Comparison

Bitcoin Sidekick vs Budget

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

Head to head
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.

About

Budget

Currently charting
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Budget Beacon connects to your Apple Wallet to help you understand and manage your spending. Set up monthly budget categories like Groceries, Dining, Entertainment, or create your own. The app automatically pulls your transactions from Apple Card, Apple Cash, and Apple Savings, then organizes them into your categories based on merchant type. See at a glance how much you've spent versus your budget in each category. Progress bars show your spending status, and projections estimate your month-end totals based on your current pace. View all your transactions in one searchable list. Filter by date, category, or transaction type. Tap any transaction to see details or manually assign it to a different category. The Track tab shows your top merchants and helps identify recurring subscriptions you might have forgotten about. Share your budget setup with family or friends via QR code, or import someone else's budget template to get started quickly. All your financial data stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud sync, no data collection. Requires iOS 17.4+ and Apple Wallet transactions.

Screenshots

Bitcoin Sidekick4 screens
Budget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bitcoin Sidekick at Free against Budget's $1.99. Bitcoin Sidekick also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Budget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and chart position (#98 vs unranked). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bitcoin Sidekick is free to download; Budget costs $1.99 up front. Bitcoin Sidekick sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Budget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bitcoin Sidekick ships an update every 9 days, Budget every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bitcoin Sidekick versus Budget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitcoin SidekickBudget
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#98 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.426.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey JacksonAustin Brown

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
None

Budget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bitcoin Sidekick free?
Bitcoin Sidekick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Budget free?
Budget costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bitcoin Sidekick or Budget have ads?
Neither Bitcoin Sidekick nor Budget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bitcoin Sidekick or Budget?
Bitcoin Sidekick ships an update every 9 days, and Budget every 5 weeks. Most recently, Bitcoin Sidekick was updated on October 24, 2026 and Budget on October 25, 2026.

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