The best economic calendar apps for iPhone in 2026

Seven iPhone calendar apps compared on what matters on release day: alerts, live actuals, lock-screen features, forex extras and what each one charges for.

By the Signal Station team · 27 September 2026 · 7 min read

Most "best economic calendar" lists review websites. On an iPhone the questions are different: does it warn you before the number, does the actual reach you when it drops, and can you see any of it without unlocking your phone? We compared seven iPhone apps on exactly that.

We make Signal Station, so weigh this accordingly. Every claim about another app links to its App Store listing or its own pages, checked on 27 September 2026.

The short answer

Best free all-rounder: Investing.com. Free per-event reminders, live actuals and the only Apple Watch app here. Expect ads.
Best for forex extras: Myfxbook. A calendar plus community sentiment, MetaTrader account tracking and home-screen widgets.
Best with no subscription at all: Tradays. Free with no in-app purchases, but reviews report dates shown a day off.
Best if you live in charts: TradingView. The widest calendar, but no reminders for economic events.
Best on the lock screen: Signal Station. Alerts before and at release, a Live Activity countdown, plus retail positioning and a journal. The alerts need Plus.

What an iPhone calendar app should do

A calendar you have to open is a calendar you'll forget. On release day, five things decide whether an app earns its place on your home screen:

Alerts before the release, set by impact level, not one event at a time.
The actual when it drops, ideally in a notification, not just inside the app.
Something glanceable: a widget or a Live Activity on the lock screen.
Filters by currency and impact, so an NZD trader isn't buzzed for Brazilian retail sales.
No upsell in the way: ads you can't close at 8:29 are worse than no app.

Investing.com

Investing.com is a markets app with one of the most-used calendars, rated 4.7 stars from over 38,000 US ratings. The calendar is free. When a number is released, "the Actual figure appears without requiring you to refresh the page," coloured green or red against the forecast (Investing.com).

Reminders are set one event at a time: tap the bell and pick 15, 30 or 60 minutes before, and they can repeat for future releases (Investing.com). It's also the only app here with an Apple Watch app.

Where it falls short: ads. Recent reviews complain of full-screen ads that don't close. Removing them takes Pro, at $17.95 a month or $214.99 a year in the app.

Myfxbook

Myfxbook's app (listed as Forex Calendar, Market & News) has 4.4 stars from about 6,500 ratings and was rebuilt in August 2026. Version 3.0 added calendar reminders and redesigned home-screen widgets for the calendar, markets, sentiment and your portfolio. The calendar covers more than 30 currencies, with history for each event.

What sets it apart is the forex around the calendar. Community Sentiment shows how Myfxbook traders are positioned on each pair, with alerts at levels you choose, and it tracks connected MetaTrader 4 and 5 accounts, which works as an automatic journal.

Where it falls short: it shows ads, and before the rebuild many reviews described the app freezing on an ad after launch. Its listing shows in-app purchases at $2.99 and $28.49.

Tradays

Tradays, from MetaTrader's maker MetaQuotes, is free with no in-app purchases and has 4.4 stars from 434 ratings. It covers more than 600 indicators across the ten largest economies, with historical, current and forecast values charted for each, lets you set any number of alerts, and has a home-screen widget.

Where it falls short: reliability. In July 2026 a reviewer found CPI "shows up on the 13th but when you click on it the next page says it's not until the 14th", and other 2026 reviews report Flash PMI and NFP missing. Updates are also rare: one in 2024 and one so far in 2026.

TradingView

TradingView is the best-rated app here by a distance, at 4.8 stars from over 413,000 ratings, and its calendar is the widest, with "more than 300,000 economic indicators from over 190 countries" (TradingView). Each event links straight to a chart.

Where it falls short: it won't remind you. TradingView's alerts are for price and indicators, and there's no reminder for a calendar event. Traders work around it with community scripts, which run on a chart and use up the plan's alert limit (the free plan has 3 price alerts, per its pricing). Its widgets cover watchlists, symbols and news, not the calendar.

FXStreet

FXStreet's app has 4.7 stars from 1,300 ratings. Its calendar lists "1,000+ macroeconomic events from 42 countries", with a volatility indicator for each, and you can set custom alerts for events and releases. It's first a news app, with round-the-clock coverage and TradingView charts.

