Block Screen vs WidgetCoin
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.
WidgetCoin
Display cryptocurrency prices directly on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy display. Track thousands of coins with real-time updates and customizable widgets without needing to unlock your device. Receive price alerts and personalize your widget themes.
- Home Screen widgets
- Lock Screen and StandBy widgets
- Track thousands of coins
- 24-hour change indicator
- Price alerts
- Apple Watch complications
- Customizable widget themes
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WidgetCoin keeps your favorite cryptocurrency prices a glance away. Add a widget to your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy display and watch the market move without unlocking your phone or opening a browser. KEY FEATURES • Home Screen widgets in small and medium sizes • Lock Screen and StandBy widgets for at-a-glance updates • Track Bitcoin, Ethereum, and thousands of coins powered by CoinGecko • 24-hour change indicator with clear up/down coloring • Configure each widget independently — different coins, different sizes • Background refresh keeps prices current • Clean, native SwiftUI design that fits right in with iOS PRO FEATURES • Track an unlimited number of coins • Pick any fiat currency (EUR, GBP, JPY, CZK, and more) • Premium widget themes to match your Home Screen aesthetic • Price alerts — get notified the moment a coin crosses your target • Lock Screen widgets and StandBy support • Apple Watch complications PRIVACY FIRST No account, no tracking, no ads. Anonymous usage statistics and crash logs, never linked to you. DISCLAIMER WidgetCoin does not provide investment advice. Prices are informational only and may be inaccurate or delayed. Always verify before making financial decisions. Price data provided by CoinGecko. Terms of Use: https://martinfreedom.com/widgetcoin/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://martinfreedom.com/widgetcoin/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Block Screen at none against WidgetCoin's 3. Block Screen also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 2). WidgetCoin's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, rating 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. WidgetCoin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 WidgetCoin. 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 WidgetCoin's.
Block Screen ships an update every 11 days, WidgetCoin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Screen | WidgetCoin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Ramsden | Martin Svoboda |
Customer experience
Block Screen
WidgetCoin
In-app purchases
Block Screen
No in-app purchases
WidgetCoin
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
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