Comparison

Phoenix Wallet vs Perch BTC

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

Head to head
About

Phoenix Wallet

This app offers a fast, easy, and secure way to manage Bitcoin. It leverages the Lightning Network for near-instantaneous payments with minimal fees, making it ideal for everyday transactions like buying coffee. It's a non-custodial, open-source wallet designed for user-friendliness.

Highlights
  • Instant Bitcoin payments
  • Minimal transaction fees
  • Secure Bitcoin storage
  • Automatic Lightning channel management
  • Non-custodial wallet
  • Open source
Features
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Phoenix makes using bitcoin easy, fast and safe. Payments are nearly instantaneous, and fees are minimal. You can use it to send payments (e.g. buy a cup of coffee), receive payments, and store your bitcoin safely for day-to-day spending. The bitcoin lightning network means faster payments and smaller fees. Lightning is 100% bitcoin - an open standardized payments layer, engineered to improve speed while maintaining security and decentralization. And Phoenix makes it possible for everyone to use. Lightning channels are managed for you automatically. And inbound liquidity is automatically handled too. If you don't know what any of that means, then this is the wallet for you! Phoenix is a non-custodial wallet, and is fully open source. It was created by ACINQ, one of the pioneering companies in the bitcoin lightning network. And the same company that runs the largest lightning node in the world. Bitcoin is for everyone. Enjoy.

About

Perch BTC

Features
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Your STX earns real Bitcoin every Stacking cycle. Perch is the iOS app that shows it landing. Paste any Stacks address or .btc name and get the full picture in ten seconds: liquid and locked STX, how far the current cycle has filled, projected sats this cycle, and every payout that actually landed. No account. No keys. No seed phrase. ANY ADDRESS. TEN SECONDS. Type or scan an STX address, or just a .btc name. BNS names resolve everywhere. Watch as many addresses as you like and switch between them in a tap. PAYOUTS, NOT PROMISES. Every reward shown is Bitcoin that actually landed, counted in sats. Solo stackers see their exact payouts, cycle by cycle. Pool members see the pool's payouts, clearly labeled as the whole pool's. Realized yield comes from your own history, never a marketing APY. YOUR LOCK SCREEN KNOWS FIRST. The Cycle Ring widget shows how close the next payout is, on the Lock Screen or the Home Screen. The Bitcoin Earned widget keeps lifetime sats and the last payout one glance away. Ask Siri how much Bitcoin you have earned this year with the built-in Shortcut. ALERTS THAT EARN THEIR PLACE. A heads-up before the cycle closes. A warning when your lock is about to end, so you never miss an extend. And the one that matters most: your STX is liquid, idle, and leaving sats on the table. All scheduled on your phone. No servers, no account. THE SIMULATOR. Type any STX amount and see projected sats, with the assumptions spelled out. HONEST BY DESIGN. Perch reads public chain data and never touches your funds. Stacking itself is non-custodial: locked STX stays in the protocol's contract under your own keys. Amounts are shown in STX and sats only, never fiat. Projections are labeled as projections. NO ACCOUNT. NO TRACKING. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign, nothing to phish. Everything is computed on your device. WHAT IS STACKING? Stacking is the Stacks blockchain's consensus mechanism. STX holders lock tokens to help secure the network, and every reward cycle (about two weeks) Bitcoin flows from miners to Stackers, as BTC for solo stackers or as sBTC through a pool. It is the only major protocol whose native reward is actual Bitcoin. Perch watches the chain so you can watch it land. Perch is a watch-only tool built on StacksKit, an open-source Swift SDK for Stacks. It is not a wallet, an exchange, or a financial institution. Yields float from cycle to cycle and pool to pool, and past payouts do not guarantee future rewards.

Screenshots

Phoenix Wallet4 screens
Perch BTC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Phoenix Wallet at 16.0 against Perch BTC's 26.5. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Phoenix Wallet versus Perch BTC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoenix WalletPerch BTC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (75 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperACINQSparrowTek LLC

Bugs and requests

Phoenix Wallet

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Money not reflecting in account
  • Crypto locked in wallet
  • Bitcoin sent without user action
  • App not opening on iOS
  • Funds never arrived after transaction
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  • UI display incorrect for amounts
  • Transaction pending for over 30 hours
  • Seed backup to iCloud not resolved
  • Funds stuck for months
  • App deleted wallet after upgrade
  • Restoring connections indefinitely
  • Sat incoming message with 3 z
  • Ghost notification badge
  • V2 broken, 'restoring connections'
  • Receiving not working for days
  • Transactions not going through
  • App offline, no internet message
  • Malware activity warnings

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add LN Address
  • Show preimage in detail
  • Add Portuguese language
  • Add CZK fiat currency
  • Option to connect via TOR on iOS
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  • Ability to open own channels
  • QR code receiving for bleskomat

Perch BTC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Phoenix Wallet

No in-app purchases

None

Perch BTC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phoenix Wallet free?
Phoenix Wallet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Perch BTC free?
Perch BTC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Phoenix Wallet or Perch BTC have ads?
Neither Phoenix Wallet nor Perch BTC shows ads.

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