Third column: Dividend Wealth

Dividend tracker comparison, updated 2026-11-09; prices as checked 2026-10-11

Snowball Analytics vs Simply Safe Dividends: pricing, forecasting and features compared

Snowball Analytics is cheaper on the entry plan: Snowball Analytics Starter is $79.99 a year against $468 for Simply Safe Dividends Annual membership, a difference of $388.01 a year. Of the 22 points we check, Snowball Analytics is ahead on 4 (free plan limits, community and public portfolios and MCP server for AI assistants) and Simply Safe Dividends on 2 (portfolios on paid plans and dividend screener). On dividend forecasting Snowball Analytics rates "Partly" and Simply Safe Dividends "Partly"; Dividend Wealth projects every future payment with a date, an amount and a confidence tier out to 10 years. Dividend Wealth, which we make, is the third column: $99.99 a year on Standard or $1,500 once for life, with dividend safety scores, a screener and free research pages, and no mobile app yet.

We make Dividend Wealth, so it sits in the third column and is labelled as ours. Snowball Analytics and Simply Safe Dividends are described from their public pricing and feature pages, linked under Sources; anything we could not confirm is marked "Not verified".

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At a glance

	Snowball Analytics	Simply Safe Dividends	Dividend Wealthours
What it is	A multi-asset portfolio tracker with strong dividend tools: stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds, crypto and custom assets in 30+ currencies, with IRR, benchmark comparison and a rebalancing tool.	A research service first and a tracker second: Dividend Safety Scores, analyst write-ups, model portfolios and a newsletter, with portfolio tracking built around them, for $468 a year.	A dividend tracker built around forecasting: every future payment is projected with a date, an amount and a confidence tier, portfolios can be linked to a brokerage or reconciled by hand, and the research pages are free to read.
Company	Snowball Analytics SAS, Lyon, France	Simply Safe Dividends	Dividend Wealth
Platforms	Web, iOS and Android apps	Web	Web (responsive); no native mobile app yet
Paid plans	Starter $7.99/mo or $79.99/yr; Expert $24.99/mo or $249.99/yr	Annual membership $468/yr	Standard $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr; Premium $19.99/mo or $199.99/yr; Lifetime $1,500 once
Free plan	1 portfolio, 10 holdings.	No free plan; 14-day trial instead.	1 portfolio, 10 holdings, 25 transactions; no brokerage linking.
Free trial	14 days of full access, no card; two portfolios during the trial.	14 days, no card required.	14 days of Standard, no card required.
Scale (self-reported)	Not stated on the pages we read	Not stated on the pages we read	2,700+ users, 4,000+ portfolios and $340M+ of assets tracked (as stated on dividend-wealth.com)
Trustpilot	Score unavailable	Score unavailable	Score unavailable

Pricing

List prices in US dollars as published on each pricing page on 2026-10-11. Promotions change; the links above go to the live pages.

Product	Plan	Monthly	Yearly	What you get
Snowball Analytics	Free	$0	$0	1 portfolio, 10 holdings, 1 custom asset
Snowball Analytics	Starter	$7.99/mo	$79.99/yr	1 portfolio, unlimited holdings, broker linking, dividend ratings, rebalancing
Snowball Analytics	Investor	$14.99/mo	$149.99/yr	Several portfolios, 30+ years of backtest data
Snowball Analytics	Expert	$24.99/mo	$249.99/yr	Unlimited portfolios, holdings and custom assets; MCP access for AI tools
Simply Safe Dividends	Annual membership	Not offered	$468/yr	$39 a month billed annually; the only plan. Unlimited portfolios, Dividend Safety Scores, alerts, income calendar and forecast, screeners, analyst research, newsletter and model portfolios
Dividend Wealth	Free	$0	$0	1 portfolio, 10 holdings, 25 transactions, no brokerage linking
Dividend Wealth	Standard	$9.99/mo	$99.99/yr	6 portfolios (1 brokerage-linked + 5 manual), unlimited holdings and transactions, forecasting and safety scores
Dividend Wealth	Premium	$19.99/mo	$199.99/yr	Unlimited portfolios and unlimited linked brokerage accounts
Dividend Wealth	Lifetime	$1,500 once	n/a	Premium forever, one payment (or 3 payments of $500); all future Premium features included

Snowball's website blocks automated access, so these prices come from two independent reviews that quote the official pricing page as checked on 24 September and 11 October 2026. Confirm on snowball-analytics.com/pricing.

