Head to head
Cake Wallet 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: Cake Wallet is our call for best Monero and privacy wallet, while Tangem Wallet is the one to get for best for beginners.
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Choose Cake Wallet if you
- Use or want to use Monero
- Value open-source, no-KYC privacy
- Want Bitcoin Silent Payments
- Prefer self-custody with hardware-wallet support
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| CaCake Wallet | Tangem Wallet |
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|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.4 / 10 | 8.8 / 10 |
| Type | Privacy multi-currency wallet | Card-format cold storage |
| Price | Free | from $54.90 |
| Security | 6.8 | 8.9 |
| Ease of use | 7.6 | 9.6 |
| Assets | 8.2 | 8.4 |
| Value | 8.4 | 9.2 |
| Support | 7.6 | 8.6 |
| Recovery | 8.0 | 9.0 |
| Best for | Best Monero and privacy wallet | Best for beginners |
| Maker | Cake Labs | Tangem AG |
Read the full verdicts
The full reviews
Best Monero and privacy wallet
7.4
Cake Wallet
The go-to open-source, non-custodial wallet for Monero and Bitcoin privacy, with no KYC an...
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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.