Block Screen vs CBBI
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.
CBBI
This app visualizes a crypto index designed to help users understand Bitcoin's market cycle. It averages 11 metrics to predict buying and selling opportunities, and potential altcoin seasons.
- Bitcoin market cycle visualization
- Predictive buying/selling signals
- Altcoin season indicator
- Real-time data display
- Average of 11 key metrics
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The CBBI index was created by " Colin Talks Crypto " on CBBI.info and is the average of 11 different metrics to help get a better idea of where we are in the bitcoin bull run (and bear market) cycle. By following the CBBI index confidence metric we can better predict when to sell bitcoin, when to buy bitcoin (in bear market) and if an Altcoin season is on the horizon after a real peak. The Bitcoin Bull Run Index app serves as a real time visualizer of the data provided on CBBI.info
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Block Screen at 4.9 against CBBI's 4.0. Block Screen also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 50%) and ratings volume (40 vs 1). CBBI's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Block Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Screen has 40 ratings behind it against 1, 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 50% of CBBI's.
Block Screen ships an update every 11 days, CBBI every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen | CBBI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (40 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Ramsden | Kyriakos Leivadas |
Customer experience
Block Screen
CBBI
In-app purchases
Block Screen
No in-app purchases
CBBI
No in-app purchases
