Comparison

Altfolio vs Ounces

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

Head to head
About

Altfolio

Track your net worth across cryptocurrencies and precious metals. Manage transactions, calculate average prices, and convert between crypto assets. Offers CSV import/export and detailed transaction reports.

Highlights
  • Track crypto and precious metals
  • Transaction management
  • Calculate average purchase price
  • Quick Shift crypto conversion
  • CSV import/export
  • Detailed transaction reports
  • Touch ID support
Features
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Alt(ernative)folio is the perfect tool to have instant access to your net worth across alternative investments like precious metals and crypto currencies! Track your gains/losses with the transaction management features! If you have no historical record of your purchases, no problem! Just specify the quantity of the asset and Altfolio will even let you track transactions from that point forward. Use the "Quick Shift" feature to convert between crypto without having to calculate fiat transaction amounts. Great for ShapeShift users. Altfolio will also calculate the "average price" for your assets to track your dollar-cost averages. Precious Metals * Gold * Silver * Platinum * Palladium A cryptocurrency picker are available for you to choose virtually any coin just by searching for the symbol. Tools * CSV Import/Export * Landscape view displays prices in Bitcoin and local fiat Reporting Features (More coming) * Buy Transactions / Year * All Transactions across all assets * Tag your assets so they're grouped together in a tagged asset report. ex: grouping Ethereum and Ethereum Classic Security Features * Touch ID Support Supported Currencies * BTC * USD * EUR * GBP * JPY * AUD * CNY * CAD Price data sources: https://www.cryptocompare.com https://www.coinmarketcap.com https://www.cryptocoincharts.info Follow @altfolioapp on twitter for updates!

About

Ounces

Track your precious metals portfolio with this app designed for collectors. Monitor prices, market value, and the weight of your holdings. Set personal goals and compare your stack to others.

Highlights
  • Track precious metals holdings
  • Monitor prices and ratios
  • View market value and weighting
  • Compare stack size with whale scale
  • Set portfolio goals
Features
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The premier precious metals app designed by stackers for stackers. This is the indispensable app to keep track of your stack. Check prices and ratios, view the market value and weighting of your stack, see how you stack up using the whale scale, set goals, and more. This is your wealth, measured with Ounces.

Screenshots

Altfolio4 screens
Ounces1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ounces at Free against Altfolio's $5.99. Ounces also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 55%). Altfolio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Ounces is free to download; Altfolio costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Altfolio holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Altfolio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ounces's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Altfolio ships an update every 10 days, Ounces fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Altfolio versus Ounces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAltfolioOunces
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (24 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews55.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeanApps LLCTyler Marsh

Customer experience

Altfolio

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive55.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative30.0%

Ounces

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Altfolio

No in-app purchases

None

Ounces

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Altfolio free?
Altfolio costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ounces free?
Ounces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Altfolio or Ounces?
Altfolio is rated higher. Altfolio averages 4.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Ounces averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Altfolio or Ounces have ads?
Ounces shows ads; Altfolio does not.
Which is updated more often, Altfolio or Ounces?
Altfolio ships an update every 10 days, and Ounces fortnightly. Most recently, Altfolio was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ounces on September 27, 2026.

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