what software do you use?

[utoh123]

What software do you use to track your stack?  How much would you spend for software?  Is there any free that is any good?

[Finbinfin]

Just use a spreadsheet on google drive. I'm sure someone on YouTube had a template as well...

[Scuzzle]

I just use an Excel spreadsheet, all manual input and adding up as I used to be able to do all the cell formula stuff but I've forgotten most of it.

[sixgun]

Excel. Also label the cardboard boxes with the various contents so i have at least some idea what is what.

[Cacc]

I use Exact Change (http://www.exactchange.info/), but that software will run you $80usd. It is perfect if you have a coin collection as well, otherwise it is overkill and expensive. There are dozens of different coin software out there, but Exact Change is one of the only ones that has world bullion built in instead of it being something you have to manually add.

If you are just a stacker and less of a collector, then the other advice of Excel or Google Sheets is your best (and free) bet. Going this route, it is always good to have a column for spot price a the time of purchase so that you know what premium above spot you paid instead of just the amount that you paid.

[RisinSun]

10 hours ago, Scuzzle said:

I just use an Excel spreadsheet, all manual input and adding up as I used to be able to do all the cell formula stuff but I've forgotten most of it.

Hey man, if you go up to the hard tabs where Home and Page Layout are, there is a tab called Formulas, an FX allows you to configure a formula. There are quite a few free excel tutorials and though its easy to manually add up, its cooler to have formulas.

Excel is all you need. I have a small spreadsheet for my stack. The spreadsheet has 4 worksheets or pages if you prefer; Summary, Gold, Silver, Numismatics.

Summary has the total invested into gold, total in silver, and spot value of the coins and finally an unrealized profit/loss. On the summary page i also keep spot price and use that in the formula. The other worksheets quite simply display dates, description, amount and price paid with totals. 

Highly recommend doing it yourself.