Head to head
Ballet REAL Series vs Tangem Wallet
The short answer
Which should you buy?
On our fixed standard, Tangem Wallet earns the higher mark, 8.8 to 6.2. But the right pick depends on what you want: Ballet REAL Series is our call for easiest crypto gift card, while Tangem Wallet is the one to get for best for beginners.
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Choose Ballet REAL Series if you
- Want to gift crypto in a simple physical form
- Are storing only a small amount
- Want a cold wallet with zero learning curve
- Value a collectible, giftable object
Choose Tangem Wallet if you
- Are moving off an exchange for the first time
- Want the simplest possible cold storage
- Prefer nothing to charge, connect or update
- Like a wallet you can hide like a bank card
Side by side
Full comparison
Green marks the winner of each row| BaBallet REAL Series | Tangem Wallet |
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|---|---|---|
| Our score | 6.2 / 10 | 8.8 / 10 |
| Type | Physical cold-storage card | Card-format cold storage |
| Price | from about $39 | from $54.90 |
| Security | 5.4 | 8.9 |
| Ease of use | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| Value | 7.4 | 9.2 |
| Recovery | 4.0 | 9.0 |
| Best for | Easiest crypto gift card | Best for beginners |
| Maker | Ballet | Tangem AG |
Read the full verdicts
The full reviews
Easiest crypto gift card
6.2
Ballet REAL Series
A beautifully simple metal cold-storage card with no seed phrase, no app setup and no elec...
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8.8
Tangem Wallet
A tap-to-use cold wallet in a card that sets up in about ninety seconds, with an EAL6+ sec...
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The verdict
Tangem Wallet takes it
Tangem Wallet earns the higher mark on our standard, but read both reviews before you decide.