🌍 Exodus review: security, features and score
78/100SCORE · BMixed recordSelf custody, seed phrase
Grade B, very good
A polished desktop wallet for someone who values looks and simplicity over cost.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- Exodus Movement, listed on NYSE American
- LAUNCHED
- 2015
- TYPE
- Desktop and mobile
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Self custody, seed phrase
- KEY MODEL
- 12 word seed phrase
- CHAINS
- Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and 50 plus
- PLATFORMS
- macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome
- OPEN SOURCE
- Closed
- AUDITS
- Limited public audit disclosure
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Trezor
- SWAP COST
- Built in exchange with a spread rather than a stated fee, and the spread is noticeably wide.
What it can do
How the score breaks down
Each dimension is explained on the methodology page.
Where it is strong and where it is not
✓ Strengths
- The best looking desktop wallet
- Publicly listed company with audited financials
- Very wide asset support
- 24/7 human support, which is rare
✗ Weaknesses
- Closed source, so nobody can verify the key handling
- The built in exchange spread is expensive
- Limited hardware wallet support
Incident history
No security breach or significant incident on record.
Compare the rate in the built in exchange against a DEX before swapping. The difference on a large trade is not small.
Reputation and reviews
A reputation score out of 100, kept separate from the feature score above. It reflects what users actually report over time rather than a star rating scraped on one day.
REPUTATION
70/100
Loved for its design and criticised consistently for the cost of the built in exchange. The company being publicly listed is a genuine transparency point in its favour, but the wallet code itself is closed source.
Check current reviews yourself
Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.
If something goes wrong
COMMON FIXES
Transaction stuck pendingYour transaction has sat as Pending for minutes or hours and nothing is moving.Transaction failed but the gas was still takenThe transaction reverted, you got nothing, and the fee left your wallet anyway.Token is not showing in my walletThe block explorer shows the tokens arrived, but the wallet shows nothing.I sent tokens to the wrong networkYou withdrew to your address but picked the wrong chain, and the balance is not where you expected.
RISK WARNING
Crypto assets are highly volatile and largely unregulated. You can lose everything you put in.
Nothing on this page is financial, investment or tax advice, and nothing here is a recommendation
to buy or sell any asset. Do your own research and never commit money you cannot afford to lose.