Comparison

Alby Go vs Perch BTC

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Perch BTC

Features
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Your STX earns real Bitcoin every Stacking cycle. Perch is the iOS app that shows it landing. Paste any Stacks address or .btc name and get the full picture in ten seconds: liquid and locked STX, how far the current cycle has filled, projected sats this cycle, and every payout that actually landed. No account. No keys. No seed phrase. ANY ADDRESS. TEN SECONDS. Type or scan an STX address, or just a .btc name. BNS names resolve everywhere. Watch as many addresses as you like and switch between them in a tap. PAYOUTS, NOT PROMISES. Every reward shown is Bitcoin that actually landed, counted in sats. Solo stackers see their exact payouts, cycle by cycle. Pool members see the pool's payouts, clearly labeled as the whole pool's. Realized yield comes from your own history, never a marketing APY. YOUR LOCK SCREEN KNOWS FIRST. The Cycle Ring widget shows how close the next payout is, on the Lock Screen or the Home Screen. The Bitcoin Earned widget keeps lifetime sats and the last payout one glance away. Ask Siri how much Bitcoin you have earned this year with the built-in Shortcut. ALERTS THAT EARN THEIR PLACE. A heads-up before the cycle closes. A warning when your lock is about to end, so you never miss an extend. And the one that matters most: your STX is liquid, idle, and leaving sats on the table. All scheduled on your phone. No servers, no account. THE SIMULATOR. Type any STX amount and see projected sats, with the assumptions spelled out. HONEST BY DESIGN. Perch reads public chain data and never touches your funds. Stacking itself is non-custodial: locked STX stays in the protocol's contract under your own keys. Amounts are shown in STX and sats only, never fiat. Projections are labeled as projections. NO ACCOUNT. NO TRACKING. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to sign, nothing to phish. Everything is computed on your device. WHAT IS STACKING? Stacking is the Stacks blockchain's consensus mechanism. STX holders lock tokens to help secure the network, and every reward cycle (about two weeks) Bitcoin flows from miners to Stackers, as BTC for solo stackers or as sBTC through a pool. It is the only major protocol whose native reward is actual Bitcoin. Perch watches the chain so you can watch it land. Perch is a watch-only tool built on StacksKit, an open-source Swift SDK for Stacks. It is not a wallet, an exchange, or a financial institution. Yields float from cycle to cycle and pool to pool, and past payouts do not guarantee future rewards.

Screenshots

Alby Go4 screens
Perch BTC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Alby Go at 16.4 against Perch BTC's 26.5. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Alby Go versus Perch BTC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlby GoPerch BTC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlby Inc.SparrowTek LLC

In-app purchases

None

Alby Go

No in-app purchases

None

Perch BTC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alby Go free?
Alby Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Perch BTC free?
Perch BTC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alby Go or Perch BTC have ads?
Neither Alby Go nor Perch BTC shows ads.

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