TOP 5 CRYPTOCURRENCY APPS

Bitcoin and other altcoins finally broke into the mainstream. Now, it’s quite easy to buy bitcoin, convert to altcoins and even invest in ICOs, all from your phone.





You might prefer to do all of your trading when you’re in front of your computer but you’ll want to monitor your portfolio when you’re out and about. And of course, you’ll want to set up multiple notifications so you don’t miss out on the next “correction”.





Here are the best iPhone cryptocurrency apps that let you do all that and more.

1. Coinbase





While this app has its share of problems (lack of altcoins, higher fees), Coinbase is the best crypto app to get started with. It’s one of the few cryptocurrency apps that are actually thoughtfully-designed and pretty to look at. Using Coinbase, you can quickly connect your bank account or use a credit or debit card to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash.

The app also has a really useful widget and one of the best interfaces for setting up multiple price alert notifications. The home page shows you the prices of all four currencies, your holdings and the charts for the past day. You can go into Coinbase and change your native country and your preferred currency.





While the app can be used by anyone for monitoring prices and for receiving and sending bitcoins, the currency deposit and withdrawal features are only available in US, UK, Australia, Singapore and two dozen European countries.





2. CoinDesk





CoinDesk is the definite cryptocurrency website. They publish a lot more than just the latest news. You’ll find analysis of the news, commentary on the current cryptocurrency landscape and beginner guides for people who are just getting started.

CoinDesk app will give you all the latest news, but you’ll also find a price tracking, charts and notification feature for Bitcoin and Ethereum. But the best thing about the app is still its news coverage. From the sidebar, you can tap on the document icon to read all the latest news.





3. Cointelegraph





Cointelegraph is an independent cryptocurrency news website. It focuses more on blockchain technology than the crypto markets themselves. If you’re more into blockchain technology improvements and innovative uses of the technology, you should be reading Cointelegraph.





I also prefer Cointelegraph’s app over CoinDesk when it comes to the reading experience. Unlike CoinDesk, the app isn’t stuffed with 5 different features and it opens to a list of the latest news. Once you tap into an article, you can swiftly swipe left/right to read the previous or the next article (CoinDesk does have this feature but it doesn’t work nearly as well).





4. Blockfolio





Blockfolio is the most exhaustive, feature rich, manual coin tracking app on iPhone. Blockfolio is the Excel of cryptocurrency apps. It’s for the grownups who want a utilitarian interface. Blockfolio is all about being precise. When you go and add your holdings, you can enter the trade price of the holding, the trade date, and the exchange you’re using.





When you add a new transaction, there’s an option to deduct from your BTC holdings so you don’t have to go in and manually change your BTC holdings every single time you trade.





If you want complete control over your portfolio tracking, Blockfolio is the app for you. Go to your exchange and find out the exact transaction details, add the data to Blockfolio and then let the app do its thing. You’ll find a detailed breakdown of your personal profit or loss and detailed charts for the past 1 hour to past 1 year. From settings, you can enable the dark theme as well.





5. Crypton





Crypton is in stark contrast to Blockfolio. It’s a minimal live price tracker for iPhone. It boots up into a black theme by default and it looks really cool on the iPhone X (there are no ads, no in-app purchases).





You’ll just see a list of coins, sorted by popularity. You can switch from USD to BTC, EUR, AUD but that’s basically all you can do. There’s no way to reorder the list or add coins. Tap on a coin and you’ll see a beautiful chart at the bottom. Tap on the chart to see the historical prices.



