What Kyra is
A privacy-first trading journal for iOS focused on equities. Pattern detection runs on-device. Every pattern shows its sample size and an uncertainty range — the four tiers (Tracking, Emerging, Developing, Established) sharpen as your history grows, so claims stay honest about how much evidence supports them. Primary buyer: a retail self-executor who wants the gap between strategy and execution made visible. $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr after a 7-day trial.
What Debrief is
Debrief is a voice-first iOS journal. You record a spoken recap of your session and its AI transcribes and structures it into an entry, extracting setup, psychology, P/L, and mistakes (per its listing). It is account-based (email sign-up), and its App Store privacy label lists an email address under contact info collected. Debrief surfaces a 0–100 "Debrief Score" across four pillars (Edge, Discipline, Risk, Consistency) and a weekly AI review called "The Brief." The free tier includes unlimited manual entries and five voice entries. A Pro tier exists, but no in-app purchase prices were shown on the App Store listing when we checked on 2026-09-05, so confirm current pricing on the developer's site.
How they compare
| Dimension | Kyra | Debrief |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | On-device + iCloud user-private sync | Cloud account; voice notes processed by its AI service |
| Account required | No | Yes (email sign-up) |
| Capture | Manual, P/L-first entry | Voice recap transcribed and structured by AI |
| Pattern approach | Sample-size-gated statistical inference, on-device | Debrief Score (0–100, four pillars) plus a weekly AI review |
| Sample size shown per claim | Yes — every pattern shows n and an uncertainty range | Not shown (June 2026 review) |
| AI coach | No (not a coach) | Yes — "The Brief," a weekly AI review |
| Gamification | None | Streaks and P/L goal targets (June 2026 review) |
| Pricing | $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr | Free tier (5 voice entries); Pro tier, see listing |
| Platforms | iOS | iOS |
Who should pick which
Pick Debrief if:
- You would rather talk through a trade than type it, and want AI to structure the recap
- You want a weekly AI narrative coach
- You want an equity-curve chart out of the box
- You are comfortable with an account and cloud processing of your notes
Pick Kyra if:
- You want your trade data to stay on your device, with no account to create
- You want every pattern claim to show its sample size and an uncertainty range
- You would rather the journal stay an observer than a coach that grades your trades
The trade-off
Debrief's voice capture is genuinely lower-friction for traders who think out loud, and it ships an AI coach and an equity curve that Kyra does not. Those are real reasons to choose it.
The difference underneath is where the work happens. Debrief's AI transcribes and structures your recap and computes a score; Kyra runs its analysis on your device, asks for no account, and won't promote a pattern until the evidence is there. One product is built around a cloud assistant; the other around keeping the record yours. Read more on why Kyra stays on-device and the security model.
Debrief details reflect its App Store listing as checked on 2026-09-05, plus a hands-on review in June 2026 where noted. Features and pricing change; verify current details with the developer. Kyra details reflect v1.7.
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