Comparison

Bitaxe Baller vs RigViewer

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

Head to head
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.

About

RigViewer

Features
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RigViewer brings your home mining setup together in one place. Monitor compatible miners, track performance and manage supported settings from your iPhone. MONITOR YOUR RIG View total hashrate, power consumption and miner availability. Open individual miners for detailed readings, including chip and voltage regulator temperatures, efficiency, uptime and best difficulty, where supported. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Keep your rig in view with the RigViewer Monitor widget on iOS 17 or later. See rig totals and up to three selected miners in a compact table. Customize the displayed information, including IP addresses, power, temperatures and efficiency. The widget shows the latest available readings and their update time. Refresh timing is managed by iOS. MINER CONTROLS Adjust supported miner settings, manage pool configurations and access tuning tools. Available controls depend on the miner model, firmware and API. PERFORMANCE AND HISTORY Explore charts and recorded readings to understand how your miners perform over time. Follow hashrate, temperatures, power and efficiency to identify changes across your setup. ALERTS Stay informed with supported mining alerts, including block-found and new best-difficulty notifications. SOLO MINING ODDS Explore estimated solo block-finding probabilities for supported coins using hashrate and network difficulty. Estimates are informational and do not guarantee mining results. COIN INFORMATION Check available coin prices, network difficulty and block values, with currency preferences for supported financial displays. PERSONALIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE Choose from multiple themes and dashboard layouts to make RigViewer fit your setup. FREE AND PREMIUM Monitor up to three miners for free, with block-found and new best-difficulty alerts. RigViewer Premium unlocks additional features and expanded monitoring. Premium is available through monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscriptions, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices and any available trial offers are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple account settings. COMPATIBILITY AND CONNECTION RigViewer works with compatible mining hardware and firmware. Features and sensor readings vary by device. Local discovery and control require access to the miners’ network. Remote access requires an appropriately configured connection, such as RigViewer Hub. RigViewer monitors and controls external mining equipment. It does not mine cryptocurrency on your iPhone. Mining Intelligence. Simplified. Support: info@rigviewer.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bitaxe Baller4 screens
RigViewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bitaxe Baller at none against RigViewer's 3. On price, update cadence, 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. RigViewer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.09 per month. Bitaxe Baller asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bitaxe Baller ships an update every 4 days, RigViewer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bitaxe Baller versus RigViewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitaxe BallerRigViewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNathan BaldwinEmmanuel Tavares

In-app purchases

None

Bitaxe Baller

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

RigViewer

Subscriptions2
  • RigViewer Premium7 Days trial$2.091 Month
  • RigViewer Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • RigViewer Premium Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Bitaxe Baller free?
Bitaxe Baller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RigViewer free?
RigViewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bitaxe Baller or RigViewer have ads?
Neither Bitaxe Baller nor RigViewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bitaxe Baller or RigViewer?
Bitaxe Baller ships an update every 4 days, and RigViewer every 2 days. Most recently, Bitaxe Baller was updated on October 4, 2026 and RigViewer on October 2, 2026.

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