What's the best bitcoin wallet for iPhone?

[zabzob]

I've been using Mycelium on Android but keep hearing the iPhone version of Mycelium doesn't work well. What are some good options for iPhone? It's only for BTC so no need for altcoin features.

[Zaguru12]

BlueWallet is the wallet, the IPhone which is under IOS operating system is actually having limited things like the wallet, the likes of even Electrum wallet aren’t even available on the App Store. But one wallet that I find interesting to use on IPhone for bitcoin is the BlueWallet, the wallet is a much more easier to understand than the other complicated devices. BlueWallet is just like electrum mobile wallet with its features and it can support custom seed phrase too. Another wallet on the IPhone for bitcoin would be UniSat or even Xverse as they support taproot address

[Charles-Tim]

Bluewallet is good. But some people that I recommend the wallet and myself noticed that the wallet is not estimating the balance accurately. Although, it will estimate the amount you are sending accurately. It is a bug which I guess will be fixed soon. I am using the Android, probably you might or might not experience such on iOS version.

Edit:
Not the BTC but the balance in fiat is what that is estimated not correctly.

[hugeblack]

For bitcoin:
 - LN: Edge wallet.
 - blue wallet.
 - Blockstream Green: blockstream liquid network.
Multi-coins:
Unstoppable

You can use them as a hot wallet or for your daily transactions but for HODLING it is better to buy a hardware/air gapped wallet with a cheap Android phone dedicated to broadcast transactions.

[Pmalek]

Besides the wallets mentioned by other users, you can also try Aqua wallet, Envoy, Muun, Phoenix, Stack wallet, and Nunchuk wallet for your iOS device. But I would try the Blue Wallet as well before any of the other ones.

Bluewallet is good. But some people that I recommend the wallet and myself noticed that the wallet is not estimating the balance accurately. Although, it will estimate the amount you are sending accurately. It is a bug which I guess will be fixed soon. I am using the Android, probably you might or might not experience such on iOS version.

I have never noticed it. Do you mean that it's not estimating the fiat value of your balance properly or is it showing you the wrong BTC balance? You can have the Blue Wallet display BTC, sats, and fiat values by clicking on your balance.

[zabzob]

Thanks guys for this helpful info. I forgot to ask, will I be able to import a Mycelium seed to these wallets? I'll probably try Bluewallet first, will that one import it?

[Charles-Tim]

- Blockstream Green: blockstream liquid network.
Multi-coins:
Unstoppable

Blockstream Green and Unstoppable are good wallets. I did not know that Unstoppable is available on iOS. I know just now.

I have never noticed it. Do you mean that it's not estimating the fiat value of your balance properly or is it showing you the wrong BTC balance? You can have the Blue Wallet display BTC, sats, and fiat values by clicking on your balance.

Do not mind me, it is fiat and not BTC. It is showing the wrong fiat. I have noticed it several times before but my mind was not there until recently that a friend of mine received $1500 from someone, blaming the person that he did not send the money in full. But because I know about it, I told him it is the wallet that estimated it wrongly in fiat.

Thanks guys for this helpful info. I forgot to ask, will I be able to import a Mycelium seed to these wallets? I'll probably try Bluewallet first, will that one import it?

Yes. But I will advise you to create a new wallet instead and send the coins to one of the addresses generated on the wallet created.

[Pmalek]

I forgot to ask, will I be able to import a Mycelium seed to these wallets? I'll probably try Bluewallet first, will that one import it?

Both Mycelium and Blue Wallet are compatible with the BIP39 standard. That will allow you to import the same seed into both wallets. But keep in mind that if you replicate the same seed across multiple wallets, you increase the possibility that something might go wrong. The attack vectors increase each time you enter your seed into a new wallet. With each seed import, it's now a new software that holds your digital keys.

Compare it with physical keys to your home. Having one copy is different from having 5 keys for each family member. Each of those keys could get lost or stolen.
Alternatively, you could generate a new seed with Blue Wallet and send all or some of your bitcoin from Mycelium to it.

[apogio]

I like Phoenix too much lately both for LN and On-Chain transactions.

Pros: self-custody, easy channel management etc.
Cons: relatively new

Since I keep only trivial amounts on my phone, I change wallet software quite often, because I like experimenting with new features and ideas.

I 've tried BlueWallet too which is fantastic.

I don't really like BS Green personally, cause I remember I couldn't use it for multisig view-only mode.

I used to use Wallet of Satoshi too, which is full-custodial but again, for small amounts it does the job quite well. It's also very fast since Wallet of Satoshi's LN nodes have a huge connection network ^[1].

Finally, I used to use Muun but I don't really like it. It's very easy to use though.

[1] https://1ml.com/node?order=channelcount

[zabzob]

Thanks guys. I'll start with BlueWallet and maybe try some of the other options as well

[NotATether]

Airgap Vault if you have an old iPhone that's not getting security updates anymore. And then Airgap Wallet on another phone.

Otherwise use Bluewallet like the other posters mentioned. Although it will be vulnerable if the phone is stolen.

[Pmalek]

Otherwise use Bluewallet like the other posters mentioned. Although it will be vulnerable if the phone is stolen.

Vulnerable in what sense? Blue Wallet is password-protected like most other wallets. The thief will need the password to be able to run it and spend the coins. Is the iPhone perhaps storing something from Blue Wallet in the cloud that could become accessible to the thief and allow him to steal your coins?

