Comparison

YWallet vs WatchOnly

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

Head to head
About

YWallet

Manage Ycash and Zcash digital currencies with a high-performance wallet and messenger. Features include shielded transactions, rapid syncing, and easy backup options. Offers advanced controls for spending and viewing keys, plus interactive financial charts.

Highlights
  • Shielded transactions
  • Ultrafast network syncing
  • Snap Addresses
  • Multiple accounts
  • Easy wallet backups
  • Coin Control
  • Interactive charts
Features
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YWallet is a high performance wallet and messenger for the Ycash and Zcash digital currencies. Key Features - Full support for shielded transactions - Ultrafast network syncing via Warp Sync - Snap Addresses: Instantly generate new shielded addresses without affecting the speed of the wallet (diversified addresses) - Multiple accounts - Easy Wallet Backups: Back up your wallet with 24 word phrase (BIP-39 compatible) Advanced Features - Coin Control: Fine-grained control over which coins (notes) to spend - Import and export viewing keys (watch-only keys without spending authority) - Interactive charts (Budget and P&L) - Contacts - Multipay: Pay multiple recipients in one transaction - Balance hidden automatically when phone is placed on table (or held horizontally) - Broadcast externally-signed transactions - Cold Wallet: Convert wallet to watch-only - Customizable, including color themes and dark mode

About

WatchOnly

Features
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WatchOnly is a local-first, read-only Bitcoin dashboard for your existing self-custody setup. Import a public descriptor or xpub to view balances, activity, confirmations and UTXOs across your wallets. Review address reuse, connection exposure and other practical privacy signals, then choose the blockchain source that fits your setup: your own server, a Tor-proxied public source or a direct public source. Your wallet data stays on your device in protected local storage. WatchOnly has no accounts, ads, analytics, cloud sync or WatchOnly-operated backend. It never asks for or stores recovery phrases, private keys, wallet PINs or passphrases. WatchOnly cannot create, sign or broadcast transactions. It complements a signing wallet and a properly maintained recovery backup; it does not replace either one and does not provide financial advice.

Screenshots

YWallet3 screens
WatchOnly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WatchOnly at 14.0 against YWallet's 16.4. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YWallet ships an update every 3 weeks, WatchOnly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
YWallet versus WatchOnly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYWalletWatchOnly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYcash FoundationLiberBlock LLC

In-app purchases

None

YWallet

No in-app purchases

None

WatchOnly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YWallet free?
YWallet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WatchOnly free?
WatchOnly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do YWallet or WatchOnly have ads?
Neither YWallet nor WatchOnly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YWallet or WatchOnly?
YWallet ships an update every 3 weeks, and WatchOnly every 6 weeks. Most recently, YWallet was updated on October 7, 2026 and WatchOnly on October 15, 2026.

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