chikun vs Taakin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
chikun
Easily monitor your cryptocurrency holdings across multiple devices with a clean, intuitive interface. View real-time balances, market data, and switch between coins to calculate your total USD value. All your data stays securely on your device.
- Cross-device synchronization
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Real-time balance tracking
- USD value calculation
- Top 800 coin support
- Private mode
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chikun is the best way to track your cryptocurrency balances on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, with a simple interface that's easy on the eyes. All coin quantity and price total data is stored on your device and never transmitted back to our servers, and the sum total of all of your coin values is always visible at the top of the screen. You can also double tap your total to activate "private" mode on device and watch. The number of alt-coins and tokens grows every day, but chikun always provides an up-to-date list of the top 800 coins and allows you to toggle which coins to use to calculate individual and total USD value on the main screen. You can also tap on a coin in the coin select screen to view more information like percent change, total market cap, and rank. Arise, chikun.
Taakin
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Crypto for regular people, check prices for the last 10 days of your favorite crypto coins or tokens, you can save them for real time price, setup the amount you own and keep track of your investment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: chikun at none against Taakin's 1. chikun also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Taakin's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Taakin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. chikun asks for nothing beyond the download.
chikun ships an update every 7 months, Taakin every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | chikun | Taakin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathon Friskics | Axan Software |
In-app purchases
chikun
No in-app purchases
Taakin
- Ads Removing$0.99
