Comparison

Precious Metals Manager vs Bench Fi

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

Bench Fi

Understand your financial standing by comparing your income, net worth, and goals against others. Get personalized benchmarks and insights to plan your financial future with confidence.

Highlights
  • Financial percentile comparison
  • Goal setting with achievability scores
  • AI-powered financial advice
  • Comparison by demographics
  • Financial calculators
Features
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Your finances are relative. Bench Fi helps you understand them. Bench Fi is a financial benchmarking app that shows how your income, net worth, and financial goals compare to others in your situation. Whether you are planning a wedding, buying a home, or saving for retirement, Bench Fi gives you personalized benchmarks and insights so you can plan with confidence. With Bench Fi, you can: • See what percentile you are in for income, wealth, retirement, and more • Set financial goals and get achievability scores based on real data • Ask Bench AI questions like how much to spend on a vacation or if you are behind on savings • Compare yourself by age, location, education, and job • Use calculators for inflation, cost of living, and more Stop guessing. Start benchmarking.

Screenshots

Precious Metals Manager4 screens
Bench Fi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bench Fi at 5.0 against Precious Metals Manager's 4.4. Bench Fi also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Precious Metals Manager's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (89 vs 1). On price 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. Bench Fi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bench Fi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Precious Metals Manager has 89 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Precious Metals Manager versus Bench Fi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrecious Metals ManagerBench Fi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (89 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings89 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio Martin RubioCraic Studio LLC

Customer experience

Precious Metals Manager

All ratings89 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative24.1%

Bench Fi

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Precious Metals Manager

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

Bench Fi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Precious Metals Manager free?
Precious Metals Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bench Fi free?
Bench Fi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Precious Metals Manager or Bench Fi?
Bench Fi is rated higher. Precious Metals Manager averages 4.4 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Bench Fi averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Precious Metals Manager or Bench Fi have ads?
Bench Fi shows ads; Precious Metals Manager does not.

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