Precious Metals Manager vs Stack Heavy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
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 rating: Stack Heavy at 5.0 against Precious Metals Manager's 4.4. Stack Heavy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Precious Metals Manager's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 12). On price, update cadence, 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. Precious Metals Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Stack Heavy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stack Heavy 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 85 ratings behind it against 12, 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 100% of Stack Heavy's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Precious Metals Manager | Stack Heavy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (85 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergio Martin Rubio | Silver Seeker |
Customer experience
Precious Metals Manager
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In-app purchases
Precious Metals Manager
- Month14 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
Stack Heavy
No in-app purchases
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