Where it falls short: it's unclear what you pay for. The listing shows Premium subscriptions from $31.99 without saying what they unlock. We found no widgets or Live Activities.

Economic Calendar: Market News

Economic Calendar: Market News is new, released in 2026, with 11 ratings. It's one of only two apps we found with Live Activities and the Dynamic Island, showing a countdown and the result. It also alerts by impact level, charts how markets reacted to past releases, and lets users vote bullish or bearish. It's free, and the listing shows no in-app purchases.

Where it falls short: it's young, with too few ratings yet to judge its data.

Signal Station

Signal Station is ours. It's built for the minutes around a release. With Plus, it alerts you 15 and 5 minutes before every event at the impact levels you choose, and again at release, and runs a Live Activity countdown on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island.

The rest is mostly free: the calendar, live retail positioning for each pair, a discussion room for each release that locks when the number drops, and a trade journal. Plus adds positioning history and a journal breakdown of whether trading with or against the crowd pays you.

Where it falls short: alerts and Live Activities need Plus, at $4.99 a month or $44.99 a year, while several apps here send reminders for free. Actuals arrive about two minutes after release, slower than Investing.com. There are no home-screen widgets, and it's too new to have App Store ratings.

What about Forex Factory?

There's no official Forex Factory app. Its user guide lists Safari browser notifications as "available on desktop only" (user guide), so on an iPhone its calendar alerts mostly arrive by email. We compared it with Signal Station on a CPI morning in Forex Factory vs Signal Station.

One more thing to watch for: several "best calendar" lists still recommend DailyFX, which shut down in 2024 and now redirects to IG.

Comparison table

Seven economic calendar apps for iPhone, September 2026
App	Price	Calendar alerts	On the lock screen	Forex extras
Investing.com	Free, with ads	Per event, 15 to 60 min before	Apple Watch app	News, portfolio
Myfxbook	Free, with ads	Reminders	Home-screen widgets	Sentiment, MetaTrader tracking
Tradays	Free	Any number of alerts	Home-screen widget	None
TradingView	Free, with ads	None for events	No calendar widget	Charts, community
FXStreet	Free, Premium extra	Custom alerts	None found	News
Economic Calendar: Market News	Free	By impact level	Live Activities	Crowd voting
Signal Station	Free, alerts need Plus	15 and 5 min before, and at release	Live Activities	Positioning, release rooms, journal

Which should you use?

Pick Investing.com if you want free reminders and live actuals and can live with ads, or if you want the calendar on your Apple Watch.

Pick Myfxbook if you trade on MetaTrader and want sentiment and account tracking beside the calendar.

Pick TradingView if your day is spent in charts and you'll check the calendar yourself.

Pick Signal Station if you want to be warned on your lock screen without setting each event by hand, and want positioning and a journal in the same app.

Plenty of traders use two: one for research at the desk, one for the alert in their pocket.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best free economic calendar app for iPhone?

Investing.com, for most traders. Its calendar and per-event reminders are free, and actuals appear live. The trade-off is ads, which only its Pro plan removes. Tradays is the free choice without a subscription at all.

Which economic calendar apps have Live Activities?

As of September 2026, we found two, Signal Station and Economic Calendar Market News. Neither Investing.com, Myfxbook, Tradays, TradingView nor FXStreet mentions Live Activities or the Dynamic Island in its App Store listing.

Can TradingView alert me before economic news?

Not natively. TradingView's alerts are for price and indicators. Its calendar has no reminder for an event, so traders use community scripts on a chart, which count against the alert limit of their plan.

How do I get alerts before red folder news on my iPhone?

Use an app that alerts by impact level rather than one event at a time. Signal Station (with Plus) alerts 15 and 5 minutes before every release at the impact levels you pick, and again at release. Investing.com sets reminders per event, at 15, 30 or 60 minutes before.

Is there a Forex Factory app for iPhone?

No. There's no official Forex Factory app. On an iPhone its calendar alerts arrive by email. See Forex Factory vs Signal Station for what that means on release day.

Sources

Ratings and prices are from the US App Store on 27 September 2026 and change often. Signal Station isn't affiliated with any app named here. Nothing here is financial advice.