Comparison

Fexi vs Karat

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

Head to head
About

Fexi

Features
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Fexi turns your home screen into a live currency and crypto board. Pick the currencies you care about, set your amounts, and Fexi keeps a compact conversion widget updated for you — no need to open the app. Whether you're traveling, shopping across borders, or tracking your favorite coins, the numbers you want are always one glance away. WHY FEXI • Home-screen widgets — see your conversions at a glance, right on your home screen, in small, medium, and large sizes. • 150+ world currencies — daily fiat rates covering every major and minor currency. • Top 100 cryptocurrencies — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the rest of the market leaders, priced in your currency. • Any pair, any direction — convert fiat to fiat, fiat to crypto, or crypto to crypto with a single tap. • Multiple widgets (Pro) — save several currency pairs and amounts, each in its own widget. • Clean and fast — no account, no clutter. Just the rates you need. FEXI PRO Unlock unlimited widgets, the larger widget sizes, and crypto conversions with a one-time purchase. No subscription — buy once, keep it forever. Rates are sourced from public providers and refreshed automatically. Fexi is a rate-reference tool and does not provide financial advice.

About

Karat

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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

Fexi4 screens
Karat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Karat at none against Fexi's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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. Fexi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Fexi versus Karat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFexiKarat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB50 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developer0x Code LimitedPhillip Kracht

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fexi

One-time1
  • Fexi Pro$4.99
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 Fexi free?
Fexi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Karat free?
Karat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fexi or Karat have ads?
Fexi shows ads; Karat does not.

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