Comparison

Gold Tracker vs Stack Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Gold Tracker

Track your precious metal investments with this comprehensive asset management app. Record transactions, monitor market prices with widgets, and calculate gains and losses per item. Supports over 150 currencies and various units of weight.

Highlights
  • Precious metals price tracking
  • Asset management for coins and bars
  • Gain/loss calculation per item
  • Customizable calculators
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • Support for 150+ currencies
Features
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Gold Tracker is the all-in-one precious metals app for iPhone. Track the live gold price, silver price, and spot prices for platinum and palladium. View fast charts, manage your portfolio, and record every coin, bar, purchase, and sale in one place. Built for stackers, Gold Tracker helps you track bullion, monitor your holdings, and stay on top of the precious metals market with powerful tools designed for real-world use. Live Gold and Silver Prices Follow the gold price and silver price in real time, along with platinum and palladium spot prices. View the market in the units and currencies that matter to you. Widgets Keep up with the precious metals market using home screen and lock screen widgets for live spot prices. Apple Watch App Check gold, silver, platinum, and palladium prices right from your wrist. Calculators Use customizable precious metals calculators for fast pricing. Ideal for gold stores, coin shops, pawn shops, and in-person bullion deals. Need discretion? Hide the percentage you are paying so you can calculate values in front of customers without showing your margin. Vault Use the Vault to record your precious metal purchases and sales with item-level detail. Track the coins and bars you actually own, including products such as American Gold Eagles, American Buffalos, Canadian Maple Leafs, Krugerrands, and bars from trusted names like PAMP Suisse, Perth, Valcambi, and many more. Add each item individually to maintain a detailed inventory, then track gain or loss per item and keep a complete history of every transaction. Portfolio Tracking Monitor your stack with a clear view of your holdings, transactions, and performance over time. Currencies and Units Gold Tracker supports more than 150 currencies and multiple weight units, including troy ounces, grams, kilograms, and pennyweights. Charts View precious metals charts across multiple units and currencies to better understand market movement and spot price changes. Whether you stack gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals, Gold Tracker gives you a faster way to follow prices, track your bullion, and manage your portfolio.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Private collection vault
  • Portfolio value and gain/loss tracking
  • Numismatic item support
  • Customizable item details
  • Data import/export
  • Offline data storage
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Gold Tracker4 screens
Stack Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gold Tracker at 1.6K against Stack Tracker's 12. Gold Tracker also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Stack Tracker's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 70%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Gold Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stack Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Gold Tracker against 4.8 for Stack Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gold Tracker has 1.6K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Gold Tracker's written reviews are positive against 83% of Stack Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gold Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Stack Tracker every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gold Tracker versus Stack Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGold TrackerStack Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.2% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHearn Apps, LLCJohnny Cox

Customer experience

Gold Tracker

All ratings1,483 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews258 reviews
Positive70.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative21.3%

Stack Tracker

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gold Tracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on startup or when opening the vault
  • Inventory quantities sometimes displayed incorrectly
  • Vault data not transferring when restoring to new device
  • Pricing and conversion calculations not always accurate

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more coin and bar options to inventory
  • Improve vault functionality with editing and backup
  • Implement advanced charting and price alert features
  • Add support for additional precious metals like rhodium
  • Optimize app for latest iOS devices and versions

Stack Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gold Tracker

One-time1
  • Price Widgets$6.99
1 purchases

Stack Tracker

One-time1
  • Stack Tracker Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Gold Tracker free?
Gold Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stack Tracker free?
Stack Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gold Tracker or Stack Tracker?
Stack Tracker is rated higher. Gold Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Stack Tracker averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Gold Tracker or Stack Tracker have ads?
Neither Gold Tracker nor Stack Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gold Tracker or Stack Tracker?
Gold Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stack Tracker every 2 months. Most recently, Gold Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stack Tracker on October 24, 2026.

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