Comparison

GOLD vs Smelter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GOLD

An elegant, gold-themed calculator app offering essential math operations and percentage calculations with a minimalist design. It provides a premium user experience with big buttons and a clear display for quick daily calculations.

Highlights
  • Essential math operations
  • Percentage calculations
  • Clean, aesthetic interface
  • Premium gold theme
  • Big buttons
  • Easy-to-read display
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GOLD • CALCULATOR is a premium math tool focused on core operations, minimalism, and a premium experience. Replace your boring default app with an elegant, gold-themed aesthetic calculator. Nothing extra – just an elegant design, big buttons, and flawless performance. Features: - Essential math operations and percentage calculations. - Clean, aesthetic interface with a premium feel. - Easy-to-read display for quick daily calculations. Perfect for quick daily math, school homework, or just adding a touch of luxury to your home screen!

About

Smelter

Features
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Know what to weigh before you melt. Smelter brings jewelry calculations, material references and practical learning together in one workshop app for iPhone and iPad. Prepare a gold alloy, adjust purity, plan a casting or make use of precious-metal scrap. Get clear results for the job in front of you, whether you work at the bench, teach jewelry making or are learning your craft. ALLOYS, PURITY AND SCRAP Calculate alloy proportions, raise or lower fineness, and find the fine-metal content of a batch. Work with gold, silver, platinum and palladium, combine scrap, and save useful alloy recipes. CASTING AND BENCH TOOLS Estimate metal weight from a wax model, convert between weight and volume using density, and calculate ring-blank dimensions and stock weights. Ring-sizing tools, investment mix calculations and unit converters keep everyday workshop calculations together. MATERIALS LAB AND ACADEMY Compare materials and their properties, consult reference densities, and create custom profiles using supplier data or your own measurements. Explore structured lessons and interactive exercises on alloys, purity, casting and workshop practice. KEEP THE JOB, NOT JUST THE ANSWER Save calculations, notes, measured weights and results in the Bench Log. Return to previous batches and keep your workshop records in sync with iCloud. MADE FOR YOUR WORKSPACE Pin and arrange your most-used calculators. Work with clear inputs and live results on iPhone, or use the extra room on iPad for a more spacious layout. Choose your accent color and keep the focus on your work. TRY EVERYTHING. UNLOCK IT ONCE. Start a free 14-day trial when you are ready. The trial includes all calculators, workshop tools, Materials Lab and Academy. After the trial, continued use of the tools requires Smelter Complete, a one-time in-app purchase for iPhone and iPad. No subscription. No automatic charge when the trial ends. Your saved workshop records remain available to read and export. All your workshop tools. One purchase.

Screenshots

GOLD4 screens
Smelter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GOLD at none against Smelter's 6. Smelter's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Smelter sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. GOLD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GOLD ships an update every 7 months, Smelter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
GOLD versus Smelter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGOLDSmelter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr PulatovHector Pardal Arias

In-app purchases

None

GOLD

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Smelter

One-time6
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Laboratorio Smelter$3.99
  • Banco del joyero$3.99
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  • Academia Smelter$3.99
  • Laboratorio de materiales$3.99
  • Smelter Complete$3.99

Questions

Is GOLD free?
GOLD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smelter free?
Smelter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GOLD or Smelter have ads?
Neither GOLD nor Smelter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GOLD or Smelter?
GOLD ships an update every 7 months, and Smelter every 5 days. Most recently, GOLD was updated on October 30, 2026 and Smelter on October 25, 2026.

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