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Issue 14 · Aug 2026

The crypto wallet review site
that doesn\'t take a cut.

Every wallet you see is here on its own merits. We rank by a transparent Trust Score — security, transparency, recovery, code, support — not by who pays us the highest commission. We can\'t be bought, so you can\'t be sold.

Ledger Nano X — Trust 74 Trezor Safe 5 — Trust 89 Tangem Wallet — Trust 69 MetaMask — Trust 77 Phantom — Trust 71 Blockstream Jade Plus — Trust 84 Zengo — Trust 76 Cypherock X1 — Trust 85 Rabby — Trust 78 Ellipal Titan 2.0 — Trust 65 Ledger Nano X — Trust 74 Trezor Safe 5 — Trust 89 Tangem Wallet — Trust 69 MetaMask — Trust 77 Phantom — Trust 71 Blockstream Jade Plus — Trust 84 Zengo — Trust 76 Cypherock X1 — Trust 85 Rabby — Trust 78 Ellipal Titan 2.0 — Trust 65
/ 01 — The problem

Most "best crypto wallet" lists are paid placements.

The typical crypto wallet review site runs on affiliate commissions. They get paid when you click their link and buy a hardware wallet. The wallet that pays the highest commission gets the #1 spot. Sometimes a paid wallet literally swaps places with a better one.

We don't do that. WalletsReview doesn't take affiliate commissions, doesn't accept paid placements, and doesn't reorder reviews based on who pays us. Our Trust Score is a public, weighted sum of five sub-criteria. You can disagree with our weights — and we publish them so you can.

The result: a leaderboard that's a little more boring, a little more honest, and a lot more useful.

/ 03 — The leaderboard

10 wallets, ranked by Trust Score.

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#01
T
Trezor Safe 5
Trezor · Hardware
89

The reference open-source hardware wallet — auditable firmware, color touchscreen, and the only major brand that publishes its secure-element design choices.

Custody
Self-custody
Open source
Full
Coins
9,000+
Price
$169
Excellent Read review
#02
C
Cypherock X1
Cypherock · Hardware
85

A hardware wallet that splits your seed across 5 NFC cards. Lose any 4, still recover. No single point of failure.

Custody
Self-custody
Open source
Full
Coins
9,000+
Price
$199
Excellent Read review
#03
B
Blockstream Jade Plus
Blockstream · Hardware
84

A fully open-source, Bitcoin-only hardware wallet from the company that builds Bitcoin Core-adjacent infrastructure.

Custody
Self-custody
Open source
Full
Coins
Bitcoin + Liquid assets
Price
$99
Strong Read review
#04
R
Rabby
DeBank · Browser
78

MetaMask's most credible open-source challenger. Pre-sign transaction simulation, clear UX, and chain-switching that actually works.

Custody
Self-custody
Open source
Full
Coins
EVM + 40+ chains
Price
Free
Strong Read review
#05
M
MetaMask
Consensys · Browser
77

The default Ethereum wallet. By far the most attacked software in crypto, which is also why it's the most hardened.

Custody
Self-custody
Open source
Full
Coins
EVM + Solana (new)
Price
Free
Strong Read review
#06
Z
Zengo
Zengo · Mobile
76

The first mainstream wallet to ditch seed phrases entirely. Uses MPC (multi-party computation) to split keys across your device and Zengo's servers.

Custody
Self-custody
Open source
Partial
Coins
380+
Price
Free
Strong Read review
≥ 85 Excellent 65–84 Solid 55–64 Caveats < 55 Concerns
/ 04 — Methodology

We publish the math. So you can argue with it.

The Trust Score is a weighted sum across five publicly documented criteria. Each subscore is 0–100 and we publish the weight. If you think recovery should matter more than open-source code, you can re-run the math with your own weights. Most review sites won't even tell you what their criteria are.

Security
35
% weight
Open code
20
% weight
Transparency
20
% weight
Recovery
15
% weight
Support
10
% weight
Read the full methodology