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The champion MagSafe telephone grip tin marque each the quality successful today's satellite of extra-large phones. They tin connection a much comfy clasp portion doomscrolling done societal media and safeguard from dropping your telephone connected your face—I've totally ne'er done that. They tin treble arsenic kickstands, making it casual to prop your telephone up during video calls oregon portion streaming video.
Phone grips person been astir for a while, popularized by PopSockets, but the ones successful this usher connect via magnets alternatively of an adhesive oregon a clamp. Leveraging Apple's MagSafe technology connected iPhones (and Qi2 magnets connected Android), they're casual to instrumentality connected and disconnected and don't interfere with features similar wireless charging (you request to region them for wireless charging to work). Android telephone owners without a Qi2 instrumentality tin instrumentality vantage by utilizing a magnetic telephone case. I've been investigating respective implicit the past fewer months—these are the champion grips worthy your time.
Read our MagSafe guides for more, including the Best MagSafe Wallets, Best MagSafe Wireless Chargers, Best MagSafe Accessories, Best MagSafe Power Banks, Best 3-in-1 Apple Chargers, and Best iPhone 17 Cases.
Update November 2025: We've added the Smartish Wallflower and Quickstand, on with the Ohsnap Snap Grip 5.
MagSafe is Apple's magnetic exertion built into the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, iPhone 14, iPhone 15, iPhone 16, and iPhone 17 lineups, arsenic good arsenic the iPhone Air (the iPhone SE and iPhone 16e are excluded). It consists of a ringing of magnets connected the backmost of the telephone designed for a faster, much precise wireless charging system. But these magnets besides opened up the quality to connect antithetic kinds of accessories, similar wallets and power banks. It adjacent makes docking an iPhone to a car mount easier.
If you usage a lawsuit connected your iPhone, marque definite it comes with MagSafe enactment (you'll spot a ringing of magnets connected the inside). That way, the MagSafe accessories volition person a due connection. Otherwise, if you usage a non-MagSafe case, the accessories volition apt descent disconnected owed to a anemic connection.
If you request a proposal for a large MagSafe case, we person plentifulness successful our guides:
If you privation a magnetic grip, marque definite it supports MagSafe oregon Qi2, oregon astatine slightest mentions magnets connected the merchandise page. All the recommendations present are MagSafe grips.
Can Android Phones Use MagSafe Grips?
Most Android phones are incompatible with MagSafe grips. But determination are magnetic cases available for apical Android telephone models enabling MagSafe-like functionality. You tin find WIRED-tested magnetic cases for select Android phones here.
Over the coming years, acknowledgment to the caller Qi2 wireless charging standard that incorporates the Magnetic Power Profile, you'll commencement seeing much high-end Android phones embed magnets wrong the device. Google already has Qi2 devices with the Pixel 10 range. That volition let greater compatibility with MagSafe accessories with oregon without a magnetic case. The roadworthy is bumpy, though. Samsung's latest Galaxy S25 range, for example, are “Qi2 Ready,” meaning you tin lone entree Qi2 charging speeds and features with a magnet case. Hopefully, manufacturers volition adhd autochthonal magnet enactment soon.
The Different Types of Phone Grips
MagSafe grips are hardly the lone benignant of telephone grips available. In fact, determination are 4 main different types of grips you tin buy.
Cases with attached grips. These are cases with a grip attached to the back. You get a beardown and durable grip that volition ne'er autumn off, but the trade-off is simply a thicker phone, and these cases typically are incompatible with wireless charging and whitethorn not enactment with different MagSafe accessories.
Clamp-style grips. Also called cosmopolitan telephone grips, these clamp to a telephone truthful you tin easy instrumentality them connected and off, and they're not constricted to a peculiar benignant of phone. The downside is they're not the fastest to instrumentality connected and off, and they tin sometimes descent up and down the phone.
Adhesive grips. You tin instrumentality a telephone grip to the backmost of your telephone oregon case, and portion this volition typically springiness you a well-attached grip that apt won't autumn disconnected your phone, the downsides are akin to cases with attached grips. It whitethorn artifact features similar wireless charging and restrict you from utilizing different accessories.
MagSafe grips. These grips are each astir convenience. You tin easy instrumentality them connected and off, but they lone enactment with devices oregon cases with built-in magnets. While you tin dangle a telephone from a MagSafe grip without issue, immoderate further unit could origin the magnets to abstracted and fling your telephone to the ground.
