Comparison

Vault vs Bullion Note

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

Head to head
About

Vault

Easily track the real-time value of your physical precious metals and jewelry collection. Monitor gold, silver, and platinum holdings with live market prices and calculate your gains or losses.

Highlights
  • Track gold, silver, platinum, and jewelry
  • Live spot prices for XAU and XAG
  • Gain/loss tracking
  • Supports AUD and USD
  • Unlimited holdings unlockable with one-time payment
Features
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Vault is the simplest way to track the real-time value of your physical precious metals and jewellery collection. Whether you hold gold bars, silver coins, or fine jewellery, Vault keeps your entire portfolio in one elegant place — updated live with current spot prices from global markets. TRACK WHAT YOU OWN Add gold, silver, platinum, or jewellery holdings in seconds. Enter your weight, unit (grams, troy oz, kg, tolas, or pennyweights), and purity — Vault does the rest. LIVE SPOT PRICES Your holdings are valued in real time using live XAU and XAG spot prices, so you always know exactly what your collection is worth today. GAIN / LOSS TRACKING Enter the price you paid and Vault shows you exactly how much you've made or lost — in dollar terms and as a percentage. AUD & USD Switch between Australian dollars and US dollars instantly. Perfect for Australian investors keeping an eye on both markets. CLEAN & FOCUSED No ads. No noise. Vault is beautifully designed to stay out of your way and show you what matters — the value of your holdings. VAULT LIFETIME Track up to 5 holdings for free, forever. Unlock unlimited holdings with a single one-time payment of $1.99. No subscription. No recurring fees.

About

Bullion Note

Features
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A lifetime, measured in gold. Bullion Note is a ledger kept in grams of gold. One book for what you earn and spend, one for the metal your family owns, and the same ruler for both. A gram belongs to no currency, so money from different years and different countries can sit side by side. SPEAK, AND KEEP GOING Say several entries in one continuous turn. AI organizes them into separate drafts for you to review and confirm before they’re added to your ledger. You can also type an entry or scan a receipt. EVERYDAY SPENDING, WEIGHED IN GOLD Every income or spending entry carries its weight in gold at the live price. A dinner out, a month of takeout, an impulse buy: each one now has a weight. Stats adds up the week, the month, and the year in gold too, next to where the money went. YOUR VAULT, PIECE BY PIECE The bars, coins, and jewelry in the drawer, in gold, silver, or platinum: record each one by weight and purity, and its reference value moves with the market. Add what you paid to see profit or loss and your break-even price. Keep the receipt photo with the piece, and mark it when it's sold or given away. GOALS AND BUDGETS, DOT BY DOT Set a saving goal in grams of gold and a monthly budget. Time sits beside them: how much of the month has gone, how much of the year is left, all in the same grid of dots that fills in as you go. Press a dot and it answers with the tap and ring of a coin. WIDGETS, ON THE HOME SCREEN The gold price, your vault, this month's budget, the grams left to your goal. Put any of them on the home screen, along with a button that starts a new entry. QUOTES, INSIDE THE VAULT China, Global, and Retail prices side by side, and the Retail board shows how far the store price sits above spot. Candlestick charts are drawn from real market data, the converter turns grams into money and back, and your last quotes stay on screen when you go offline. SIGN IN, PICK UP ANYWHERE If you are not signed in, records stay on this device. Sign in and your records and photos are saved to your Bullion Note account, so your books follow you to a new phone or a new country. Deleted entries wait in the recycle bin in case you change your mind. BLACK AND WHITE, NUMBERS FIRST Calm black-and-white cards, dark mode, and layouts that make room on wide screens and foldables. Record it. Keep it. Pass it on.

Screenshots

Vault3 screens
Bullion Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bullion Note at none against Vault's 1. Bullion Note also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). 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. Vault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bullion Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vault ships an update every 5 weeks, Bullion Note every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vault versus Bullion Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVaultBullion Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathaniel PillayZAIU K.K.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vault

One-time1
  • Vault Lifetime Access$1.99
None

Bullion Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vault free?
Vault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bullion Note free?
Bullion Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vault or Bullion Note have ads?
Neither Vault nor Bullion Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vault or Bullion Note?
Vault ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bullion Note every 5 days. Most recently, Vault was updated on October 31, 2026 and Bullion Note on October 28, 2026.

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