Comparison

macadamia Wallet vs Chainly

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Native iOS wallet
  • Cashu ecash support
  • Fast payments
  • Near-perfect privacy
  • Mint, Send, Receive, Melt ecash
Features
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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.

About

Chainly

Features
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Unify your entire financial life. Chainly empowers you to centralize all transactions, effortlessly sync multi-bank and multi-currency accounts, and track cash, providing a complete and precise overview of your financial well-being from one intuitive platform.

Screenshots

macadamia Wallet4 screens
Chainly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Chainly at 3 against macadamia Wallet's 1. Chainly also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
macadamia Wallet versus Chainly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermacadamia WalletChainly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developercypherbase UGJuan Mera

In-app purchases

None

macadamia Wallet

No in-app purchases

None

Chainly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is macadamia Wallet free?
macadamia Wallet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chainly free?
Chainly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do macadamia Wallet or Chainly have ads?
Neither macadamia Wallet nor Chainly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, macadamia Wallet or Chainly?
macadamia Wallet ships an update monthly, and Chainly monthly. Most recently, macadamia Wallet was updated on October 21, 2026 and Chainly on October 21, 2026.

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