SpotBar
Live spot prices · refreshed hourly while markets are open
Gold. Silver. Platinum.
Always in your menu bar.
A native spot price tracker that lives in your Mac or Windows menu bar — so you can stop tab-hopping to Kitco. No ads. No accounts. No data harvesting.
Free download · macOS 13 or Windows 10 or later
Tracking spot prices shouldn't require a browser tab.
Every existing option asks you to give something up.
Browser tabs are loud
Kitco and the rest are great if you want banner ads, cookie banners, and a "buy gold now" popover every visit. You came for a number, not a sales funnel.
Mobile apps stay on mobile
You're at your computer. Picking up your phone to check the price of silver is friction you don't need.
The Mac apps are abandoned
Every other menu-bar metals app on the Mac App Store has zero reviews — most haven't been updated in years. The form factor existed; the polish didn't.
Track gold, silver, platinum, and palladium without leaving your menu bar.
Built for stackers, jewelry buyers, and curious investors — not for institutional commodity traders.
Live spot prices, always in your menu bar.
Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, right where you're already looking. Click any metal in the popover to make it the one on display. No browser tab. No "buy gold now" ad. Just a number.
Mac menu bar and Windows taskbar.
Not just the market price. Your price.
Tell SpotBar what you own. Your total stack value lives in the menu bar, updating live with every spot move. See what your gold and silver is worth right now, without doing the math.
Pro unlocks all four metals plus karat-grade gold.
Charts at every timeframe.
1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 1 year, all-time. Click any metal in the popover to open its chart. Native rendering, no laggy iframe, no spinner.
✓ Built for
- • Stackers tracking their physical bullion
- • Jewelry buyers checking 14K / 18K / 22K melt value
- • Curious investors and inflation-watchers
- • Anyone in the Indian gold market (INR + per-tola pricing)
- • Anyone tired of Kitco's cookie banner
✗ Not built for
- • Institutional commodity traders (use Bloomberg)
- • Active futures traders who need depth-of-book
- • Bullion retailers (you have inventory dashboards)
- • Anyone who wants ads alongside their data
Why not just use a website?
Because you're already at your computer. Compare your options:
| SpotBar | Kitco / GoldPrice.org | Other Mac apps | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In your menu bar | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No ads, no popups | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No account required | ✓ | partial | ✓ |
| Tracks your holdings | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| INR + per-tola | ✓ | partial | ✗ |
| Karat-grade gold (10K–24K) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Price | $19.99 once | free + ads | $1.99–$24.99 |
The other Mac menu-bar metals apps on the App Store have 0 reviews each, and most haven't been updated in years.
Simple pricing
One-time purchase. No subscription. Free updates forever.
Free
$0
forever
- ✓ Live gold spot price in your menu bar
- ✓ Track your gold holdings in My Vault
- ✓ Charts: 1D / 1W / 1M / 3M / 1Y / All-time
- ✓ Conversion math (oz, g, tola, kg)
- — Gold and USD only
Mac and Windows
Pro
$19.99
one-time. yours forever.
Everything in Free, plus:
- ✓ Vault value in your menu bar — see your stack at a glance
- ✓ All 4 metals: silver, platinum, palladium (plus gold)
- ✓ 5 currencies: USD, INR, EUR, GBP, AED
- ✓ Per-gram, per-tola, per-kilo display
- ✓ Karat-grade gold (10K–24K) for jewelry
Future updates free for all Pro users.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the prices come from? +
The global wholesale spot market — the same prices that LBMA and COMEX publish to dealers worldwide. SpotBar surfaces what the world is paying right now. We don't make a market or take a spread; we just show you the number.
Can I track the value of my own gold and silver? +
Yes. Tell SpotBar what you own — by ounce, gram, tola, or kilo, with karat-grade for jewelry — and your total stack value lives in the menu bar, updating live with the market. Gold-only on the Free tier; all four metals on Pro.
Does it support 14K, 18K, and 22K gold for jewelry? +
Yes. Enter your jewelry by karat and weight to get an accurate melt value, not just the 24K spot price. Useful when you're buying, selling, or just curious what's in the drawer.
What about INR and per-tola pricing? +
Yes. Pro includes INR (and EUR, GBP, AED), with per-gram, per-tola, and per-kilo display alongside per-troy-ounce.
How fresh are the prices? +
Refreshes hourly while markets are open. Markets close Friday evening and reopen Sunday evening (US Eastern); during that window the popover shows a 'Markets closed' indicator and the last price seen.
Is my purchase mine forever? +
Yes. One-time payment, no subscription, no device limit, no online check that could expire your license. Future updates are free for all Pro users.
What are the system requirements? +
macOS 13 Ventura or later on Apple Silicon, or Windows 10 or later on 64-bit.
Stop tab-hopping to check the price of gold.
Free download. Mac and Windows.