Node Runner vs Helium Wallet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Node Runner
Monitor your decentralized network nodes instantly from your device. View node name, earnings, uptime, and location directly from a home screen widget. Log in with your existing credentials to access all your node information in one convenient place.
- Real-time node status monitoring
- View earnings and uptime
- Node location display
- Home screen widget support
- Login with existing credentials
- All node information in one place
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Mysterium is a decentralized service based on the Ethereum Blockchain, this app lets you constantly ad instantly monitor your nodes status, uptime and earnings. Stop going to the website, make login, choose the node you want to monitor and read informations. Now, with a simple swipe you can check every nodes stats, directly from the widget section of your iOS device. For every node you will be able to see directly from the widget section of the home screen: - the name of the node; - the earning of the node; - how many hours the node has been running for; - the country the node is located. You will just need to login in the app with the same credentials you'd use in the "my.mysterium.network" dashboard and we will gather all the info you could be interested in. Everything will be displayed in one place.
Helium Wallet
Manage your Helium blockchain accounts, send and receive HNT tokens, and organize frequently used addresses. This app provides a secure and convenient way to interact with the Helium network.
- Manage multiple Helium accounts
- Send and receive HNT
- Address Book for saved addresses
- Interact with Helium Blockchain
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Use the Helium Wallet to manage multiple accounts on the Helium Blockchain, send and receive HNT, save your most-used Helium Addresses in an Address Book, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Node Runner at 3.3 against Helium Wallet's 2.5. Node Runner also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days). Helium Wallet's advantage is ratings volume (355 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Node Runner holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helium Wallet has 355 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Node Runner's written reviews are positive against 20% of Helium Wallet's.
Node Runner ships an update every 3 days, Helium Wallet every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Node Runner | Helium Wallet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.5 (355 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 20.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 355 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | H501 di Leonardo Zanobi | Nova Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Node Runner
Helium Wallet
Bugs and requests
Node Runner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Helium Wallet
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to pair with Ledger
- Crashes when trying to claim rewards
- Balances not updating correctly
- Transactions failing due to insufficient funds error
Requested features
3 requests- Add credit/debit card option to add funds
- Improve Ledger support
- Provide more transparency around hotspot location and earnings
In-app purchases
Node Runner
No in-app purchases
Helium Wallet
No in-app purchases
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