Comparison

HashGrid vs Bitaxe Baller

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

Head to head
About

HashGrid

Monitor and control your cryptocurrency mining hardware in real-time. Track hashrate, power, temperature, and efficiency across your entire operation. Manage pools, update firmware, and receive smart alerts for optimal performance.

Highlights
  • Real-time hashrate, temperature, and power monitoring
  • Zero-configuration network discovery of miners
  • Smart mining and pool detection
  • Solo mining profitability calculator
  • Pool management and frequency/voltage tuning
  • Firmware updates and smart alerts
  • Customizable home screen widgets
Features
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Monitor Your Mining Swarm with Precision. HashGrid is the ultimate command center for your home mining operation. Whether you run a single BitAxe or a full swarm of miners, get real-time visibility into every hash, watt, and degree. Designed for efficiency and aesthetics, HashGrid transforms raw data into a beautiful, actionable dashboard. SUPPORTED HARDWARE: - BitAxe (all models — Gamma, GammaTurbo, Supra, Ultra, Max, Hex, NerdQAxe) - Canaan Avalon Q (full per-board monitoring and power controls) - Canaan Avalon Nano 3S (LED control, chip-level temps, work modes) - Hammer Miners (DC02, DC04, DC06 — Scrypt mining for LTC & DOGE) KEY FEATURES: Real-Time Monitoring - Live hashrate tracking with sparkline charts that update every few seconds - Temperature, power, and fan speed monitoring across your entire fleet - Per-board stats for Avalon Q — temps, hashrates, and voltages for all 3 boards - Efficiency metrics (J/TH) to optimize for profitability Zero-Configuration Discovery - Auto-scans your local network to find all compatible miners instantly - No manual IP entry required — supports BitAxe, Avalon, Hammer, and Antminer detection Smart Mining Detection - Automatically identifies solo vs. pool mining across 50+ known pool domains - Per-miner manual override for custom setups Solo Mining Calculator - Multi-coin profitability analysis for BTC, BCH, DGB, LTC, and DOGE - Live coin prices - One-tap auto-fill hashrate from your miner fleet - Block probability breakdown by day, month, and year Solo Luck Tracking - BTC, BCH, and DGB luck stats for SHA-256 miners - LTC and DOGE luck stats for Scrypt miners (Hammer) - Live data from network APIs with offline caching Complete Control - Pool management — add, remove, swap, and prioritize pools directly from the app - Frequency and voltage tuning for BitAxe overclocking - Work mode switching for Avalon (Low, Normal, High) and Hammer (Normal, Custom) - Time-based scheduling for Avalon work modes with per-day control - Power on/off and standby mode for Avalon Q - LED customization for Avalon Nano 3S (color, brightness, effects) - Remote reboot for any miner without leaving your couch Firmware Management - Browse firmware versions from GitHub releases - Per-device or bulk fleet updates for all your Axe miners Smart Alerts - Offline notifications when a miner drops off the network - High temperature and VReg overheating warnings - Pool failover detection - New difficulty achievement alerts Beautiful Widgets - Home screen widget with fleet hashrate, status, temps, and sparkline - Single-miner widget for detailed individual monitoring - Staleness indicator warns when widget data needs a refresh - Lock screen support for critical metrics at a glance Custom Themes - 9 stunning built-in themes including Aurora, Synthwave, Titanium, and OLED - Full theme editor for premium users — build your own look Backup & Restore - Backup & restore app settings. - All miner data and settings persist automatically Private & Secure - 100% local operation — your data never leaves your network - No cloud servers, no accounts, no tracking - Direct connection to your hardware for maximum security Download HashGrid today and take control of your hashrate. Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bitaxe Baller

This companion app provides a live, remote view of your Bitcoin miners. It requires a separate desktop application to be installed and configured first. Monitor hashrate, power draw, efficiency, and device-specific metrics securely from your phone.