Simply Safe Dividends sells one annual plan and states that it does not offer discounts or monthly billing.

Cost of one year on each paid plan when billed yearly. Dividend Wealth Lifetime ($1,500 once) is not a yearly cost and is left out.

Dividend forecasting: how far ahead, and how sure

Every tracker here lists upcoming payouts. The difference is whether it projects each future payment on its own date, how far ahead it goes, whether it says how confident it is, and whether the method is published.

Snowball Analytics

Partly — Projects payouts for the next 12 months, month by month, with average dividend growth per holding. No dated multi-year forecast or confidence rating.

Simply Safe Dividends

Partly — Income calendar and forecast of expected dividends; horizon and confidence rating not stated.

Dividend Wealth

Yes — Each future payment is projected individually with a date, an amount, a growth assumption and a High, Medium or Low confidence tier, out to 10 years in the what-if projections. Built from each holding's own payment history, with the method published.

Read the forecasting method.

Feature by feature

22 points, the same for every comparison on this site. "Not verified" means we could not confirm it from the vendor's public pages and would rather say so than guess.

Feature	Snowball Analytics	Simply Safe Dividends	Dividend Wealthours
Income
Dividend forecasting	Partly — Projects payouts for the next 12 months, month by month, with average dividend growth per holding. No dated multi-year forecast or confidence rating.	Partly — Income calendar and forecast of expected dividends; horizon and confidence rating not stated.	Yes — Each future payment is projected individually with a date, an amount, a growth assumption and a High, Medium or Low confidence tier, out to 10 years in the what-if projections. Built from each holding's own payment history, with the method published.
Dividend calendar	Yes — Dividend calendar.	Yes — Income calendar.	Yes — Market-wide calendar with presets (Aristocrats, Kings, monthly payers, REITs) plus a per-portfolio calendar of ex-dates and pay dates.
Dividend safety or quality score	Yes — Dividend rating on Starter and above.	Yes — Dividend Safety Scores, the core of the service, with a published track record on dividend cuts.	Yes — Resilience Score for dividend durability and an A+ to F Overall Rating built from six published subscores.
DRIP modelling	Partly — Compound growth calculator; received dividends tracked automatically.	Not verified — Not verified.	Yes — DRIP toggle in Goals & What-If projections; DRIP backtests in the compare tool.
Income goal tracking	Yes — Goal tracking tab.	Not verified — Not verified.	Yes — Income goals with year-to-date progress and milestone alerts.
Tracking
Brokerage sync	Yes — Yodlee, SnapTrade and Interactive Brokers from Starter; 1,000+ brokers claimed. Many European brokers import via report files rather than a live link.	Not verified — Not stated on the pricing page.	Yes — Plaid and SnapTrade (Schwab, Vanguard, Fidelity, Robinhood, Interactive Brokers and more). One linked account on Standard, unlimited on Premium. Imports holdings and about two years of transactions.
Manual transactions	Yes — Manual entry, broker report import and a corporate-actions tab for splits.	Yes — Manual portfolios, unlimited.	Yes — Unlimited on paid plans (25 on Free). Enter the ticker, date and shares; the price auto-fills from the actual close on that date, and stock splits are applied automatically so statements reconcile.
CSV import and export	Yes — Broker report and CSV import.	Not verified — Not verified.	Yes — Import a full transaction history or current holdings from CSV; export the same Symbol, Type, Date, Shares, Price, Fee format and re-import it.
Portfolios on paid plans	Partly — 1 on Starter, several on Investor, unlimited on Expert.	Yes — Unlimited.	Yes — 6 on Standard (1 linked + 5 manual); unlimited on Premium and Lifetime.
Free plan limits	Partly — 1 portfolio, 10 holdings.	No — No free plan; 14-day trial instead.	Partly — 1 portfolio, 10 holdings, 25 transactions; no brokerage linking.
