You're already paying challenge fees — a journal shouldn't be the next bill. The good news: there are genuinely free options. The catch: most “free” journals gate the useful parts or expire after a trial. Here's the honest shortlist, and what each free tier actually gives you.
TL;DR
Consistry has the best free plan for prop traders — free forever, unlimited trades and prop-firm accounts, drawdown and rule tracking, no card required. Broker auto-sync and the AI coach are the only paid parts ($29.99/mo). TradesViz and Myfxbook have free tiers too, but they're general/forex-analytics tools, not prop-specific journals.
The free plan is free forever: unlimited trade logging, unlimited prop-firm accounts, drawdown and rule tracking, and a shareable trader card — no card required. It's the only genuinely free option built around prop-firm reality (challenges, firm rules, cross-account memory). Upgrade to Premium ($29.99/mo, 7-day trial) only when you want broker auto-sync, the AI coach and the Voice Coach.
Its free tier is generous on analytics if you love slicing your data. It's a generalist journal, so prop-firm rules and challenge tracking are things you assemble yourself, and heavy use nudges you toward paid tiers.
Free and battle-tested for a verified, public MetaTrader track record. It's an analytics/verification tool, not a coaching journal — no prop-firm rule engine, no challenge-fee accounting.
Google Sheets, Excel or a Notion template cost nothing and bend to any layout — but you type every trade, maintain fragile formulas, and nothing tracks your drawdown live. The free price hides real upkeep.
Replay real market history candle by candle and trade it like your challenge. Run the session under your own account's rules or any firm and program from our catalog: daily loss, max drawdown and the profit target are checked on every bar, and a breach ends the session the way it would end the real account.
Yes. Consistry's backtesting replays real market history bar by bar (two years of 1-minute data for major futures, FX pairs, gold and index CFDs) and runs the session under the rules of your own account or any firm and program in its catalog. Daily loss, max drawdown and the profit target are checked on every bar, a breach ends the session, and orders carry spread and commission. It runs on the web and is part of the Premium plan, with a 7-day free trial.
Consistry has the best free plan for prop traders: it's free forever with unlimited trade logging, unlimited prop-firm accounts, and prop-rule and drawdown tracking, with no card required. TradesViz and Myfxbook also have free tiers, but they're general/forex-analytics tools rather than prop-specific journals.
Genuinely free. The free plan has no time limit and no card requirement — unlimited trades and prop-firm accounts. Only the optional Premium plan ($29.99/mo, with a separate 7-day trial) adds broker auto-sync, the AI coach and the Voice Coach.
The free plan covers logging, prop-firm accounts, and rule/drawdown tracking. Broker auto-sync (MetaTrader 4/5, cTrader, TopstepX, Match-Trader, DXtrade, TradeLocker, Tradovate, NinjaTrader), the AI insights and pre-trade check, and the Voice Coach live in Premium. You can log or CSV-import trades for free indefinitely.
Many journals gate the useful parts — broker sync, analytics, more than a handful of trades — behind a paywall, or offer only a short trial. Consistry keeps the core journal free forever and only charges for the AI and automation layer, so you're never forced to pay just to keep logging.
Unlimited trades, unlimited prop-firm accounts, no card required. Upgrade only when you want the AI coach and auto-sync.
