Best apps to learn investing in 2026

How we chose these options

We compared the learning task each product says it supports, using its own current product or help pages. This is not a hands-on performance test, a ranking based on returns, or a claim that every feature is available in every country. We have a clear conflict of interest: Quoliv appears here because this page is published by Quoliv. Check each provider’s current terms before signing up.

Quoliv — short lessons followed by fake-money practice

Choose Quoliv if a trading screen feels like a language you have not learned yet. Its beginner investing lessons and quizzes explain stocks, funds, risk, and long-term habits. Then its fake-money stock simulator lets you rehearse the mechanics without placing a real order or connecting a bank account.

The trade-off: Quoliv is not a brokerage, does not execute real trades, and its simpler simulator is not an advanced charting terminal. Free users have a daily cap on new lessons. If you already know the concepts and want detailed order controls, another tool may fit better.

Khan Academy — broad financial literacy

Khan Academy’s Financial Literacy course covers budgeting, credit, insurance, investments, retirement, and scams. It is a strong starting point if you need the whole personal-finance picture before thinking about stocks. Its course is education rather than a stock-trading simulator, so pair it with a practice tool when you want to try an order.

TradingView — charts and paper trading

TradingView Paper Trading is better suited to someone who wants to study charts and practise order entry across several markets. Its charting and trading tools are much deeper than Quoliv’s. That depth can also be the obstacle for a first-day beginner: you still need to learn what a share, fund, and order represent before dozens of indicators become useful.

Webull — rehearse a brokerage-style workflow

Webull paperTrade offers a practice environment close to its live trading interface, including more advanced order and chart tools. It is a reasonable choice if your goal is to understand that kind of platform. It is less focused on a short, guided sequence of concept-then-quiz lessons. Be careful to know which mode you are in whenever a product also supports real trading.

eToro — a virtual portfolio inside a real-investing platform

eToro’s demo account provides a virtual portfolio alongside its real-investing product. That can help you explore its interface and a wider set of instruments. It is not the same proposition as a fake-money-only learning app: you open an eToro account and can switch between virtual and real modes. Availability and product rules depend on where you live.

Which one should you start with?

If you cannot yet explain what you would be buying, start with structured education: Khan Academy for broad money skills or Quoliv for stock-focused lessons. If you can explain the concepts and want complex charts, try TradingView. If your goal is learning the interface of a particular real-investing platform, its own demo may be more relevant. None of these tools can prove you are ready to risk savings. A winning fake portfolio is a learning result, not a forecast.