Highlights
  • Live fleet view
  • Per-device drill-down
  • Severity-colored device cards
  • Pool and stratum readout
  • Recent events log
  • Biometric unlock
Features
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IMPORTANT — Bitaxe Baller for iOS is a companion viewer for the Bitaxe Baller desktop application. It does NOT work as a standalone tool. You need to install Bitaxe Baller on your home Mac, Windows PC, or Umbrel server FIRST (free download at bitaxeballer.com), add your Bitaxe miners there, enable Remote Access in the desktop's Pro panel, and then pair this iOS app to that desktop install. Without a paired desktop, this app has nothing to show. If you already run the desktop app at home, this companion app brings the live view to your phone. No port forwarding, no VPN, no fixed IP. The desktop app on your home network opens an outbound connection to relay.bitaxeballer.com; the iOS app talks to the same relay and is routed to your devices using your license key as the credential. The relay does dumb routing only — all product logic stays on your local install. WHAT THE APP SHOWS • Live fleet view — total hashrate, total power draw, average efficiency in J/TH, online count. Updates every five seconds. • Per-device drill-down — tap any device card for live metrics, rolling averages (1-minute through 1-hour), recent hashrate chart, ASIC and VR temperature charts. • Severity-colored cards — green for stable, yellow for elevated temps or HW errors climbing, red for critical (overheating, offline, error rate over five percent). • Pool and stratum readout — primary and fallback URLs, suggested difficulty, fallback flag, current pool difficulty. • Recent events — tuning changes, restarts, pool changes. SECURITY • Face ID or Touch ID fires on every cold launch — your license key never sits in a webview-readable place without biometric unlock first. • 24-hour session tokens, signed server-side. Revokable instantly by turning off remote access in the desktop app. • No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. The app makes exactly three network calls: POST /login at startup with your license key, a WebSocket connection to relay.bitaxeballer.com for routing your data, and the standard system-level calls iOS makes regardless. READ-ONLY COMPANION The iOS app is a read-only viewer. Tuning your miners, scanning your LAN for new devices, and configuring pools all happen on the desktop app. We're a remote-monitoring tool, not a standalone controller. REQUIREMENTS • The Bitaxe Baller desktop application running on your home network (free download — see our website for setup instructions). • One or more Bitaxe Bitcoin miners on the same LAN as the desktop install. • A license key obtained from your desktop install (entered once on first launch; persisted to the device's secure enclave behind biometric unlock). OPEN SOURCE The desktop app and this iOS wrapper are MIT-licensed. The relay protocol is documented in the same repo. If you want to audit the license validation flow or the biometric storage layer, all of it is plain Python and JavaScript on GitHub. Questions? Visit our support site or open a GitHub Issue.

Screenshots

HashGrid4 screens
Bitaxe Baller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bitaxe Baller at 100% against HashGrid's 50%. Bitaxe Baller also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). HashGrid's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, ads 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. HashGrid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bitaxe Baller asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bitaxe Baller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HashGrid has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of HashGrid's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bitaxe Baller's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HashGrid ships an update every 5 weeks, Bitaxe Baller every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HashGrid versus Bitaxe Baller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHashGridBitaxe Baller
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNick WarnerNathan Baldwin

Customer experience

HashGrid

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bitaxe Baller

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HashGrid

Subscriptions1
  • HashGrid Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$9.99
None

Bitaxe Baller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HashGrid free?
HashGrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bitaxe Baller free?
Bitaxe Baller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HashGrid or Bitaxe Baller?
Bitaxe Baller is rated higher. HashGrid averages 3.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Bitaxe Baller averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HashGrid or Bitaxe Baller have ads?
Neither HashGrid nor Bitaxe Baller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HashGrid or Bitaxe Baller?
HashGrid ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bitaxe Baller every 4 days. Most recently, HashGrid was updated on September 25, 2026 and Bitaxe Baller on September 21, 2026.

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