macadamia Wallet vs Glow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Glow
Effortlessly manage Bitcoin with instant sending and receiving. Securely create a wallet using biometrics and enjoy features like a customizable Lightning Address and stablecoin support. It's designed for simplicity, similar to everyday payment apps.
- Biometric wallet creation
- Instant Bitcoin sending/receiving
- Customizable Lightning Address
- Stablecoin support (USDT/USDC)
- Non-custodial security
- Seedless onboarding
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Glow is bitcoin made effortless. Create your wallet in seconds with just your face or fingerprint, and begin to send or receive bitcoin instantly. Powered by the Breez SDK, Glow is an instant, non-custodial bitcoin app that feels as simple as the payment apps you already use. Key Features - Passkey Login: seedless onboarding and restore, with no recovery phrase necessary. Face and fingerprint unlock both work, synced through iCloud or Google. - Lightning Address: get a customizable @breez.tips address to share and instantly receive bitcoin. - Contacts: save your friends' Lightning addresses, synced across devices. - Stable Balance: avoid bitcoin's volatility by holding a balance in USD, while still sending and receiving in BTC. - Send USDT/USDC: send stablecoins from a bitcoin balance to 30+ networks. Built for Everyone - Send and receive via Bolt11 invoices, Lightning addresses, LNURL-Pay, bitcoin addresses, and Spark addresses, plus send USDT and USDC to 30+ networks. - Non-custodial by design, so your keys are only ever held by you. - Instant settlement, low fees, and no minimum amounts. - Free and open-source, powered by the Breez SDK. Experience what’s possible. Download it and see for yourself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Glow at every 2 weeks against macadamia Wallet's monthly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for macadamia Wallet against 5.0 for Glow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
macadamia Wallet ships an update monthly, Glow every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | macadamia Wallet | Glow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | cypherbase UG | BREEZ DEVELOPMENT LTD |
Customer experience
macadamia Wallet
Glow
In-app purchases
macadamia Wallet
No in-app purchases
Glow
No in-app purchases
