Gold & Silver Provident Metals vs Stack Heavy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gold & Silver Provident Metals
Track live prices for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. Set custom alerts for price targets via text or email. Browse exclusive deals on precious metals bullion.
- Live precious metals prices
- Interactive market charts
- Custom spot price alerts
- Deals on gold and silver bullion
- Multiple chart timeframes
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The Provident Metals app offers up to the minute gold, silver, platinum, and palladium prices. Stay in tune with markets using our interactive precious metals charts, and set custom spot price alerts to receive text and/or email messages when the gold price or silver price hits your target level. Browse the Provident Metals specials tab, offering our best deals on gold and silver bullion shipped directly to your door. Features: • Interactive Charts for Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium Spot Prices – Timeframes: 24H, 7D, 1M, 3M, 1Y, 5Y • Custom Email & Text Spot Price Alerts for Gold and Silver using Facebook, Google+, Yahoo!, or Outlook • Up to the Minute Spot Prices for Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, & Gold/Silver Ratio • Browse Our Best Deals on Gold and Silver Bullion
Stack Heavy
This finance app provides real-time precious metal prices and dealer premium tracking. It offers tools to calculate melt values and premiums, helping users find the best deals on bullion and coins. No account or subscriptions are needed.
- Live spot prices for precious metals
- Dealer premium tracking
- Melt value calculator
- Premium calculator with shipping/fees
- Automatic updates
- No account required
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Stack Heavy is a free precious metals toolkit built by Silver Seeker for stackers who want real data without the fluff. Track live spot prices for silver, gold, platinum, palladium, and copper with day change indicators and the gold/silver ratio. Monitor dealer premiums daily across multiple major bullion dealers to see who has the best prices on Silver Eagles, Maples, rounds, and gold. Calculate melt values for bullion, junk silver, constitutional coins, proofs, war nickels, and Canadian silver. Run quick calculations for junk silver bags, sterling silver, and scrap gold. Use the premium calculator to find your true cost over spot including shipping and fees. Every tool updates automatically with live spot prices. No account required, no ad networks, no paywalls, no subscriptions. Stack Heavy is the app Silver Seeker actually uses. Built for stackers, by a stacker.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Stack Heavy at weekly against Gold & Silver Provident Metals's every 18 months. Stack Heavy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and device support (3 vs 1). Gold & Silver Provident Metals's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 15). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stack Heavy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gold & Silver Provident Metals has 1.5K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Gold & Silver Provident Metals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stack Heavy's.
Gold & Silver Provident Metals ships an update every 18 months, Stack Heavy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gold & Silver Provident Metals | Stack Heavy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Provident Metals Corp | Silver Seeker |
Customer experience
Gold & Silver Provident Metals
Stack Heavy
Bugs and requests
Gold & Silver Provident Metals
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Improved app stability and navigation
- Better communication on order status and delivery
Stack Heavy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gold & Silver Provident Metals
No in-app purchases
Stack Heavy
No in-app purchases
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