Alby Go vs macadamia Wallet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alby Go
Send bitcoin globally with instant, low-cost payments directly from your phone. This app offers a sleek design for quick transactions and integrates with your lightning node for on-the-go use. Explore endless use cases from everyday purchases to splitting bills with friends.
- Instant, low-cost global payments
- Self-custodial Bitcoin transactions
- Sleek and easy-to-use interface
- Connect to lightning nodes (Alby Hub, Umbrel, Start9)
- Send Bitcoin for purchases, gift cards, and bills
- Internal contact list for easy transactions
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WHY ALBY GO: Alby Go works best with Alby Hub, your self-custodial wallet with the easiest to use lightning node, accessible from anywhere to integrate with dozens of apps. SEND BITCOIN EVERYWHERE Instant, low-cost, global payments – sent directly from your phone in a self-custodial way. EASIEST PAYMENTS Sleek app design to transact right away, quickly and nicely. USE YOUR NODE ON THE GO Connect Alby Hub and other lightning nodes like Umbrel or Start9. ENDLESS USE CASES Pay for drinks, buy gift cards, pay for streaming services, zap or split bills with friends thanks to the internal contact list.
macadamia Wallet
A native iOS wallet for Cashu ecash, enabling fast and private payments. It supports all standard ecash operations including minting, sending, receiving, and melting funds.
- Native iOS wallet
- Cashu ecash support
- Fast payments
- Near-perfect privacy
- Mint, Send, Receive, Melt ecash
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This is macadamia, a fully native wallet for Cashu ecash on iOS! The cashu protocol allows you to make fast payments with near perfect privacy. macadamia wallet supports all standard ecash operations such as creating new ecash, sending, receiving and making payments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Alby Go at 25 against macadamia Wallet's 7. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
macadamia Wallet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Alby Go | macadamia Wallet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alby Inc. | cypherbase UG |
Customer experience
Alby Go
macadamia Wallet
In-app purchases
Alby Go
No in-app purchases
macadamia Wallet
No in-app purchases
