Mastermelt vs Gold Scrap Calc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mastermelt
This app helps individuals and businesses value, buy, sell, and reclaim precious metals. It offers tools for calculating scrap metal value, tracking prices, and managing account information. Quickly access trade and fix prices for popular metals and coins.
- Metal scrap value calculator
- Customizable buying margin
- Real-time scrap prices
- London fix prices
- Historic price data and graphs
- Account job tracking and payment info
- Direct contact functionality
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This Mastermelt Group app is an essential pocket companion for people buying, selling or reclaiming precious metals. App features: * Metal Calculator: Value your precious metal scrap in seconds in gms/kgs or toz. * Buying Margin: Set a secret buying margin to our metal calculator. * Scrap Prices: Trade prices for the most popular hallmarked metals and coins. * Fix Prices: The published London fixes for Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium. * Historic Prices: Selectable Dates, Averages and Graphs: * My Account: Current and historic job tracking and payment information. Freepost envelopes and sweep or lemel bag ordering. * Contact Us: Quick contact function for all enquires. About the Mastermelt Group The Mastermelt Group of Companies is recognised globally as one of the leading recyclers and processors of precious metals. For more information on the Mastermelt Group of Companies visit their website www.mastermeltgroup.com or contact them at, info@mastermelts.co.uk.
Gold Scrap Calc
Calculate the value of precious metals like gold and silver with live spot prices. Features include a fact sheet, hallmark library, price charts, and an acid testing database. Easily create packing slips with a camera feature to send in items for appraisal and payment.
- Precious metal value calculation
- Live spot prices
- Fact sheet on precious metals
- Hallmark library
- Price comparison charts
- Acid testing reaction database
- Packing slip creation with camera
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-Calculate the value of any precious metal -option to adjust percentage paid -Live Spot Prices of Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium -Fact Sheet About Precious Metals -Library of Precious Metal Hallmarks -Charts to compare prices and can compare against other markets -Acid Testing Reaction Database, see how the different testing acids react with different metals NEW - Easy fill packing slip, with camera feature to send in your gold, silver, platinum, palladium and diamonds to get paid for your unwanted, broken jewelry. Auric Enterprises our parent company pays 90% for gold, 85% for silver, platinum, and palladium. Just enter the weight of your items, enter in the corresponding percentage and you KNOW what you will be paid before sending to us. NOTE: any item not matching what you think or any item you choose not to sell will be returned to you at free of charge. We know our service is great and you deserve to to get paid well for your precious metals Coins, diamonds, other fine jewelry will be quoted on a per item basis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mastermelt at 5.0 against Gold Scrap Calc's 4.5. Gold Scrap Calc's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mastermelt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gold Scrap Calc has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Mastermelt's written reviews are positive against 76% of Gold Scrap Calc's.
Mastermelt ships an update every 3 months, Gold Scrap Calc every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mastermelt | Gold Scrap Calc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 76.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Presman Mastermelt | Matthew Wallace |
Customer experience
Mastermelt
Gold Scrap Calc
In-app purchases
Mastermelt
No in-app purchases
Gold Scrap Calc
No in-app purchases
