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A paper book, not another live quote screen
Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, and TradingView are excellent at showing what a ticker does today. StockWatchlist answers a narrower question: what happened after you put a number on an idea. The add-day price (and optional cost, shares, and purchase date) stay frozen. It is not a broker and not investment advice. Quotes are delayed public data.
Side by side
| StockWatchlist | Yahoo Finance | Google Finance | TradingView | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary job | What-if / paper portfolio | News, quotes, research | Google-account portfolio | Charts and social trading |
| Starting price | Frozen when you add a pick | Today’s last price | Lots/cost if you enter them | Live chart marks |
| Start without an account | Yes | Browse yes; save needs Yahoo | Needs Google | Browse yes; save needs account |
| US / Europe / Canada / Turkey lists | Separate currency lock per list | Global quotes | Global quotes | Global quotes |
| Read-only share link | Yes | Limited | Limited | Chart snapshots / ideas |
| Open source | MIT | No | No | No |
| Buy and sell | No | No (research) | No | Broker integrations, not this app |
When to stay on Yahoo, Google, or TradingView
Use those tools for headlines, professional-looking charts, options chains, and anything that needs a live tape. Use StockWatchlist when you want a quiet paper book: name a thesis, add tickers, lock the starting point, and look back later.