# A Tickertape alternative once filters stop being enough

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/compare/tickertape-alternative

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.

## 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.

## 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.