Currency Tracker vs QuickFX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Currency Tracker
Monitor currency rate changes and manage your money effectively. Organize favorite currencies, access historical data, and visualize trends with interactive charts. Convert between over 160 currencies, including crypto and precious metals.
- Track exchange rates
- Organize favorite currencies
- Support for 160+ currencies
- 2 years of historical data
- Interactive charts
- Currency conversion
- Customizable appearance
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Enhance your personal finances with Currency Tracker and follow currency rate fluctuations for smarter money management. Stay ahead of the curve and never miss a perfect moment to invest or exchange your funds. Features: - Track exchange rates using any base currency. - Organise your favourite currencies in lists. - Choose from over 160 currencies including precious metals and popular crypto. - Access 2 years of historical data for all currencies. - Visualise exchange rates with interactive charts. - Compare performance over a time period. - Convert between currencies. - Display inverse rates. - Customise the appearance. - Enjoy without any ads.
QuickFX
This app provides real-time currency exchange rates directly on your home screen widget. Easily convert amounts between over 30 currencies and view historical trends at a glance. It offers a clean, ad-free experience without requiring an account or subscription.
- Home screen widgets
- Real-time exchange rates
- 30+ currency support
- Favorite currency pairs
- 7-day trend charts
- Ad-free experience
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QuickFX converts currencies without getting in your way. Type an amount and you have the answer. 161 currencies, with rates updated every hour. THE CONVERTER Type in either box and the other one updates as you go. Pin the pairs you use most and switch between them with one tap. The chart shows how the rate has moved over the last day, week or month, and a little speech bubble tells you in plain English whether today is a good day to change money. HOME SCREEN, LOCK SCREEN AND WRIST Widgets show your rate without opening the app. There's an Apple Watch app, and Siri and Shortcuts can do a quick conversion for you. RATE ALERTS Set a target rate and QuickFX lets you know when a currency gets there. YOUR LANGUAGE English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Pick one in Settings, or let QuickFX follow your iPhone. QUICKFX PRO The converter is free and always will be. Pro adds the extras for people who travel a lot. Scan prices. Point your camera at a menu or a price tag and every price is converted right where it's printed. Freeze the picture, zoom in, save it to Photos. The reading happens on your iPhone, so it works without a connection. Your card's fee. Most bank cards add 1.5 to 3% when you pay in another currency. Tell QuickFX your fee and it adds it to every conversion and every scanned price, so you see what you'll really pay. Longer charts. Three months, one year, five years, or all the way back. Ten colours for the converter. Swiss made by Purple Mouse. No account, no ads. QuickFX Pro is a yearly subscription. It renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the end of the current year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and you can manage or cancel the subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://purplemousehq.github.io/QuickRate-Data/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QuickFX at every 5 days against Currency Tracker's every 13 months. QuickFX also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and device support (3 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. Currency Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and QuickFX sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Currency Tracker ships an update every 13 months, QuickFX every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Currency Tracker | QuickFX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wojciech Lagodzinski | Michael Knox |
Customer experience
Currency Tracker
QuickFX
In-app purchases
Currency Tracker
- Premium3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium7 Days trial$15.991 Year
QuickFX
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
Questions
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