Head to head
Bitkey vs Tangem Wallet
The short answer
Which should you buy?
On our fixed standard, Tangem Wallet earns the higher mark, 8.8 to 7.4. But the right pick depends on what you want: Bitkey is our call for easiest hardware wallet, no seed phrase, while Tangem Wallet is the one to get for best for beginners.
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Choose Bitkey if you
- Want offline Bitcoin security without a seed phrase
- Are buying a first hardware wallet
- Value fingerprint and tap-to-sign simplicity
- Are comfortable with Block-assisted recovery
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| BiBitkey | Tangem Wallet |
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|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.4 / 10 | 8.8 / 10 |
| Type | Bitcoin hardware wallet | Card-format cold storage |
| Price | $150 | from $54.90 |
| Security | 7.4 | 8.9 |
| Ease of use | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Value | 7.4 | 9.2 |
| Recovery | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| Best for | Easiest hardware wallet, no seed phrase | Best for beginners |
| Maker | Block | Tangem AG |
Read the full verdicts
The full reviews
Easiest hardware wallet, no seed phrase
7.4
Bitkey
Block's Bitcoin-only hardware wallet ditches the seed phrase for a 2-of-3 setup across you...
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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.