Block Screen vs CryptoWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Screen
Personalize your lock and home screens with live Bitcoin data. Access real-time block height, mempool fees, price, news, and mining difficulty across all your Apple devices. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with customizable themes and widgets.
- Live Bitcoin widgets for lock and home screens
- Real-time block height and price tracking
- Mempool fee recommendations
- Mining difficulty and hashrate
- Curated Bitcoin news feeds
- Customizable color themes and widget selection
- Apple Watch complications and StandBy mode support
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Turn your lock screen and Home Screen into a personalized bitcoin screen with live Bitcoin widgets. Block Screen puts real-time block height, mempool fees, price, news, and mining difficulty (and more!) on every Apple device you own: iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, CarPlay. No accounts, no ads. –––– KEY WIDGETS & VIEWS –––– • Lock-Screen Widget – glanceable block height and bitcoin prices • Home-Screen Widget – small, medium and large sizes • StandBy Mode – full-screen clock-style display while charging • Apple Watch Complication & Smart Stack – stats right on your wrist • iPad and macOS – adaptive layouts for Stage Manager and desktop • CarPlay – widgets on your vehicle dashboard –––– BITCOIN STATS YOU CARE ABOUT –––– • Block height & next halving countdown • Mempool fee recommendations (high / medium / low) • Mining network hashrate & difficulty in real time • Live BTC price in USD, EUR & more • Curated Bitcoin-only news feeds –––– BUILT FOR CUSTOMIZATION –––– • Custom color themes • Choose which widgets appear in Smart Stack rotation –––– PRIVATE BY DESIGN –––– Block Screen talks directly to public Bitcoin APIs—no log-ins, tracking, or analytics SDKs. “Everything you need and nothing you don't." Download Block Screen free today and keep with the Bitcoin network at a glance: price, mempool, or countdown to the next halving.
CryptoWatch
Create custom cryptocurrency price and market cap displays directly on your Apple Watch face. Track top coins in various currencies with customizable data points and colors. The app updates data periodically or on demand.
- Custom crypto complications for Apple Watch
- Support for top 100 coins
- Multiple complication configurations
- Display price, market cap, 24h change, volume
- Data in 35 currencies
- Standalone watch app
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If the app does not show on your Watch after purchase please go to App Store on your watch (not phone) - scroll to bottom - Account - Purchased - and download from here. Create custom cryptocurrency complications for Apple Watch. - Support for top 100 coins - Add multiple complication configurations, and set any of them as a complication, support for multiple different complications at the same time - Select what you want to see on complication: price, market cap, 24h change, 24h volume, currency name (select 2) - Support for all watch faces and complication slots - Data can be displayed in 35 currencies ($, €, £ and many more + BTC, ETH, gold) - Summary of all configured cryptocurrencies when you open the app - Set colors, separately for both lines (only for multicolor watch faces) - Option to hide currency symbol - Complications update every 30 minutes, if it's not enough you can open the app any time to see the most up-to-date data - Standalone watch app means there is no iPhone app, you can configure everything on your watch - Market data powered by CoinGecko API
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Block Screen at Free against CryptoWatch's $0.99. Block Screen also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). CryptoWatch's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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
Block Screen is free to download; CryptoWatch costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Block Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Screen has 40 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Block Screen's written reviews are positive against 86% of CryptoWatch's.
Block Screen ships an update every 11 days, CryptoWatch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen | CryptoWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better | 3.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Ramsden | Andras Solyom |
Customer experience
Block Screen
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In-app purchases
Block Screen
No in-app purchases
CryptoWatch
No in-app purchases
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