Take Excel / Sheets, if
- You already built a sheet that works for you
- You enjoy maintaining it and do not begrudge the time
- You need no prop firm rules and no broker connection
AQREVI vs Excel
The spreadsheet is the most honest competitor here: it is free, it is yours, and it does exactly what you put into it.
checked · 2026-09-03What this product is
A file on your disk that does everything you managed to build in it, and nothing beyond that.
Short version
Which to choose
Take AQREVI, if
- You are tired of repairing formulas after every edit
- You want automatic import instead of typing
- You run challenges and need a computed drawdown
Honestly
Where they are stronger
The data is yours — and here the sheet is stronger
This is the row where a spreadsheet beats any cloud, ours included at launch: its file sits on your disk, our database sits on our server with an export at any moment. A file on your disk comes with our local version; until then we have nothing to argue with a spreadsheet about data ownership.
Free in money
We have a Free plan at zero too, but the paid plans cost money and a spreadsheet doesn't. If your spreadsheet works and doesn't eat your time, there's nothing to pay for.
Row by row
The same rows, just the two of us
| What is compared | AQREVIA journal, prop tracker and copier in the browser | Excel / SheetsA spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|
| Trades record themselvesNobody quits a journal from laziness — they quit in a losing week. Anything that needs typing in the evening does not survive it. | 29 platforms, three ways | By file, if you map it yourself |
| Metrics computed by an engine under testA spreadsheet formula breaks quietly: it slips a row, and a month is computed wrong while looking right. | A drift breaks the build | Your formulas, your repairs |
| Bar-by-bar replayWe lose to both here: that is their trade, while our replay runs over trades rather than bars. | ||
| The test meets the real recordThe curve on history lives in one tool and your trading in another. Nobody measures the distance between them. | 'What if' on your own trades | |
| The data stays yoursThe row where a spreadsheet beats any cloud — ours included, at launch. We give each account its own database and an export at any moment; a file on your own disk comes with the local version. | Own database per account, export at any moment | Your file |
| What it costsFor the do-it-yourself options the price is not money: it is upkeep time and quiet formula errors. | Free $0, paid plans at launch | Free in money, expensive in hands |
In substance
Where the architectures diverge, not the descriptions
A spreadsheet breaks quietly
A formula slips one row — a month is computed wrong and looks right. That is the worst kind of error: it does not announce itself and lives until you check by hand. With an engine under test a drift breaks the build, and the error becomes visible the same day.
The price is not in money
It is in upkeep time and in the evenings the sheet did not get filled. Count the hours rather than the subscription: if it is under an hour a month, stay with the sheet — we mean that seriously.
Questions
What people ask about this pair
Can I import my sheet?
Yes. Eighteen ready column mappings; anything else is mapped once by hand and behaves like a preset afterwards.
And if I want to go back to a spreadsheet?
A cut exports to a file, and the whole journal exports from the app with one button. There's no lock on the way out.