🔒 SafePal review: security, features and score
82/100SCORE · BTrustedSelf custody, seed phrase
Grade B, very good
Cheap air gapped hardware storage without paying Ledger prices.
The facts
- DEVELOPER
- SafePal, backed by Binance Labs
- LAUNCHED
- 2018
- TYPE
- Mobile, hardware and browser
- CUSTODY MODEL
- Self custody, seed phrase
- KEY MODEL
- Seed phrase in the app, or an air gapped hardware device that never connects to anything
- CHAINS
- Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain and 100 plus
- PLATFORMS
- iOS, Android, Chrome, plus its own hardware devices
- OPEN SOURCE
- Partial
- AUDITS
- Audited
- HARDWARE SUPPORT
- Its own S1 and X1 devices
- SWAP COST
- Routing fee on swaps.
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
- Air gapped hardware at a fraction of the usual cost
- Very wide chain coverage
- Hardware and software from one vendor, so they work together
- Signs by QR code with no cable or Bluetooth
✗ Weaknesses
- Interface is busy
- Not fully open source
- Less independent scrutiny than Ledger or Trezor
Incident history
No security breach or significant incident on record.
Air gapped means the device never connects to a computer. That is the security model, so do not defeat it by looking for a cable.
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
71/100
Good value hardware and a capable app. Criticised for a cluttered interface and for how tightly the app pushes its own ecosystem.
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Star ratings change constantly, so we link to the sources rather than printing a number that is out of date the day after it is written.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.