# PCGS Coinflation — user reviews

> 78 indexed App Store user reviews of PCGS Coinflation by PCGS, rated 3.60/5 from 88 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pcgs-coinflation/id535653219/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pcgs-coinflation/id535653219.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 41 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 17

## What do users think of PCGS Coinflation?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Quick reference for pricing
- 👍 Useful for coin collectors
- 👍 Good for scrap value
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Provides current pricing
- 👍 Valuable business tool

**Cons**

- 🐛 App disappeared from iPhone
- 🐛 Prices not updating
- 🐛 Stuck on old pricing
- 🐛 Infrequent metals price updates
- 🐛 Pricing issues weekly
- 🐛 App not refreshing
- 🐛 Ads prevent access
- 🐛 New format disliked
- 🐛 Gold & silver prices too small
- 🐛 eBay link disliked
- 🐛 Gold color hard to focus
- 🐛 Not optimized for larger iPhones
- 🐛 Displaying old prices
- 🐛 Not usable now
- 🐛 Crashed after update
- 🐛 Fails to launch after update
- 🐛 Rendering app useless

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App disappeared on iPhone
- Metal prices don’t update
- Price is stuck
- Spot price not updating
- Pricing issues
- App has not updated for several days
- Won’t show current data
- Stuck on old date
- Current pricing is about a week old
- App wouldn’t refresh for days
- Always over an hour behind
- Ads prevent access to gold
- New format disliked
- Gold & silver prices too small
- eBay link disliked
- Gold color hard to focus
- Not optimized for larger iPhones
- Displaying prices from 2012
- App not working
- Refresh button doesn't bring in new data
- Fails to launch
- App has not worked in weeks
- Broken worthless app
- No longer updates spot
- Update function has stopped working
- Metal prices won’t load
- Can’t see prices for silver and gold
- Not working at all
- Not showing values
- Not refreshing or updating
- App has not updated current market values
- Values remain blank
- Doesn't do common coins
- Fails to update
- Can't read values
- Fails to load and fails to update
- Stopped working
- Will not update
- Something's Missing
- Omission of gold coin values
- App not giving current silver/gold prices
- Never refreshes
- Spot prices are incorrect
- Update messed it up
- App disappeared on my iPhone

**Most requested features**

- See coin composition and silver mass
- Set a custom spot price
- Include pre-33 US gold coins
- Add platinum and palladium melt value calculator
- Include Gold Coin Melt Values
- Add a line for Gold coins
- Include U.S. Gold coins
- Add all U.S. and other common gold coins weights and melt values
- Include gold coins
- Pick the percent of purity
- Display karats and % purity and troy ounces simultaneously
- Add American Eagle Silver Dollar to silver coin section
- Add a Gold Coin Section
- Add (dwt)
- Add foreign coin melt value (e.g., Canadian)
- Include news/articles from the website
- Include summaries for denominations (metal value)
- Link to daily news articles or archived articles
- Add an 80% and 50% calculator
- Indicate weight in troy oz when calculating total price
- Add Canadian coin page
- Add a way to set a spot price for metals

## Newest reviews (15 of 78)

### 3/5 — Decent, could be better

*2026-01-30, version 1.5.8*

Would be nice if you could see the coin composition and silver mass in each coin, just like on the Coinflation site.

### 4/5 — Good, but it could be great.

*2026-01-24, version 1.5.8*

Please just give me a way to set a spot price for metals.  That way if I’m selling, I can just enter the offer price and get the value of the coins. I have never purchased or sold directly at the spot price.

### 2/5 — Meh

*2023-12-08, version 1.5.8*

Used to be a reliable resource. Seemingly has pricing issues once a week of late (roughly for the last 6 months or so). Might be time to find another quick-use app.

### 4/5 — Won’t show current data…

*2022-03-23, version 1.5.8*

Stuck on 3-18-22. Won’t show current prices. Not sure how to fix it🤷‍♂️

### 2/5 — Infrequent metals price update

*2022-03-23, version 1.5.8*

While this app is helpful, it doesn’t update underlying metals prices frequently enough. Current pricing is about a week old.

### 4/5 — Solid application

*2021-02-28, version 1.5.8*

Really good application for scrap value.

### 3/5 — Needs Gold Coin Melt Values

*2020-11-05, version 1.5.8*

Needs Gold Coin Melt Values

### 2/5 — What happened?

*2020-06-01, version 1.5.6*

Several times lately, the app wouldn’t even refresh for me...for days. Now for the past couple days, it’s always over an hour behind.

### 4/5 — Cool app but..

*2019-04-24, version 1.5.3*

Needs U.S. Gold coins

### 4/5 — Great app

*2018-11-06, version 1.5.3*

This app is very helpful. Adding all U.S and other common gold coins weights and melt values would be even more helpful.

### 2/5 — Good app but

*2018-07-18, version 1.5.2*

Can’t understand why they don’t have gold coins.

