Comparison

globalCOAL vs Commodity Prices Live

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

Head to head
About

globalCOAL

Features
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globalCOAL delivers realtime view-only market prices directly your mobile. Access is free and available to all clients with trading or viewing access to the globalCOAL platform. Download now to access coal market prices on the go.

About

Commodity Prices Live

Track live prices for a wide range of commodities, including energy, metals, and grains. Visualize trends with interactive charts and utilize a built-in currency converter. Enjoy an ad-free experience with a yearly subscription.

Highlights
  • Interactive commodity charts
  • Energy, metals, grains, softs tracking
  • Currency converter
  • Futures data
  • Zoomable historical data
Features
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Features: - Interactive Charts in portrait and landscape mode with zoom, range from: last 24 hours, 7 days, 1 months, 3 months 6 months, 1 year, 5 years and 10 years. - Main commodities, including energy, metals, grains, livestock, and softs. - Currency converter - Futures Including: Energy * WTI, Brent, Natural Gas, Heating Oil and RBOB Gasoline Metals * Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinum and Copper Grains * Wheat, Corn, Soybean Oil, Rough Rice, Soybean Meal and Soybeans Softs * Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Lumber, Orange Juice and Sugar Please note quotes are delayed. Support our app and subscribe to Commodity Price Live for $8.99 a year and get a AD-free experience. A purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our https://www.fault.no/term/cpl and https://www.fault.no/privacy/cpl.

Screenshots

globalCOAL3 screens
Commodity Prices Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: globalCOAL at none against Commodity Prices Live's 1. globalCOAL also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Commodity Prices Live's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price and device support 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. Commodity Prices Live sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per year. globalCOAL asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

globalCOAL ships an update every 5 months, Commodity Prices Live monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
globalCOAL versus Commodity Prices Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterglobalCOALCommodity Prices Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—67.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—3.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB19 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTrayportAdvisiant AS

Bugs and requests

globalCOAL

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Commodity Prices Live

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Grain prices not updating
  • Silver prices not reflecting accurately
  • Cotton price not updated since July 20th
  • Data not loading

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add Uranium spot price
  • Add Mexican Peso currency
  • Add Iron Ore and Steel prices
  • Add Diesel Fuel
  • Add Wheat futures
Show 4 more
  • Ability to set price alerts
  • Ability to change currency for each commodity
  • Improve chart parameters and time scale options
  • Add iOS widget

In-app purchases

None

globalCOAL

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Commodity Prices Live

Subscriptions1
  • PRO$8.991 Year

Questions

Is globalCOAL free?
globalCOAL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Commodity Prices Live free?
Commodity Prices Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do globalCOAL or Commodity Prices Live have ads?
Commodity Prices Live shows ads; globalCOAL does not.
Which is updated more often, globalCOAL or Commodity Prices Live?
globalCOAL ships an update every 5 months, and Commodity Prices Live monthly. Most recently, globalCOAL was updated on October 17, 2026 and Commodity Prices Live on October 19, 2026.

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