AuSSISTANT vs Ounces
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AuSSISTANT
This tool simplifies using gold as currency, focusing on the Goldback. It offers offline transaction calculations, exchange rates, historical charting, and a merchant directory. It also includes a Goldback currency symbol font and a serial number verifier for specific gold notes.
- Offline Goldback Transaction Calculator
- Transaction Records
- Daily Exchange Rates
- Home Screen Widget
- Historical Price Charting
- Goldback Currency Symbol Font
- Merchant Directory
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AuSSISTANT is a tool that makes it easier to understand and use gold as money in our day-to-day lives, with a particular focus on the Goldback as the medium of exchange. AuSSISTANT offers: * An enhanced Goldback Transaction Calculator that can be used offline. * Transaction records, to help track the coming and going of your gold. * Daily Exchange Rates, as published by Goldback, Inc. and the United Precious Metals Association. * A Home Screen Widget for displaying current daily exchange rates. * Charting of historical price data relevant to trading in fractional gold. * An installable font that provides the Goldback Currency Symbol for use in any app that supports user-installed fonts. * A directory of merchants that accept Goldbacks as payment for goods and services, using data from the Goldback, Inc. and Alpine Gold Exchange's pages. (Requires network access.) * A Serial Number Verifier For MetalMark Gold Notes All features with the exception of daily exchange rate updates, merchant directory map, the MetalMark verifier, and an instructional video, can be used without network access. While AuSSISTANT helps people use the Goldback currency system, AuSSISTANT is independently developed and is not a product of Goldback, Inc., Alpine Gold Exchange, United Precious Metals Association, or any associated entity. AuSSISTANT is for entertainment and educational purposes only. The calculations performed by this app, the pricing data, and the merchant directory data presented are not audited or guaranteed. Pricing and merchant directory data displayed is derived from publicly published data on Goldback, Inc., Alpine Gold Exchange, and UPMA websites. Errors in the receipt and processing of this information could happen. You should verify any information presented by this app, and do not rely on it for trading or investment decisions.
Ounces
Track your precious metals portfolio with this app designed for collectors. Monitor prices, market value, and the weight of your holdings. Set personal goals and compare your stack to others.
- Track precious metals holdings
- Monitor prices and ratios
- View market value and weighting
- Compare stack size with whale scale
- Set portfolio goals
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The premier precious metals app designed by stackers for stackers. This is the indispensable app to keep track of your stack. Check prices and ratios, view the market value and weighting of your stack, see how you stack up using the whale scale, set goals, and more. This is your wealth, measured with Ounces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: AuSSISTANT at none against Ounces's shown. AuSSISTANT also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Ounces's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
AuSSISTANT holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of AuSSISTANT's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ounces's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AuSSISTANT ships an update every 3 weeks, Ounces fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AuSSISTANT | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wesley Gilpin | Tyler Marsh |
Customer experience
AuSSISTANT
Ounces
In-app purchases
AuSSISTANT
No in-app purchases
Ounces
No in-app purchases









