Comparison

Fully Noded vs Pubky Ring

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fully Noded

A self-sovereign Bitcoin wallet that connects to your own node via Tor for enhanced privacy and security. It supports single and multi-signature wallets, utilizes PSBTs and output descriptors, and offers powerful recovery tools.

Highlights
  • Connects to your own Bitcoin node via Tor
  • Self-sovereign, private, and secure experience
  • Supports single and multi-signature wallets
  • Utilizes PSBTs and output descriptors
  • Powerful recovery tool for BIP39 phrases
  • Interoperability with Coldcard
Features
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Your node, your Bitcoin! Fully Noded is a bitcoin wallet that is powered completely by your own node over Tor. This makes using Bitcoin a truly self sovereign, private and secure experience, exactly the way it should be. Fully Noded offers an intuitive yet powerful interface where the home screen displays stats about the Bitcoin network as seen by your node, the active wallet tab offers a powerful but simple wallet experience that allows you to utilize single signature and multi signature wallets. Fully Noded uses psbt’s (partially signed bitcoin transactions) and output descriptors to take advantage of the latest and greatest functionality the Bitcoin Core codebase has to offer. With this architecture Fully Noded always keeps your private keys safely encrypted and securely stored on your device, users always have the ability to delete their seed words from the device and add them later at anytime. Fully Noded never stores your private keys on your node. Generally the way it works is Fully Noded uses a Bitcoin library called LibWally to sign transactions locally and create private keys locally. Your node acts a watch-only wallet and builds psbt’s which Fully Noded signs without letting your private keys get exposed to network requests. Fully Noded is also a powerful recovery tool, you can add any BIP39 recovery phrase and it will recover all of the popular wallets for you. The app offers excellent interoperability with Coldcard, just airdrop wallet export files and psbt’s to Fully Noded and watch the magic happen, using your Coldcard as a watch-only or multisig wallet powered by your own node has never been easier. Read more here: https://github.com/Fonta1n3/FullyNoded/blob/master/Readme.md For full functionality and compatibility we recommend using Bitcoin Core 0.20.0 For advanced users Fully Noded has a powerful suite of tools which are essentially a interface between you and your node’s bitcoin-cli commands as well, its a great learning tool where you can interact with Bitcoin Core like never before. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to us on our Telegram group: https://t.me/FullyNoded

About

Pubky Ring

Securely manage your public keys for decentralized applications. Authorize or revoke access, organize keys across devices, and control active sessions. Maintain self-custody of your identity without accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Securely manage public keys
  • Authorize/revoke service access
  • Organize and sync keys
  • View and control active sessions
  • Self-custodial identity
Features
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Pubky Ring is the key manager for your identity in the Pubky ecosystem. It lets you securely manage your pubkys—the public keys that power your presence across decentralized apps. Use Pubky Ring to: - Authorize or revoke access to services - Organize and sync your pubkys across devices - View and control active sessions - Stay fully self-custodial, with no accounts or tracking Whether you’re using the Pubky App or any other tool built on Pubky Core, Pubky Ring keeps your identity portable, private, and under your control. Crafted by Synonym Software Ltd.

Screenshots

Fully Noded4 screens
Pubky Ring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fully Noded at weekly against Pubky Ring's every 3 weeks. Fully Noded also leads on ratings volume (49 vs 3). Pubky Ring's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pubky Ring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fully Noded has 49 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Fully Noded's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pubky Ring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fully Noded ships an update weekly, Pubky Ring every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fully Noded versus Pubky Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFully NodedPubky Ring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (49 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenton LLCSynonym Software Ltd

Customer experience

Fully Noded

All ratings49 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.3%

Pubky Ring

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fully Noded

No in-app purchases

None

Pubky Ring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fully Noded free?
Fully Noded is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pubky Ring free?
Pubky Ring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fully Noded or Pubky Ring?
Pubky Ring is rated higher. Fully Noded averages 4.8 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while Pubky Ring averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Fully Noded or Pubky Ring have ads?
Neither Fully Noded nor Pubky Ring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fully Noded or Pubky Ring?
Fully Noded ships an update weekly, and Pubky Ring every 3 weeks. Most recently, Fully Noded was updated on October 3, 2026 and Pubky Ring on October 13, 2026.

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