FT Mercati vs Commodity Prices Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time LME data
- Exchange rate tracking
- Commodity prices
- Financial reports
- Market news
- Steel product information
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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.
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.
- Interactive commodity charts
- Energy, metals, grains, softs tracking
- Currency converter
- Futures data
- Zoomable historical data
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FT Mercati | Commodity Prices Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 67.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FT Support S.r.l. | Advisiant AS |
Customer experience
FT Mercati
Commodity Prices Live
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
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- 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
FT Mercati
No in-app purchases
Commodity Prices Live
- PRO$8.991 Year
Questions
Is FT Mercati free?
Is Commodity Prices Live free?
Do FT Mercati or Commodity Prices Live have ads?
Which is updated more often, FT Mercati or Commodity Prices Live?
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