Foronum vs CoinCache
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Foronum
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The world catalog of coins and banknotes, right in your pocket. Foronum is the app built for collectors: browse thousands of coins and banknotes from every country and organize your collection down to the detail that really matters. WORLD CATALOG β’ Coins and banknotes from every country, by continent and by country. β’ Full entry: obverse and reverse, year, metal, face value, KM# and P# numbers. β’ Global search by coin, country or year. YOUR COLLECTION β’ Log every piece with its year, mint mark, grade and the units you own. β’ Tap "I want it" and track everything you're still missing. β’ Foronum reference values by grade, visible to everyone. β’ Add your own valuation to each piece. MADE FOR COLLECTORS β’ 12 languages and dark mode. β’ Works offline: check what you've already seen, wherever you are. β’ The same account on the web and in the app, always in sync. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced collector, into euro coins, world coins or paper money, Foronum helps you identify, catalog and enjoy your collection. Create your free account and start your collection today.
CoinCache
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CoinCache is a coin album for your phone. Fifteen U.S. sets, 1,557 dates and mint marks, and a slot for every one of them β waiting for the coin you actually own. PUT YOUR OWN COINS IN IT This is not a catalogue of stock photography. Photograph your coins and they fill the album β front and back, each one framed in a circle you line up yourself. Tap a coin to flip it over. The picture in the slot is the coin in your hand, scratches and toning and all. WHAT'S IN THE ALBUM Lincoln Wheat Cents, and the Memorial and Shield cents after them. Jefferson Nickels. Roosevelt Dimes. Washington Quarters, the 50 State and Territory Quarters, America the Beautiful, American Women, and the new Semiquincentennial quarters for 2026. Kennedy Half Dollars. Morgan and Peace Dollars. American Silver and Gold Eagles. Indian Head $10 Eagles. 1878 to 2026, every date and mint mark, with the mintage for each one. KNOW WHAT YOU'RE HOLDING Every coin carries the number struck and where it sits in its own set β key date, semi-key, scarce or common β worked out from the mintages rather than asserted. Hundreds of coins carry a short note about why that year mattered: a design changed, a mint closed, a war took the copper away. Where the Mint has not yet published a figure, the app says so. It does not guess, and it does not let an incomplete 2026 running total masquerade as a rarity. RECORD WHAT MATTERS TO YOU Condition, on a scale that lets you say "not sure" β because most people with a jar of wheat cents genuinely don't know. What it's worth, in your own judgement, with the date you decided that. Where you found it. Anything else you want to remember. SEE THE SHAPE OF IT How far along each set is. Your collection by decade against everything struck in it. Which key dates you already have. Nineteen things worth reaching, earned by owning coins and photographing them β never by opening the app or keeping a streak alive. COMPARE WITH A FRIEND Send someone a snapshot of your collection and see it beside your own: what they have that you don't, set by set. That file lists only which coins you own. Never what they're worth, never your notes, never your photos. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS No account. No sign-up. No server holding your collection. Everything lives on your device. iCloud sync, if you want it, copies your collection and your photos to your own iCloud account and nowhere else. You can export a backup file at any time and keep it wherever you like. Works with no signal at all. No ads. No tracking. Nothing is sold to anyone. TRY IT FIRST The first 25 coins are free β enough to catalogue a jar of change and find out whether the app suits you. Everything else is there while you do it: photographs, notes, values, sync, insights. Unlocking the rest is one purchase, once. There is no subscription, no second tier, and nothing is taken away if you never buy it. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT ISN'T There is no price guide. Coin values depend far more on grade than on date, and a number the app invented would be worth less than the one you write down yourself. There is no photo recognition and no grading service. The values in your collection are the ones you entered.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Foronum at none against CoinCache's 1. Foronum also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CoinCache sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Foronum asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Foronum | CoinCache |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alejandro Medina Baeza | STEVAN MANUEL OTHON |
In-app purchases
Foronum
No in-app purchases
CoinCache
- Unlimited Collection$4.99









