Best Free Portfolio Trackers Compared (2026)
We make one of these, so read accordingly. A straight comparison of free portfolio trackers, including the ones that beat us and who each one is for.
Disclosure first: we build StoxDeck, one of the trackers on this list. A vendor writing up the best free portfolio trackers has a conflict of interest, so treat every favourable word about us with suspicion and judge the rest on whether we are fair to the alternatives.
We have tried to be. Several of these are better than StoxDeck for particular people, and those cases are named.
The one question that splits the field
Every portfolio tracker sits on one side of a single decision: does it connect to your brokerage, or do you type your holdings in?
Connecting is less work and requires handing over account access. Typing them in is more work and requires handing over nothing. Neither is correct in the abstract, but almost everything else about a tracker follows from which side it picked. Decide that first and the shortlist gets much smaller.
| Tracker | Approach | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Google Finance | Manual portfolios | People who want zero setup and already live in Google |
| Yahoo Finance | Manual portfolios | Watchlists alongside news and quotes |
| Wealthfolio | Local-first, open source | Privacy maximalists who want data on their own machine |
| Portfolio Performance | Local desktop, open source | Rigorous return maths (TWR, IRR) |
| Sharesight | Manual entry with broker imports | Dividend and tax reporting depth |
| Portseido | Manual entry | Multi-currency investors outside the US |
| getquin | Manual entry with a social layer | People who want community alongside tracking |
| Simple Portfolio | Manual entry | Stocks, ETFs and crypto in one simple view |
| Empower | Connected accounts | Whole-net-worth picture, hands-off |
| Kubera | Both | Net worth including property and other assets |
| StoxDeck | Manual entry | US stocks and ETFs across several brokers, priced live |
Last checked: 2026-09-21. Approaches and free tiers were read from each product's own site on that date; check the provider before relying on any of them.
Where each one wins
Google Finance deserves the top of this list and it is not close on convenience. Google rebuilt portfolios in mid-2026, added AI-driven insights, and it is free with nothing to install. If you want a portfolio view in the next ninety seconds, start here. If it does what you need, stop here too.
Portfolio Performance is the most serious return calculator of the group. It does true time-weighted return and internal rate of return properly, which most trackers approximate or skip. It is open source, runs on your desktop, and has a learning curve that reflects its priorities.
Wealthfolio is the strongest answer for anyone whose objection is privacy rather than effort. Open source, runs locally on your own devices, and your data never leaves them. If "no cloud at all" is your requirement, it beats us. We run in a browser, and StoxDeck holds the tickers and share counts you enter.
Sharesight goes deepest on dividends and tax reporting. If your tracking exists mainly to survive tax season, that depth is the reason to choose it.
Portseido handles multiple currencies and non-US markets, which is a straightforward win over StoxDeck for anyone holding outside US exchanges.
Empower is the standard recommendation for people who want the whole picture with no data entry, because it connects to your accounts and does the work. That is the trade StoxDeck declines to make, so if you are comfortable linking accounts, it is a reasonable choice we are not competing for.
Kubera is the one to look at when your net worth is not just securities: property, private holdings, and other assets alongside the market ones. It is the exception on this list. Its site offers a 14-day trial rather than a free tier, so it is here because it is the usual answer to that question, not because it is free.
Where StoxDeck fits
In a narrow case. It is for someone holding US-listed stocks and ETFs across more than one brokerage, who wants a live-priced view of the whole thing without connecting accounts to anything.
It types holdings in on purpose. StoxDeck never sees a brokerage credential because there is nothing to connect, and it prices the deck on every load so the number on screen is current rather than whatever you last pasted in. There is a demo deck you can try without signing up.
Warning
Its limits: US-listed stocks and ETFs only, so no international listings, and no crypto or property. Holdings are entered by hand. There is no published pricing yet. If any of those is a dealbreaker, one of the tools above fits you better.
If that description is you, this takes about five minutes to set up. Build your first deck →
How to choose
Answer these in order and the decision usually makes itself:
- Will you link accounts? No narrows you to the manual half of the table.
- What do you hold? Non-US listings, crypto or property rule several out immediately, including us.
- What is the tracking for? Tax reporting, performance analysis and "what am I worth right now" pull toward different tools.
- Will you maintain it? Local desktop software and spreadsheets both assume you will keep showing up.
If your answer to the last one is honest and the answer is no, that matters more than any feature comparison. A tracker you stop updating reports confident, wrong numbers, the same failure mode as a spreadsheet left to drift.
Using a free portfolio tracker from the UK
Most of this list was written from a US chair, and three things change when you sit in a UK one: your base currency is pounds, your accounts come in tax wrappers (an ISA or SIPP alongside a general investment account, or GIA), and your holdings trade on the London Stock Exchange, where quotes are usually in pence rather than pounds.
The pence point catches people first. Yahoo Finance labels LSE quotes GBp, and
a share showing 75.00 is 75 pence, not 75 pounds, so a tracker or spreadsheet
that multiplies it straight by your share count is a hundred times out. If you
build your own sheet, GOOGLEFINANCE takes LSE tickers with the LON: prefix,
as in =GOOGLEFINANCE("LON:VOD","price"), and its currency attribute tells
you whether the figure came back in pounds or pence. The
free spreadsheet template works for UK
listings once you add that prefix, though the
GOOGLEFINANCE guide covers the ways it breaks.
The wrappers matter for what you track. Gains inside an ISA or SIPP are not taxed the way GIA gains are, so a tracker that pools everything into one number is fine for "what am I worth" and useless for "what do I owe". Keep the accounts as separate portfolios in whichever tool you pick.
Here is what each tracker's own site says about UK use, as of 21 September 2026. Where a site says nothing, the cell says so. Check the provider rather than assume.
| Tracker | GBP / multi-currency | LSE listings | UK brokers named on its site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Finance | Check the provider | Check the provider | Not stated |
| Yahoo Finance | UK site quotes in GBp | Yes, as VOD.L | Not stated |
| Wealthfolio | Multi-currency with exchange-rate management | Check the provider | None named; CSV import is free |
| Portfolio Performance | Foreign-currency accounts using ECB rates | Check the provider | None named |
| Sharesight | Prices shown in GBP | Check the provider | Trading 212, Hargreaves Lansdown, Interactive Brokers |
| Portseido | Multi-currency | Yes, lists UK among 70+ exchanges | Check the provider |
| getquin | Check the provider | Check the provider | Not stated |
| Simple Portfolio | GBP is a pricing option | Check the provider | Trading 212, Freetrade, Interactive Brokers |
| Empower | Site is written for US customers | Check the provider | Not stated |
| Kubera | Multi-currency; no free tier | Yes, names UK exchanges | Check the provider |
| StoxDeck | USD only | No, US-listed stocks and ETFs only | None |
For a UK investor: StoxDeck is not the tool, and Sharesight, Portseido and Simple Portfolio are the three whose sites make a specific case for you. Whichever you pick, the arithmetic underneath is the same, cost basis in pounds and annualized return from the dates you bought, and both calculators are currency-agnostic.
A note on this list
Products change constantly, and this was written in August 2026. Free tiers get narrower, features ship, and at least one thing here will be out of date within months. Check the current state before committing, and treat any roundup (this one very much included) as a starting point rather than a verdict.
We have deliberately not ranked these one to eleven. The right tracker depends on what you hold and what you will tolerate, and a numbered list would imply a universal answer that does not exist.