StockMeter is a realtime stock monitoring and ticker application that allows users to monitor their stocks. It also supports alerts using the Growl framework based on the triggers set by the user.
Includes a full fledged Currency Calculator to help you convert any amount from one currency into multiple others based on the latest exchange rates.
Also supports currency and foreign exchange rates and last 15 minutes graph for stocks. Auto update ensures that the system updates itself with the latest features automatically in the background.
What's New
Version 0.7.4:
Fixed - Memory leaks due to news feature
New - Graphs for 1 day, 5 days and 1 year added
Fixed - Missing symbol names. Yahoo! Finance service has become unreliable and is failing consistently. Appropriate handling has been added to ignore incorrect data.
It would be nice if I could set some times when it doesn't update so that it isn't trying to update every 60 secs while the markets are closed and thus wasting bandwidth. Also you folks should start distributing this via the Mac App Store as it would be much easier to find and you would get more users.
Very nice and very minimal! I was wondering how to change the ticker feeds maybe to have a different provider other than google or yahoo. I was thinking maybe marketwatch.com as they provide a more up to date feed during trading hours
Evidently it will not display the basic stock averages. It rejected ^DJI, DJI and other variants of the Dow Jones. For the S&P500, it rejected ^GSPC, INX and $SPX. It happily accepted individual company symbols. If you want the DJ or SP500 averages showing in your menubar, this application won't do that.
Please refer to the FAQs at http://sm.tripmeter.in/faq.php for more details. For e.g. the correct symbol for ^DJI is INDU. This is a Yahoo requirement.
I've been using this for 2 weeks now and love it. Thanks to the developer for making this a free app. It works exactly as stated. The developer seems to be very responsive, actively fixing bugs and adding new features. I'm looking forward to further improvements.
From the developer:
We pulled support for PPC temporarily due to some issues with the PPC architecture. For now could you please use the earlier version which was PPC compatible?
Seems to work great on SL, save a nagging memory leak:
Mar 23 22:08:36 StockMeter.app[9113]: *** -[NSAutoreleasePool release]: This pool has already been released, do not drain it (double release).
Mar 23 22:08:37 StockMeter.app[9113]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2e8fac0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Mar 23 22:08:37 StockMeter.app[9113]: *** -[NSAutoreleasePool release]: This pool has already been released, do not drain it
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StockMeter is a realtime stock monitoring and ticker application that allows users to monitor their stocks. It also supports alerts using the Growl framework based on the triggers set by the user.
Includes a full fledged Currency Calculator to help you convert any amount from one currency into multiple others based on the latest exchange rates.
Also supports currency and foreign exchange rates and last 15 minutes graph for stocks. Auto update ensures that the system updates itself with the latest features automatically in the background.
Aslamn reviewed on 14 Nov 2011
It would be nice if I could set some times when it doesn't update so that it isn't trying to update every 60 secs while the markets are closed and thus wasting bandwidth. Also you folks should start distributing this via the Mac App Store as it would be much easier to find and you would get more users.
Cyclozene reviewed on 20 Sep 2011
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Igorot reviewed on 25 Jul 2011
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Kranbollin reviewed on 06 May 2011
Please refer to the FAQs at http://sm.tripmeter.in/faq.php for more details. For e.g. the correct symbol for ^DJI is INDU. This is a Yahoo requirement.
Thanks
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Bad-Dog reviewed on 13 Feb 2011
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Jazzyguy reviewed on 08 Feb 2011
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Thanks for the support.
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We pulled support for PPC temporarily due to some issues with the PPC architecture. For now could you please use the earlier version which was PPC compatible?
http://sm.tripmeter.in/archive/stockmeter0.5.2.dmg
We are working towards supporting PPC again and will notify you once its available.
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Mar 23 22:08:36 StockMeter.app[9113]: *** -[NSAutoreleasePool release]: This pool has already been released, do not drain it (double release).
Mar 23 22:08:37 StockMeter.app[9113]: *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x2e8fac0 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking
Mar 23 22:08:37 StockMeter.app[9113]: *** -[NSAutoreleasePool release]: This pool has already been released, do not drain it
Still, it running on my toolbar fine! Thanks.
Thanks.
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2. Anyone else have unreliable news feeds and a suggested fix?
Cv99999 rated on 08 Nov 2011
RodolphoT rated on 20 Jul 2011
npasher rated on 17 Feb 2011
Arif Amirani rated on 11 Feb 2011