Trade Journal AI vs StonkJournal
StonkJournal is free, and its paid tier is $10/mo with an AI coach included. We are $19.95 with no free tier. We are not going to pretend that is a close call on price. What follows is what the difference actually buys, and who should ignore us and use them. Last updated: 2026-08-28
Feature-by-feature comparison.
StonkJournal pricing and tier contents verified 28 August 2026.
| Trade Journal AI | StonkJournal | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.95/mo · $195/yr | Free · Pro $10/mo |
| Free tier | None — 14-day money-back instead | Unlimited trades, no card, no trial limit |
| AI coaching | Included — reads notes, rules and setups | Pro tier, $10/mo — AI Coach and AI Chat |
| Primary market | Crypto and perps | Equities and options |
| Crypto exchange sync | Native — Bitunix & Hyperliquid live; Binance, Bybit, OKX beta | Not a crypto-native product |
| Hyperliquid wallet read | Yes — address only, no API key. Free at /wallet with no signup | No |
| Perps funding & fees | Measured from the exchange, not estimated | Not applicable |
| Risk rules | Pre-trade checklist, and the AI reads adherence | Risk rules on the free tier |
| Offline use | Browser, add to home screen | Offline PWA |
| Ads / data selling | Neither | Neither — stated explicitly |
Where each product wins.
StonkJournal wins on price, and it is not close
Free with unlimited trades is a real offer, not a crippled demo — full analytics, calendar, risk rules, multi-account, share links. And $10/mo for an AI coach undercuts most of the market including us. If you trade equities or options and you are choosing on value, they are the better answer. We would rather tell you that than watch you pay us twice as much for a product built for a different market.
Trade Journal AI wins when the asset class is the hard part
A stock trade is a fill and an exit. A perpetual futures position is funding payments accruing while it is open, partial fills at different prices, cross-margin moving your liquidation level, and an exchange that reports closed P&L before fees on one endpoint and after fees on another. Getting that right is not a feature; it is the whole job, and it is what we spend our time on.
The wallet-address read is the clearest expression of it. Paste a Hyperliquid address at tradejournal.ai/wallet and read the last 30 days as an actual journal — no account, no API key, no signup. That exists because crypto has public settlement, and it is not something an equities-first journal can build.
The bottom line.
Trading stocks or options? Use StonkJournal. Start free, and $10/mo if you want the AI.
Trading crypto perps? The price gap buys you a product that understands funding, partial fills and cross-margin, and syncs the exchanges you actually use.
Trading both? Genuinely reasonable to run StonkJournal free for equities and us for crypto. That costs less than most single premium journals.
Frequently asked questions.
Is StonkJournal's free tier actually free?
Yes. Unlimited trades, no credit card, no trial expiry, and they state they run no ads and do not monetise your data. The paid tier at $10/mo adds Smart Import, CSV import, an all-accounts roll-up, and the AI features.
Why don't you have a free tier?
Every account runs live broker syncs and AI calls against paid APIs, so a free tier costs us money per user per day. Instead of degrading the product to afford one, we price at one tier and back it with an unconditional 14-day money-back guarantee. That is a real trade-off and you may reasonably prefer theirs.
Does StonkJournal handle crypto?
It supports multiple market types, but it is not a crypto-native product — there is no exchange auto-sync for Hyperliquid, Bitunix or the major perps venues, and no funding-aware P&L. If crypto is most of your trading, that gap matters more than the price difference.
See your crypto numbers before you pay anything.
Paste a Hyperliquid address at tradejournal.ai/wallet and read your last 30 days as a journal. No signup.
$19.95/mo or $195/yr · every feature · 14-day money-back.