Dtecto vs US Coin Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dtecto
This app helps metal detectorists track their hunts, log finds with photos and GPS data, and identify dug items. It also features a community for sharing discoveries and advanced LiDAR maps for terrain analysis.
- Track hunt distance, duration, and GPS routes
- Log finds with photos, GPS, notes, and categories
- Color-coded find map with private spot saving
- Community feed for sharing and interacting with detectorists
- LiDAR terrain maps for relic hunting
- On-the-spot identification of dug items
- Build a searchable library of hobby finds
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Dtecto is the metal detectorist's field companion. Track your hunts, share your finds, and connect with detectorists who get it. Everything the hobby needs in one app. TRACK EVERY HUNT Start a hunt when you step on site. Dtecto records your steps, distance, and duration, and with Pro, your full GPS route on a map you can study later. Your hunt routes are private, always. EVERY FIND, SEARCHABLE FOREVER Photo, GPS, notes, category. Build the permanent record of your hobby and find that silver dime from two summers ago in seconds. YOUR MAP Every find pinned, color-coded by category. Save private spots on productive ground. With Pro, see community finds on the map. READ THE LAND, FIND THE HISTORY One Layers button switches the map between Map and Satellite and stacks the overlays that matter. Public lands color-coded by managing agency (USFS, BLM, NPS, and more) with detecting rules and agency links a tap away. Rivers, streams, and lakes. Historic places from the National Register and OpenStreetMap with photos and Wikipedia summaries. Civil War, Revolutionary War, and 1812 battlefield boundaries. USGS abandoned mines across the West and Midwest. Density bubbles show the productive country from any zoom, and map search flies you to any address or coordinates. TIME-TRAVEL THE GROUND: HISTORIC MAPS (PRO) Drape century-old maps over the modern world and fade between them with an opacity slider. The full USGS Historical Topographic collection (178,000 sheets, 1879 to the 2000s) covers the entire US, plus historic surveys across France, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, and Germany, and old GLO plats for Minnesota and Iowa. Find the mill, homestead, schoolhouse, or road that isn't there anymore. Try it free with a 4-minute preview. A COMMUNITY OF DETECTORISTS ONLY Post your finds, or just share the story of the hunt with a text update, photos optional. Follow diggers whose ground produces, like and comment without the noise of a generic social network. Earn your spot on the Top Detectorists leaderboard: every public find and every like moves you up the monthly and all-time boards. Report and block tools on every post and comment keep it civil. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO A quick pre-flight strip reads the day at a glance: daylight left, current weather, and a detecting-conditions verdict from Ideal to Poor. Tap it for the full breakdown so you know whether it's worth grabbing the shovel. SEE THE GROUND LIKE NEVER BEFORE: LIDAR TERRAIN (PRO) High-resolution LiDAR hillshade reveals old roadbeds, foundations, terraces, and forgotten paths that satellite imagery can't show. Three rendering modes tuned for relic hunters. IDENTIFY WHAT YOU DUG Not sure what you pulled from the ground? Snap a photo and get a likely ID in seconds: what it is, the era, and a confidence score. Coins, buttons, relics, and jewelry, identified on the spot and saved to your library. FREE VS PRO Free includes hunt logging, your find library, the community feed, text posts, the Top Detectorists leaderboard, daily conditions, your personal find map, public lands and waterway overlays, map search, and 3 identifications per month. Dtecto Pro unlocks LiDAR terrain, historic map overlays, historic places, battlefields, and abandoned-mine overlays, GPS route maps for every hunt, community find pins, unlimited identifications, and the Pro badge. $9.99/month or $79.99/year after a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://dtecto.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://dtecto.app/privacy
US Coin Tracker
Manage and catalog your U.S. coin collection. Track found coins, document individual specimens with photos and details, and monitor your collection's value and progress towards completion. Supports multiple collections and cloud synchronization.
- Comprehensive U.S. coin catalog
- Track coins by year, mint mark, type, variety
- Document specimens with photos and details
- Monitor collection value and composition
- Track progress towards collection completion
- Support for multiple collections
- Cloud synchronization across devices
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US Coin Tracker Build your collection. Know your coins. Track your progress. US Coin Tracker is a powerful collection management app for coin collectors, metal detectorists, numismatists, and anyone building a collection of U.S. coins. Explore thousands of U.S. coins by denomination, series, year, and mint. Mark the coins you've found, track quantities, document individual specimens, and watch your collection grow. Whether you're filling gaps in a series, cataloging coins from your latest hunt, or working toward a complete collection, US Coin Tracker puts your collection in one place. TRACK YOUR COLLECTION Browse a comprehensive catalog spanning 11 U.S. coin denominations and 68 series. Track coins by: • Year • Mint mark • Coin type • Variety • Strike type Mark coins as collected and see your progress across denominations, series, and your entire collection. Search across your collection using multiple criteria to quickly find exactly what you're looking for. DOCUMENT YOUR COINS Go beyond simply marking a coin as found. With Pro, create documented specimens with: • Obverse and reverse photos • Acquisition date • Quantity • Grade • Condition • Purchase information • Dealer • Certification number • Personal notes Keep the details that matter about the actual coins in your collection. KNOW YOUR COLLECTION'S VALUE See the bigger picture with detailed collection statistics. Pro includes collection value and composition sections showing: • Total face value • Silver melt value • Silver spot history • Silver weight • Collection composition Track the silver content of your collection as spot prices change and see how your collection is composed across silver and clad coins. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Turn collecting into a measurable journey. Track completion across your collection and see which denominations and series are closest to completion. Unlock achievements as you collect, including milestones for: • Building your collection • Completing series • Exploring denominations • Collecting across eras • Silver and wartime coins • Proofs • Collection milestones Work toward 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% collection completion. MORE THAN ONE COLLECTION Pro lets you maintain two separate collections. Keep different collections organized however you want and view statistics for either collection individually or together. YOUR COLLECTION, WHEREVER YOU ARE Pro keeps your collection synchronized across devices with cloud sync. Your collection is stored locally first, so your changes are available even when you're offline. Pro then synchronizes your collection in the background. You can also create a complete backup containing your collection data and images and restore it whenever you need. BUILT FOR COLLECTORS Choose the collector profile that fits you: • Detectorist • Just for Fun • Hobbyist • Generalist • Specialist • Completist Whether you find coins in the ground, inherit a collection, or carefully build one coin at a time, US Coin Tracker is designed to grow with you. FREE TO START Track business-strike coins from the free catalog at no cost. Upgrade to Pro when you're ready for: • Proofs and special strikes • Coin photos and specimen documentation • Detailed numismatic notes • Up to 999 of each coin • A second collection • Cloud sync • Mintage sorting • Full achievements • Detailed collection statistics • Silver melt tracking • Ad-free browsing Start building your collection today. US Coin Tracker — Know what you have. See what you're missing. Keep collecting. Terms of Use: https://mtldtct.com/uscointracker/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dtecto at none against US Coin Tracker's shown. Dtecto also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). US Coin Tracker's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dtecto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and US Coin Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dtecto against 5.0 for US Coin Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dtecto has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dtecto ships an update fortnightly, US Coin Tracker daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dtecto | US Coin Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RICARDO ANDRES MEDINA SERRA | MTL DTCT LLC |
Customer experience
Dtecto
US Coin Tracker
In-app purchases
Dtecto
- Dtecto Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Dtecto Pro Yearly14 Days trial$79.991 Year
US Coin Tracker
- Monthly$5.991 Month
- Yearly$39.991 Year
- Lifetime$89.99








