Live Gold Rate Updater vs Ounce: MetalRate Sync
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Live Gold Rate Updater, Oct 25, 2026 for Ounce.
The short answer
- Only Live Gold Rate Updater lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $5/month for Live Gold Rate Updater and $30/month for Ounce.
- Ounce lists 3 features Live Gold Rate Updater’s listing doesn’t mention, including Dashboards, Price tracking, Reports.
Head to head
Free
- · Activity Log Access
- · Automated Price Updates (Limited Access)
- · Currency Exchange Management
- · Email Support
- · One-Click Price Update
- · Only 1 Variant
Starter
- · Automated Price Updates (Less Access)
- · Everything in Free
- · Stop Loss Pricing Restricted
- · Up to 100 Variants
- · WhatsApp Support
Pro
- · Automated Price Updates (More Access)
- · Everything in Starter
- · Priority Support
- · Stop Loss Pricing (Limited Access)
- · Up to 1000 Variants
Enterprise
- · Automated Price Updates (Full Access)
- · Everything in Pro
- · On-Call Support
- · Priority Support (Faster Response Time)
- · Stop Loss Pricing (Full Access)
- · Unlimited Variants
starter
- · Automatic sync twice a day
- · Bulk CSV import
- · Full audit-trail history
- · Stop-loss protection included
- · Up to 800 SKUs
pro
- · Automatic sync up to 5x/day
- · Everything in Starter
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited SKUs
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureLive Gold Rate Updater keeps your jewellery store prices accurate without manual effort. Connect to live gold market data, apply your own labour and profit formulas, and let the app update product prices automatically on schedule. Works with both your online Shopify store and Shopify POS. Set stop-loss limits to protect against sudden rate drops, and track every price change in the activity log.
MetalRate Sync keeps your product prices in step with live gold, silver, platinum and palladium rates. Set a formula once (purity, making charge, wastage, markup, tax), preview every change, then apply it or let the app sync automatically. Every run is logged with the exact rate used. Set up a whole catalog from a spreadsheet, no SKUs needed.
- Sync product rates automatically with live gold market values.
- Apply your own formulas to calculate product rates with flexibility.
- Automate rate updates or schedule them to run at set intervals.
- Prevent unwanted rate drops with built-in stop-loss control.
- Reprice automatically from live gold, silver, platinum, and palladium rates
- Preview every price change before anything is applied to your store
- Full audit trail of every sync, with the exact rate used for each price
- Bulk import weights and formulas from a spreadsheet, matched by SKU
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Live Gold Rate Updater |  Ounce |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Live Gold Rate Updater | Ounce |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Live Gold Rate Updater | Ounce |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $5/month(ahead) | $30/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Live Gold Rate Updater | Ounce |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #173(ahead) | #332 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 10, 2025 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Thinkersteps Technologies LLC | Water Developments |
FAQ
Live Gold Rate Updater and Ounce: common questions
- Is Live Gold Rate Updater or Ounce cheaper?
- Only Live Gold Rate Updater lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $5/month for Live Gold Rate Updater and $30/month for Ounce. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Live Gold Rate Updater lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Price history. Ounce lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Dashboards, Price tracking, Reports. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 14, 2026 for Live Gold Rate Updater, Oct 25, 2026 for Ounce; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 14, 2026 for Live Gold Rate Updater, Oct 25, 2026 for Ounce. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.