Research
Dividend screener	Partly — Simple dividend screener with 16 filter options.	Yes — Stock and closed-end fund screeners.	Yes — Dividend stock screener with 21 filters: 17 numeric ranges (yield, payout ratio, increase streak, consistency, 1-, 5- and 10-year dividend growth, P/E, PEG, P/B, upside to target, return on equity, net margin, revenue growth, net debt to EBITDA, beta, market cap) plus sector, stock or ETF, payment frequency and a minimum A+ to F grade; seven one-click strategy presets.
Curated stock and ETF lists	Not verified — Not found on the pages we could read.	Partly — Model portfolios and idea lists for members; nothing free to read.	Yes — 37 curated lists, free to read with live data: Dividend Aristocrats, Kings and Champions, monthly and weekly payers, covered-call, YieldMax and bitcoin-income ETFs, highest yield, undervalued, oversold, top rated and more.
Stock and ETF research pages	Yes — Public stock and ETF pages for each asset (financials, dividends, charts), comparable to Dividend Wealth's research pages; Fund X-ray and dividend ratings inside the app.	Yes — Analyst research, idea lists, model portfolios, 10-year financial charts and S&P credit ratings, behind the paywall.	Yes — Free research pages for thousands of US-listed stocks and ETFs: dividend history, yield, forecast and FAQ.
Side-by-side ticker comparison	Partly — Benchmark comparison against indexes (TWR and IRR), not ticker against ticker.	Not verified — Not verified.	Yes — Interactive DRIP comparison for up to 15 tickers, plus 1,200+ published pair pages (fees, yield, returns, overlap).
Community and public portfolios	Partly — Public portfolio sharing.	No — None found.	Yes — Public portfolios and a portfolio contest.
Platform
Mobile app	Yes — iOS and Android apps.	Not verified — Not verified.	No — No native app yet. The web app works on phones.
Public API	No — No public REST API verified.	No — None found.	No — Not yet; a public API is on the roadmap.
MCP server for AI assistants	Yes — MCP access on the Expert plan.	No — None found.	No — Not yet. An MCP server, so AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude can read your portfolio and forecasts, is in progress.
Markets and currencies	Yes — 70+ exchanges and 30+ currencies; stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds, crypto, real estate and custom assets; custom withholding-tax rates.	Partly — US-focused.	Yes — 26 exchanges across the US, Canada and Europe. Holdings stay in their trading currency; portfolios, income and transactions are shown in your choice of 10 display currencies (USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CHF, JPY, SEK, DKK, NOK) at daily FX rates.
Billing
Lifetime plan	No — No lifetime plan.	No — No lifetime plan.	Yes — $1,500 once, or 3 payments of $500.
Free trial	Yes — 14 days of full access, no card; two portfolios during the trial.	Yes — 14 days, no card required.	Yes — 14 days of Standard, no card required.
Refunds	Not verified — Not stated on the pages we could read.	Yes — 60-day money-back guarantee for first-time subscribers.	Partly — Cancel anytime; cancellation stops renewals but the current period is not refunded.

Where each one is ahead

Counted from the table above. A tracker is "ahead" on a point when its verdict ranks higher (Yes over Partly over No) and both verdicts are verified; unverified points are left out of the count.

Snowball Analytics over Simply Safe Dividends

4 of 22 points

Free plan limits. 1 portfolio, 10 holdings.
Community and public portfolios. Public portfolio sharing.
MCP server for AI assistants. MCP access on the Expert plan.
Markets and currencies. 70+ exchanges and 30+ currencies; stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds, crypto, real estate and custom assets; custom withholding-tax rates.

Simply Safe Dividends over Snowball Analytics

2 of 22 points

Portfolios on paid plans. Unlimited.
Dividend screener. Stock and closed-end fund screeners.

