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Every release climbs one step: a new headline feature, plus a practical one, and a price step for new buyers on the day it ships. Version 2.0 is the complete Lab. Founders Edition owners get every step.

  1. $1991.0Now
  2. $2491.1Committed
  3. $2991.2Committed
  4. $3491.3Committed
  5. $3991.4Planned
  6. $4491.5Planned
  7. $5491.6Planned
  8. $6491.7Planned
  9. $7491.8Planned
  10. $8491.9Planned
  11. $9992.0Planned

Standard price for new buyers at each version. Gold: now and committed. Outlined: planned.

Price steps are for new buyers only. A license is a product, not an investment: it never gains value you can sell.

How to read this page

  • Price committed (1.1 to 1.3): we're building these now. Their price steps are binding price commitments (License Agreement section 13.1B): the price changes on the day that version is released, and not before. Target dates are targets: if a release is late, its price change waits for it. The features on these cards are what we're building now, not promises.
  • Planned (1.4 to 2.0): our current plan, and open to buyer ideas. Features, order, dates and prices may change. The next step becomes committed when the one before it ships.
  • Every purchase includes one year of new feature versions. The Founders Edition includes all of them, with early access. Founders Edition sales close at 1,000 seats or when 2.0 ships, whichever comes first.

The steps

1.1

Living City

Committed

The city reacts to the market: storms when volatility jumps, traffic that follows trading volume, and the lo-fi radio inside the app. Your Founder number and the gold Founders city theme, two new city theme packs, and a notice before your included year ends.

Target: Mid-December 2026 · Price on release day: Standard $249 · Founders $499

1.2

Time Machine

Committed

Replay any past trading day in 3D and watch your agents act out their paper decisions, hour by hour. Side-by-side backtest comparison.

Target: Late January 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $299 · Founders $549

1.3

Strategy Lab

Committed

Build a strategy without code and watch its own tower rise in your city. Strategy files you can export and import, and a Lab Card share image (never any profit or loss numbers).

Target: Mid-March 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $349 · Founders $599

1.4

City in your pocket

Planned, may change

A mini 3D city of your own lab on your phone. Phone dashboard and alerts.

Target: Spring 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $399 · Founders $649

1.5

Ask the Lab

Planned, may change

Ask the Agents comes to the 3D city: click a tower and ask its agent why it did something. It explains your own data; it can't change settings or trade, and its answers are not trade recommendations. Printable PDF research reports.

Target: Summer 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $449 · Founders $699

1.6

City Editor

Planned, may change

Design your own city from building blocks. More city building blocks and landmark packs.

Target: Summer 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $549 · Founders $749

1.7

Strategy Arena

Planned, may change

Famous market crashes replayed as storms against your strategies, on historical data. Robustness tests and settings sweeps.

Target: Fall 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $649 · Founders $799

1.8

Lab on your Mac

Planned, may change

Mac support. A desktop app for Windows and Mac.

Target: Fall 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $749 · Founders $849

1.9

Lab Academy

Planned, may change

Interactive lessons inside the city. A template library (the same for every buyer) and a feature chosen by buyers' votes.

Target: Winter 2027 · Price on release day: Standard $849 · Founders $899

2.0

Grand Opening

Planned, may change

New districts and the full city expansion. The complete version. After 2.0: bug fixes as needed. Founders Edition sales close.

Target: 2028 · Price on release day: Standard $999 · Founders Edition closes

Exploring

Ideas we're considering. Not planned yet, and buyers' votes help decide.

  • More city theme packs: New looks for the 3D city.
  • Spanish language: The app and docs in Spanish.
  • More paper brokers: Alpaca stays the default.
  • Crypto paper trading: Through Alpaca's paper account.
  • Your idea: Suggest one from Help & Feedback in the app, or by email.

Apart from the price commitments above, everything we say about future features, updates, dates or prices describes our current plans and may change; see "Forward-looking statements" in the Risk Disclaimer. Nothing on this page promises any trading result. Shipped releases are listed in the changelog.

Lo-fi radio

Original lo-fi, made for Ascent Trading Systems. Nothing plays until you press play.

Paper Firstclassic lo-fi

Original tracks made for Ascent Trading Systems; not for reuse. Plays the whole list in order, then starts again. Stops when you open another page.