### 4/5 — Nice try but

*2017-10-26, version 1.5*

Why mess with a good app.
Do not like the ebay link.
Do not like the gold color in the gold price. Hard for older eyes to focus.. it blurs.

Is what it is..

### 4/5 — Scrap silver calculator

*2017-08-10, version 1.4*

Make it so you can pick the percent of purity. Because I have coins that are for example 53% or 83.5% so it can calculate that. But at her than that it is great.

### 4/5 — Quick & Clear

*2016-08-26, version 1.4*

Very simple interface, easy to use, and current. One suggestion is to display karats and % purity and troy ounces simultaneously for those who are new to the process. Maybe something like 24k = 99.99% = 1.0000 troy oz.

### 2/5 — Needs Optimization

*2016-05-18, version 1.4*

The app is easy to use and provides FANTASTIC info at your fingertips. The problem is it needs to be optimized for larger iPhones. If it was optimized it would be a 5 star app.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Disappearance

*2026-03-17, version 1.5.8*

Ditto on the last review. App disappeared on my iPhone!

### 1/5 — Gives 2012 pricing

*2026-02-15, version 1.5.8*

Just updated my iPhone and the app was fantastic up until then. When this app worked, it was the standard without having to pay for a silly upgrade. 
It saved me many times from overpaying and underselling…. Sad to see it crash!

### 1/5 — Metal prices don’t update

*2025-11-20, version 1.5.8*

I really like the way this 
App is put together and like to use it. However, on my phone, it has stopped updating silver and gold prices so all the information that it gives is incorrect. I like the app, but it’s not usable now please fix it.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t update

*2025-10-31, version 1.5.8*

The price is stuck on 9/5 today is 10/31

### 1/5 — Spot price not updating

*2025-10-10, version 1.5.8*

They haven’t updated spot
Price in over a month.

### 1/5 — Platinum? Palladium?

*2021-06-07, version 1.5.8*

What about platinum and palladium melt value calculator? Doesn’t seam like rocket engineering to figure out something is missing from your app. So no ideas for updating your app have been submitted? Like platinum and palladium melt values calculator added to silver and gold melt value calculator app? Hopefully this suggestion will inspire someone to the next step in evolution. 🤔

### 1/5 — Update messed it up.

*2020-03-27, version 1.5.5*

I can’t get to the gold on the app. 

The ads at the bottom prevent you from getting to it. Please fix!

### 1/5 — Update

*2017-11-22, version 1.5.1*

Do not like the new format . Don't want to see things for sale when I open it . Also gold & silver prices are too small . Liked the old way better .  Any way to delete the update ? Five stars before update ... One now .

### 1/5 — Displaying prices from 2012????

*2016-03-09, version 1.4*

Would be a great app if it wasn't displaying PM prices from four years ago. What the heck???

### 1/5 — Please Fix !!!

*2015-01-07, version 1.3*

Gonna give this app another couple of days then I'm deleting it. I used to use this app all the time, now I don't even think about opening it bc it's never refreshes and spot prices are incorrect. It's a shame.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Quick

*2026-02-01, version 1.5.8*

Great, quick reference, for quick pricing

### 5/5 — Great tool

*2025-04-02, version 1.5.8*

I love this app I use it all the time. I just wish it had something for the pre-33 US gold coins.

### 5/5 — Great app, but has not updated for several days. How do you contact the app maker?

*2023-12-08, version 1.5.8*

Great app, but has not updated for several days. How do you contact the app maker?

### 5/5 — Great App, use it all the time!

*2020-09-12, version 1.5.7*

Found this app as a coin collector. Obviously it’s not for evaluating the value of most that I buy and sell, but many of us can’t resist at least a bit of “silver stacking”.  Coinflation provides a quick way of calculating a fair trading price for US coinage of all types.  Would be nice to add a line for Gold coins, too. 👍

### 5/5 — Best app to check on silver prices

*2019-02-16, version 1.5.3*

I’ve gotten into silver recently and this app is really good!

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2018-01-24*

Great app that I use regularly to calculate the melt price of gold and silver items.

### 5/5 — VERY BERSERK

*2015-06-28, version 1.4*

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BERSERK COIN APPS AVAILABLE ON THE APP STORE.  NOW I KNOW THE EXACT VALUE OF MY COINS. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE GOLD COINS. THANKS PCGS. VERY BERSERK.

### 5/5 — We asked and you guys delivered

*2015-05-18, version 1.4*

Works on my iPhone 6, and now includes Silver Eagles, perfect!

### 5/5 — FINALLY!  You'll make money with this

*2015-04-14, version 1.4*

I am glad I found this app... I had the website on the front page of my iPhone for quick calculations. This is so much easier than having to navigate the website on the phone!  I have been using this website for years when buying collections of scrap silver.

### 5/5 — New update is great

*2015-03-30, version 1.4*

Have been using this app for a while, been really wanting where you can put in the amount of each coin you have so you can get an all around total instead of putting in how many quarters you have then writing it down. Then adding it to how many dimes you have.

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