Bitcoin Keeper vs Bitkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bitcoin Keeper
A community-run, open-source Bitcoin wallet emphasizing secure self-custody. This application does not offer financial or investment advice, focusing solely on managing your cryptocurrency.
- Open-source Bitcoin wallet
- Secure self-custody
- Community-run
- No financial advice provided
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Keeper is a community-led, open-source bitcoin wallet focused on secure self-custody. Keeper does not provide financial or investment advice. For latest updates, join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinkeeper_ Join our Telegram channel for support queries: https://t.me/bitcoinkeeper Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bitkey
This app offers a secure and simple way to manage your bitcoin with a multi-signature wallet and innovative recovery tools. It prioritizes user control and privacy, allowing you to own and protect your digital assets without relying on third parties.
- 2-of-3 multi-signature security
- Seed phrase-free recovery tools
- Device verification for transfers
- Private balance and transaction tracking
- Bitcoin inheritance planning
- Self-custody of private keys
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Bitkey is the safe, simple, and secure way to own and manage your bitcoin. It's a mobile app, hardware device, and a set of recovery tools all in one wallet. Bitkey is a 2-of-3 multi-signature wallet which means there are three private keys protecting your bitcoin. You always need two out of three keys to sign a transaction, giving you extra protection. If you hold bitcoin with an exchange, you don't control it. With Bitkey, you hold the private keys and control your money. Recovery Bitkey recovery tools help you recover your bitcoin if you lose your phone, hardware, or both, without needing a seed phrase. Device verification Verification on your Bitkey device provides an additional layer of security for confirming transfers and critical settings. Privacy Keep your balance and transactions private, with protections to ensure that everyone else — from onlookers to our servers — stays in the dark. Inheritance Put an inheritance plan in place for your bitcoin, with a process that’s simple to set up and secure by design. Visit https://bitkey.world to purchase the Bitkey hardware wallet and https://bitkey.world/learning-hub to learn more about how it works.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bitkey at none against Bitcoin Keeper's 8. Bitkey also leads on ratings volume (138 vs 22). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Bitcoin Keeper sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Bitkey asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Bitcoin Keeper against 4.6 for Bitkey. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bitkey has 138 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Bitcoin Keeper's written reviews are positive against 71% of Bitkey's.
Bitcoin Keeper ships an update fortnightly, Bitkey every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Bitcoin Keeper | Bitkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (22 ratings) | 4.6 (138 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 71.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 138 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bithyve | Block, Inc. |
Customer experience
Bitcoin Keeper
Bitkey
Bugs and requests
Bitcoin Keeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bitkey
Reported bugs
10 issues- App inaccessible (black screen with logo)
- Cannot send money (transaction error)
- App closes immediately upon opening
- Toggles not working in settings
- Cannot generate more than one receive address without reloading app
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- Fingerprint setup not working
- Inheritance feature bug (stuck in a loop)
- App crashing after Tyson fight
- Bitcoin price not updating live
- Daily spend limit without passcode/biometric login
Requested features
16 requests- Dark mode option
- Lightning Network integration
- Face ID/Biometric unlock for app
- Passcode for app unlock
- Live Bitcoin price updates
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- Ability to generate multiple receive addresses easily
- LDK integration
- Improved emergency exit plan (seed phrase export)
- Support for more languages
- xPub export
- Built-in estate planning feature
- Swap stored fingerprint or add multiple
- Multi-custodial option for tax-deferred IRAs
- Advanced user settings
- Live chart for BTC price
- Hide security hub tab bar option
In-app purchases
Bitcoin Keeper
- Hodler Monthly3 Months trial$6.991 Month
- Hodler1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Diamond Hands Monthly1 Month trial$24.991 Month
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- Diamond Hands Monthly3 Months trial$27.991 Month
- Hodler Yearly3 Months trial$69.991 Year
- Hodler Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
- Diamond Hands Yearly1 Month trial$199.991 Year
- Diamond Hands Yearly$279.001 Year
Bitkey
No in-app purchases
