Gold & Silver Provident Metals vs Stack Tracker
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 Tracker
Manage your precious metals collection privately on your device. Track portfolio value, gains, and premiums with detailed item information and historical data. Includes numismatic support and data export options.
- Private collection vault
- Portfolio value and gain/loss tracking
- Numismatic item support
- Customizable item details
- Data import/export
- Offline data storage
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Stack Tracker is a private vault for your precious metals collection — coins, bars, rounds, hand pours, junk silver, and graded numismatics across gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, and rhodium. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. Your collection lives only on your device, protected by optional Face ID. Live spot prices are strictly opt-in — and even then, only fetched when you tap. KNOW YOUR STACK • Portfolio value, gain/loss, and premium-over-spot at a glance • Average cost per ounce for every metal • Value-over-time charts built from your spot price updates • "What if" calculator — see your stack at $50 silver • Ounce goals with progress tracking BUILT FOR REAL STACKERS • Premium tracking against spot at purchase • Numismatic support: PCGS/NGC grading, cert numbers, market value overrides • Junk silver quick-entry by face value • Photos, serial numbers, dealers, and notes on every item • Sold-item tracking with realized gains YOUR DATA, YOURS CSV import/export with a fillable template, plus full backups that include photos. A quick-delete option erases everything instantly. Your first 10 items are free. One single purchase unlocks unlimited items — no subscription, ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gold & Silver Provident Metals at none against Stack Tracker's 1. Gold & Silver Provident Metals also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 12). Stack Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 71%). On price, rating, ads 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. Stack Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gold & Silver Provident Metals asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Gold & Silver Provident Metals against 4.8 for Stack Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gold & Silver Provident Metals has 1.5K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Gold & Silver Provident Metals's written reviews are positive against 83% of Stack Tracker's.
Gold & Silver Provident Metals ships an update every 18 months, Stack Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gold & Silver Provident Metals | Stack Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Provident Metals Corp | Johnny Cox |
Customer experience
Gold & Silver Provident Metals
Stack Tracker
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 Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gold & Silver Provident Metals
No in-app purchases
Stack Tracker
- Stack Tracker Unlimited$4.99
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