto-sync at a mid-range price.
Free trading journals: what you actually get
Of the five, three have a free plan, and they are not equal for a forex trader. ForexFin's free journal covers forex and gold with no card and no time limit: logging, tags, the tag matrix, equity curve, P&L calendar and CSV import. Tradervue's free tier has limits set out in its plan table. TradesViz's free plan is stocks-only. Edgewonk and TradeZella have no free plan: Edgewonk offers a 14-day refund window, and TradeZella's pricing page lists no trial.
If you want to test a journal on your own history before paying anything, import one month of trades into a free plan and check that the totals match your broker statement.
Spreadsheet or journal app?
A spreadsheet costs nothing and does exactly what you build it to do. It works well for a handful of trades a week. It gets harder as volume grows: pasting broker statements by hand, converting profit into your account currency, computing R for every row, and keeping the formulas right as the sheet grows. A journal app does those steps the same way every time. The trade-off is cost and less control over how the numbers are laid out. If your spreadsheet already answers “which setups make money”, keep it.
Choosing
If you trade forex or gold on MetaTrader or cTrader and want to see which setups and entry reasons carry your results, start with the free ForexFin journal and import one month of history. If you need live broker sync or trade several asset classes, Edgewonk, TradeZella or TradesViz cover more ground at a higher price. Stock traders are usually better served by Tradervue, or by TradesViz's free plan.
FAQ
What is the best trading journal for forex?
It depends on how you trade. For forex and gold on MetaTrader or cTrader, a forex-first journal that keeps your broker's net profit and scores trades in R does the job at the lowest cost; that's what ForexFin is built for. If you trade several markets or need live broker sync, Edgewonk, TradeZella and TradesViz cover more ground.
What is the best free trading journal for forex?
Of the five compared here, ForexFin's free plan covers forex and gold with no card and no time limit. Tradervue has a free tier with limits, and TradesViz's free plan is stocks-only.
Do I need broker auto-sync?
Not if you close a handful of trades a day. Exporting a statement from MT4, MT5 or cTrader and importing it takes a minute. Sync matters more if you trade many accounts or dozens of trades a day.
Which trading journal works for prop firm accounts?
Any journal that keeps accounts separate. ForexFin allows ten accounts on the free plan and unlimited on Trader; TradeZella Pro allows 50 active accounts; Edgewonk's plan includes unlimited accounts and prop-firm tracking.
Is there a trading journal app for my phone?
ForexFin runs in the phone's browser; there is no app-store app. Check each vendor for its own mobile options.
What should a forex trading journal record?
At minimum: pair, direction, size, entry, stop, exit, and the broker's net result including commission and swap. Add why you entered and why you exited, and the journal can tell you which reasons pay.
How we compared
We build ForexFin, so this page is not neutral, and it says where ForexFin is weaker. Prices and plan details come from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown, in the currency shown there. Features for the other journals are as listed by each vendor; we have not run each one side by side. If something here is out of date, tell us via the contact page and we'll correct it.