What Kyra is
A privacy-first trading journal for iOS. Trades stored on-device. Pattern detection runs locally and waits for sample size before claiming — every pattern surfaces with n and an uncertainty range. The four tiers (Tracking, Hint, Signal, Proven) sharpen as your history grows. No streaks, no badges, no achievement chrome. $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr after a 7-day trial.
What Proloca is
Proloca ("You're not losing because of your strategy. You're losing because you can't see your own patterns"), by developer Maysoom, leads with a daily self-diagnosis at onboarding (four pre-tagged failure modes) and frames the journal around behavioral inputs: 3 psychology sliders (Stress, Confidence, Focus), emotion tags, and a multi-select execution-mistakes list. Patterns surface at n=5 without significance testing. Achievement badges fire on n=1 (Best Day, Recovery, etc.). Pricing: $3.49/wk or $8.99/mo or $49.99/yr.
How they compare
| Dimension | Kyra | Proloca |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | On-device + iCloud user-private sync | On-device (architecture not fully audited; behaves on-device) |
| Pattern surfacing | Sample-size-gated; engine waits for enough evidence before claiming | Patterns surface at low sample sizes, no significance gate |
| Onboarding | Detects patterns from your trades | Pre-tags your "failure mode" before trade 1 |
| Streaks / badges / achievements | None (deliberate — see manifesto) | Streaks + Highlights + Events |
| KPI on a single trade | None — engine waits for n | "100% win rate" header KPI fires at n=1 |
| Pricing | $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr — 2 SKUs | $3.49/wk, $8.99/mo, $49.99/yr — 3 SKUs incl. weekly |
| In-app feedback form | Mailto deep link | Structured category-pills + text |
| P&L Calendar | No | Default landing |
Who should pick which
Pick Proloca if:
- You like daily-routine UX with achievement badges and streak visibility
- A weekly subscription option ($3.49/wk) fits your budgeting style
- Front-loaded self-diagnosis ("what's costing me?") helps you focus the journal from day 1
- A P&L Calendar as the default landing is a hard requirement
Pick Kyra if:
- You want pattern claims gated by sample size and statistical significance — not "100% win rate" on a single trade
- You want the engine to detect what's costing you, instead of pre-tagging it yourself before you've logged a trade
- You don't want streaks or badges in a trading app (streaks reward continuing to trade; sometimes the right move is to skip the next setup)
- You want a sober UI optimized for accurate inference, not for engagement metrics
The trade-off
The positioning surfaces overlap almost exactly. Both apps tell the trader: "you can't see your own patterns yourself; this app will surface them." The difference is mechanism.
Proloca optimizes for daily engagement: streaks, badges, achievement events. The downside is structural — the "Recovery" badge fires when you bounce back from a losing month, which mathematically rewards revenge-trading behavior the onboarding promises to fix.
Kyra optimizes for sample-size-honest inference: patterns wait until n supports them. The downside is also structural — early sessions show ghost cards instead of claims. A trader who needs the journal to feel rewarding from day 1 will be happier on Proloca. A trader who values claims they can act on without second-guessing will be happier on Kyra.
Pricing is also a real consideration: Proloca's weekly tier ($3.49/wk = $181.48/yr if not cancelled) is 4.5× Kyra's annual. The annual is comparable. Pick the SKU that matches your commitment shape.
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