Comparison

Goldlet vs Karat

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

Head to head
About

Goldlet

Features
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Know the real price of gold before you walk into the shop. Goldlet combines the live spot price, your country's daily update windows, local taxes, and shop-typical workmanship fees — so the number you see matches what you'd be quoted at the counter. MARKET — live prices, your way • Live spot price per ounce and per gram, in your local currency • Choose your price source: Swissquote, Gold-API.com, or Yahoo Finance • Karat breakdown: 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K per-gram prices at a glance • Daily update windows for your country, refreshed automatically CALCULATOR — quotes like your jeweller makes them • Pick a karat, enter the weight, get an itemised quote: gold value, workmanship, VAT, total • Type your shop's own price per gram or workmanship if it differs • Country-specific rules for 123 markets: per-gram fees (Gulf), percentage fees (Levant & Maghreb), or both • A polished receipt for every calculation MY GOLD — your collection, private • Record each piece with photo, weight, karat, price paid and shop • Watch today's value and your gain/loss move with the market • Deleted pieces restorable for 90 days IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Chinese and Indonesian — with full right-to-left layouts. GOLDLET PRO • Unlimited My Gold entries (free plan keeps 15) • Save and share receipts as images, with full searchable history • Aioratec Sync — your gold and receipts on all your devices via your own iCloud • 20 exclusive app icons Monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your device — and syncs only through your own iCloud if you turn sync on. Goldlet shows estimates. Always confirm the final price with a licensed dealer before buying or selling. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goldlet.aioratec.com/privacy

About

Karat

Features
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When you buy, you pay more than the world price. When you sell, you get less than the metal value. Karat breaks down the price in your country: world price, tax, duty and the typical dealer premium. And what your gold or silver is worth when you sell. You see how your country compares with the major gold markets. Karat Plus covers all 58 countries. WHAT KARAT DOES FOR FREE • World price for gold and silver, per gram, ounce, tola, baht or tael, in your currency • Your local price for bars and coins, with the tax and duty behind it • Signal in the app: Karat shows whether gold or silver sits clearly low or high right now, with the distance to the 200-day average • World comparison: the cheapest and the most expensive country • History of the past year • Calculator: what your gold or silver is worth today and what buyers usually pay, separately for bars and coins, jewellery and cutlery NOTHING TO SIGN UP FOR No account, no tracking, no ads. Servers in Germany. KARAT PLUS • Signals as notifications: Karat tells you when the gold price sits clearly low or high. If it stays there, Karat reminds you after 7 days at the earliest. Signals pause at weekends • Big daily moves: Karat tells you when gold or silver moves more than 2, 3 or 5% in a day, whichever you choose • Daily summary: gold and silver in one message a day, at the time you choose • All 58 countries with full breakdown • History back to 2012 with 50- and 200-day averages, 52-week range, RSI and all-time high • Your holdings, valued daily, stay on your device Karat Plus costs €2.99 a month, €19.99 a year (7 days free for new customers) or €49.99 once. Prices vary by country. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Karat shows prices and signals. It is not investment advice. Data: spot market, ECB, national tax tables (checked quarterly).

Screenshots

Goldlet4 screens
Karat4 screens

Verdict

The call

Goldlet and Karat are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Goldlet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Karat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goldlet ships an update every 2 weeks, Karat every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Goldlet versus Karat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoldletKarat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAli AlraeesiPhillip Kracht

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Goldlet

Subscriptions2
  • Goldlet Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Goldlet Pro Yearly$5.991 Year
3 purchases

Karat

Subscriptions2
  • Karat Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Karat Plus Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Karat Plus Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Goldlet free?
Goldlet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Karat free?
Karat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Goldlet or Karat have ads?
Neither Goldlet nor Karat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goldlet or Karat?
Goldlet ships an update every 2 weeks, and Karat every 10 days. Most recently, Goldlet was updated on September 30, 2026 and Karat on October 16, 2026.

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