Comparison

LongPool vs Sol Perch

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

Head to head
About

LongPool

Features
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LongPool is a world-leading cryptocurrency mining pool platform dedicated to providing miners with secure, stable, and efficient mining services. Key Features 1.Multi-currency Mining: Supports mining of BTC, DOGE, LTC, ETC, and many other mainstream cryptocurrencies. It also supports dozens of merged mining coins, allowing flexible selection of the optimal mining strategy. 2.Real-time Earnings Display: Features a transparent earnings distribution system. Mining earnings are visible each day with automatic daily payouts. 3.Miner Monitoring: Provides a real-time view of miner status and hash rate, along with offline alerts to ensure users can promptly address any issues. 4.Data Statistics: Comprehensive hash rate and earnings statistics help users optimize mining efficiency. 5.Global Node Support: Service nodes deployed worldwide provide miners with a low-latency, highly stable network environment.

About

Sol Perch

Features
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Perch is a fast, read-only monitor for Solana validators. Track the validators you care about on both mainnet and testnet, and see the metrics that actually matter at a glance. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK • Epoch progress and time remaining • Leader slots — produced, skipped, and tim • Leader rewards earned this epoch • Timely Vote Credits (TVC) and your rank • Vote and identity account balances • Activated stake, commission, and client v SFDP COMPLIANCE Perch checks your validator against Solana Foundation Delegation Program requirements and flags issues before they cost you — including client version bounds, commission caps, skip rate, vote-credit minimums, Jito commission, and whether your BLS key is set. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no login, no tracking. Perch reads only public on-chain and network data, and the validators you track are stored on your device. Perch is an independent monitoring tool and is not affiliated with the Solana Foundation.

Screenshots

LongPool3 screens
Sol Perch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sol Perch at weekly against LongPool's every 6 months. LongPool's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LongPool ships an update every 6 months, Sol Perch weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
LongPool versus Sol Perch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongPoolSol Perch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB29 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperInsight Cloud Computing Technology Co., LimitedRichard Dsida

In-app purchases

None

LongPool

No in-app purchases

None

Sol Perch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LongPool free?
LongPool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sol Perch free?
Sol Perch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LongPool or Sol Perch have ads?
Neither LongPool nor Sol Perch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LongPool or Sol Perch?
LongPool ships an update every 6 months, and Sol Perch weekly. Most recently, LongPool was updated on October 4, 2026 and Sol Perch on October 6, 2026.

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