Buyer's guide
Free Stock Scanner — No Credit Card
Tapeline is the only US scanner that publishes its full 6-factor formula andkeeps every losing day on a public scorecard — and both its free-forever tier and its 14-day Premium trial start with no credit card. Be clear-eyed about the record: that scorecard currently trails SPY, and we leave it up unedited, because a track record you can audit beats a marketing number you can't. Below is an honest, feature-only look at the scanners with a real no-card (and mostly no-signup) path — what each free route includes, no performance claims attached.
- Free forever tier — no card
- 14-day Premium trial — no card, nothing charged
- Pro from $8.25/mo · $99.00/yr
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Scanner
Today’s actual top-scoring tickers · refreshed every 30 min
| Ticker | Sector | Score | Conf | Signal | 1D | Why |
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| ACNB | Financials | 85.8 | 78% | HIGH CONVICTION | +0.06% | momentum among this ticker's highest-scoring factors; macro factor on the upper side for the current regime, smart-money factor near the top of its range. |
| PEB | Real Estate | 85.4 | 64% | HIGH CONVICTION | +1.52% | fundamentals exceptional — margin expansion, growth accelerating; leading the sector by a wide margin, lower-highs forming on the daily. |
| BLBD | Industrials | 84.3 | 78% | STRONG SETUP | +0.02% | regime backdrop constructive (breadth healthy, VIX contained) — above the 200DMA with positive slope. |
| MRK | Health Care | 84.2 | 66% | STRONG SETUP | -1.93% | smart-money factor in the lower band of its range, with relative-strength factor above the midpoint vs healthcare peers. |
| BDL | Consumer Discretionary | 84.1 | 64% | STRONG SETUP | +6.85% | macro factor above the midpoint for the current regime, with trend factor on the lower side of its range. |
| NWPX | Industrials | 84.0 | 68% | STRONG SETUP | +3.11% | growth and profitability both above sector median — relative strength tilting up vs industrial peers. |
A live preview of the Tapeline scanner. Every liquid US stock & ETF, scored on six public factors.
At a glance — the no-card path
Features only. We compare no-card access, formula transparency, and track record — never claimed returns.
| Scanner | No-card access | Card needed | Public formula | Track record |
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| Tapeline | Free-forever tier with no card, plus a 14-day Premium trial that also needs no credit card | None | Yes | Public scorecard |
| StockAnalysis.io | Free screener and fundamental tables with no login wall on the basics — nothing to sign up for | None | No score | None |
| Finviz (free) | Free web screener with no signup — 60+ raw filter fields, delayed data, ads | None (free tier) | No score | None |
| TradingView (free) | Free screener + charting; a free account is required, but no credit card | None (free tier) | No score | None |
| Trade Ideas | Paid only — free trials require a credit card up front | Card for trial | No score | None |
Tapeline
No-card access: Free-forever tier with no card, plus a 14-day Premium trial that also needs no credit card
The only US scanner that publishes its full 6-factor formula AND keeps every losing day on a public scorecard. Both the free-forever tier and the 14-day Premium trial start with no credit card — nothing to cancel, no dark-pattern billing. Be clear-eyed about the record: the public scorecard currently trails SPY, and we leave it up unedited because an auditable track record is the whole point.
StockAnalysis.io
No-card access: Free screener and fundamental tables with no login wall on the basics — nothing to sign up for
The cleanest genuinely-free experience — a usable screener and readable financial tables you can reach without an account or a card. It's a filter-based screener, not a scoring engine, and there's no first-party track record. If you just want to screen and read fundamentals with zero friction, it's excellent.
Finviz (free)
No-card access: Free web screener with no signup — 60+ raw filter fields, delayed data, ads
The free Finviz screener is usable without any signup — deep on raw filter fields so you build your own thesis from the data. No composite score, no published methodology, no track record. The paid Elite tier (which does take a card) removes ads and adds real-time data. For hand-built filtering, the free tier is genuinely useful.
TradingView (free)
No-card access: Free screener + charting; a free account is required, but no credit card
A free account (no card) unlocks a genuinely usable screener plus the best charting on the internet and a large community ideas feed. The screener is filter-based rather than a scoring engine, with no first-party record of how its screens have done. Best if charts are your primary workspace.
Trade Ideas
No-card access: Paid only — free trials require a credit card up front
Included here for honesty because people search for it: Trade Ideas has no genuinely free tier, and its trials ask for a card. It's a powerful intraday tool with AI-driven signals at premium pricing — but if a no-credit-card path is your requirement, it isn't one. Listed so the comparison is complete, not to knock the product.
How we compared them
Three feature criteria, no performance criteria: is there a real no-credit-card path (a free tier or a no-card trial); does the tool publish the formula behind any score it shows; and does it keep a public track record. We list Trade Ideas even though it fails the first test, so the comparison is complete rather than cherry-picked.
Tapeline is the only tool here that answers "yes" to no-card access, a public formula, and a public scorecard together. That scorecard trailing SPY is stated plainly on the public scorecard itself — the trust hook, not a footnote. The raw filter screeners don't produce a composite score, so the formula and scorecard columns simply don't apply to them — a difference in design, not a criticism.
Frequently asked
What's the best free stock scanner with no credit card?
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For a synthesised composite score with a published formula, Tapeline — its free-forever tier and its 14-day Premium trial both start with no card. For a friction-free filter screener with no account at all, StockAnalysis.io. For raw filter fields with no signup, the free Finviz screener. For charting plus a free screener (free account, no card), TradingView. Each is honest about exactly what the no-card path includes.
Which stock scanners genuinely need no signup?
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StockAnalysis.io and the free Finviz screener both let you screen without creating an account. TradingView and Tapeline require a free account but never a credit card on the free path. If your hard requirement is 'no card, ever,' all four qualify — Tapeline is the only one that also publishes its scoring formula and a public scorecard.
Is Tapeline's free tier really free forever, or a trial?
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Free forever — no card, no countdown. The free tier gives you live composite scores on the top scanner rows plus a handful of ticker look-ups a day. Separately, there's an optional 14-day Premium trial that also needs no credit card if you want to test the deeper features. Neither path stores a card, so there's nothing to cancel.
Does the no-card scanner still show a real track record?
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Tapeline does, and it's important to be straight about it: every top-10 daily pick is logged to a public scorecard at /scorecard and back-checked against SPY the next session, with no edits. Right now that record trails SPY. We keep it public anyway — an honest, auditable record is the point, not a flattering headline. The other no-card scanners publish no first-party track record.
How did you decide which scanners qualify?
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On features only, never on returns: is there a real no-credit-card path (free tier or no-card trial), does the tool publish the formula behind any score, and does it keep a public track record. We include Trade Ideas even though it fails the no-card test, so the comparison is complete. We never rank scanners by claimed performance — descriptive analytics only.
Keep exploring
- Browse every scored US ticker → — the full coverage directory.
- Best swing trade stocks right now → — today's top 30 by composite score.
- Tapeline vs Finviz → — the full free-screener head-to-head.
- The public scorecard → — every top-10 pick vs SPY, unedited (it trails SPY).
Start free — no credit card, nothing to cancel.
Free forever tier — no card. Pro from $8.25/mo ($99.00/yr), with a 30-day money-back guarantee. The 14-day Premium trial needs no card either.