Lightning Wallets Features Comparison Table

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S
1	This Lightning Wallets Analysis was prepared by Veriphi. We have analyzed 52 features for each wallet, the criteria : 1) Lightning Bitcoin Wallet 2) Enough Usage (Over 100 Downloads) 3) Active Development (update 4 months ago max.) For questions or inquiries on our Consultancy Services :	contact@veriphi.io
2	Wallets	Eclair	Phoenix	Blue Wallet	Tippin.me	BLW	Wallet of Satoshi	Lightning App	Breez	Zap	Muun	Spark	Zeus	Nayuta	RTL	Dropbit	Electrum	Joule	Lntxbot
3	Functionalities	Eclair	Phoenix	Blue Wallet	Tippin.me	BLW	Wallet of Satoshi	Lightning App	Breez	Zap	Muun	Spark	Zeus	Nayuta	RTL	Dropbit	Electrum	Joule	Lntxbot

4	Web App	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (Self-hosted)	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes (Inside Telegram)
5	Desktop App	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes (Inside Telegram)
6	Android	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (Inside Telegram)
7	iOS	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes (Inside Telegram)
8	Software Language	Scala	C	ReactJS	Javascript	Scala / Java	?	Javascript	Dart, Go	Java	Java / Swift	Javascript	Typescript	Javascript	Typescript	Swift / Kotlin	Python	Typescript	Go / Javascript
9	Fully Open Source	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
10	Testnet	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
11	Full Bitcoin On Chain Wallet	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
12	Bitcoin Network Connection	Electrum Server	Electrum Server	Electrum Server	API	SPV	API	Neutrino	Neutrino	Neutrino	API	JSON-RPC	ZeroMQ	Neutrino / Full Node	JSON-RPC ZeroMQ	API	Electrum Server	LND	-
13	Lightning Network Implementation	Eclair	Eclair	LND	?	BLW	?	LND	LND Fork	LND	?	C-lightning	LND	LND	C-lightning / LND	?	Electrum	LND	c-lightning
14	Can Connect Own Bitcoin Node?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
15	Requires an external Lightning Node?	No	Yes	Both (Custodial default)	Custodial	No	Custodial	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Optional	Yes	Custodial	No	Yes	Custodial
16	If Yes, Can Connect Own Node?	-	No	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No	Yes	LND / C-lightning	Yes, LND	Yes	No	-	Yes (LND)	-
17	Requires a Server?	No	Yes	Yes, LNHUB	Yes	Optionally	Yes	-	Yes, Breez Server	Optional	Yes	Yes, Spark Server	Optionnally	No	RTL Server	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
18	Can Connect to Own Server?	-	No	Yes	No	Olympus	No	-	Yes	LNDConnect	No	Yes	LNDConnect, bBTCPay	-	Yes	No	Electrum X	-	Lntxbot
19	Tor	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
20	Price API	Blockchain.info	Blockchain.info	Coindesk	?	Aggregate	?	?	Moonpay	Many	?	Bitstamp or Wasabi	-	-	-	?	Many	Cryptocompare	None
21	Fiat DeNominations	Many	Many	Many	USD	Many	Many	EUR, USD, Pound	USD, EUR, GBP & JPY	Many	Many	USD	USD	USD	-	USD	Many	5 choices	-
22	Unit of Account	Many	Many	BTC or SATS	SATS	BTC or SATS	BTC or SATS	BTC, Bits or SATS	BTC, Bits or Sats	BTC, Bits or SATS	BTC	Many	BTC or Sats	Sats	BTC or Sats	BTC or Sats	Many	Sats, BTC, Bits, mBTC	Sats
23	Bech32	Yes	Yes	-	-	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
24	P2SH Wrapped	Yes	No	-	-	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	-
25	Does user provide an email?	No	No	No	No but Twitter	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
26	Support Channel	Gitter	Gitter, Telegram	Telegram	None	Github, Telegram	Email	Email, Slack	Telegram	Email, Slack	Email	Github	Telegram	Email	Twitter, Github	Telegram	Github	Github	Telegram
27	Legal Policy	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
28	If Android, Play Store Downloads?	10 000	100	10 000	-	10 000	10 000	1000	1000	1000	1000	500	100	100	-	10 000	100 000	-	-
