FaceTheTrading journals
TradeZella alternatives: free and cheaper options compared.
The right alternative depends on why you’re leaving: the price, a missing feature, or the fact that you stopped opening your journal.
TradeZella is a strong trading journal: auto-sync from hundreds of brokers and prop firms, backtesting, trade replay and AI insights. People look for alternatives for three reasons: the price, a feature it doesn’t have, or because they’ve stopped opening their journal at all.
Pick the alternative by the reason you’re leaving.
At a glance
| Tool | Free option | Paid from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| TradeZella | None listed | $26/mo yearly | All-in-one journal with backtesting and replay |
| TradesViz | Free-forever plan | $14.99/mo yearly | Lowest cost, deep analytics, iOS and Android apps |
| Edgewonk | 14-day money-back | $197/year | Measuring rule-breaking with the Tiltmeter |
| Tradervue | Free plan | See site | A long-running journal with sharing |
| TraderSync | 7-day trial | See site | Mobile access and AI feedback |
| FaceTheTrade | Free trial | See pricing | Traders who never write the journal; works alongside TradeZella |
Prices are from each company’s own pricing page in October 2026, where it listed them. Plans change, so check before you buy. FaceTheTrade is our app.
If the price is the problem
TradesViz
A free-forever plan covers stock trades on one account. Paid plans add auto-sync, futures, forex and options analytics, backtesting, a trading simulator and AI tools, with iOS and Android apps.
Works with FaceTheTrade: TradesViz handles the numbers; paste FaceTheTrade’s trade summary into that trade’s notes to add how you executed.
Edgewonk
One plan with everything: automated imports, analytics and psychology tracking. The yearly price is lower than a year of TradeZella’s cheapest plan.
Works with FaceTheTrade: Edgewonk shows what rule breaks cost in P&L; FaceTheTrade shows how often they happen and which pattern is behind them. Paste the trade summary into Edgewonk’s notes for that trade.
Tradervue
One of the longest-running journals, with broker imports and trade sharing. The free plan is enough to see if a journal sticks before paying for one.
Works with FaceTheTrade: paste FaceTheTrade’s trade summary into the trade’s notes in Tradervue, so your shared trades show what you were thinking, not just the fills.
If you need a different feature
TraderSync
Broker imports, AI trade feedback and a mobile app across iOS and Android. Often picked by traders who review on their phone.
Works with FaceTheTrade: both live on your iPhone. Record the trade in FaceTheTrade, then paste its summary into that trade’s notes in TraderSync.
If you’ve stopped journaling, or want to keep TradeZella
FaceTheTrade
Every journal above, TradeZella included, depends on you sitting down after the session to tag and write. If that’s the step you skip, a cheaper journal won’t fix it. FaceTheTrade records you while you trade, transcribes what you said, marks the moments that matter, and lets you grade each trade A/B/C on process. Insights shows how often you break your rules, as your A/B/C split over time, and which thinking pattern keeps coming up. The trading journal you don’t have to write.
You don’t have to switch. FaceTheTrade doesn’t import fills or track P&L, so it isn’t trying to replace the numbers side of TradeZella. After each trade it gives you a written summary of what you said, the moments it marked and your grade. Copy and paste it into the notes for that trade in TradeZella, or any other journal, and your P&L and your execution sit in one place.
Using FaceTheTrade with TradeZella
- Start a FaceTheTrade recording when you enter the trade and talk through it.
- When the trade closes, review the marked moments and grade it A, B or C.
- Copy the trade summary and paste it into that trade’s notes in TradeZella.
- TradeZella keeps syncing fills and P&L as usual. Your notes now say what actually happened, not what you remembered hours later.
What is the best TradeZella alternative?
It depends on why you are leaving. For a cheaper full journal with auto-import, TradesViz has a free plan and Edgewonk costs less per year. For a free plan with a long history, Tradervue. For strong mobile access, TraderSync. If the problem is that you stop writing journal notes, FaceTheTrade records you during the trade instead, and its trade summary can be pasted into TradeZella, so you can keep TradeZella too.
Is there a free TradeZella alternative?
Yes. TradesViz has a free-forever Basic plan for stock trades on one account, and Tradervue offers a free plan with a monthly trade limit. Check each site for current limits.
How much does TradeZella cost?
As of October 2026, TradeZella's own pricing page lists Essential at $35 a month, Pro at $59 and Ultra at $99, or $26, $44 and $74 a month billed yearly. It did not list a free plan.
Can I use FaceTheTrade with TradeZella?
Yes. FaceTheTrade gives you a written summary of each trade: what you said, the moments it marked and your A/B/C grade. Copy and paste it into that trade's notes in TradeZella or any other journal. TradeZella keeps tracking fills and P&L; FaceTheTrade adds how you executed.
Can FaceTheTrade import my trades like TradeZella?
No. FaceTheTrade does not connect to brokers or import fills, and it does not track P&L. It records how you executed, which is why many traders use it alongside a P&L journal rather than instead of one.