Quick Commodities vs Mine Locator Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Commodities
Access real-time and historical commodity prices for 15+ key markets. Track price changes with a simple, information-dense interface and customize your view with accent colors and widgets. Stay informed on market shifts with data spanning up to 36 months.
- Real-time commodity prices
- Historical price data (1-36 months)
- 15+ common commodities tracked
- Customizable accent colors
- Widgets for quick access
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A glanceable overview of the commodities market in your pocket! Quick Commodities is the easiest way to stay up-to-date with market changes, with recent and historical price data at your fingertips via a simple and information-dense interface. Features include: • Price and price change data for 15 of the most common commodities • Historical price data, showing either last 1, 3, 6, 12, 24 or 36 months • Set an accent color to better adjust the interface to your taste • Widgets Currently available commodities: - Aluminium - Brent Oil - Coal - Cocoa - Coffee - Copper - Corn - Cotton - Crude Oil - Gold - Iron Ore - Lean Hogs - Live Cattle - Lumber - Natural Gas - Oats - Platinum - Silver - Soybeans - Sugar - Wheat Quick Commodities subscription will be charged to your account after your confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew every month and be charged to your account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Find the full terms and conditions, and our privacy policy, at https://armchairengineering.com/privacy.
Mine Locator Map
Discover historical and active mines, prospects, and mineral deposits across the United States. This app provides a map-based interface to locate various mining-related sites without requiring registration or subscriptions.
- Map of mines and prospects
- Locate abandoned mines
- Locate active mines
- Show mineral deposits
- Show processing plants
- USGS MRDS data source
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Mines near me: Mine map showing locations of historical mines and metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources in the United States. Locate abandoned mines, active mines, prospects, deposits, and processing plants. No registration, login, or subscription required. Data source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Mine Locator Map at free with in-app purchases against Quick Commodities's subscription. Mine Locator Map also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Quick Commodities's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (24% vs 13%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Quick Commodities sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Mine Locator Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mine Locator Map holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 505 and 348 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of Quick Commodities's written reviews are positive against 13% of Mine Locator Map's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Quick Commodities ships an update fortnightly, Mine Locator Map every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Commodities | Mine Locator Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (505 ratings) | 4.6 (348 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.2% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 505 — better | 348 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | Armchair Engineering | Qvyshift LLC |
Customer experience
Quick Commodities
Mine Locator Map
Bugs and requests
Quick Commodities
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes on launch for Intel Mac Pro (Monterey 12.1)
- M1 Mac compatibility issues
- Subscription payment processed but app remains locked
- Widget options limited after update
- Graph settings/options don't function properly
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- Prices display inaccurately or lag significantly
Requested features
10 requests- Bitcoin and cryptocurrency support
- Real-time price updates
- Extended chart time frames (beyond 3 months)
- Milk/dairy commodity prices
- Silver price display
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- Custom widget sizes (6-tile option)
- Multiple chart time frame options (1-day, 5-day views)
- Custom sorting options (not just alphabetical)
- Live data feeds
- App widgets for quick access
Mine Locator Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quick Commodities
- Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Legacy Quarterly$7.993 Months
- Legacy Half Yearly$13.996 Months
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- Legacy Yearly$24.991 Year
- Yearly$24.991 Year
- Outright Unlock$49.99
Mine Locator Map
- Upgrade$6.99
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