How We Test MagSafe Grips
Each MagSafe grip successful this usher is 1 I utilized arsenic my superior telephone grip for weeks oregon months astatine a time. I marque definite they drawback to my iPhone oregon MagSafe lawsuit securely, and I besides guarantee they let for a comfy clasp for agelong periods and are durable capable to past drops oregon dense use. I usage my telephone arsenic I usually would—scrolling done societal media, FaceTiming with friends, and sending texts and emails—and measure the grip to spot if it gets successful the mode oregon makes beingness easier.
Best Kickstand and Grip Combo
Photograph: Jacob Roach
Courtesy of Benks
Benks
ArmorPop Magnetic Phone Grip
This small Benks grip is an aged favorite. I antecedently included the Magnetic Ring Holder grip from Benks, but there's a caller mentation nether the ArmorPop brand. How's it better? It has an aramid fibre build, which is the fancy sanction for pugnacious synthetic fibers similar Kevlar. It works likewise to a PopSocket, but Benks adds a strap successful the mediate of the ringing to descent your digit through. Around the edge, you get a metallic ringing that doubles arsenic a stand, and it works shockingly good successful representation and scenery mode, adjacent without rotating the grip.
The Famed PopSockets MagSafe Grip
Photograph: Brenda Stolyar
I'm a spot of a PopSockets loyalist. I've been utilizing them for years and bought 1 for my iPhone and different for my Kindle. I find it the astir comfy retired of each the grips, though that could conscionable beryllium due to the fact that I've utilized it for truthful galore years. The MagSafe PopSockets are my favourite due to the fact that I tin popular them connected and disconnected whenever I'm utilizing a wireless charger oregon erstwhile I don't request them.
But what makes PopSockets’ grips basal retired is the sheer assortment of designs and shapes they travel in. I urge buying done PopSockets' website directly, since you person much options to sift through. —Brenda Stolyar
A Double-Jointed MagSafe Grip
Photograph: Brenda Stolyar
ESR
MagSafe Ring Holder (HaloLock)
This is 1 of the astir unsocial grips I've tested truthful far. The ringing is much rectangular than circular, which took maine a portion to get utilized to. But ESR thought of all the details. The interior information of the ringing has a smooth, rubber lining that makes it overmuch much comfy to clasp for longer periods. It besides has a dual-joint plan with 2 rings connected. The archetypal acts arsenic a grip and basal for scenery mode, but you tin propulsion the 2nd retired to usage arsenic a portrait-mode kickstand. That ladder-like plan comes successful useful for FaceTime calls, particularly portion connected the sofa oregon astatine my room counter. I besides usage it to support my telephone propped up connected my table passim the day. —Brenda Stolyar
Best Power Bank and Grip Combo
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Baseus
PicoGo Qi2 MagSafe Power Bank
MagSafe powerfulness banks are large for charging connected the spell wirelessly, but they tin besides consciousness unwieldy. This 1 comes with a grip that makes it easier to clasp your telephone portion it's charging. It besides rotates 360 degrees, truthful you tin prop it up successful representation oregon scenery orientation. The magnets connected the powerfulness slope are strong, truthful it has a durable clasp too. The powerfulness slope itself has a 5,000-mAh artillery and is Qi2-certified. That means it supports the latest wireless charging modular and tin crockery retired faster wireless charging speeds. It tin proviso 15 watts wirelessly and 20 watts wired (via a USB-C cable). LEDs connected the broadside amusement however overmuch artillery is left.
Best MagSafe Grip for Big Fingers
Photograph: Jacob Roach
Courtesy of Spigen
Spigen's Nano Pop is simply a basal grip, which isn’t astonishing considering its debased price, but it inactive feels well-made. A heavy ringing of silicone surrounds the magnets, which slides into and retired of your hands with ease, and the large, sturdy metallic ringing astatine the halfway tin relation arsenic a grip oregon adjacent a kickstand—though, lone successful scenery mode. Don’t fto the dull Black Sesame colour I tried fool you. Spigen offers a fistful of unique, expressive hues, including Mango Yellow, Coconut Beige, and my idiosyncratic favorite, Blueberry Navy.
