Bither vs CW 2016
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
CW 2016
This app facilitates secure Bitcoin cold storage by enabling communication between your hardware wallet and the Bitcoin network. It allows for easy sending and receiving of Bitcoin, managing multiple accounts, and optimizing transaction fees.
- Offline HD Bitcoin wallet
- Multiple account management
- One-Time Password authentication
- Display receiver address on card
- Automatic authentication via tap
- Watchdog alert for separation
- Transaction fee optimization
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The official app for the CoolWallet, the most convenient Bitcoin cold storage hardware! Bitcoin cold storage has been difficult to do well, but with CoolWallet you can safely store your bitcoins in the CoolWallet card for ease of use. Because the CoolWallet stays off-line, this companion app is needed to help the CoolWallet communicate with the Bitcoin network. CoolWallet Features * Off-line HD Bitcoin wallet * 5 separate accounts * One-Time Password * Display receiver’s Bitcoin address on card * Tap-Tap for automatic authentication * Watchdog alert in case of separation from phone * Transaction fee optimization App Features * Easily send and receive bitcoins to and from the CoolWallet * Set distance for watchdog alert * Generate seed on app or CoolWallet * Set the security policy for the CoolWallet If you have any questions or like to find out more about the CoolWallet, please visit: https://coolbitx.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CW 2016 at every 3 weeks against Bither's every 3 months. CW 2016 also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 51%) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.6). Bither's advantage is ratings volume (61 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for Bither against 3.0 for CW 2016. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bither has 61 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Bither's written reviews are positive against 71% of CW 2016's.
Bither ships an update every 3 months, CW 2016 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bither | CW 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (61 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BITHER Limited | Coolbitx |
Customer experience
Bither
CW 2016
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
CW 2016
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bither
No in-app purchases
CW 2016
No in-app purchases
