Alby Go vs PyBLOCK
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.
PyBLOCK
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PyBLØCK Pocket is the official iOS companion for the PyBLØCK Bitcoin mining pool, with a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet whose keys never leave your device. POOL • Live SHA-256 pool stats: total hashrate, workers, block odds, next difficulty adjustment and every block found. • Every stratum in one place: WAVICLES (DATUM · TIDES shared payouts), CAROUSEL (a different sovereign Knots template every job), CHIRP and SV2 on Stratum V2, and DATUM. • Connection details and fees for each stratum come straight from the pool, ready to copy into your miner. • Track the BTC payout address you mine to: every worker behind it with live 1m / 5m / 1h / 1d hashrate and last-share times. Pin one address for free. • Push notifications when PyBLØCK finds a block or when your own address sees new activity. • Inspect the next block PyBLØCK's Knots node is building — every transaction tile sized by vbytes and colored by feerate. WALLET • Create a BIP39 seed (24 words plus a mandatory passphrase, with a word quiz to confirm your backup) or import one (12–24 words) and restore its addresses. • Native SegWit (bc1q) and legacy addresses. "+ NEW" gives you a fresh receive address instantly. Import a private key as legacy, SegWit or both. • A step-by-step send wizard with a final review, plus saved contacts. • PayNym (BIP-47) reusable payment codes. • Encrypted backup PDF, exported only while your device is offline. • Spending password and Face ID. Keys stay encrypted on your device and never leave it. CHAT • Community chat and direct messages over Nostr, with report and block tools. WHY PYBLØCK PyBLØCK is one of the few Bitcoin pools that enforces Knots' standard relay policy at the template level. No JPEGs, no inscriptions, no spam — just monetary transactions, the way Bitcoin's blockspace was meant to be used. PYBLØCK PRO AND WHALE Optional subscriptions, monthly or annual. Pro: up to 10 tracked addresses, the live block template viewer, historical hashrate charts and offline alerts. Whale: everything in Pro plus up to 25 addresses, all themes, Bitcoin Academy and analytics. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime from iOS Settings. LEARN MORE • Support: https://t.me/pyblockpool Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://astrolexis.space/privacy PyBLØCK Pocket is published by AstroLexis LLC.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PyBLOCK at weekly against Alby Go's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Alby Go ships an update monthly, PyBLOCK weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alby Go | PyBLOCK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alby Inc. | Bruno Aiub |
In-app purchases
Alby Go
No in-app purchases
PyBLOCK
No in-app purchases









