Comparison
GE TrackervsOSRS Wiki Real-time Prices
GE Tracker is a full flipping suite but freemium; OSRS Wiki Prices is the free, authoritative price feed GE Tracker itself relies on. Which one fits depends on what you're after.
Verdict
GE Tracker is a full flipping suite with alerts, margin calculators that account for GE tax, watchlists, and a mobile app, but the advanced features sit behind the GE Tracker Gold subscription. Wiki Prices is Weirdgloop's free, open, authoritative real-time price feed — the same source GE Tracker pulls from underneath. If you want flipping tooling and will pay the sub, GE Tracker; if you just want an item's price for free from the canonical source, Wiki Prices.
Side-by-side
| GE Tracker | OSRS Wiki Real-time Prices | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Official | No | No |
| Type | Web App | Web App |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web |
| Difficulty | Intermediate | Beginner |
| License | — | — |
| Source | — | — |
| Verified | June 5, 2026 | June 5, 2026 |
Which to use for what
- Setting price alerts and tracking margins all dayBetter pick: GE Tracker
GE Tracker offers dump/price alerts, watchlists, and margin and profit calculators that already subtract the GE tax. Wiki Prices shows prices and graphs but has no alerts or flipping tooling of that kind.
- Just checking an item's current price for freeBetter pick: OSRS Wiki Real-time Prices
Wiki Prices gives you the real-time price and a historical graph with no paywall or account. For a quick price check it's more direct than opening a flipping suite whose best parts are behind the sub.
- Wanting the authoritative price source other tools useBetter pick: OSRS Wiki Real-time Prices
Wiki Prices (prices.runescape.wiki, by Weirdgloop) is the canonical feed crowdsourced from RuneLite that powers many tools, GE Tracker included. If you want the original source with no middleman, this is it.
- Hunting flip opportunities with estimated margin and volumeBetter pick: GE Tracker
GE Tracker presents item lists ranked by potential margin, ROI, and volume, built to surface flips fast. Wiki Prices gives you the raw data but doesn't assemble that opportunity view.
- Checking prices from your phone without paying anythingBetter pick: OSRS Wiki Real-time Prices
Wiki Prices is a free, responsive site that opens fine in a phone browser. GE Tracker has a mobile app, but the features that make it worthwhile live behind GE Tracker Gold.
These two tools live in the same category —Grand Exchange economy— but solve different problems. GE Tracker is a flipping suite with alerts, calculators, and a mobile app. OSRS Wiki Prices is the raw, free, authoritative price feed that many tools draw from, GE Tracker included. The real question isn't which is "better" but whether you want flipping tooling or just the price.
Flipping features vs data feed
GE Tracker is built around active flipping. It gives you:
- Opportunity lists ranked by potential margin, ROI, and volume.
- Margin and profit calculators that already subtract the GE tax, so there are no surprises when you sell.
- Watchlists and alerts (dump alerts, price alerts) to react when an item moves.
- A mobile app to review flips away from the PC.
OSRS Wiki Prices, by contrast, isn't a suite — it's a feed. It shows the real-time price of any item and its historical graph, and that's it. No alerts, no watchlists, no flip lists. That's not a flaw — it's the point. It's the source, not the tool built on top of the source.
Free vs freemium
This is the most honest difference. OSRS Wiki Prices is completely free and open: you open it and query without an account or paywall.
GE Tracker is freemium. It has a free tier, but the features that actually justify using it —advanced alerts, unlimited watchlists, full calculators, the app— live behind the GE Tracker Gold subscription. If you only use the free tier, you end up with a trimmed-down version of what makes the tool special. Worth knowing before you invest time: the value is in the sub.
Data authority
This point often surprises people. OSRS Wiki Prices (prices.runescape.wiki) is maintained by Weirdgloop, the team behind the OSRS Wiki, and its data is crowdsourced in real time from RuneLite. It's the canonical in-game price feed, and many third-party tools consume it underneath —GE Tracker included.
Put another way: when you look at a price in GE Tracker, you're largely looking at data that originally comes from the same feed Wiki Prices exposes for free. The difference is GE Tracker adds tooling on top. If all you want is the number from the original source, going straight to Wiki Prices is the cleanest path.
When each one wins
| Scenario | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Setting alerts and tracking margins all day | GE Tracker |
| Just checking an item's current price for free | OSRS Wiki Prices |
| Wanting the authoritative price source other tools use | OSRS Wiki Prices |
| Hunting flips by margin, ROI, and volume | GE Tracker |
| Checking prices from your phone without paying | OSRS Wiki Prices |
Practical recommendation
If you're a serious flipper who wants dedicated tools —alerts, watchlists, margins with GE tax already figured in— and you're fine paying for GE Tracker Gold, GE Tracker is the pick. It's the most complete suite in the category and the sub pays for itself if you flip seriously.
If you're in the "just tell me the price" camp, want something free, and prefer the authoritative source with no middleman, OSRS Wiki Prices is enough for the vast majority of price checks. It has no flipping tooling, but you don't need that to look up a price.
They're not direct rivals: one is the source, the other is the suite built on that kind of data. Many players use Wiki Prices for quick checks and reserve GE Tracker for when they go into serious flipping mode.
Freemium OSRS flipping suite: live prices, margin calculators with GE tax, watchlists and alerts, with the advanced features locked behind a subscription.
View GE TrackerThe OSRS Wiki's Grand Exchange price feed, maintained by Weirdgloop and fed by RuneLite players. The free, open data source that powers other tools.
View OSRS Wiki Real-time Prices