Head to head
Coldcard vs Tangem Wallet
The short answer
Which should you buy?
On our fixed standard, Tangem Wallet earns the higher mark, 8.8 to 6.8. But the right pick depends on what you want: Coldcard is our call for best hardware wallet for advanced Bitcoiners, while Tangem Wallet is the one to get for best for beginners.
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Choose Coldcard if you
- Are an advanced, security-minded Bitcoiner
- Want a truly air-gapped signer
- Will run current firmware and a fresh high-entropy seed
- Use Sparrow, Electrum or Nunchuk as your coordinator
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| CoColdcard | Tangem Wallet |
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|---|---|---|
| Our score | 6.8 / 10 | 8.8 / 10 |
| Type | Bitcoin hardware wallet | Card-format cold storage |
| Price | from $189 | from $54.90 |
| Security | 6.6 | 8.9 |
| Ease of use | 5.6 | 9.6 |
| Value | 7.0 | 9.2 |
| Recovery | 7.6 | 9.0 |
| Best for | Best hardware wallet for advanced Bitcoiners | Best for beginners |
| Maker | Coinkite | Tangem AG |
Read the full verdicts
The full reviews
Best hardware wallet for advanced Bitcoiners
6.8
Coldcard
A Bitcoin-only, air-gapped signer with dual secure elements and open-source firmware, long...
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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.