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Does CoinNotch track your portfolio?

The short version

No. CoinNotch is a price ticker, not a portfolio tracker. It shows live market prices for the coins you pin, but it does not track how much you hold, your balances, or your profit and loss. That is deliberate: by not handling holdings, it needs no account, no wallet, and no sensitive data about you.

No, CoinNotch does not track your portfolio. It shows the live market price of the coins you choose to watch, but it does not know or store how much of anything you own, and it does not calculate balances or profit and loss. It answers what is the price, not what am I worth. This is a deliberate design choice, not a gap waiting to be filled.

Why it stays a ticker

Tracking a portfolio means knowing your holdings, which means either connecting to your wallets and exchanges or having you enter your balances, both of which introduce sensitive data and, often, accounts and permissions. By staying a pure price display, CoinNotch avoids all of that. It needs no account, no wallet connection, and no information about your finances, which is exactly what makes it private and simple. The privacy review covers that posture.

If you want a portfolio tracker, dedicated apps do that job, and our comparison with a portfolio tracker lays out the difference. CoinNotch is for people who want the price in their menu bar without handing over their holdings to get it.

Frequently asked questions

Does CoinNotch track my portfolio?
No. CoinNotch is a price ticker, not a portfolio tracker. It shows live prices for coins you pin but does not track your holdings, balances, or profit and loss, which keeps it private and account-free.
Can CoinNotch show my profit and loss?
No. It shows market prices, not your personal gains. Calculating profit and loss would require knowing your holdings, which CoinNotch deliberately does not collect or store.
What if I want a portfolio tracker instead?
Dedicated portfolio apps do that, at the cost of connecting to your accounts or entering balances. CoinNotch stays a pure price display so it needs no account, wallet, or financial data about you.