Fountain vs BTC Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fountain
This app is a modern podcast player with social features that connect listeners with creators. Discover new shows, share audio clips, and engage with other fans. Earn rewards for your contributions and support your favorite podcasts.
- Extensive podcast library
- Customizable playlists and queues
- Offline listening and CarPlay support
- Chapter navigation and transcripts
- Audio clip sharing with subtitles
- Direct creator support (Boosts & Streams)
- Community engagement and commenting
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Fountain connects a global community of fans with millions of podcasts and emerging music artists. WHY LISTENERS LOVE FOUNTAIN: • Support your favourite podcasts and music artists directly by sending a payment from the player • Top up in seconds with your credit card or transfer funds from apps like CashApp, Coinbase or Strike • Join in the conversation with podcast hosts, music artists and other fans in the comments • Share podcast clips with your followers or save them as videos to post on any social media app • Create playlists and explore curated collections on diverse topics and music genres • Follow your friends to see their latest activity in your feed and discover new music and podcasts • Get paid by other listeners when they zap your clips, comments or playlists FLOWING WITH FEATURES: • Listen to any podcast and music live, offline or in the car with CarPlay • Automatically build a playback queue of your favourite shows synced across all devices • Navigate podcast chapters effortlessly and enjoy custom chapter artwork • Search accurate podcast transcripts for every episode in all languages • Enable or disable notifications to be the first to know when new episodes are released • Create custom filters for the podcasts you follow and personalise your library view • Choose your auto-downloads, auto queue and playback speed preferences for each podcast • Import your followed shows from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast and other podcast apps via OPML Privacy Policy: https://fountain.fm/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BTC Map
Discover locations worldwide where you can spend cryptocurrency. This application and its data are freely available and open-source, making it easy to find places that accept Bitcoin. Explore and transact globally with ease.
- Find places to spend cryptocurrency
- Global location discovery
- Free and open-source data
- User-friendly interface
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Easily find places to spend sats anywhere on the planet. Our apps and the underlying data are free and open source.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BTC Map at 100% against Fountain's 42%. BTC Map also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Fountain's advantage is ratings volume (455 vs 6) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Fountain sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. BTC Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
BTC Map holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fountain has 455 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Fountain's written reviews are positive against 100% of BTC Map's.
Fountain ships an update every 10 days, BTC Map monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Fountain | BTC Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (455 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 455 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fountain Labs Ltd. | BENJAMIN GRAHAM WEEKS |
Customer experience
Fountain
BTC Map
Bugs and requests
Fountain
Reported bugs
3 issues- Podcast playback randomly stops or resets
- Sat earnings counter resets unexpectedly
- Podcast subscriptions and downloads not working reliably
Requested features
3 requests- Improve podcast management (queue, history, etc.)
- Add volume boost and playback speed options
- Provide better support and communication
BTC Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fountain
- Fountain Premium$2.991 Month
BTC Map
No in-app purchases
