Comparison

Apricot Bitcoin Explorer vs Sesam

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

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Apricot Bitcoin Explorer

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Apricot Bitcoin Explorer is a read-only research tool for exploring Bitcoin addresses and transactions. Search any public Bitcoin address or transaction ID, review balances and transaction history, inspect transaction details, and visualize how funds move between inputs and outputs. Apricot is designed for investigation workflows: โ€ข Add aliases to addresses โ€ข Organize wallets with colors โ€ข Create tags and notes โ€ข Review transaction flows โ€ข Inspect UTXOs, fees, confirmations, and block data โ€ข Keep recent searches for faster follow-up Apricot does not connect to wallets, does not manage private keys, does not offer trading, and does not provide financial advice. It only displays publicly available Bitcoin blockchain data.

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Sesam

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Sesam protects what is yours: your messages, your photos, your papers, your passwords, your 2FA codes, your crypto. Everything is encrypted on your phone. Nothing leaves for a server โ€” there is none. MESSAGES NO ONE ELSE CAN READ Sesam turns your message into an unreadable block. Send it anywhere โ€” SMS, WhatsApp, email. Only the person who holds your key can read it, and that key is exchanged in person, by QR code: it never goes through the internet. Photos and videos included. The Sesam keyboard encrypts without leaving the app you're in, and your message can even hide between the letters of an ordinary conversation. A safety number, compared out loud, confirms no one slipped in between you; in doubt, renew the key in one gesture. YOUR 2FA CODES, NO OTHER APP NEEDED All your codes on one screen, with the service's logo and the countdown. Bring your accounts over in one go from Google Authenticator or 2FAS. Tick the ones you use most: they show on Apple Watch, iPhone still in your pocket โ€” the watch computes them on its own, offline. Your messages can be read on your wrist too. A TRUE COLD WALLET Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and EVM networks โ€” Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Avalanche. The key is born on your phone and never leaves it. Before signing, offline and after Face ID, Sesam shows the transaction IN THE CLEAR: network, recipient, amount, maximum debit. No more blind signing. Your balance is checked via a watch-only export, and your 24 words stay encrypted in the vault. A SAFE IN YOUR POCKET Photos, videos, documents, notes, passwords: everything behind your code. Masked cards for your credentials, a clipboard that erases itself, a document scanner that never touches the photo roll. And from any app: Share, then Sesam. NO ONE KNOWS SESAM EXISTS Sesam can take the appearance of another app โ€” about fifteen disguises, with the real icon and the real interface. A second code opens a decoy vault, a third erases everything. Before a border, travel mode makes your files unreadable. The access log tells you who tried to open, and when. Too many failures, or too many days without opening: everything is erased. NOTHING IS EVER LOST Twenty-four words, written on paper, are enough to recover everything on a new phone. A sealed archive under a secret phrase carries everything โ€” without a server. On the Mac, Sesam waits in the menu bar. DON'T TRUST US. VERIFY. Switch to airplane mode: everything still works. Then open Settings, Privacy, App Privacy Report: next to Sesam, the list of connections stays empty. It's a record kept by your own phone. FOR EXPERTS โ€ข Cascade AES-256-GCM then XChaCha20-Poly1305 โ€ข Argon2id, 64 MB per attempt โ€” beyond OWASP recommendations โ€ข TOTP 2FA codes (RFC 6238), SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 โ€ข Wallet: BIP-39/32/44/84, PSBT, EIP-1559 โ€ข No account, no server, no usage analytics โ€”โ€”โ€” Sesam Premium โ€” monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. The price is shown in the app before any purchase, in your country's currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://omnixapps.com/en/applications/sesam/

Screenshots

Apricot Bitcoin Explorer4 screens
Sesam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apricot Bitcoin Explorer at none against Sesam's 3. Sesam's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Sesam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Apricot Bitcoin Explorer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Apricot Bitcoin Explorer versus Sesam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApricot Bitcoin ExplorerSesam
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDemian Tejorayan settah

In-app purchases

None

Apricot Bitcoin Explorer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sesam

Subscriptions2
  • Sesam Premium7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Sesam Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$179.99

Questions

Is Apricot Bitcoin Explorer free?
Apricot Bitcoin Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sesam free?
Sesam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Apricot Bitcoin Explorer or Sesam have ads?
Neither Apricot Bitcoin Explorer nor Sesam shows ads.

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