Agree with Darth that there's no "best"; between well developed and maintained implementations, there are just tradeoffs. For example, Blixt is more stable for me than Zeus wrt background LND, but Zeus would be easier to use and it makes less assumptions (like auto-opening channels).

Also note that there's still 2 months left to 2025 and I haven't had the time to test Shockwallet, so perhaps you should ask something like this on Jan 8th rather than in October?

Zeus, but need to use more of it

Don't forget Electrum!

For me, Zeus and Phoenix are excellent tools, and of the two, Phoenix is ​​the easiest to manage. I also liked Blixt, but since I magically lost some SATS there a while back, I never used it again.

But today I understand that you can't have just one wallet; you need several. And each one is useful and necessary.

Guys please stop with this nonsense question of "best wallet". THERE'S NO SUCH THING!

Each wallet app have its own use case and set of users. Use 2-3 that you are comfortable with / fit for your use case and that's it. Never rely only on single one. Compartmentalize things.

What you can do is to select them based on main features:

Also don't forget this important thing:

On each level will be a specific wallet....