Comparison

BoBSmart Key vs BitPulse

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

Head to head
About

BoBSmart Key

Perform banking tasks from your iPhone, including viewing account balances, transferring funds, and paying bills. You can also top up mobile services and make cardless withdrawals.

Highlights
  • View account balances
  • Transfer funds
  • Pay BPC bills
  • FT to other banks
  • Top-up mobile services
  • Cardless withdrawal
Features
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BoBSmart Key The official app of Bank of Bhutan for iPhone. It gives you access to your account on your iPhone. Now you can perform your banking tasks from the palm of your hand , from anywhere and at anytime! What can you do ? - View Account Balances - Transfer funds - Pay BPC bills - FT to Other Banks - Top-up for Bhutan Telecom & TashiCell - Cardless withdrawal

About

BitPulse

Features
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Bitcoin on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, in a look that's yours. A live price every 15 seconds, sats, fees and the halving countdown in fast, beautiful widgets. Completely free: no account, no ads, no subscriptions. 19 THEMES, ALL FREE Every theme is a complete design with its own screen, type and signature interactions, and your widgets follow it. Minimal • Pulse: the whole screen glows green when Bitcoin is up over the period you pick, and red when it's down • Void: one ultralight number on pure black • Porcelain: warm white, with the price riding the end of the line as you scrub • Horizon: the chart becomes a landscape, at sunrise when Bitcoin is up and at dusk when it's down • Chronograph: the range's low to high on a watch dial, with subdials for sentiment, fees and the halving • Kunsthalle: a Swiss poster with a red sun and huge numerals • Gallery: the week's chart framed on a museum wall • Orbit: the four-year halving cycle as an orbit, with a satellite for the current block Cypherpunk • Genesis: a front page with the headline written into block 0 • Whitepaper: the price typeset as an equation, with the live chain drawn like the paper's figure • Signed: a PGP-signed log straight from the terminal • Samizdat: a protest poster. Separate money and state. • Proof of Work: the price on the chain, with real blocks as they're mined • Seed Plate: stamped in steel, with a punched-dot chart • Neon: the price as a neon sign in the rain Analog • Riso: fluorescent pink and blue ink, printed slightly out of register • Notebook: ink and pencil on graph paper, with a sticky note • Nixie: the price in glowing tubes, a phosphor scope and metal toggles • Split-Flap: every figure on a clacking departures board PRIVATE IN PUBLIC Hide exact prices and balances in one tap, in the app and in your widgets. Instead of numbers, BitPulse shows the direction, like "Rising this week", or an index that starts at 100 when you hide your values. Face ID brings the exact values back. WIDGETS • Bitcoin Price: small, medium, large and Lock Screen, in your currency, in BTC or sats • Bitcoin Network: block height, recommended fees and the halving countdown • Portfolio: your holdings and profit, hidden whenever you hide values • Fear & Greed Index and Market Stats Every widget follows your theme and fetches a fresh price on its own. PORTFOLIO & ALERTS • Track your stack with profit and loss in USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CAD, AUD or CHF • Watch-only addresses: follow wallet balances by address. No keys, ever. • Price alerts: above or below a target, big 24h moves and round-number milestones EVERYTHING BITCOIN • Charts from 24 hours to 5 years, compared with the NASDAQ-100 and gold • Network: fees, mempool, hashrate, difficulty and the halving countdown • Whale scanner: the largest transactions in recent blocks • DCA calculator, Bitcoin news and prediction market odds BitPulse is made by an independent developer. If you find it useful, you can leave an optional tip in Settings. Tips don't unlock anything; everything stays free. Privacy Policy: https://grand-faucet-956.notion.site/BitPulse-Privacy-Policy-2c4f30035aca806e9220df4b76773636

Screenshots

BoBSmart Key4 screens
BitPulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoBSmart Key at none against BitPulse's 5. BoBSmart Key also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. BitPulse sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BoBSmart Key asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
BoBSmart Key versus BitPulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoBSmart KeyBitPulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB61 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBank of Bhutan LimitedIvo Iturrieta

In-app purchases

None

BoBSmart Key

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

BitPulse

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is BoBSmart Key free?
BoBSmart Key is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BitPulse free?
BitPulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BoBSmart Key or BitPulse have ads?
Neither BoBSmart Key nor BitPulse shows ads.

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