Comparison

BlueWallet vs Utility Assistant

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BlueWallet

Securely store, send, and receive Bitcoin with a user-friendly interface. This open-source wallet gives you full control of your private keys and offers advanced security features like plausible deniability and full encryption.

Highlights
  • Own your private keys
  • Unlimited free wallets
  • Open source
  • Plausible deniability
  • Full encryption
  • Hardware wallet integration
  • Flexible transaction fees
Features
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Your keys, your bitcoin. BlueWallet is a free, open source bitcoin wallet. Your private keys are created and kept on your device. Watch your cold storage, spend from multisig Vaults, sign with a hardware wallet, and choose exactly which coins pay. Made by bitcoiners, for bitcoiners. YOU HOLD THE KEYS • Private keys never leave your device. You control them. • Create as many wallets as you like, or import one with its recovery phrase. • Open source and MIT licensed. Read the code or build it yourself. COLD STORAGE AND MULTISIG • Watch-only wallets: follow your cold storage with just the public key. • Hardware wallet signing: build the payment on your phone, sign the PSBT on your device, broadcast from BlueWallet. • Multisig Vaults: require more than one key to spend. CONTROL EVERY PAYMENT • Coin control: label coins, freeze the ones you want kept apart, and pick which coins pay. • Flexible fees: you set the fee. • Speed up a pending payment, or cancel it, with Replace-By-Fee. • Send to many addresses in one transaction. • BIP47 payment codes: one reusable code for receiving. PRIVACY AND SECURITY • Full encryption: on top of iOS encryption, lock your wallets with your own password. • Plausible deniability: a second password opens a decoy storage if you are ever forced to unlock the app. • Your own node: connect to your Bitcoin full node through Electrum. Also available on Mac.

About

Utility Assistant

Features
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Utility Assistant helps you understand your utility bill by keeping bills, meter readings, weather context, and household events in one place. Track utility providers, enter bill details, record meter readings, and review changes over time. The Today view highlights useful insights, such as bill changes, unusual meter reading patterns, fee changes, and weather-related usage context. Utility Assistant is designed for clarity and trust. It does not require an account, does not sell your data, and keeps your utility history focused on helping you understand what changed and why. Features: - Track utility bills by provider and service - Record meter readings and compare usage over time - Review weather and degree-day context - Add home timeline events that may explain usage changes - See practical insights on recent bill changes - Manage multiple locations - Optional iCloud sync through your Apple account

Screenshots

BlueWallet4 screens
Utility Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: BlueWallet at 4 against Utility Assistant's 1. BlueWallet also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BlueWallet versus Utility Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlueWalletUtility Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (859 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings859 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBluewallet Services, S. R. L.SMALL TECH STACK LLC

Bugs and requests

BlueWallet

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lightning wallet withdrawal issues
  • Wallet address changes without user knowledge
  • Crashes on startup or during transactions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize home screen and widgets
  • Option to hide wallet balances
  • Fiat currency support and conversion
  • Improved backup and recovery process
  • Better error handling and notifications

Utility Assistant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BlueWallet

No in-app purchases

None

Utility Assistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlueWallet free?
BlueWallet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Utility Assistant free?
Utility Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BlueWallet or Utility Assistant have ads?
Neither BlueWallet nor Utility Assistant shows ads.

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