Ratio vs Shadow Markets
Ratio and Shadow Markets are both filed under Copy Trading and Sports Trading and 1 more. Both are trading platforms, and both are free. Below: the facts side by side, where the two actually differ, and when each one is the better pick.
Social prediction-market app for iOS and Android built around copying Polymarket traders.
Compared with Shadow Markets
Copy-trading platform for prediction markets across Polymarket and Kalshi.
Compared with RatioAt a glance
| Fact | Ratio | Shadow Markets |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Trading platform | Trading platform |
| Category | Copy Trading | Copy Trading |
| Also listed in | Platforms & Tools, Sports Trading, Politics & Elections, Crypto Markets, Sentiment / News | Sports Trading, Politics & Elections |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Price | free app | free · beta |
| Risk rating | Medium risk | Medium risk |
| Markets | All Polymarket markets, Politics, Crypto and 1 more | Polymarket, Kalshi, Politics and 1 more |
| Source | Source not published | Source not published |
| Runs in Telegram | No | No |
| Listed since | Aug 6, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 |
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Key differences
- Both list Politics and Sports; Ratio adds All Polymarket markets and Crypto; Shadow Markets adds Polymarket and Kalshi.
- Only Ratio is filed under Platforms & Tools and Crypto Markets and 1 more.
Choose Ratio if…
- you trade All Polymarket markets and Crypto
- your focus is Platforms & Tools and Crypto Markets and 1 more
Choose Shadow Markets if…
- you trade Polymarket and Kalshi
What Ratio does
Social prediction-market app for iOS and Android built around copying Polymarket traders. Browse markets, follow forecasters from a global leaderboard, mirror their positions with your own sizing, and read the reasoning they post next to each trade. Wallet tracking, alerts and portfolio analytics sit alongside the feed. The wallet is self-custodial — you hold the keys and can export them — and every trade settles on Polymarket itself, not on Ratio's infrastructure.
Features- Copy trading — pick a trader, set sizing, mirror their positions automatically
- Global leaderboard and XP rank badges for ranking forecasters
- Social feed where traders post reasoning and analysis with their trades
- Public wallet tracking with push alerts on new activity
- Portfolio tracking with performance and accuracy metrics
- Ranks Polymarket forecasters on a public leaderboard by realised performance.
- Mirrors a chosen trader's entries at your own position size rather than theirs.
- Pairs each copied trade with the author's written rationale in the feed.
What Shadow Markets does
Copy-trading platform for prediction markets across Polymarket and Kalshi. Deposit funds, pick top traders by win rate, profit and volume, and the system mirrors their trades proportionally — with portfolio, P&L and redemption tracking built in. Free and in early beta.
Features- Copy top prediction-market traders automatically
- Rank traders by win rate, profit, trades and volume
- Proportional trade replication
- Built-in portfolio, P&L and redemption tracking
- Integrates Polymarket and Kalshi
- Ranks traders across Polymarket and Kalshi on real performance metrics.
- Mirrors your chosen traders' trades proportionally to your deposit.
- Tracks portfolio value, P&L and redemptions in one place.
More head-to-heads
Every fact on this page is taken from the two listings as their authors publish them; POLBOTS verifies neither performance nor claims and has no stake in either tool. Nothing here is financial advice.