CryptoWatch vs Cry Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CryptoWatch
Create custom cryptocurrency price and market cap displays directly on your Apple Watch face. Track top coins in various currencies with customizable data points and colors. The app updates data periodically or on demand.
- Custom crypto complications for Apple Watch
- Support for top 100 coins
- Multiple complication configurations
- Display price, market cap, 24h change, volume
- Data in 35 currencies
- Standalone watch app
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If the app does not show on your Watch after purchase please go to App Store on your watch (not phone) - scroll to bottom - Account - Purchased - and download from here. Create custom cryptocurrency complications for Apple Watch. - Support for top 100 coins - Add multiple complication configurations, and set any of them as a complication, support for multiple different complications at the same time - Select what you want to see on complication: price, market cap, 24h change, 24h volume, currency name (select 2) - Support for all watch faces and complication slots - Data can be displayed in 35 currencies ($, €, £ and many more + BTC, ETH, gold) - Summary of all configured cryptocurrencies when you open the app - Set colors, separately for both lines (only for multicolor watch faces) - Option to hide currency symbol - Complications update every 30 minutes, if it's not enough you can open the app any time to see the most up-to-date data - Standalone watch app means there is no iPhone app, you can configure everything on your watch - Market data powered by CoinGecko API
Cry Watch
Track cryptocurrency prices directly from your iPhone's lock screen and Apple Watch face. Get real-time updates and see when prices were last refreshed without needing to open the app. Search for coins directly on your watch.
- iOS lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch face complications
- Real-time price updates
- Last updated time indicator
- On-watch coin search
- Independent watch functionality
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Crypto price widgets for iOS lock screen and Apple Watch. Just add widget on the iPhone lock screen and choose your coin. Apple Watch: - Know the price directly from the Watch Face - Add different coins to a Watch Face at the same time - "The Last Time Updated" Widget. Know how much time passed since the price updated without opening the app - Type directly on Apple Watch to search for coins - The app does not rely on iPhone to function - Free without ads Cry Watch has been designed with reliability in mind, it does its best to update continuously in the background while not exceeding the watchOS' limit for background tasks. -- Data Is Powered by Coinparika. https://coinpaprika.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cry Watch at Free against CryptoWatch's $0.99. Cry Watch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). CryptoWatch's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and chart position (#59 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Cry Watch is free to download; CryptoWatch costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cry Watch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CryptoWatch has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of CryptoWatch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cry Watch's.
CryptoWatch ships an update every 2 months, Cry Watch every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CryptoWatch | Cry Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #59 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andras Solyom | Chi Tien Chen |
Customer experience
CryptoWatch
Cry Watch
In-app purchases
CryptoWatch
No in-app purchases
Cry Watch
No in-app purchases
