Envoy by Foundation vs macadamia Wallet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Envoy by Foundation
A user-friendly Bitcoin wallet offering robust account management and privacy features. It simplifies self-custody with quick setup and optional seed words, allowing seamless management of both mobile and hardware wallet accounts.
- Magic Backups for quick self-custody
- Manage mobile and hardware wallets together
- Seamless Bitcoin purchases
- Zen-like interface for sending/receiving
- Connect Passport hardware wallet for updates
- Open source and privacy preserving
- Optional Tor connection for privacy
- Connect your own Bitcoin node
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Bitcoin Simplified. Envoy is a simple Bitcoin wallet with powerful account management and privacy features. Use Envoy alongside your Passport hardware wallet for setup, firmware updates, and more. Envoy offers the following features: 1. Magic Backups. Get up and running with self-custody in only 60 seconds with automatic encrypted backups. Seed words optional. 2. Manage your mobile wallet and Passport hardware wallet accounts in the same app. 3. Seamless Bitcoin purchases deposited straight to your mobile wallet or Passport accounts. 4. Send and receive Bitcoin in a zen-like interface. 5. Connect your Passport hardware wallet for setup, firmware updates, and support videos. Use Envoy as your software wallet connected to your Passport. 6. Fully open source and privacy preserving. Envoy optionally connects to the Internet with Tor for maximum privacy. 7. Optionally connect your own Bitcoin node.
macadamia Wallet
A native iOS wallet for Cashu ecash, enabling fast and private payments. It supports all standard ecash operations including minting, sending, receiving, and melting funds.
- Native iOS wallet
- Cashu ecash support
- Fast payments
- Near-perfect privacy
- Mint, Send, Receive, Melt ecash
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This is macadamia, a fully native wallet for Cashu ecash on iOS! The cashu protocol allows you to make fast payments with near perfect privacy. macadamia wallet supports all standard ecash operations such as creating new ecash, sending, receiving and making payments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: macadamia Wallet at 5.0 against Envoy by Foundation's 4.6. macadamia Wallet also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Envoy by Foundation's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (30 vs 7). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
macadamia Wallet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Envoy by Foundation's written reviews are positive against 100% of macadamia Wallet's.
Envoy by Foundation ships an update every 8 days, macadamia Wallet monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Envoy by Foundation | macadamia Wallet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foundation Devices, Inc. | cypherbase UG |
Customer experience
Envoy by Foundation
macadamia Wallet
In-app purchases
Envoy by Foundation
No in-app purchases
macadamia Wallet
No in-app purchases
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