Comparison

MyDeepStack vs Gold Calculator

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

Head to head
About

MyDeepStack

Organize your precious metals portfolio with live pricing and detailed cost analytics. This app prioritizes privacy, storing all data locally and offering optional security features like App Lock. Track coins, bars, and rounds with comprehensive lot management and export capabilities.

Highlights
  • Live spot prices for gold, silver, platinum
  • Detailed cost analytics and P&L tracking
  • Private data storage on device
  • Optional App Lock for enhanced security
  • Multiple currency support
  • CSV export for tax records
  • Portfolio history and charts
Features
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Your precious metals portfolio, organized by purchase lot, always up to date, and private by design. MyDeepStack tracks what your stack is worth right now: gold, silver, and platinum at live spot prices, shown in your currency, with no account required and no portfolio data sent to us. Built for stackers who want a clear ledger, useful cost analytics, and strong privacy without maintaining a spreadsheet. Track coins, bars, rounds, and constitutional silver by metal, item, weight, quantity, and purchase lot. Repeated purchases roll up into one clean holding summary while every individual lot keeps its own date, cost method, source, and notes. See current value, cost basis, P&L, return percentage, purchase economics, gold/silver ratio, and historical charts at a glance. Private by design: - Your stack is stored in an encrypted file on your device — never uploaded, never collected - Optional App Lock: require Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode to open the app - Portfolio values are hidden from the app switcher when App Lock is on - Your encrypted stack rides inside your phone's own backups so a new phone gets it back — or flip on Local Storage Only to exclude it from backups and pin the key to that device - Zero data collection. No account. No servers. Built for practical stack tracking: - Live spot prices for gold, silver, and platinum with a configurable auto-refresh interval - Gold/silver ratio and current stack value in one clear view - Constitutional silver melt value for $1 face / 90% silver, calculated instantly - Morgan and Peace dollar premium tracking with your own percentages - Multiple purchase lots roll up by item while edits stay safely scoped to the individual purchase you select - Cost entry by unit cost, total cost, dollars over spot, or percent over spot - Per-unit and total-cost fields cross-calculate as quantity changes - Estimated spot-at-purchase anchors for fixed-cost entries, plus paid-over-spot, cost-versus-current-spot, and break-even insights - Constitutional silver cost and value analytics per $1 face - Gold and silver portfolio history with synchronized timeframe controls beside every chart and custom date ranges - Cost basis history graph when tracked purchases exist - Gold and silver spot history charts - 20 display currencies with live exchange rates - Troy ounce or gram display, switched instantly - CSV export that opens straight in Excel or Numbers — one row per purchase, ready for tax records - CSV import to bring in purchases from your existing spreadsheet - Sell or remove items with FIFO cost attribution, realized P&L, and a full sale history you can undo - Lifetime return that combines realized gains from sales with your current stack's unrealized P&L - Total fine ounces per metal with stacking goals and progress bars - Touch any chart to scrub through dates and values - Discreet Mode: one tap hides every portfolio figure from prying eyes - Sales CSV export with proceeds, cost basis, and realized P&L per sale MyDeepStack keeps the experience simple: your stack, your lots, your spot prices, and the numbers you need when you want to understand your position.

About

Gold Calculator

Quickly determine the melt value of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium using live spot prices. Track your precious metal holdings with a private ledger and calculate profit and loss. Professional features include payout margins and customer-facing views.

Highlights
  • Live spot prices for gold, silver, platinum, palladium
  • Multiple weight units (grams, troy ounces, etc.)
  • Preset karats and purity percentages
  • Offline mode with last cached price
  • Payout margin calculation
  • Private ledger for tracking buys/sells
  • Portfolio value and profit/loss tracking
Features
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What is your gold really worth? Gold Calculator answers in seconds: enter a weight, tap a karat, and see the melt value of your gold, silver, platinum or palladium — calculated live from the current spot price. Whether you're selling grandma's necklace, quoting customers at a pawn shop counter, or tracking a growing stack of bullion, this is the fastest way to put an accurate number on your metal. THE GOLD CALCULATOR THAT GETS IT RIGHT • Live gold price and silver price with a visible "as of" timestamp you can verify • Every karat preset: 24k, 22k, 21k, 18k, 16k, 14k, 10k, 9k — plus gold-filled (1/20 12k GF, 1/10 12k GF) and a free-form purity % for anything else • Silver presets include .999 fine, .925 sterling, .958 Britannia and .900 junk silver (90% US coins) • Weigh it your way: grams, troy ounces, pennyweight (dwt), kilograms or tola — switchable per calculation, not buried in settings • See the fine metal content of every item alongside its scrap value • Works offline with the last cached price, clearly labelled — never a blank screen BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS • Payout margin: quote a % of melt (e.g. pay out 70%) with your margin built in • Customer View: one tap flips to a full-screen offer figure — turn the phone around to your customer and nothing on screen reveals spot, melt or your margin. Exiting is Face ID protected. • Save margin presets for the deals you quote all day: "10k buy @ 65%", "sterling @ 70%" • Locked in a rate with your refiner? Set a manual spot price override any time LIVE PRICES & WIDGETS • Spot price tracker for gold, silver, platinum and palladium with daily change • Prices in USD, GBP, AUD, CAD, EUR, CHF, JPY, INR and NZD • Home screen and lock screen widgets show the live rate at a glance — free MY STACK — A LEDGER THAT RESPECTS YOUR DATA • Track every buy and sell: weight, purity, quantity, price paid, date and notes • Fully editable after saving, with autosaving drafts — no lost work, ever • Portfolio value, cost basis, profit & loss, and fine-weight totals per metal • Syncs automatically to your private iCloud — survives a lost or new phone • Export your entire ledger to CSV any time, free. Your data is never held hostage. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No sign-up. No ads. No third-party analytics. • Everything stays on your device and in your own iCloud — we never see it • Optional Face ID / passcode app lock FREE FOREVER, HONESTLY The calculator, live prices, the spot price widget and CSV export are free forever — no trial, no ads, no surprises. Gold Calculator Pro (optional) adds an unlimited ledger, the portfolio widget, saved margin presets and portfolio analytics, as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial or a one-time lifetime purchase. Whether you're checking the gold rate before you sell, running a jewelry or coin business, or stacking bullion for the long haul — Gold Calculator tells you what it's worth, right now. Prices are informational only and not investment advice. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trcoapps.com/privacy

Screenshots

MyDeepStack4 screens
Gold Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyDeepStack at none against Gold Calculator's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Gold Calculator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. MyDeepStack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MyDeepStack against 5.0 for Gold Calculator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MyDeepStack versus Gold Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyDeepStackGold Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert Edward JoyceTimothy Richardson

In-app purchases

None

MyDeepStack

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Gold Calculator

Subscriptions1
  • Gold Calculator Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is MyDeepStack free?
MyDeepStack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gold Calculator free?
Gold Calculator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MyDeepStack or Gold Calculator?
MyDeepStack and Gold Calculator are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do MyDeepStack or Gold Calculator have ads?
Neither MyDeepStack nor Gold Calculator shows ads.

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