Comparison

VR vs Bitcoin Sidekick

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

Head to head
About

VR

This app guides you through security checks for a physical Bitcoin card to prevent counterfeits. It ensures your private key remains secure and on the card, never accessed by the app. Manage your card and view your Bitcoin's value directly within the app.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step security verification
  • Protection against counterfeits
  • Private key security assurance
  • Real-time Bitcoin value tracking
  • Physical card management
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Die VR-BitcoinGoCard App überprüft mit Dir gemeinsam Schritt für Schritt die wichtigsten Sicherheitsfeatures der VR-BitcoinGoCard um Dich vor Fälschungen zu schützen. So musst Du Dir um die Sicherheit Deiner Bitcoins keine Sorgen machen. DieVR-BitcoinGoCard App wird Dich niemals nach Deinem Private Key fragen! Dein Private Key wird zu keinem Zeitpunkt von der VR-BitcoinGoCard App verwendet, gespeichert oder übermittelt. Dein Private Key ist einzig und allein auf der VR-BitcoinGoCard gespeichert und wurde niemals von einer Person gesehen – nicht einmal von den Mitarbeitern des Herstellers! Auf diese Weise stellen wir die maximale Sicherheit für Deinen Private Key sicher. Nach dem Hinzufügen Deiner VR-BitcoinGoCard kannst Du in der App Deine VR-BitcoinGoCard verwalten und den aktuellen Wert Deiner Bitcoin-Anlage jederzeit einsehen, ohne Deine physische VR-BitcoinGoCard aus ihrer sicheren Verwahrung zu entfernen.

About

Bitcoin Sidekick

Track Bitcoin prices, analyze market dynamics, and gain on-chain insights with real-time data and advanced charting tools. Personalize your home screen with widgets for quick access to key metrics and news. This privacy-focused app offers powerful features for both new and experienced Bitcoin users.

Highlights
  • Real-time price updates
  • Advanced charting with indicators
  • On-chain and mempool insights
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Privacy-focused design
  • No account required
Features
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Bitcoin, without the noise. A fast, private companion for understanding Bitcoin in real time — price action, market structure, and on-chain health across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Live charts and technical analysis • Real-time price streaming with live line charts and signals — SMA, EMA, VWAP, and trend • Candlestick charts with 11 indicators including RSI, Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci retracements, support and resistance, and trendlines • Order book depth charts with overlays for spread, VWAP, imbalance, and liquidity heatmap • Exchange spread comparison across global markets On-device intelligence • Ore — a Core ML intelligence layer surfacing market regime shifts, a Now/~30m/~60m fee forecast, narrative trends, and plain-language anomaly insights, all on-device • Alerts for price, fee rate, regime shifts, and anomalies • Daily Ore briefing across price action, macro, on-chain, derivatives, sentiment, and news On-chain intelligence • Mempool explorer with fee zones, congestion levels, whale tracking, and next-block analysis • Block explorer with transaction count, miner, SegWit usage, and reward breakdown • Mining dashboard with hashrate, difficulty, pool distribution, and profitability • Halving countdown with historical context and quarterly returns heatmap • On-chain activity charts with unique addresses, transaction count, and price correlation Lightning Network • Network capacity, channel count, and growth trends • Node directory by country with interactive map • Node detail with channels, fees, and connectivity Watch-only wallet • Track Bitcoin addresses without exposing private keys • QR code scanning and generation • Full transaction history with fee and confirmation details • Encrypted storage with optional biometric protection Market and macro context • Market cap, volume, and 24-hour price movement • Fear and Greed sentiment index • Monetary regime dashboard — Fed balance sheet, DXY, CPI, real yield, debt-to-GDP • Bitcoin/fiat converter with 100+ currencies and saved conversions Stay informed • Bitcoin-only news from global sources with category filtering • AI summaries for news, charts, mempool, and order book — pre-generated by frontier models • Real-time headline translation • Bitcoin library with the whitepaper, BIP specifications, and reference documents Built for Apple • Liquid Glass design throughout • iPhone, iPad, Mac, and an Apple Watch app with 9 complications • 20 widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen, including the Ore regime and fee-forecast widgets • Ten Siri App Shortcuts — ask "Hey Bitcoin Sidekick, should I send bitcoin now" — plus a Network Health Shortcuts action and App Clip support • 46 languages and 100+ fiat currencies • Reorderable home-screen tiles Pro tools Go deeper with Pro — all on-device: the Send Window fee-timing verdict (app, widget, and Siri), Ore Foresight bands with predictive alerts, per-rule High-Conviction confidence floors, a portfolio dashboard across your watched addresses, address labels and cohort filtering, UTXO analytics, the Intelligence Archive, and Ore widgets. One unlock includes everything — subscription or lifetime. Privacy by design • No accounts, no tracking, no third-party SDKs • No personal data collection • AI summaries send only a locale code — never your data Subscriptions and purchases Advanced features are available via in-app purchase or subscription. Manage or cancel in your App Store settings. By downloading or using this app, you agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bitcoinsidekick.app/privacypolicy.html Bitcoin Sidekick is designed for education and research, not financial advice.

Screenshots

VR4 screens
Bitcoin Sidekick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bitcoin Sidekick at 100% against VR's 50%. Bitcoin Sidekick also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). VR's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.4). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bitcoin Sidekick sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. VR asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VR ships an update every 3 weeks, Bitcoin Sidekick every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
VR versus Bitcoin Sidekick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVRBitcoin Sidekick
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—30 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB100 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDie SW-Factory GmbHJeffrey Jackson

Customer experience

VR

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bitcoin Sidekick

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

VR

No in-app purchases

18 purchases

Bitcoin Sidekick

Subscriptions3
  • Overlays Pro$9.991 Month
  • Overlays Premium$14.991 Month
  • Bitcoin Sidekick Pro Annual$79.991 Year
One-time15
  • Developer Tip$0.99
  • Depth Chart$0.99
  • Candlesticks Chart$1.99
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  • Developer Tip$2.99
  • Volume Aggregation$4.99
  • VWAP Depth$4.99
  • Imbalance Metrics$5.99
  • Liquidity Heatmap$6.99
  • Fibonacci Retracements$7.99
  • Historical Depth Snapshots$7.99
  • Support & Resistance Levels$7.99
  • Developer Tip$9.99
  • Developer Tip$29.99
  • Lifetime Overlays$34.99
  • Bitcoin Sidekick Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is VR free?
VR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bitcoin Sidekick free?
Bitcoin Sidekick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VR or Bitcoin Sidekick have ads?
Neither VR nor Bitcoin Sidekick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VR or Bitcoin Sidekick?
VR ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bitcoin Sidekick every 9 days. Most recently, VR was updated on September 10, 2026 and Bitcoin Sidekick on September 24, 2026.

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