Alternatives to BlueWallet
Open-source self-custody Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for iOS and Android. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
BlueWallet
Open-source self-custody Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for iOS and Android.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as BlueWallet.
Muun
Self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet with built-in submarine swaps.
Muun is also a self-custodial mobile Bitcoin and Lightning wallet, using submarine swaps instead of channel management, with fees on some transaction types.
Phoenix Wallet
Self-custodial Lightning wallet from the team behind the Eclair node.
Phoenix Wallet is a self-custodial mobile Lightning wallet from the Eclair team that manages channels automatically, without the multisig vaults BlueWallet offers.
Zeus
Open-source Lightning wallet that connects directly to your own Bitcoin node.
Zeus is an open-source mobile wallet for on-chain and Lightning payments that connects directly to your own node, which you need to run for the best experience.
Electrum
A lightweight open-source Bitcoin wallet for desktop and Android, developed continuously since 2011.
Electrum is a Bitcoin wallet for desktop and Android with reproducible builds, but it has no iOS version, so iPhone users lose mobile access.
Sparrow Wallet
Power-user desktop Bitcoin wallet with broad hardware wallet support.
Sparrow Wallet moves you to a desktop Bitcoin wallet with broad hardware wallet support and PSBT, exposing more technical detail and offering no mobile app.
Wasabi Wallet
Privacy-focused Bitcoin desktop wallet with built-in CoinJoin mixing.
Wasabi Wallet is a desktop Bitcoin wallet with built-in CoinJoin and Tor by default, trading BlueWallet's mobile apps and Lightning support for privacy features.
Trust Wallet
A free multi-chain cryptocurrency wallet app for iOS and Android phones, owned by Binance.
Trust Wallet is a free Binance-owned mobile wallet covering several blockchains, but it is closed source and lacks BlueWallet's Lightning and multisig focus.
Nunchuk
A Bitcoin multisig wallet with hardware wallet support and non-KYC inheritance planning using on-chain timelocks.
Nunchuk is a closed-source freemium Bitcoin multisig mobile wallet with hardware wallet support and paid inheritance planning via on-chain timelocks.
Also worth comparing
These listings name BlueWallet as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Cake Wallet
An open-source, non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet for Monero, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other coins.
BlueWallet is an open-source self-custody Bitcoin and Lightning wallet for iOS and Android, without Monero support or desktop clients.
Exodus
A multi-coin cryptocurrency wallet for desktop and mobile with built-in swaps, buying and staking.
BlueWallet is an open-source mobile wallet for Bitcoin and Lightning with multisig and hardware wallet support, dropping multi-coin and desktop support.
Ledger Wallet
Ledger's companion app for managing crypto assets secured on Ledger hardware signers, formerly called Ledger Live.
BlueWallet is an open-source Bitcoin and Lightning mobile wallet that supports hardware wallet connections and multisig vaults, but has no desktop client.
Liana
An open-source, self-custody Bitcoin wallet with built-in recovery paths so you are not locked out of your coins.
BlueWallet moves self-custody to iOS and Android with Lightning support, multisig vaults and hardware wallet connections, but it has no desktop client.
Specter Desktop
Open-source Bitcoin wallet software for multisig setups using hardware wallets and your own node.
BlueWallet supports multisig vaults and hardware wallet connections on iOS and Android, moving your setup from desktop to a mobile-only open-source wallet.
Trezor Suite
The official desktop, web and mobile app for managing cryptocurrency held on a Trezor hardware wallet.
BlueWallet is an open-source iOS and Android Bitcoin and Lightning wallet with hardware wallet connections and multisig vaults, without Trezor Suite's staking or other coins.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Bitcoin Core
Run a Bitcoin node that independently validates the blockchain.
MyNode
A Bitcoin and Lightning node distribution with a web interface and an app marketplace.