[SilverCryptoBullet]

I've been using Mycelium on Android but keep hearing the iPhone version of Mycelium doesn't work well. What are some good options for iPhone? It's only for BTC so no need for altcoin features.

Choose your Bitcoin wallets for iPhone (iOS).
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet?step=2&platform=ios

At this step, you can choose New or Experienced.
New: Choose Coin Control and Fees, Bech32.
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet?step=5&platform=ios&user=beginner&important=control,fees&features=bech32
You will see Unstoppable wallet.

Do the same with Experienced.
Choose Coin Control, Fees, Bech32, Hardware wallet.
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet?step=5&platform=ios&user=experienced&important=control,fees&features=bech32,hardware_wallet
You will see Green wallet.

Best Bitcoin wallet suggestions from learnmeabitcoin.com.
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/wallets/
You have Blue wallet and Blockstream Green wallet.

[Wind_FURY]

BlueWallet is the wallet, the IPhone which is under IOS operating system is actually having limited things like the wallet, the likes of even Electrum wallet aren’t even available on the App Store. But one wallet that I find interesting to use on IPhone for bitcoin is the BlueWallet, the wallet is a much more easier to understand than the other complicated devices. BlueWallet is just like electrum mobile wallet with its features and it can support custom seed phrase too. Another wallet on the IPhone for bitcoin would be UniSat or even Xverse as they support taproot address

I vote for BlueWallet as well. Simply the best Bitcoin hot-wallet for the iPhone.

OP, although I haven't used XVerse and UniSat for the iPhone, I recommend that you try them too as a hot-wallet. You'll be downloading/installing one of them as soon as shitcoining in Bitcoin becomes VERY POPULAR next year. The Runes market have seen some small surges in volume during November.

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[zabzob]

BlueWallet is the wallet, the IPhone which is under IOS operating system is actually having limited things like the wallet, the likes of even Electrum wallet aren’t even available on the App Store. But one wallet that I find interesting to use on IPhone for bitcoin is the BlueWallet, the wallet is a much more easier to understand than the other complicated devices. BlueWallet is just like electrum mobile wallet with its features and it can support custom seed phrase too. Another wallet on the IPhone for bitcoin would be UniSat or even Xverse as they support taproot address

I vote for BlueWallet as well. Simply the best Bitcoin hot-wallet for the iPhone.

OP, although I haven't used XVerse and UniSat for the iPhone, I recommend that you try them too as a hot-wallet. You'll be downloading/installing one of them as soon as shitcoining in Bitcoin becomes VERY POPULAR next year. The Runes market have seen some small surges in volume during November.

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Thanks, I'll check those out as well

[virasog]

BlueWallet is the wallet, the IPhone which is under IOS operating system is actually having limited things like the wallet, the likes of even Electrum wallet aren’t even available on the App Store. But one wallet that I find interesting to use on IPhone for bitcoin is the BlueWallet, the wallet is a much more easier to understand than the other complicated devices. BlueWallet is just like electrum mobile wallet with its features and it can support custom seed phrase too. Another wallet on the IPhone for bitcoin would be UniSat or even Xverse as they support taproot address

Yes, the blue wallet may be the best option for iPhone Users however I just wondered why Electrum didn't have support for the iOS ? Aren't they missing out on a large user base who are iPhone users? They have a wallet for MAC OS but no support for iOS? This is very strange.

By the way, it is never safe to store your bitcoins on any phone wallet. I only store a small portion of my Bitcoin on my phone that i need often and the rest is always on the cold storage.

[Agbe]

OP you have gotten enough recommendations if really you are looking for a wallet which you want to use in your iPhone. hugeblack has made good recommendations. And if you look at all the recommendations, you would discovered that Bluewallet is frequently recommended and most of us are using bluewallet and had used it. As a newbie it is good you use bluewallet and if you will like to use another wallet later then it is up to you. And from the recommendations you have gotten, you can lock the thread because it is repeating comments will appear. I wish you all the best in the forum.

[Pmalek]

Many users and myself have recommended Blue Wallet, and I use it as a companion app for my airgapped setup, but it's worth noting that Blue Wallet has consistently failed to pass the last test by WalletScrutiny for quite some time now. The source code is available, the software can be built from source, the script WalletScrutiny uses succeeds, but the binary doesn't match the published source code.

Perhaps this is something that the Blue Wallet developers have discussed in the past. Anyone?

[dkbit98]

I am not iPhone user so I can't say from experience what wallet works best on this devices, but I heard good things about Nunchuk wallet for iPhones.
I can also suggest checking out Thebitcoinhole website and comparing all available wallets, just make sure to enable iOS support in filter settings menu on the left:
https://thebitcoinhole.com/software-wallets

[FinneysTrueVision]

Yes, the blue wallet may be the best option for iPhone Users however I just wondered why Electrum didn't have support for the iOS ? Aren't they missing out on a large user base who are iPhone users? They have a wallet for MAC OS but no support for iOS? This is very strange.

Even on macOS they don’t have a version for Apple silicon and you have to use the version designed for Intel macs that is not fully optimized for newer hardware. They are still a very good wallet but there are more modern alternatives that can take its place on operating systems where they are not available or only have partial support.