SEEDS Light Wallet vs Phoenix Wallet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SEEDS Light Wallet
Manage a regenerative currency with a user-friendly digital wallet. Send and receive funds, connect with others, and participate in voting on global projects. Track your journey within the SEEDS ecosystem and invite friends.
- Send and receive regenerative currency
- Connect with community members
- Vote on regenerative projects
- Track ecosystem progress
- Invite friends to join
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Explore a completely redesigned Seeds Light Wallet. Get access to better-than-free transactions and a value-aligned regenerative currency in the SEEDS Light Wallet. We make it easier than ever to send and receive seeds, connect with your favorite Seedizens, and vote on regenerative projects all around the world. Track your progress in becoming a citizen of the SEEDS universe and invite your friends for the journey.
Phoenix Wallet
This app offers a fast, easy, and secure way to manage Bitcoin. It leverages the Lightning Network for near-instantaneous payments with minimal fees, making it ideal for everyday transactions like buying coffee. It's a non-custodial, open-source wallet designed for user-friendliness.
- Instant Bitcoin payments
- Minimal transaction fees
- Secure Bitcoin storage
- Automatic Lightning channel management
- Non-custodial wallet
- Open source
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Phoenix makes using bitcoin easy, fast and safe. Payments are nearly instantaneous, and fees are minimal. You can use it to send payments (e.g. buy a cup of coffee), receive payments, and store your bitcoin safely for day-to-day spending. The bitcoin lightning network means faster payments and smaller fees. Lightning is 100% bitcoin - an open standardized payments layer, engineered to improve speed while maintaining security and decentralization. And Phoenix makes it possible for everyone to use. Lightning channels are managed for you automatically. And inbound liquidity is automatically handled too. If you don't know what any of that means, then this is the wallet for you! Phoenix is a non-custodial wallet, and is fully open source. It was created by ACINQ, one of the pioneering companies in the bitcoin lightning network. And the same company that runs the largest lightning node in the world. Bitcoin is for everyone. Enjoy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SEEDS Light Wallet at 4.8 against Phoenix Wallet's 4.2. SEEDS Light Wallet also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Phoenix Wallet's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 14). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
SEEDS Light Wallet holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phoenix Wallet has 75 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of SEEDS Light Wallet's written reviews are positive against 57% of Phoenix Wallet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SEEDS Light Wallet ships an update every 3 weeks, Phoenix Wallet monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | SEEDS Light Wallet | Phoenix Wallet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better | 4.2 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hypha Limited | ACINQ |
Customer experience
SEEDS Light Wallet
Phoenix Wallet
Bugs and requests
SEEDS Light Wallet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Phoenix Wallet
Reported bugs
18 issues- Money not reflecting in account
- Crypto locked in wallet
- Bitcoin sent without user action
- App not opening on iOS
- Funds never arrived after transaction
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- UI display incorrect for amounts
- Transaction pending for over 30 hours
- Seed backup to iCloud not resolved
- Funds stuck for months
- App deleted wallet after upgrade
- Restoring connections indefinitely
- Sat incoming message with 3 z
- Ghost notification badge
- V2 broken, 'restoring connections'
- Receiving not working for days
- Transactions not going through
- App offline, no internet message
- Malware activity warnings
Requested features
7 requests- Add LN Address
- Show preimage in detail
- Add Portuguese language
- Add CZK fiat currency
- Option to connect via TOR on iOS
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- Ability to open own channels
- QR code receiving for bleskomat
In-app purchases
SEEDS Light Wallet
No in-app purchases
Phoenix Wallet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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