SideSwap vs Acurast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SideSwap
Manage your digital assets on the Liquid Network with this wallet. Securely hold, send, receive, and swap various assets, including Bitcoin and Tether. Features include seed phrase management, biometric authentication, and atomic swaps.
- Generate/import 12-word seed (BIP39)
- Biometric authentication for key protection
- Peg-in/Peg-out Bitcoin to Liquid Network
- Send, receive, and swap assets
- Atomic swaps on Liquid Network
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A Liquid Network wallet, convenient way to hold, send, receive and swap assets on the Liquid Network. Features: Generate or import 12 word seed used to control your wallet (BIP39). Protect your keys by enabling biometric authentication. Peg-in and Peg-out bitcoin to the Liquid Network. Send/receive/swap bitcoin, Tether and other assets on the Liquid Network. Atomic swaps on the Liquid Network.
Acurast
This app allows you to contribute your phone's unused processing power to a decentralized cloud network. You can earn cryptocurrency by providing compute resources and even deploy NodeJS applications directly on your device.
- Contribute phone compute power
- Earn cryptocurrency (cACU)
- Deploy NodeJS applications
- Tap into decentralized cloud
- Utilize underutilized phone resources
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Turn your iPhone into part of a decentralized cloud, and receive ACU rewards for it. Acurast lets your phone run small compute jobs for developers. In return, you receive ACU rewards for the work your phone completes. No technical setup needed: if you have a spare iPhone or one sitting on a charger, you can take part. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install Acurast and create your account. 2. Pair your phone as a Processor. It takes about a minute. 3. Start Acurast. Your phone picks up compute jobs and collects rewards as it works. BEST SETUP A spare iPhone on a charger and Wi-Fi is ideal. Start Acurast, let the screen dim, and your phone contributes compute to the network. YOUR PHONE STAYS YOURS - Jobs run in a sandbox, separate from your photos, messages and other apps. - Acurast doesn't collect data linked to your identity. WHAT IS DEPIN? DePIN stands for decentralized physical infrastructure network: real devices owned by everyday people instead of one company's data center. Acurast is a DePIN for compute. Developers use Acurast to run apps and AI models on thousands of phones, without depending on a single cloud provider. Rewards depend on the jobs your phone completes and are not guaranteed. Join the Acurast Cloud Rebellion and make your phone part of the unstoppable cloud.
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Verdict
SideSwap and Acurast both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Acurast's written reviews are positive against 29% of SideSwap's. Acurast also leads on ratings volume (204 vs 12). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for SideSwap against 4.8 for Acurast. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Acurast has 204 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of SideSwap's written reviews are positive against 96% of Acurast's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SideSwap | Acurast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (204 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 96.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 204 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SideSwap Limited | Acurast |
Customer experience
SideSwap
Acurast
Bugs and requests
SideSwap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Acurast
Reported bugs
2 issues- Recent update causing app to crash after extended use
- Inconsistent earnings reporting
Requested features
2 requests- Background mode to continue earning while device is locked
- More device compatibility (older/Android)
In-app purchases
SideSwap
No in-app purchases
Acurast
No in-app purchases
