Kalium vs Hive Keychain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kalium
This is the official mobile wallet for BANANO, a fee-less and instant cryptocurrency. It allows users to securely send, receive, and manage their BANANO funds. Features include secure authentication, contact management, real-time notifications, and transaction history viewing.
- Create or import BANANO wallets
- Secure PIN and biometric authentication
- Instant BANANO sending and receiving
- Intuitive address book for contacts
- Real-time transaction notifications
- View transaction history
- MonkeyQR sharing and unique monKey
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BANANO is a fee-less, instant cryptocurrency. It is the first-ever fork of the Nano cryptocurrency. And Kalium is the official mobile wallet of BANANO. Features: - Create a new BANANO wallet or import an existing one. - Secure pin and biometric authentication - Send BANANO instantly to anyone, anywhere in the world. - Manage contacts in an intuitive easy-to-use address book - Receive real-time notifications when you receive BANANO - Load BANANO from a paper wallet or a seed. - Share your personal account address with a unique MonkeyQR card. - Get a unique monKey that represents your account. - Personalize your experience with numerous themes. - Change your wallet representative. - View your account's entire transaction history. - Support for over 20 different languages - Support for over 30 different currency conversions. IMPORTANT: Remember to backup your wallet seed and store it in a safe place. It is the only way to recover your funds if you sign out of the wallet or lose your device! If someone else gets your seed, they will be able to control your funds! Kalium is open source and available on GitHub. For support: https://chat.banano.cc
Hive Keychain
This mobile wallet provides secure management for all your Hive accounts. It protects your keys with PIN and biometric encryption, allowing you to handle various Hive operations like transfers, delegations, and Hive Engine transactions.
- Secure key management with PIN and biometrics
- Import accounts via private keys or QR code
- View account information (VP, balances, tokens)
- Broadcast transfers, delegations, and power ups
- Handle Hive Engine operations
- Open-source code available on GitHub
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The most secure mobile wallet for your Hive accounts! Hive Keychain lets you handle all your Hive related operations from your mobile! Your keys are kept safe by a combination of encryption by pin code and biometrics (fingerprint). From the App, you can import your accounts via your private keys or QR code (from Hive Keychain browser extension). You will then get access to your account main information such as VP, balances, Hive Engine tokens, delegations and transaction history. It also lets you handle Hive operations while keeping your keys safe. You can broadcast your transfers, delegations and power up/down, as well as Hive Engine operations. The App is entirely opensource and its source code can be found on Github: https://github.com/hive-keychain/hive-keychain-mobile
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hive Keychain at every 5 days against Kalium's every 2 months. Kalium's advantage is review sentiment (98% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Kalium against 4.9 for Hive Keychain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 113 and 72 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Kalium's written reviews are positive against 80% of Hive Keychain's.
Kalium ships an update every 2 months, Hive Keychain every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Kalium | Hive Keychain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (113 ratings) — better | 4.9 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.1% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 113 — better | 72 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Avenge Media LLC | Hive Keychain Limited |
Customer experience
Kalium
Hive Keychain
Bugs and requests
Kalium
Reported bugs
2 issues- Rep issue seems to be fixed now
- Wallet works like crap
Requested features
3 requests- Support for hardware wallets
- Ability to buy/trade Banano through the app
- Display more decimal points
Hive Keychain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kalium
No in-app purchases
Hive Keychain
No in-app purchases
