Comparison

Goldenstash vs GC Wizard

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

Head to head
About

Goldenstash

Discover and explore user-submitted locations worldwide on an interactive map. Easily add your own sightings and share them with a global community. It's a fun way to find and track unique spots.

Highlights
  • Interactive global map
  • Add new sightings easily
  • Explore worldwide locations
  • Share sightings with community
  • Fun location hunting
Features
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Goldenstash is the easiest way for you to locate and explore Goldenstash sightings from across the globe! - Goldenstash is easy to use! Look around the map to view Stashes, and tap on the circular button at the bottom to add a new Stash to the map! It's that easy! - Goldenstash is fun! Try to find all the Stashes in your city! - Goldenstash is sharing! Now you can see Stashes from all over the world, even if you're not there physically! Enjoy, and happy Stashing!

About

GC Wizard

This open-source tool collection offers a wide range of cryptographic, geographic, and scientific calculations. It's designed to assist with in-field mysteries and riddles, but its extensive features make it useful for many non-geocaching tasks.

Highlights
  • Formula Solver for multi-stage variables
  • Multi Decoder with various interpreters
  • Over 200 symbol table sets
  • High-precision coordinate algorithms
  • Support for multiple coordinate formats
  • Enigma simulator
  • Color space converter
Features
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The GC Wizard is an open-source tool collection. It was originally created to offer Geocachers an offline tool to support them with in-field mysteries and riddles. So, the GC Wizard contains numerous tools for simple cryptography, geographic and scientific calculations as well as hundreds of sets of various symbols. Meanwhile the project became very huge and might be practicable for many non-Geocaching issues. General • Formula Solver: For handling multi stage variables • Multi Decoder: Enter an unknown code and let several decoders and calculators interpret it in a row • More than 200 sets of Symbol Tables: Direct decoding symbols to characters; save own encoding as an image • Online Manual: Every tool has its own manual page Cryptography & Encodings • Alphabet Values (A = 1, B = 2, ...): Configurable alphabets with language specific special character handling • Braille graphical decoder: Type the points into a graphical interface; supports different languages • Book Cipher: Choose the correct system (e.g. Line + Letter Number or Section + Line + Word Number, ...), handle special characters and empty lines, ... • Enigma: A full working Enigma simulator incl. numerous possible settings • Esoteric Languages: Generators and interpretors for several esoteric programming languages like Brainf**k, Ook, Malbolge and Chef • Morse • Numeral Words: Lists of important numbers in different languages. For English + German there are parsers to identify even complex numeral words • Substitution and Vigenère Code Breakers: Try to find the solution without knowing the keys • Classic Codes: Playfair, Polybios, Railfence, ... • Historic codes: Caesar, Vigenènere, telegraph codes, ... • Military codes: ADFGX, Cipher Wheel, Tapir, ... • Technical encodings: BCD, CCITT, Hashes (incl. brute-force hash breaker), RSA, ... Coordinates • High precision coordinate algorithms which support precise calculations even with very long distances by always considering the earth's shape (ellipsoid) • Support of different ellipsoids, even other planets • Coordinate Formats: Support of UTM, MGRS, XYZ, SwissGrid, NAC, PlusCode, Geohash, ... • Waypoint Projection: Includes precise reverse projection • Open Map: Set own points and lines, measure paths, export as and import from GPX/KML; OpenStreetMap and satellite view • Variable Coordinate: Interpolate coordinate formulas if some parts of coordinate are not given. Show result on map • Cross bearing, Center point of two and three coordinates, different intersections of lines and circles, ... Science and Technology • Astronomy: Calculate position of sun and moon at a certain place and time • Color Space Converter: Convert color values between RGB, HSL, Hex, CMYK, ... • Countries: ISO, calling and vehicle registration codes, flags • Date and Time functions: Weekday, time differences, ... • Irrational Numbers: π, φ and e: Show and search up to > 1 Mio. digits • Number sequences: Factorial, Fibonacci and Co. • Numeral Systems: Converts decimal to binary, hexadecimal, ... • Periodic Table of the Elements: Interactive view; lists which order the elements by any criterion • Phone Keys: Converts classic phone keys to letters. Supports phone model specific behaviours • Prime Numbers: Search prime numbers up to 1 Mio. • Segment Display: Graphical interface for decoding and encoding 7 to 16 segment displays • Unit Converter: Length, Volume, Pressure, Power and many more; convert between common units incl. prefixes like micro and kilo • Apparent Temperature, Cross Sums, DTMF, Keyboard layouts, Projectiles, Resistor codes, ... Images and Files • Hex Viewer • Exif/Metadata Viewer • Analyse frames of Animated Images • Color corrections: Adjust contrast, saturation, edge detection, ... • Search for Hidden Data or hidden archives • Read QR/Barcodes from images, create them from binary input

Screenshots

Goldenstash2 screens
GC Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GC Wizard at every 6 weeks against Goldenstash's every 10 months. GC Wizard also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Goldenstash's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goldenstash holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goldenstash ships an update every 10 months, GC Wizard every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Goldenstash versus GC Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoldenstashGC Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian HatchMark Lorenz

Customer experience

Goldenstash

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GC Wizard

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Goldenstash

No in-app purchases

None

GC Wizard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Goldenstash free?
Goldenstash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GC Wizard free?
GC Wizard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Goldenstash or GC Wizard?
Goldenstash is rated higher. Goldenstash averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while GC Wizard averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Goldenstash or GC Wizard have ads?
Neither Goldenstash nor GC Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goldenstash or GC Wizard?
Goldenstash ships an update every 10 months, and GC Wizard every 6 weeks. Most recently, Goldenstash was updated on October 10, 2026 and GC Wizard on October 28, 2026.

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