Block Screen vs Cryptoverview
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.
Cryptoverview
Get essential Bitcoin metrics like the Fear and Greed Index and transaction fees at a glance. This lightweight app offers convenient access to investment data through its interface and home screen widgets.
- Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index widget
- Transaction fee estimate widget
- NUPL metric
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch widgets
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Ever get bored of searching the web for basic Bitcoin metrics to make informed decisions on your investments? Ever wish there was a more convenient way to take in data like the average transaction fee or what the Fear and Greed Index stands at currently? Well look no further. Cryptoverview is a lightweight app that puts this glanceable information at the tip of your fingers on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Vision Pro, either within the app, in the form of widgets on your home screen, lock screen or Apple Watch. Cryptoverview currently features widgets for: * Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index * Transaction fee estimate * NUPL (Net Unrealized Profit / Loss) The app does not collect any information about you or your usage of the app. The information contained in the app should not be considered investment advice. Never invest money that you cannot afford to lose.
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Verdict
Block Screen and Cryptoverview both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Block Screen's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cryptoverview's. Block Screen also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (40 vs 2). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Cryptoverview sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Block Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Block Screen against 5.0 for Cryptoverview. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Screen has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Block Screen's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cryptoverview's.
Block Screen ships an update every 11 days, Cryptoverview monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen | Cryptoverview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Ramsden | Anton Martinsson |
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Block Screen
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In-app purchases
Block Screen
No in-app purchases
Cryptoverview
- Tiny tip$0.99
- Small tip$2.99
- Medium tip$4.99
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- Large tip$9.99
- Dune Metrics Unlock$9.99
- Advanced Metrics$9.99
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