Dividend Wealth over both

3 of 22 points

Dividend forecasting. Each future payment is projected individually with a date, an amount, a growth assumption and a High, Medium or Low confidence tier, out to 10 years in the what-if projections. Built from each holding's own payment history, with the method published.
Community and public portfolios. Public portfolios and a portfolio contest.
Lifetime plan. $1,500 once, or 3 payments of $500.

Which should you pick?

Pick Snowball Analytics if: You hold assets beyond stocks and ETFs (real estate, P2P lending, crypto, bonds), trade on exchanges outside North America and Europe, import from a European broker by report file, or care more about IRR and benchmark analysis than about dividend forecasting.

Pick Simply Safe Dividends if: You want someone else's written research and model portfolios and will pay for it; the tracker is secondary.

Pick Dividend Wealth if: You invest for dividend income first and want every payment forecast with a date, an amount and a confidence tier, scored for safety and reconciled to your statements, with research, lists and comparisons you can read without an account.

What ten years costs

The entry plan of each tracker, billed yearly at today's list prices, and Dividend Wealth's one-time lifetime licence.

Snowball Analytics Starter
Simply Safe Dividends Annual membership
Dividend Wealth Standard
Dividend Wealth Lifetime

Total paid after each year, billed yearly at today's prices. Dashed lines are one-time lifetime licences (Dividend Wealth). After 10 years: Snowball Analytics Starter $799.90, Simply Safe Dividends Annual membership $4,680, Dividend Wealth Standard $999.90, Dividend Wealth Lifetime $1,500.

Frequently asked questions

Is Snowball Analytics cheaper than Simply Safe Dividends?

Which has better dividend forecasting, Snowball Analytics or Simply Safe Dividends?

They rate the same ("Partly"). Snowball Analytics: Projects payouts for the next 12 months, month by month, with average dividend growth per holding. No dated multi-year forecast or confidence rating. Simply Safe Dividends: Income calendar and forecast of expected dividends; horizon and confidence rating not stated. Dividend Wealth: Each future payment is projected individually with a date, an amount, a growth assumption and a High, Medium or Low confidence tier, out to 10 years in the what-if projections. Built from each holding's own payment history, with the method published.

Does Snowball Analytics or Simply Safe Dividends have a mobile app?

Snowball Analytics: iOS and Android apps. Simply Safe Dividends: Not verified. Dividend Wealth: No native app yet. The web app works on phones.

Can I use Snowball Analytics or Simply Safe Dividends without linking a brokerage?

Snowball Analytics: Manual entry, broker report import and a corporate-actions tab for splits. Simply Safe Dividends: Manual portfolios, unlimited. Dividend Wealth: Unlimited on paid plans (25 on Free). Enter the ticker, date and shares; the price auto-fills from the actual close on that date, and stock splits are applied automatically so statements reconcile.

Which covers more markets and currencies, Snowball Analytics or Simply Safe Dividends?

Snowball Analytics: 70+ exchanges and 30+ currencies; stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds, crypto, real estate and custom assets; custom withholding-tax rates. Simply Safe Dividends: US-focused. Dividend Wealth: 26 exchanges across the US, Canada and Europe. Holdings stay in their trading currency; portfolios, income and transactions are shown in your choice of 10 display currencies (USD, CAD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CHF, JPY, SEK, DKK, NOK) at daily FX rates.

Is there an alternative to Snowball Analytics and Simply Safe Dividends for dividend investors?

Dividend Wealth, which publishes this page. It is ahead of both on dividend forecasting, community and public portfolios and lifetime plan. Standard is $99.99 a year, or $1,500 once for a lifetime licence, with a 14 days of standard, no card required. It has no mobile app yet. The full comparisons are at Dividend Wealth vs Snowball Analytics and Dividend Wealth vs Simply Safe Dividends.

Sources and how we checked

We make Dividend Wealth. Prices and limits were read from the pages below; self-reported user counts are quoted from each vendor and labelled. Anything we could not confirm is marked "Not verified". Spotted an error? Email support@dividend-wealth.com.

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