Comparison

FT Mercati vs Commodity Prices Live

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FT Mercati

Access financial market data, including LME, exchange rates, and commodity prices, all in one place. Stay updated with the latest news and reports on various sectors.

Highlights
  • Real-time LME data
  • Exchange rate tracking
  • Commodity prices
  • Financial reports
  • Market news
  • Steel product information
Features
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The new FT Mercati app makes all our services and datas available to you at all times. LME, scraps, exchange rates, power, steel products, reports, news and much more, all in a single place.

About

Commodity Prices Live

Track live prices for a wide range of commodities, including energy, metals, and grains. Visualize trends with interactive charts and utilize a built-in currency converter. Enjoy an ad-free experience with a yearly subscription.

Highlights
  • Interactive commodity charts
  • Energy, metals, grains, softs tracking
  • Currency converter
  • Futures data
  • Zoomable historical data
Features
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Features: - Interactive Charts in portrait and landscape mode with zoom, range from: last 24 hours, 7 days, 1 months, 3 months 6 months, 1 year, 5 years and 10 years. - Main commodities, including energy, metals, grains, livestock, and softs. - Currency converter - Futures Including: Energy * WTI, Brent, Natural Gas, Heating Oil and RBOB Gasoline Metals * Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinum and Copper Grains * Wheat, Corn, Soybean Oil, Rough Rice, Soybean Meal and Soybeans Softs * Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Lumber, Orange Juice and Sugar Please note quotes are delayed. Support our app and subscribe to Commodity Price Live for $8.99 a year and get a AD-free experience. A purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our https://www.fault.no/term/cpl and https://www.fault.no/privacy/cpl.

Screenshots

FT Mercati4 screens
Commodity Prices Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FT Mercati at none against Commodity Prices Live's 1. FT Mercati also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Commodity Prices Live sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per year. FT Mercati asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FT Mercati versus Commodity Prices Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFT MercatiCommodity Prices Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews67.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3.3K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB19 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFT Support S.r.l.Advisiant AS

Customer experience

FT Mercati

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Commodity Prices Live

All ratings3,320 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive67.1%
Neutral13.7%
Negative19.2%

Bugs and requests

FT Mercati

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Commodity Prices Live

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Grain prices not updating
  • Silver prices not reflecting accurately
  • Cotton price not updated since July 20th
  • Data not loading

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add Uranium spot price
  • Add Mexican Peso currency
  • Add Iron Ore and Steel prices
  • Add Diesel Fuel
  • Add Wheat futures
Show 4 more
  • Ability to set price alerts
  • Ability to change currency for each commodity
  • Improve chart parameters and time scale options
  • Add iOS widget

In-app purchases

None

FT Mercati

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Commodity Prices Live

Subscriptions1
  • PRO$8.991 Year

Questions

Is FT Mercati free?
FT Mercati is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Commodity Prices Live free?
Commodity Prices Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FT Mercati or Commodity Prices Live have ads?
Commodity Prices Live shows ads; FT Mercati does not.
Which is updated more often, FT Mercati or Commodity Prices Live?
FT Mercati ships an update monthly, and Commodity Prices Live monthly. Most recently, FT Mercati was updated on June 1, 2026 and Commodity Prices Live on September 21, 2026.

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