Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. The app is free to download and free to use, supported by ads.

Some features need a Premium subscription, bought inside the app. Google Play lists in-app purchases in the range $8.49 to $89.99 per item, depending on which features and which term you choose.

US stocks and crypto, in the same app, with the same charting, screening and alerting tools applied to both.

Fundamental ratios are shown for equities only. Crypto pairs have no issuer and no financial statements, so there is nothing to report for them.

Nine: 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly.

Indicators, screener formulas and alerts all work on every one of them. Nothing is restricted to end-of-day data.

Alert conditions are evaluated continuously, with a latency as low as one second from the condition becoming true.

The practical delay you experience also depends on your device and its network, and on how your phone handles notifications in the background. Battery optimisation settings on some Android devices will delay or suppress notifications for apps they consider idle, so it is worth excluding Profit Scanner from those if alerts matter to you.

1. Open the Profit Scanner app.
2. Select the Upgrade to Premium menu.
3. Choose the features and the term you want.
4. Pick a payment method. Options include credit card, mobile carrier billing and vouchers, depending on what Google Play offers in your country.
5. Enter your payment details as prompted on screen.

A fuller illustrated walkthrough is available in this document.

Subscriptions are billed by Google Play, so they are cancelled there rather than in the app:

1. Open the Google Play Store.
2. Tap your profile icon, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
3. Select Profit Scanner.
4. Tap Cancel subscription.

You keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for.

Yes, in three places:

• The screener formula guide documents the full syntax, every available function, and worked examples.
• A training document walks through sample formulas with explanation.
• Criteria Template on the add or edit screener screen gives you ready-made formulas you can load and modify, which is usually the fastest way to start.

A criterion is a boolean expression: something that is either true or false for a given symbol right now. The screener returns every symbol for which it is true.

rsi(14) < 30

Conditions combine with and, or and not:

rsi(14) < 30 and volume > sma(volume, 20) * 2

You can reference previous bars, compare indicators against each other, and use any of more than a hundred functions. The formula guide covers the whole language.

Not at the moment. Profit Scanner is an Android app, available from Google Play.

If an iOS version is released it will be announced on this site. You are welcome to email support to register your interest.

No. Profit Scanner is a data, charting and screening tool. It does not place orders and is not connected to any broker or exchange for trading.

Everything the app shows is for information and analysis. Orders are placed with your own broker or exchange.

Email support@profitscanner.xyz with the subject Account Deletion Request, from the address associated with your account.

Once the request is received and confirmed, your personal information is deleted, unless an exception applies. Full details are on the account deletion page.

Deleting your account does not cancel a Google Play subscription. Cancel that separately in the Play Store first, or billing continues.

Email support@profitscanner.xyz.

When reporting a problem, including your app version, your device model and a screenshot usually gets to an answer in one reply rather than three.