Ounces vs Stack Heavy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Stack Heavy
This finance app provides real-time precious metal prices and dealer premium tracking. It offers tools to calculate melt values and premiums, helping users find the best deals on bullion and coins. No account or subscriptions are needed.
- Live spot prices for precious metals
- Dealer premium tracking
- Melt value calculator
- Premium calculator with shipping/fees
- Automatic updates
- No account required
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Stack Heavy is a free precious metals toolkit built by Silver Seeker for stackers who want real data without the fluff. Track live spot prices for silver, gold, platinum, palladium, and copper with day change indicators and the gold/silver ratio. Monitor dealer premiums daily across multiple major bullion dealers to see who has the best prices on Silver Eagles, Maples, rounds, and gold. Calculate melt values for bullion, junk silver, constitutional coins, proofs, war nickels, and Canadian silver. Run quick calculations for junk silver bags, sterling silver, and scrap gold. Use the premium calculator to find your true cost over spot including shipping and fees. Every tool updates automatically with live spot prices. No account required, no ad networks, no paywalls, no subscriptions. Stack Heavy is the app Silver Seeker actually uses. Built for stackers, by a stacker.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stack Heavy at 5.0 against Ounces's 3.8. Stack Heavy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Stack Heavy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ounces ships an update fortnightly, Stack Heavy weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ounces | Stack Heavy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tyler Marsh | Silver Seeker |
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Ounces
Stack Heavy
In-app purchases
Ounces
No in-app purchases
Stack Heavy
No in-app purchases
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