Block Screen vs BTC Frame
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.
BTC Frame
Access real-time Bitcoin data with over 30 on-chain and market dashboards. This app provides fast, accurate, and organized Bitcoin analytics, including price, mempool stats, and long-term models, all presented in a clean visual interface.
- 30+ real-time Bitcoin dashboards
- On-chain and market analytics
- Mempool data and network indicators
- Heat maps for returns and seasonality
- S2F and Power Law models
- Lightning-fast loading
- Zero ads
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Your real time Bitcoin terminal with 30+ on-chain and market dashboards. BTC Frame is a real-time Bitcoin dashboard and Bitcoin analytics app designed for anyone who wants fast, accurate, and beautifully organized Bitcoin data in one place. The app includes more than 30 live Bitcoin dashboards covering price, on-chain analytics, mempool data, market structure, mining and node analytics, long-term models, and signals. Key Features: • Real time Bitcoin price, trend, and volatility metrics • Complete Bitcoin analytics terminal with 30+ dashboards • Live on chain data, mempool stats, and network indicators • Heat maps for Bitcoin monthly returns and seasonality • Bitcoin dominance tracker and market-cycle tools • S2F (Stock-to-Flow) and Power Law models and long-horizon projections • Big Mac Index priced in Bitcoin • Real Estate Index priced in Bitcoin • Clean visual interface optimized for quick insights • Lightning fast loading with zero ads Why users choose BTC Frame: • Bitcoin only • Real time charts and metrics • Minimal, beautiful design • Perfect companion to BTC Frame hardware • Pure Bitcoin signal with no noise BTC Frame gives you a powerful and real-time Bitcoin analytics, and on-chain data terminal easily accessible on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Block Screen at 40 against BTC Frame's 2. BTC Frame's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Block Screen against 5.0 for BTC Frame. 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 BTC Frame's.
Block Screen ships an update every 11 days, BTC Frame every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen | BTC Frame |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Ramsden | BTC Frame, Inc. |
Customer experience
Block Screen
BTC Frame
In-app purchases
Block Screen
No in-app purchases
BTC Frame
No in-app purchases
