macadamia Wallet vs Birch Wallet
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.
Birch Wallet
Securely manage your Bitcoin with multi-signature technology and air-gapped signing devices. Monitor and spend your self-custody Bitcoin without ever exposing private keys to internet-connected devices.
- Multi-signature Bitcoin self-custody
- Air-gapped signing device integration
- SeedSigner, Krux, Jade, Specter DIY support
- Monitor and spend Bitcoin
- P2WSH only support
- Enhanced private key security
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Self custody Bitcoin with multi-signature air-gapped signing devices like SeedSigner, Krux, Jade, and Specter DIY. This Bitcoin Multisig Coordinator (P2WSH only) allows monitoring and spending self custody Bitcoin. Never put your Bitcoin private keys on an internet connected device again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: macadamia Wallet at 7 against Birch Wallet's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Birch Wallet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: macadamia Wallet has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
macadamia Wallet ships an update monthly, Birch Wallet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | macadamia Wallet | Birch Wallet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | cypherbase UG | Derivation 48 LLC |
Customer experience
macadamia Wallet
Birch Wallet
In-app purchases
macadamia Wallet
No in-app purchases
Birch Wallet
No in-app purchases
