Bither vs FreeWallet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bither
Manage your Bitcoin securely with this app, offering both hot and cold wallet options. Monitor your assets, view real-time prices, and conduct transactions with enhanced privacy and control. Ideal for everyday use or long-term storage.
- Cold wallet for offline storage
- Hot wallet for daily use
- Real-time Bitcoin price monitoring
- Asset monitoring
- Private key protection
- Decentralized P2P transactions
- Automatic backup and recovery
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Bither - a simple and secure Bitcoin wallet! iOS is the best Operating System to safely protect your Bitcoin private keys. With Bither wallet for iOS running on cold or hot mode, you can use Bitcoin as simple as cash or credit card. Bither for Apple Watch Features: 1. Realtime price of major Bitcoin Exchanges. 2. Monitoring your Bitcoin assets. Bither Cold Wallet Features: 1. Cold wallet running on offline mode (Backup phone). 2. Private keys are protected by password. 3. Security check for private keys. 4. Sign the hot wallet's unsigned transactions. 5. Automatically backup and recovery. 6. Easy to clone. Bither Hot Wallet Features: 1. Hot wallet running on online mode (Daily phone). 2. You can easily monitor your Bitcoin savings with Watch Only mode. 3. You can prepare unsigned transaction for Watch Only address, and use the Bither Cold Wallet to sign the transaction. 4. Hot wallet also supports private keys, you can save some pocket money in this kind of addresses. 5. Decentralized and P2P (peer to peer) Bitcoin wallet, no registration or login needed. 6. Realtime price of major Bitcoin Exchanges. 7. System notification for new transactions. The source code of Bither : https://github.com/bither/bither-ios The first library of Bitcoin Protocol for Objective-C : https://github.com/bither/bitheri
FreeWallet
This open-source mobile wallet allows users to securely manage Bitcoin. It enables sending and receiving coins, signing and broadcasting messages, and offers enhanced security features like passcodes and fingerprint support.
- Secure private key management
- Send and receive Bitcoin
- Sign and broadcast messages
- Passcode and Touch ID security
- Supports Mainnet and Testnet
- Multiple addresses
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FreeWallet is an open source mobile wallet which supports Bitcoin. Features - Secure Wallet Passphrase & private keys never leave device - Send Send coins to any Bitcoin address - Receive Receive payments via scanning QR Code - Sign Sign any message - Broadcast Broadcast any message - Passcode/PIN Protect wallet with additional security - TouchID Fingerprint support for iOS - Mainnet/Testnet Works on both Mainnet and Testnet - Multiple Addresses Supports multiple addresses - QR Code Authorization Supports QR Code Authorization
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bither at 51% against FreeWallet's 16%. Bither also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.9). FreeWallet's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bither holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Bither's written reviews are positive against 16% of FreeWallet's.
Bither ships an update every 3 months, FreeWallet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bither | FreeWallet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (61 ratings) — better | 2.9 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews — better | 16.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BITHER Limited | Jeremy Johnson |
Customer experience
Bither
FreeWallet
Bugs and requests
Bither
Reported bugs
14 issues- iOS cold wallet not working
- Peer network randomly stops working
- Cannot access cold wallet page in flight mode
- App crashes after data reload
- Cannot update block data in background on iOS
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- Cold wallet mode has bugs on iOS 13 (e.g., prompts to close Wi-Fi)
- Transactions stuck at 0 confirmations for months
- App hangs, possibly due to advertising
- App opens and closes immediately after opening
- Coins stuck in wallet, awaiting confirmation
- Transactions take 100 confirmations to become usable
- Cannot enter cold wallet page with flight mode enabled
- Cold wallet option not displaying
- Hot wallet unusable, app crashes
Requested features
8 requests- Dark mode
- Apple Watch version
- Display fee in satoshi/kb
- Support dynamic fee
- Add custom change address feature
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- Support public key input for cold wallet monitoring
- Adapt to new phone resolutions
- Allow archiving addresses with small balances
FreeWallet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bither
No in-app purchases
FreeWallet
No in-app purchases
