Bitcoin Widget vs TapBTC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bitcoin Widget
Easily track Bitcoin prices on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. View current price indexes and historical price charts directly from your devices.
- Real-time Bitcoin price updates
- iPhone and iPad app
- Today Widget support
- Apple Watch glance
- Price chart visualization
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Check the price of Bitcoin, anytime! In the App, in iPhone & iPad today widget and ever on your wrist in Apple Watch. The Bitcoin Widget displays current Bitcoin price index and price dynamics. Features: * Today Widget for iPhone & iPad * Bitcoin price chart in iPhone & iPad App * Glance for Apple Watch
TapBTC
Get instant Bitcoin price updates on your Apple Watch with a simple tap. This app offers the fastest free refresh rate allowed by Apple, ensuring your watch complications are always current. It also includes an iPhone app with detailed market data and home/lock screen widgets.
- Instant price refresh on tap
- Automatic 15-minute refreshes
- Supports all Apple Watch complication slots
- iPhone app with live data
- Home and lock screen widgets
- No subscription or ads
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Most Bitcoin complications on Apple Watch are stale by the time you glance at them — and the ones that aren't will charge you a monthly fee just to stay current. TapBTC is different. Tap the complication. That's it. No app opens, no loading screen — the price fetches instantly in the background and your complication updates in seconds. Works on all four Apple Watch complication slots: circular, rectangular, inline, and corner. Already running on the fastest free refresh schedule Apple allows — complications update automatically every 15 minutes without you touching anything. Most other apps don't even come close. Features: Tap any complication to silently refresh the price Auto-refreshes at Apple's maximum allowed rate iPhone app shows live price, 24h high/low, all-time high, and current block height Home screen and lock screen widgets included No subscription. No ads. One-time purchase. Built for people who actually check Bitcoin on their wrist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TapBTC at 5.0 against Bitcoin Widget's 2.0. TapBTC also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Bitcoin Widget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. TapBTC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bitcoin Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
TapBTC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Bitcoin Widget ships an update every 7 months, TapBTC every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bitcoin Widget | TapBTC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ievgen Lytvyn | Ryan Evans |
Customer experience
Bitcoin Widget
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In-app purchases
Bitcoin Widget
No in-app purchases
TapBTC
- TapBTC Pro$1.99
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