Comparison

Spectator vs SatScream

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

Head to head
About

Spectator

Features
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Track your Bitcoin portfolio without connecting an exchange or sharing private keys. Just paste a public address. See your balance in BTC and USD, a full transaction history with the dollar value at the time of each transaction, and interactive charts going back as far as you want. No exchange connections, no logins, no account, no ads. You're just looking. Track as many wallets as you like. Stick a widget on your home screen. Works with any Bitcoin address type: legacy, SegWit, and Taproot. Completely free. No catch. • Portfolio total across all wallets • Balance history charts (1D, 1W, 1M, 1Y, All) • Transaction history with USD value at time • Three home screen widget styles • Pending transaction tracking • Drag to reorder wallets

About

SatScream

Features
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Stay humble and stack sats with simple, fun Bitcoin price alerts. SatScream shows the live Bitcoin price and fires customizable pump and dump alerts, so you never miss a move. FEATURES • Custom pump and dump price alerts • Fiat and Bitcoin Standard (sats-per-dollar) modes • Personalize alert sounds with your own audio files • Home screen widget showing the current BTC price • Light and dark mode • No bloat, no ads, no tracking BITCOIN STANDARD MODE View prices in sats per dollar instead of dollars per Bitcoin — because eventually, we'll all be pricing things in sats. CUSTOM ALERTS Tired of boring notification sounds? Upload your own audio for pump and dump alerts. WIDGET Add a home screen widget to always see the current Bitcoin price at a glance. OPEN SOURCE & PRIVACY FOCUSED No data collection, no analytics, no nonsense. Just Bitcoin price alerts.

Screenshots

Spectator4 screens
SatScream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Spectator at fortnightly against SatScream's every 6 weeks. SatScream's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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

Spectator ships an update fortnightly, SatScream every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Spectator versus SatScream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpectatorSatScream
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMonolayer StudioTimothy Hudgins

In-app purchases

None

Spectator

No in-app purchases

None

SatScream

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spectator free?
Spectator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SatScream free?
SatScream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spectator or SatScream have ads?
Neither Spectator nor SatScream shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spectator or SatScream?
Spectator ships an update fortnightly, and SatScream every 6 weeks. Most recently, Spectator was updated on October 30, 2026 and SatScream on October 28, 2026.

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