Monero.com

Monero.com is the XMR-only fork of Cake Wallet — same Cake team, same audited codebase, stripped down to just Monero with none of the multi-chain bloat. Launched 2018 alongside Cake's broader app, it's been the default 'I just want a clean Monero mobile wallet, nothing else' option for almost a decade.

What it is and isn't:

• It IS a fully non-custodial XMR wallet — your seed phrase is generated on-device, lives in encrypted local storage, never touches the server. View key, spend key, all standard. The app is a remote-node client by default (you pick a node) but supports embedded Wownero-style daemons for true self-hosting.
• It IS NOT a multi-chain wallet, an exchange, a yield product, or a Web3 anything. Just Monero. By design.

Why this matters: most 'crypto wallets' have drifted into ecosystem hubs — multi-chain support, in-app swaps, NFT viewers, Web3 browsers. Each addition is an attack surface + a privacy leak (asset balances visible cross-chain, in-app swap providers tracking pairs you query, fiat ramps adding KYC). Monero.com refuses all of it. The app does Monero, well, and stops there. For an XMR-maxi, that minimalism IS the feature.

What you trust: Cake Labs LLC (US-incorporated, doxxed team led by Vik Sharma), the codebase at `github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet` (BSD-3-Clause), the Monero remote nodes you connect to. The app itself has been third-party audited (Cure53, multiple rounds). Cake's track record over ~8 years is one of the cleanest in Monero — no incidents involving user funds, transparent operator, active engagement with the Monero Research Lab community.

Operational specs:

• iOS, Android, macOS, Linux (.deb, .rpm, AppImage), Windows
• Tor support for both remote-node connection and OS-level routing
• Standard XMR features: subaddresses, view-only mode (multisig-ish), transaction key export/verify, OpenAlias integration
• Built-in fiat-pricing display (CoinGecko) that runs only when you open the app
• No 'rewards', no in-app advertising, no in-app swap (those live in the bigger Cake app)
• Optional XMR address book stored locally only

Privacy posture: anonymous signup (no account creation flow at all — the wallet is the account, like a Bitcoin Core wallet), no analytics, no telemetry, no in-app KYC funnels. The only network calls the app makes by default are: (1) Monero remote node for blockchain sync, (2) fiat price feed (can be disabled). Both are Tor-routable.

Why we list at A: non-custodial, open-source, anonymous signup, Tor-supported, audited, doxxed-yet-trustworthy operator, the longest operating track record of any XMR-only mobile wallet, no scope creep into KYC/multi-chain. Standard XMR-native wallet rubric — Monero.com hits every box. The grade has held since first listing.

Useful when you want a 'just Monero' mobile experience without any of the multi-chain noise the bigger Cake Wallet ships with, OR you're new to XMR and want the most-conservative mobile entry point, OR you're recommending a wallet to a non-technical friend and don't want to explain why the app shows them Ethereum or NFTs.

Compared to alternatives in xmr-native:

• vs Cake Wallet (full) — same code, same audits, same team. Cake adds BTC + LTC + USDT + a Trocador-powered in-app swap. Pick Monero.com if you want zero non-XMR surface; pick Cake if you'll use those features.
• vs Monerujo (Android) — Monerujo is the canonical 'power user' Android XMR wallet with deep features (SideKick offline signing, OpenAlias, Yat). Monero.com is more conservative + cross-platform.
• vs Feather Wallet (desktop) — Feather is the desktop-native heavy-feature wallet (TX construction transparency, offline signing). Monero.com is mobile-first.

Caveats:

• Default remote-node selection rotates through community nodes; for max privacy run your own node + point Monero.com at it.
• iOS-specific: App Store sandboxing means the app can't background-sync as aggressively as the Android version; sync time after a long offline gap is longer.
• The fork relationship with Cake means feature parity occasionally lags (e.g. when Cake ships a new XMR feature, Monero.com gets it within days but not always same-day).

Verdict: if your threat model is 'I want XMR on my phone with the least amount of multi-chain surface area', Monero.com is the answer. The Cake team's longevity + audit history + doxxed operations make it as trustworthy as any non-self-built mobile XMR wallet gets.