Market Watcher (Metals) for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 20, 2026

Market Watcher (Metals) provides real-time pricing for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. View crucial market data directly from your desktop icon or tooltip.

Pros
- Real-time precious metal prices
- Desktop icon and tooltip display
- Customizable interface
- Popup offers quick overview
- Data sourced from Kitco.com
Cons
- Limited to four precious metals
- No historical charting features
- Relies on external data source

Market Watcher (Metals) for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: November 8, 2010

Latest update: February 20, 2026

Version: 1.0.2

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows 98
Windows NT
Windows 7
Windows ME
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: Google Chrome Beta Channel

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 372

Downloads Last Week: 0

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Developer’s Description

By BuildAGadget

Get the current values for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.

Market Watcher (Metals) allows for looking at the prices of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium at a glance via the icon, mouse over tooltip, and popup.

The features are: Easy to use and highly customizable, View market prices, changes, percent changes, low and high prices, Icons rotate with market prices, Popup allows for a quick overview of all prices and Prices are from Kitco.com's NY market listing.