The Swiss Army Knife of MagSafe Grips
Photograph: Jacob Roach
Courtesy of Aulumu
Aulumu says the G05 Air is simply a five-in-one grip, serving arsenic a grip, stand, space measurement tool, fidget toy, and container opener. That’s giving the G05 a small much functionality than it really has, but it’s inactive a large grip. It’s constructed retired of aluminium with a heavy metallic kickstand, and arsenic overmuch arsenic I rolled my eyes astatine the fidget spinner claim, the G05 has been sitting successful beforehand of my keyboard for weeks to mindlessly fiddle with during meetings.
The prima of the amusement is the ceramic container opener. It's tiny with a dull point, but it slices done packing portion and letters similar butter. I assumed the G05 was small much than a gimmick, but I can't halt utilizing it.
A Soft Nylon Grip
Photograph: Jacob Roach
The Smartish Quickstand is simple, and that’s precisely wherefore it’s truthful great. Instead of a bulky PopSocket-like grip, the Quickstand uses a soft, highly flexible portion of nylon. With astir grips, I usually request to impact my different manus to get everything acceptable up, but I tin wrapper my manus astir the Quickstand, descent my digit done the nylon strap, and I’m bully to go. Outside of the nylon strap, the Quickstand had a hinge astatine the apical truthful you tin usage it arsenic an impromptu stand. Like astir MagSafe grips, the basal works amended successful scenery mode than representation mode, but it inactive works.
Get This Grip During a Sale
Photograph: Jacob Roach
The OhSnap Snap Grip 5 makes a large alteration compared to the Snap Grip 4 Luxe: magnets. It has magnets connected the outer surface, allowing you to connect different MagSafe accessories connected apical of it and adjacent complaint your telephone done the grip. Combined with a flexible plan that allows you to clasp your telephone successful a PopSocket-like two-finger grip, a single-finger grip, and arsenic a basal that tin clasp your telephone up successful scenery mode, the Snap Grip 5 does it all.
It’s solid, but the terms is high. Also, the magnet concern isn’t perfect. Although it’s casual capable to detach the grip connected a bare phone, you whitethorn tally into issues with cases arsenic good arsenic outer accessories. With immoderate telephone cases, the Snap Grip 5 locks connected and refuses to fto go, and connected others, the grip volition swiftly travel disconnected and enactment attached to outer accessories. Still, the Snap Grip 5 is simple, functional, thin, and comes successful a wide assortment of chic colors. You conscionable mightiness privation to hold for a sale.
Other MagSafe Grips We've Tested
Spigen OM104 MagSafe Phone Grip for $27: The OM104 is simply a phone/grip combo accessory for MagSafe and Qi2 devices that comes with a flexible nylon strap to descent your digit done portion holding your phone. Dual magnets and a robust metallic operation marque the OM104 instantly consciousness similar wealth good spent, and adjacent aft hours of sliding my digit successful and retired of the strap, it inactive feels soft, flexible, and astir importantly, comfortable. It has 1 annoying plan oversight. As you descent your telephone successful and retired of your pocket, the nylon strap volition commencement to droop down. The strap is longer than the grip itself, truthful erstwhile you adjacent the kickstand, it’ll get pinched wrong and won’t let the basal to afloat close. It’s comfy to use, but that quibble knocks it down.
Casely MagRing for $20: Unlike different metallic grips I've tested, Casely's MagRing is made of brushed silicone. I find that much comfy connected my fingers. It besides has a 360-degree swivel, truthful you tin presumption the grip astatine virtually immoderate angle. But dissimilar the Anker we urge above, this 1 is strictly a grip, truthful you can't usage it arsenic a kickstand. Since the grip doesn't fold in, your telephone won't prevarication afloat level connected a surface. I besides tested the MagRing+ ($30), which comes with a ringing clip for attaching your keys. That comes successful useful for speedy trips to the market store oregon erstwhile I spell to the gym and request a spot to enactment my car keys and cardinal fob. But I similar the modular MagRing, since I typically transportation my keys successful my pouch oregon my bag. Casely has a fewer variations of the MagRing and MagRing+ successful stock, but it appears to beryllium connected its past legs.
Smartish Wallflower for $25: The Smartish Wallflower isn’t perfect, but I inactive emotion it. It comes with 7 tiny suction cups that look similar a flower, allowing you to connect your telephone to a partition (or immoderate different surface) and permission it be. It mostly works, but it mostly depends connected however dense your telephone is and what aboveground you’re attaching it to. I didn’t person issues with an iPhone 17 and drywall, but the iPhone 15 Pro Max attached to a particleboard furniture was excessively dense for the grip to manage.
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