Block Screen vs Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer
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.
Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer
Explore comprehensive Bitcoin network data, track real-time prices in multiple currencies, and verify blockchain information. An optional Pro Plan offers exclusive insights like halving countdowns and network hashrate monitoring.
- Real-time Bitcoin price tracking
- Blockchain data exploration
- Transaction and address search
- Mempool and block monitoring
- Halving countdown (Pro Plan)
- Network hashrate monitoring (Pro Plan)
- Bitcoin price calculator (Pro Plan)
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Bitcoin Explorer is the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer available on the App Store, allowing users of the world’s largest cryptocurrency to access comprehensive information about the Bitcoin network. PRICE - Track the real-time Bitcoin price in ten currencies. BLOCKCHAIN Explore and verify all blockchain data: - Search for blocks using the block hash or height. - Search for transactions and addresses. - View fee transactions in real-time within the Blockchain view. - Explore the mempool and recently mined blocks. PRO PLAN Upgrade to the Pro Plan for exclusive Bitcoin insights: - Access the current Halving countdown and view past and upcoming halvings. - Get updates on the next difficulty adjustment. - Monitor the network hashrate. - View the latest block reward. - Current circulating supply. CALCULATOR (Pro Plan Exclusive) - Use the Bitcoin price calculator to determine how much Bitcoin you can purchase with your available funds in ten different currencies. Developed as part of the Apple Developer Academy Project at the Catholic University of Brasília. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Block Screen at none against Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer's 1. Block Screen also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price and rating 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. Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer. 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 100% of Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer's.
Block Screen ships an update every 11 days, Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen | Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Ramsden | Victor Hugo Pacheco Araujo |
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Block Screen
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Block Screen
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Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer
- Bitcoin Block Explorer Pro$0.991 Month
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