Metalynx vs FT Mercati
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metalynx
This app helps precious metal professionals instantly calculate dimensions and weights for gold, silver, and platinum items. It supports multiple purity levels, units of measurement, and provides live market prices and charts.
- Automatic dimensional calculations for precious metals
- Supports multiple purity levels for gold, silver, platinum
- Customizable units for weight and dimensions
- Live market prices and London Fix data
- Technical and historical charts
- Multi-language support (English, French)
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Designed for everyone who works with precious metals, Kitco Metals Inc.’s free Metalynx app automatically calculates the dimensions of gold, silver and platinum items. It can handle three purity levels of gold, two of silver and two of platinum. Weights can be expressed in user-selectable units. For standard precious metal mill products, it can automatically determine weight, length, diameter or thickness given the other dimensions. Conversions and calculations are performed instantly using customizable criteria. Here are some of the salient features of this powerful little app: •Three purity levels for gold, two for silver and two for platinum •Automatic dimensional calculations for common jewelry mill products including sheets; round and square tubes; and round, half-round, square and rectangular wires and half-round wires •Weights in troy ounces, grams, kilograms or pennyweights •Dimensions in inches, millimeters or gauges (as applicable) •Live market prices and London Fix prices for gold, silver and platinum from Kitco.com, the world’s #1 precious metals information website •Prices customizable with three units of weight and 14 currencies •Full-screen rotatable technical and historical charts •English and French language options
FT Mercati
Access financial market data, including LME, exchange rates, and commodity prices, all in one place. Stay updated with the latest news and reports on various sectors.
- Real-time LME data
- Exchange rate tracking
- Commodity prices
- Financial reports
- Market news
- Steel product information
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The new FT Mercati app makes all our services and datas available to you at all times. LME, scraps, exchange rates, power, steel products, reports, news and much more, all in a single place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Metalynx at 100% against FT Mercati's 67%. FT Mercati's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 20 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Metalynx ships an update every 20 months, FT Mercati monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metalynx | FT Mercati |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kitco Metals Inc | FT Support S.r.l. |
Customer experience
Metalynx
FT Mercati
In-app purchases
Metalynx
No in-app purchases
FT Mercati
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Metalynx free?
Is FT Mercati free?
Do Metalynx or FT Mercati have ads?
Which is updated more often, Metalynx or FT Mercati?
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