Most trading simulators ask for an email, a phone number or a brokerage account before you see a chart. Climb From Zero does not. Install it on Android or iPhone, tap New game, and you are trading live Bitcoin and Ethereum prices with $100 of game money. No sign-up, no login, no card, and no real money anywhere in the game.
Here is exactly what you get without an account, what an account is for, and what the paid part changes.
What works with no sign-up at all
- The prologue and Chapter 1 of the story, and live trading on real BTC and ETH prices until your account reaches $150.
- The Foundations and scam-safety lessons, each with a quiz.
- Today’s practice round and three blind replay rounds a day on real market history (coin, dates and price level hidden).
- The first two history challenges, including the March 2020 crash hour by hour.
- Quick chart drills, the Library of public-domain books on markets, your trade journal and your discipline score.
- A plan before every buy (stop-loss, target, one line on why), and your own risk rules with a strict mode.
What an account is for (and why it is optional)
Signing in with Apple or Google does one thing: it carries your climb to a new phone and to the desk, the same game in a web browser. The game itself never needs it. You can play for months as a guest. If you do sign in later, nothing restarts; your progress, rules and journal come with you. You can also delete the account from inside the app at any time.
What Climb Pro changes
Climb Pro is a subscription ($7.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial) that opens the rest of the story and trading past $150, all 37 lessons, unlimited practice rounds, every history challenge, leverage practice, Robin’s reviews of your trades, and the desk’s drawing tools. It does not sell money, XP or progress: there is nothing to buy that moves you up the climb. Everything free stays free, and the game has no ads.
Why no sign-up is the right default for practice
A simulator exists so you can make mistakes before they cost anything. An account wall before the first chart adds friction and collects data you have not agreed to give yet. Starting as a guest also keeps the first lesson honest: the only thing in the way of your first trade is the plan the game asks you to write before you press Buy.
A simulation. No real money. Not financial advice.
A simulation. No real money. Not financial advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell anything.