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 MyEdge is
MyEdge is a native journal, performance, and trading-plan workspace for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with iCloud sync. It supports six asset classes (Forex, Futures, Stocks, Crypto, Options, CFD) and tracks psychology (stress, confidence, focus), discipline, and cognitive biases through user-editable taxonomies. Its App Store privacy label says the developer does not collect data. In the version we reviewed hands-on (May 2026), patterns surfaced as correlation dashboards over those taxonomies, with no statistical significance test shown. Pricing: a one-time $29.99 Premium unlock, with a free tier of 30 trades per month (App Store listing, 2026-09-05).
How they compare
| Dimension | Kyra | MyEdge |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | On-device + iCloud user-private sync | On-device + iCloud sync (privacy label: no data collected) |
| Asset classes supported | Equities and single-leg options | Forex / Futures / Stocks / Crypto / Options / CFD |
| Platforms | iOS | iPhone / iPad / Mac |
| Pattern detection approach | Sample-size-gated statistical inference, on-device | Correlation dashboards; no significance test shown (May 2026 review) |
| Sample-size shown per claim | Yes — every pattern shows n and an uncertainty range | Not shown (May 2026 review) |
| Taxonomy approach | Locked (a fixed emotion, setup, and execution-rating vocabulary) | User-editable across several surfaces |
| Pricing | $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr (subscription) | $29.99 one-time lifetime unlock |
| Free tier | Unlimited logging + first patterns | 30 trades/month, full input capture |
Who should pick which
Pick MyEdge if:
- You trade multiple asset classes (forex, crypto, futures, CFDs) and need a journal that covers all of them
- You want iPad + Mac coverage today
- You prefer a one-time payment over a subscription
- You want to define your own categorical taxonomies (custom mistake list, custom bias list, custom strategy tags)
- Your psychology of journaling is "capture every dimension I can think of" rather than "let the engine surface what matters"
Pick Kyra if:
- You want pattern claims with sample sizes and uncertainty ranges attached
- You want pattern claims that show their evidence — sample size and uncertainty range on every card — not correlation tiles without confidence framing
- You want a locked taxonomy (a fixed emotion, setup, and execution-rating vocabulary) that keeps the engine's inference clean across hundreds of trades, instead of free-form multi-tag taxonomies
- You trade equities primarily and don't need forex/crypto/futures coverage
The trade-off
The privacy architecture is a tie. Both apps store trades on the device and sync through user-private iCloud. Neither is a cloud-LLM product.
The difference is the engine. MyEdge ships custom taxonomies — user-editable, multi-axis, expressive — with correlation dashboards on top. Kyra ships a locked taxonomy with statistical inference on top. A custom factor without inference is a filter; with inference, it's a pattern signal. Pick the shape that matches what you want from the journal.
Pricing is a real consideration: MyEdge's $29.99 lifetime is cheaper than a single year of Kyra's annual. The trade-off is whether a subscription that funds ongoing engine work is worth it to you. Both choices are reasonable.
MyEdge details reflect its App Store listing as checked on 2026-09-05, plus a hands-on review in May 2026 where noted. Features and pricing change; verify current details with the developer. Kyra details reflect v1.7.
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