29	Merchant Connection	Yes, LN Stores	No	Yes, Browser	No	No	Yes, Map and Link	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes, Browser	No	No	No	No	Yes, many
30	Education	Yes, Tour	No	No	Somewhat	Yes, Guide	No	No	No	No	Somewhat	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
31	Customizable UI	No	Yes (Dark Mode)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (Dark Mode)	Yes (Light Mode)	No	Yes, 16 Themes	Yes (Dark Mode)	No	Yes. 6 Themes	No	Yes (Dark Mode)	No	No
32	Can You Lock the App?	PIN, Biometric	PIN	Biometrics or PW	Password	Biometrics / PIN	No	PIN	PIN, Biometrics	Password / PIN	PIN	Password	No	PIN	Password, 2FA, SSO	Fingerprint	Password	Password	PIN / Password
33	How's the Private Key Backup Done?	Phrase	Phrase	Phrase	-	Phrase	-	Phrase	None	Phrase	Encrypted Keys via Email	Server Side	Server Side	Phrase	Server Side	Phrase	Phrase	Server Side	-
34	Is the Backup Forced?	Yes	No	No	-	No	-	Yes	No	Yes	No	-	-	Yes	-	No	Yes	-	-
35	Custodial	No	No	Yes (By default)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
36	Backup Method if Custodial	-	-	URL	Twitter Account	-	Account	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Phone Number	-	-	Telegram Account
37	Channel Management	Yes	No	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-
38	Local Graph	Yes	-	-	-	No	-	Yes	Yes	Optional	-	No	No	Optional	No	-	Yes	No	-
39	Channel Backup	Yes	-	-	-	Yes	-	No	Yes	Yes	-	No	No	Yes	Yes	-	No	No	-
40	How?	Google Drive, Local	-	-	-	Local or Delegated	-	-	Google Drive, iCloud	Google Drive, Local	-	-	-	Google Drive	Local	-	-	-	-
41	Channel Funding Fees Selection	Yes, Full Selection	fees are 0.1%	-	-	Fast or Economical	-	No	-	Yes, Full Selection	-	Yes, Full	Yes, Full	No	Yes, Full	No but Free	Yes	Yes, Full	-
42	Request Inbound Liquidity in App	Yes, ACINQ	-	-	-	Links	-	No	Automatic	No	-	No	No	No	No	-	No	No	-
43	Proposed Node	ACINQ	ACINQ (forced)	-	-	Many	-	No	Breez (Forced)	Many	-	-	No	No	No	-	Yes	No	-
44	Autopilot	No	No	-	-	No	-	Yes	No	Yes	-	No	No	Yes	Yes	-	No	No	-
45	Force Close	Yes	Yes	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	-
46	Receive Payments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
47	Receive Funds on Lightning right away?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
48	Payment Request Amount Obligatory	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
49	Payment Request Description	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
50	Payment Request Expiry Setup	20 min, 1 hour, 6 hours	No	No	-	Yes	No	No	No	Full	-	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Full	No
51	Pay Invoice Without Amount Requested?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
52	Maximum Lightning Fee	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	-	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
53	Watchtower	No	No	-	-	Yes	-	No	Yes	No	-	No	No	Yes	No	-	Yes	No	-
54	Swaps (Submarine or Not)	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (Swap In)
55	LNURL Support	No	Yes (Withdrawal)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (Withdrawal)	Yes (Withdrawal)	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (pay, withdraw)
56	Fiat Exchange	No	No	Yes	No	No	no	No	Yes (MoonPay)	Soon (Olympus)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (Wyre)	No	No	No
57	Key Send	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
58	Multi Party Payment	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
59	Latest Release Version	0.4.11	1.3.1	5.4.0	-	0.4.5	1.8.0	0.5.9	0.9	v0.3.0	beta-38.3	v0.2.14	0.2.2	0.0.22	0.7.1	-	3.3.8	0.5.2	-
60	Latest Release Date	4/24/2020	4/16/2020	6/3/2020	-	5/18/2020	5/28/2020	10/24/2019	4/18/2020	4/7/2020	4/23/2020	4/22/2020	5/9/2020	10/15/2019	5/8/2020	-	7/11/2019	9/15/2019	-
61	Latest Github Commit	5/12/2020	5/15/2020	6/6/2020	-	5/18/2020	-	12/4/2019	6/4/2020	6/6/2020	4/27/2020	5/16/2020	5/31/2020	-	6/6/2020	-	6/6/2020	2/28/2020	2/13/2020