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I have used the site preev.com for many months and loved it.  It was an easy and clean, simple site that gave a quick conversion calculation for BTC to USD or whatever.  it loaded quick because there was pretty much nothing there but the drop downs and the numbers.  It has been going offline more and more here recently and I was wondering what other sites people use for the quick, on the fly conversions.  It was great when outside of the office and using a mobile phone because it loaded really quick.  Any suggestions?

I've just learned there's a clone: preev.net
Seems to work pretty good, and it seems to have more or less the same functionality as preev.com

I just use Google. It gives you on the fly numbers and a small chart. If you want more information, then use the coindesk BPI.

But don't worry, Preev should be up soon.

what do you mean on Google, just typing btc to usd in the search bar? oh you are right, i just tried that and i love it, google keeps with the times, trying on my mobile next, thanks a bunch, i forget that google keeps making new little response widgets

tried it on mobile and it doesnt work the same, but i like it.  i think i will throw together a little app for my phone and use the api from some site or just embed the google widget in a page on the back of one of my websites, thanks

there you go:
https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/
you see here a JSON reply, look at the "last", that is the bitcoin price preev or any other site you see is reporting.

you can also write a little code, put the response in a JSON var and get the ["last"] key. - i may do it later if i get the time-

that sounds like the way that i will code the app, i have a windows phone and it is more of a pain to code and release than android, or i may just make the page on my site using that system, thanks

Are there any apps on the Windows phone platform that will do BTC to USD conversions on the fly?
If not, it's about time that someone made one.

I've found on another thread this converter: https://bitcoinaverage.com/converter
I find it slower than preev, but it's OK for my needs.

Bro I am Using Google To See the Bitcoin Price....
But Sometimes I Use Coindesk For This Purpose But You Can Also Use Your Wallet to See the Current Exchange Price....

you don't really need to code an app for this. just click on the link and read the text as i explained above if you want a quick, and small way of checking the price otherwise you can check coindesk, bitcoinwisdom and many other sites that have big charts and a lot more functionality to read the price.


i may be able to do it since windows phone programming is based on a simple xaml interface and c# code behind it.
i will do it if there is enough interest but i will only release the code on github if i do it someday.

http://preev.net do preety well work just like preev.com and both are up and running right now. However i am getting good estimation if i search on google directly on google result. I am even getting price of bitcoin in my local currency in google result page, no calculator needed. Also http://bitcoinaverage.com provide good price.

I stopped using preev a while back,  simply because I just use the quote on Mycelium, which is the bitstamp quote.  It's close enough for me.  Preev is definitely a great site though,  don't get me wrong.   It's good there's a clone in case the original site goes down.

For me preev is one of the most trusted sited to check the actual bitcoin price in usd but also in euro's.
But if you want the actual price coinmarketcap is a good way too. The price is calculated from several exchanges and maybe even better the prieev.com

for me the coding is very easy, it is the pain in ass system that you have to use to use/submit the app.  You can either try to keep it a local app and deal with that unsigned run around or go through the additional pain in the ass of releasing it to the "store" when you are the only one that is going to use the damn thing. 

Preev hasn't been giving me the price of LTC lately, though I haven't checked in a few weeks.  I really like the site, and it's what I use to check the price at work.  Hopefully they're not down, but if someone made a mirror site all is good.

An alternative to preev would be coinbase. But preev is now back online just an FYI.

But in this time I think the accuracy of preev site about their rate of bitcoin is decreased, sometimes the rate of preev is different with an exchange site or trading site, but yesterday the preev just getting offline because they migrate into a new domain .net like preev.net. I don't think it's a clone by preev.com

Preev.com is easy to use, easy to understand and very accurate in bitcoin current price not only bitcoin price but also the other currencies too, I don't think so if all currency is available in Preev.com.

ok, i appreciate all the feedback and will see if preev lasts any longer, if it does then i will stick with that, otherwise i will just make my own and stick it on the back of a website that i own.

i am thinking it is time to lock down the thread, let me know if you guys want to keep it open for any reason

Google results are not exactly Mr.Current Affairs.Their results are lesser/higher than the actual prices on the market.While preev rates are used by most of the exchanges.That's how their algorithm works actually,they curate rates from among the APS's of all famous exchanges and one which is used the most is set to be the final rate...

I think there are two sites related to preev. One is preev.net and the other one is preev.com
Both are good and can used as an alternative.

Or simply use google.com, coimarketcap.com, coincap.io to get an up-to-date report on the price of your favorite coin. **Google can give you a really fast response.**

Preev.com is again online,so you don`t have to search for alternatives.

The best preev alternative for me is youmeanbtc.com

I was using it to calculate my btc into USD.

I am using preev from months, and I never have saw any down period at there, that is why I did not thought about any alternative of it, google is also a good alternative of it, but sometimes there occur some difference on preev and google exchange, so bitstamp shows the same rate which preev show. You can rely on bitstamp also for the price of bitcoin.

I think more than enough Preev alternatives have been collected in this thread, already  ;D

However, OP has not closed the thread yet so I take the bravery to release the full list of alternatives that I learned from you guys.

Preev alternatives:

• Preev (dot) net
• Google ( just type into search )
• Bitstamp ( they have an API for devs )
• bitcoinaverage (dot) com
• CoinBase
• youmeanbtc (dot) com
• coimarketcap (dot) com
• coincap (dot) io

Is there any result from anyone's side who offered to help?

I could consider creating an unsigned one when an amount of people are interested. It would be a good challenge since I do not usually code for Windows Phone, but I think, I could do it in C# / XAML.