Comparison

ETH Alerts vs Blockscan

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ETH Alerts

Stay informed about Ethereum with real-time stats, customizable price alerts, and breaking news. Access detailed charts, profit/loss tracking, and convenient widgets for your home and lock screens. Supports 35 local currencies for global users.

Highlights
  • Real-time ETH price stats
  • Customizable high/low price alerts
  • News articles and widgets
  • Profit and loss tracking
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Support for 35 local currencies
Features
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ETH Alerts is an iOS app with the most up-to-date news, articles, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets about ETH. High/low ETH Alerts (notifications), detailed stats, widgets, news, profit and loss stats and more. News Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for pro subscribers when tapped will open the article in the app. Default reader view is enabled on supported articles, so you can zen in on the content without web ads. Small, medium and large widgets are all supported. Chart widgets allow you to set the period of time to be displayed on the widget, when tapped the app will open on the charts view and display the intractable chart of the selected time period. The main view with detailed ETH stats is updated every 10 seconds. 35 local currencies are supported. Once onboarded you will be able to configure high/low alert values and your notification preferences. When presented with a high or low notification you have the ability to increase the limit without having to open the app. Notifications are triggered using Apple's Background App Refresh. Background App Refresh allows ETH Alerts to run periodically in the background so that the price/value of ETH is up to date when you open the app as well as alerting you based on your preferences. ETH Alerts is a subscription monetised app. By being a pro subscriber and enabling the default reader view, web ads are almost non-existent on news articles. Profit and loss stats, Multiple purchase records, Average buy-in stats, Lock Screen Widgets, Home Screen Widgets with stats and News articles articles all require a pro subscription. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://eth-alerts.web.app/terms-and-conditions.html https://eth-alerts.web.app/privacy-policy.html

About

Blockscan

Monitor your cryptocurrency holdings and transactions across over 30 blockchain networks from a single dashboard. This app offers a streamlined way to view your entire portfolio, track activity, and communicate securely with other Web3 addresses.

Highlights
  • Multichain portfolio tracking
  • Grouped wallet monitoring
  • Simplified transaction details
  • End-to-end encrypted chats
  • Web3 wallet sign-in
  • Direct messaging to Web3 addresses
Features
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From the team behind Etherscan — Blockscan lets you monitor wallets across 30+ networks including ETH, BNB Chain, L2s & SOL. Get a clear, chain-agnostic overview of your crypto activity in one streamlined dashboard. Blockscan is designed to complement your daily Web3 needs by providing a simple multichain explorer to check onchain data, along with a secure private messaging feature to easily chat with any Web3 address. Whether you're managing a portfolio, tracking transactions, or securely chatting with other blockchain addresses, Blockscan has you covered. Key Features: • Grouped Portfolio: Easily add up to 10 addresses into one view to monitor a complete portfolio across wallets—perfect for streamlined tracking and smarter insights. • Headlines: We delivers the most popular stories in a simple, bite-sized format: one screen, one headline. It only takes a few seconds to get informed, and if something catches your interest, just tap to read more. • Simple Multichain Explorer: Seamlessly search any address to view a comprehensive multichain portfolio, track transactions, and access essential token details—all in one place. • Multichain at Your Fingertips: Instantly look up information from billions of onchain data points across 20+ (and growing) chains. • Multichain Portfolio: Search any address to view its holdings and transactions across multiple chains, with simple filters to focus on specific chains. • Simplified Transaction Details: View a simplified version of your transactions, including a high-level summary of the actions taken. Lightweight and useful for your daily onchain needs. • End-to-End Encrypted Chats: Protect your conversations with robust end-to-end encryption, ensuring your messages remain private and secure, accessible only to the intended recipients. • Web3 Sign-In: Connect effortlessly with your favorite Web3 wallets, enabling seamless communication with addresses across multiple blockchain networks. • Web3 Address Direct Messaging: Start a secure conversation with any Web3 address. Just enter the address and begin communicating with Web3 projects, wallets, and communities. • Web3 Domain Name Support: Easily search and connect with supported domain names, eliminating the need to remember complex addresses. Download the Blockscan App today to turbocharge your daily onchain experience.

Screenshots

ETH Alerts4 screens
Blockscan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blockscan at 81% against ETH Alerts's 0%. Blockscan also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). ETH Alerts's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ETH Alerts sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Blockscan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ETH Alerts holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 52 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of ETH Alerts's written reviews are positive against 81% of Blockscan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ETH Alerts ships an update every 3 months, Blockscan monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
ETH Alerts versus Blockscan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterETH AlertsBlockscan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings) — better4.5 (52 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1252 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB53 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDanny LawEtherscan

Customer experience

ETH Alerts

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Blockscan

All ratings52 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

ETH Alerts

Subscriptions7
  • ETH Alerts - Pro Monthly2 variants$1.991 Month
  • ETH Alerts - Pro Monthly$2.491 Month
  • ETH Alerts - Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
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  • ETH Alerts - Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • ETH Alerts - Pro Yearly$13.991 Year
  • ETH Alerts - Pro Yearly2 variants$19.991 Year
  • ETH Alerts - Pro Yearly2 variants$29.991 Year
None

Blockscan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ETH Alerts free?
ETH Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blockscan free?
Blockscan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ETH Alerts or Blockscan?
ETH Alerts is rated higher. ETH Alerts averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Blockscan averages 4.5 from 52 ratings.
Do ETH Alerts or Blockscan have ads?
ETH Alerts shows ads; Blockscan does not.
Which is updated more often, ETH Alerts or Blockscan?
ETH Alerts ships an update every 3 months, and Blockscan monthly. Most recently, ETH Alerts was updated on October 4, 2026 and Blockscan on October 14, 2026.

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