Block Screen vs CryptoWi
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.
CryptoWi
Display real-time cryptocurrency prices directly on your iPhone's home screen. This app allows you to monitor your favorite digital assets without needing to open the application.
- Home screen widgets
- Real-time crypto price tracking
- Monitor favorite digital assets
- iPhone compatibility
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CryptoWi puts crypto prices right on your iPhone home screen. Pick a coin (or a few), choose a theme, add the widget — done. Prices and 24-hour changes stay updated throughout the day without opening an app. WIDGETS • One Coin — a single asset, front and center • Two Coins, Three Coins, Six Coins — your watchlist at a glance THEMES 21 hand-crafted themes, from clean light and dark looks to gradients and photo backgrounds. DETAILS • Real coin logos • Top 1,000 coins by market cap • Precise prices, even for micro-cap coins • No account needed — add a widget and go Questions? https://cryptowi.app/faq.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Block Screen at every 11 days against CryptoWi's every 14 months. Block Screen also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (46 vs 4). 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.
Block Screen holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Screen has 46 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Block Screen ships an update every 11 days, CryptoWi every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen | CryptoWi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (46 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Ramsden | Pavel Lazureykis |
Customer experience
Block Screen
CryptoWi
In-app purchases
Block Screen
No in-app purchases
CryptoWi
No in-app purchases
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