Comparison

Precious Metals Manager vs AuSSISTANT

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

Head to head
About

Precious Metals Manager

Manage your gold, silver, and other precious metals holdings with this app. Track live prices, monitor inventory, analyze performance, and generate reports for tax purposes. Securely store your portfolio data with optional iCloud backup.

Highlights
  • Track gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper
  • Create orders, items, sales, and bullion presets
  • Database of 300+ coin profiles
  • Live spot prices and charts
  • Inventory filtering and sorting
  • Profit/loss monitoring
  • Annual tax reports
Features
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Track, analyze, and grow your precious metals portfolio — all in one place. Precious Metals Manager gives you a complete picture of your holdings with real-time spot prices, powerful metrics, and an intuitive interface built for serious collectors and investors alike. Metals Supported Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, and Copper. Portfolio Management · Browse 300+ pre-filled coin and bullion profiles, or create your own custom presets. · Log orders, items, and sales with full detail — attach photos and documents to keep everything organized. · Powerful filters and sorting give you full control over your inventory. Live Market Data · Real-time spot prices in 14 currencies: USD, AUD, EUR, GBP, CAD, CHF, DKK, INR, JPY, MXN, NZD, NZD, BTC, and ETH. · Live charts to analyze trends and correlations between precious metals and cryptocurrencies. · Home screen widgets for instant access to spot prices and the Gold/Silver Ratio. Insights & Metrics · Portfolio value, offer value, gain/loss, total weight by metal, and average premium paid. · Advanced metrics: dollar-cost averaging, weight over time, and rebalancing strategy. · Gold/Silver Ratio tracker with historical chart. · Annual tax reports with capital gain/loss and January 1st portfolio snapshots. Sales Tracking · Monitor realized profits and losses across all your sales. · Filter sales by metal type for a focused view. Data & Privacy · Your data stays yours — no account required, no ads, no tracking, no geolocation. · iCloud backup with partial encryption for added security. · Export to CSV; import/export via CSV and JSON, including all attachments. · Biometric authentication: Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode. Subscription Precious Metals Manager offers monthly and annual auto-renewable subscriptions, unlocking all features. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Account Settings. Terms: https://preciousmetalsmanager.com/terms/

About

AuSSISTANT

This tool simplifies using gold as currency, focusing on the Goldback. It offers offline transaction calculations, exchange rates, historical charting, and a merchant directory. It also includes a Goldback currency symbol font and a serial number verifier for specific gold notes.

Highlights
  • Offline Goldback Transaction Calculator
  • Transaction Records
  • Daily Exchange Rates
  • Home Screen Widget
  • Historical Price Charting
  • Goldback Currency Symbol Font
  • Merchant Directory
Features
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AuSSISTANT is a tool that makes it easier to understand and use gold as money in our day-to-day lives, with a particular focus on the Goldback as the medium of exchange. AuSSISTANT offers: * An enhanced Goldback Transaction Calculator that can be used offline. * Transaction records, to help track the coming and going of your gold. * Daily Exchange Rates, as published by Goldback, Inc. and the United Precious Metals Association. * A Home Screen Widget for displaying current daily exchange rates. * Charting of historical price data relevant to trading in fractional gold. * An installable font that provides the Goldback Currency Symbol for use in any app that supports user-installed fonts. * A directory of merchants that accept Goldbacks as payment for goods and services, using data from the Goldback, Inc. and Alpine Gold Exchange's pages. (Requires network access.) * A Serial Number Verifier For MetalMark Gold Notes All features with the exception of daily exchange rate updates, merchant directory map, the MetalMark verifier, and an instructional video, can be used without network access. While AuSSISTANT helps people use the Goldback currency system, AuSSISTANT is independently developed and is not a product of Goldback, Inc., Alpine Gold Exchange, United Precious Metals Association, or any associated entity. AuSSISTANT is for entertainment and educational purposes only. The calculations performed by this app, the pricing data, and the merchant directory data presented are not audited or guaranteed. Pricing and merchant directory data displayed is derived from publicly published data on Goldback, Inc., Alpine Gold Exchange, and UPMA websites. Errors in the receipt and processing of this information could happen. You should verify any information presented by this app, and do not rely on it for trading or investment decisions.

Screenshots

Precious Metals Manager4 screens
AuSSISTANT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AuSSISTANT at none against Precious Metals Manager's 2. Precious Metals Manager's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Precious Metals Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. AuSSISTANT asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Precious Metals Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Precious Metals Manager has 85 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Precious Metals Manager's written reviews are positive against 67% of AuSSISTANT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Precious Metals Manager ships an update every 6 days, AuSSISTANT every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Precious Metals Manager versus AuSSISTANT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrecious Metals ManagerAuSSISTANT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (85 ratings) — better4.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings85 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio Martin RubioWesley Gilpin

Customer experience

Precious Metals Manager

All ratings85 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative24.1%

AuSSISTANT

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Precious Metals Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Month14 Days trial$3.491 Month
  • Year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

AuSSISTANT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Precious Metals Manager free?
Precious Metals Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AuSSISTANT free?
AuSSISTANT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Precious Metals Manager or AuSSISTANT?
Precious Metals Manager is rated higher. Precious Metals Manager averages 4.4 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while AuSSISTANT averages 4.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Precious Metals Manager or AuSSISTANT have ads?
Neither Precious Metals Manager nor AuSSISTANT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Precious Metals Manager or AuSSISTANT?
Precious Metals Manager ships an update every 6 days, and AuSSISTANT every 3 weeks. Most recently, Precious Metals Manager was updated on September 19, 2026 and AuSSISTANT on September 20, 2026.

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