Best Monero (XMR) wallets in 2026: full comparison

Published: November 7, 2026

In short: the best Monero wallets in 2026 are Feather (desktop), Cake Wallet (Android, iPhone and desktop), Monerujo (Android), the official GUI/CLI wallet (desktop, with your own node), Stack Wallet (multi-coin) and MoneroP2P Wallet (browser). For large savings, use a Ledger or Trezor hardware wallet with Feather or the GUI. All of them are non-custodial and open source: only you hold the seed.

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Monero wallet comparison table

Wallet	Devices	Open source	Own node	Best for
Feather	Windows, macOS, Linux, Tails	Yes	Yes	Desktop: light, complete, built-in Tor
Cake Wallet	Android, iPhone, desktop	Yes	Yes	Mobile with several coins
Monerujo	Android	Yes	Yes	Android, Monero only
Official GUI / CLI	Windows, macOS, Linux	Yes	Yes, can be a full node	Maximum independence
Stack Wallet	Android, iPhone, desktop	Yes	Yes	Multi-coin everywhere
MoneroP2P Wallet	Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, Firefox	Yes	Yes	Browser, with USDT on Arbitrum
Ledger / Trezor	Hardware + Feather or GUI	Firmware varies by brand	Yes	Large long-term savings
Exodus	Desktop and mobile	No	No	Simple interface, but closed source

Golden rule: if you don’t have the seed, the XMR isn’t yours. Avoid keeping Monero on exchanges, which are also delisting it.

Best Monero wallet for desktop: Feather

Feather is the community’s favorite on desktop. It is a light wallet: it doesn’t download the whole blockchain, so it syncs in minutes.

Built-in Tor to hide your IP when connecting to nodes.
Works with Ledger and Trezor.
Creates 16-word Polyseed seeds, which store the creation date for faster restores.
Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Tails.

For maximum independence, the official GUI (or CLI) can run a full node on your computer: you don’t depend on other people’s nodes, at the cost of downloading over 200 GB.

Best Monero wallet for Android and iPhone: Cake Wallet

Cake Wallet is the most used Monero wallet on mobile:

Available on Android and iPhone (and desktop).
Holds Monero, Bitcoin, Litecoin and other coins in one app.
Has built-in exchanges and lets you use your own node.

Alternatives:

Monerujo (Android only): light and Monero-only.
Stack Wallet (Android, iPhone and desktop): multi-coin and open source.

Best Monero wallet for the browser: MoneroP2P Wallet

MoneroP2P Wallet is a Monero extension for Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera and Firefox. It is the pick if you want to buy and move XMR from your browser:

One 25-word seed holds XMR and USDT/ETH on Arbitrum One.
Connects by itself to the USDT to XMR swap and P2P Fiat, with no MetaMask and no copying addresses.
Vault encrypted with Argon2id and XChaCha20-Poly1305, plus auto-lock.
It is new and its interface is in English and Spanish. Read the full announcement.

Best option for large savings: hardware wallet

A hardware wallet keeps the keys on a physical device that never exposes them to your computer.

Ledger and some Trezor models support Monero.
You use them with Feather or the official GUI: the app shows the balance and the device signs.
Only buy them from the brand’s official store, never second-hand.

How to choose your Monero wallet

By device: desktop → Feather; phone → Cake Wallet or Monerujo; browser → MoneroP2P Wallet.
By amount: a software wallet for day-to-day spending; a hardware wallet for savings.
By privacy: use your own node or Tor. Read is Monero traceable?.
Always: download only from the official site and write the seed on paper.

Step by step: how to create a Monero wallet.

FAQ

What is the best Monero wallet?

On desktop, Feather; on mobile, Cake Wallet or Monerujo; in the browser, MoneroP2P Wallet; for large savings, Ledger or Trezor with Feather or the GUI.