A Tickertape alternative once filters stop being enough
Tickertape does more things than PatternsRadar ever will — mutual funds, ETFs, US stocks, scorecards, the Market Mood Index — and it even ships SMA, EMA and RSI filters, which is more technical reach than most fundamentals apps attempt. But those filters are static thresholds picked from menus: no sequences, no patterns, no parameters of your own, some of the list behind Pro, and no way on any tier to learn whether a filter combination has ever been worth acting on. If your screening has outgrown sliders, that is the specific step this tool exists for.
| Capability | PatternsRadar | Tickertape |
|---|---|---|
| Technical screening | 42 indicators, patterns, event conditions, any parameters | SMA/EMA (10/50/100/200) and RSI as static menu filters |
| Query model | Sift — write any condition | Menu filters and sliders; no expressions |
| Scan backtesting | Every scan, 250-session replay | No |
| Delivery % screening | Scannable and backtestable | No |
| Fundamentals & scorecards | Headline fields only — P/E, market cap, growth, shareholding, point-in-time; no scorecards | Yes — scorecards, forecasts, 200+ filters claimed |
| Multi-asset coverage (MFs, ETFs, US stocks) | No | Yes — the core of the product |
| Market sentiment (Mood Index) | No | Yes |
| Mobile apps | Responsive web | First-class apps, 65L+ downloads |
| Free tier screening | Everything, no account | Basic filters; 60+ filters and export gated to Pro |
| REST API + MCP for agents | Every plan, including Free | No |
| Paid plans | ₹400–2,000/month | Pro ₹399/mo, ₹2,999/yr |
Tickertape pricing verified on tickertape.in/pricing on 2026-08-16 (Free / Pro ₹399 monthly, ₹899 quarterly, ₹2,999 annual). Their pricing has changed over the years — verify on their site. This page is maintained by PatternsRadar. Competitor capabilities as generally available at the time of writing; verify current features on their site.
The differences that matter
A filter is a threshold; a setup is a sentence
Tickertape's RSI filter can find stocks below 30 today. What no menu can express is the setup around it: RSI crossing back above 30 within three days, in a stock still above its 200-day average, on delivery running past its norm. Those are sentences about sequence and context — the difference between a snapshot and a setup — and they are what a query language is for.
Scorecards rate stocks; replays test conditions
Tickertape compresses analysis into scorecards and forecasts — legible, and for discovery genuinely useful. But a score is a rating you take on trust, and a filter combination there cannot be checked against history on any tier. Here every scan answers for itself: 250 sessions of replay, hit rate and forward returns, before you act on it.
Gated filters vs a free screener
Tickertape's screener grows with Pro — 60+ additional filters, export, advanced forecasts at ₹399/month. PatternsRadar's screener does not grow with payment: everything scannable is scannable free, without an account, and paid plans add alerts and API headroom instead. For pure screening, the comparison is Pro pricing against ₹0.
Which should you use?
When Tickertape is the right choice
Choose Tickertape for breadth and comfort: one polished app across stocks, mutual funds, ETFs and US equities, scorecards and forecasts that make research legible, sentiment tooling, and smallcase integration. For a mainstream investor who wants one place to look things up, it is the stronger product and the better app.
When PatternsRadar is the right choice
Choose PatternsRadar when screening is the job rather than a tab: a real query language over NSE price, volume and delivery data, every condition backtestable, 30 years of history, and API/MCP access — free where Tickertape's filters are Pro-gated.
Common questions
Is PatternsRadar a free alternative to Tickertape Pro?
For the screener, yes — everything here is free to use without an account, where Tickertape gates 60+ filters and export behind Pro at ₹399/month. For everything else Tickertape does — mutual funds, US stocks, scorecards, forecasts — PatternsRadar is not an alternative at all.
Does Tickertape have technical screening?
Some, to its credit: SMA and EMA at 10/50/100/200 days and RSI exist as filters, which beats most fundamentals-first apps. They are static thresholds — no crossovers-within-days, no patterns, no custom periods, no delivery data — and no combination can be backtested there.
Why would I use PatternsRadar over a highly rated app like Tickertape?
Only if the screener is what you actually use. Tickertape is the broader, more polished product; PatternsRadar does one narrow thing that Tickertape structurally cannot: express real technical setups as queries and test them against history. Plenty of people reasonably use both.