Walling vs Roam Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Walling
Capture and organize all your daily ideas, notes, and discoveries in one visual space. Save anything from text and links to images and files, and easily find them later with powerful search and pinning features.
- Capture notes, links, images, files
- Organize with visual boards
- Pin important ideas
- Instant search functionality
- Dark mode support
- Save online and offline discoveries
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Walling is your to-go app to to capture ideas on a daily basis. It’s your visual space to spill over your daily notes, bookmarks, inspiration images, highlights from a book or any online and offline discoveries you want to save. - Capture everything: Notes, links, images, files, checklists, bulleted lists and more! - Time travel: View all the ideas you saved in the past or add a note for the future. - Pin: Pin important notes and ideas to quickly access them. - Search: Find anything you saved to Walling, instantly. - Dark mode: Reduce eye strain, extend battery life or just because dark mode looks cool! Ideas can strike at any time! Whether you're at your desk or on the go, Walling is here to help you jot down and organize ideas. Terms & Privacy: https://walling.app/terms-and-privacy
Roam Mobile
This app helps you organize your research for long-term use. It functions like a document but offers the power of a graph database for efficient information management.
- Long-term research organization
- Document-like interface
- Graph database functionality
- Powerful information management
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As easy to use as a document. As powerful as a graph database. Roam helps you organize your research for the long haul.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Walling at 4.7 against Roam Mobile's 2.6. Walling also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 26%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Roam Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Walling sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per year. Roam Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Walling holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 323 and 170 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Walling's written reviews are positive against 26% of Roam Mobile's.
Walling ships an update every 6 days, Roam Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walling | Roam Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (323 ratings) — better | 2.6 (170 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews — better | 25.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 323 — better | 170 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walling Software Inc. | Roam Research Inc. |
Customer experience
Walling
Roam Mobile
User reviews
Walling
From 323 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Visually appealing and intuitive
- 👍 Flexible and customizable
- 💡 Unique concept of bricks and walls
- 👍 Great for visual learners and creatives
- 🚀 Simplifies project management and organization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and stability issues
- 🔒 Automatic renewal concerns
- 👎 Limited functionality on mobile
- 👎 Lack of integration with other apps
- 👎 Inconsistent formatting between desktop and mobile
Roam Mobile
From 170 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast mobile experience
- 🔒 Encrypted graphs with Face ID
- 👍 Native-like navigation
- 💡 Useful quick capture feature
- 🚀 Impressive pace of improvements
Room to improve
- 🐛 Slow load times and app crashes
- 🐛 Lack of offline mode and sync issues
- 👎 Limited functionality compared to desktop
- 👎 Unintuitive and buggy UI/UX
- 🐛 Incompatibility with external keyboards
Bugs and requests
Walling
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login and authentication problems
- Disappearing or jumbled list items
- Slow loading and crashes on certain devices
- Inability to edit folder/section titles
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to copy/move content in bulk
- Support for Apple Pencil and handwriting
- Improved search and filtering capabilities
- Integration with calendars and task management
- Expanded template and customization options
Roam Mobile
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and loading issues
- Inability to edit or access notes
- Sync problems and lost data
- Incompatibility with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode and better syncing
- Improved keyboard support
- Dark mode and customization options
- Better integration with iOS features
- Ability to handle large graphs
In-app purchases
Walling
- Walling Yearly Premium$59.991 Year
Roam Mobile
No in-app purchases
