Comparison

Walling vs Loft

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Loft

This app transforms copied AI answers and Markdown files into a comfortable reading experience on your iPhone. It supports various formatting like code blocks, tables, and diagrams, with privacy-focused on-device processing. Optional Pro features offer PDF export and branding removal.

Highlights
  • AI answer formatting
  • Markdown file viewing
  • Syntax-highlighted code blocks
  • Mermaid diagram rendering
  • Multiple reading themes
  • On-device processing
  • Image and PDF export
Features
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Loft turns copied AI answers and Markdown into a clear, comfortable reading experience on iPhone. Paste text or open a local Markdown or text file. Loft formats headings, lists, quotes, code blocks, tables, math, and Mermaid diagrams on your device, with no account required and without uploading your text or files to the developer's servers. READ COMFORTABLY • Mobile-friendly layouts for long, structured text • Syntax-highlighted code blocks that stay readable at phone width • LaTeX math and tables that keep their alignment • Mermaid diagrams rendered as diagrams, not left as raw code • Four reading themes: Classic, Warm, Cool, and Dark PICK UP LATER • Recent reading history stays on your device • Reopen recent content and keep reading SAVE OR SHARE — FREE, NO LIMIT • Export supported full content as one high-quality image, as often as you like • Save to Photos or share with the iOS share sheet • Free images carry a small Loft mark LOFT PRO — OPTIONAL ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Multi-page PDF for long content: code is never cut mid-line, tables break only between rows and repeat their headers, and headings never sit alone at the bottom of a page • Image without Loft branding • Three free generations on every install, then a single one-time purchase • No subscription, no plans, no ads • Reading, themes, history, local files, and standard image Save/Share stay free whether or not you buy PRIVACY BY DESIGN • Your text and files are processed on device • Optional product analytics stays off until you turn it on, and never includes your content, file names, or paths • No account required Requires iOS 17 or later. Loft is a reader, not an editor or AI generator. It does not generate, summarize, or rewrite your content.

Screenshots

Walling4 screens
Loft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Loft at 100% against Walling's 63%. Loft also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Walling's advantage is ratings volume (325 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Walling sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.99 per year. Loft asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Walling has 325 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Walling's written reviews are positive against 100% of Loft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walling ships an update every 6 days, Loft weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Walling versus Loft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWallingLoft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (325 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings325 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWalling Software Inc.VeloTract

Customer experience

Walling

All ratings323 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral15.5%
Negative21.1%

Loft

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Loft

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Walling

Subscriptions1
  • Walling Yearly Premium$59.991 Year
None

Loft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Walling free?
Walling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loft free?
Loft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Walling or Loft?
Loft is rated higher. Walling averages 4.7 out of 5 from 325 ratings, while Loft averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Walling or Loft have ads?
Neither Walling nor Loft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Walling or Loft?
Walling ships an update every 6 days, and Loft weekly. Most recently, Walling was updated on November 3, 2026 and Loft on October 31, 2026.

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