Comparison

Wallcandy vs Wallpapers

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

Head to head
About

Wallcandy

Discover unique, handpicked digital artworks for your smartphone. This app offers high-resolution wallpapers created by talented artists, with most available for free. A premium subscription unlocks additional content.

Highlights
  • Unique digital artworks
  • High-resolution and 4K quality
  • Most wallpapers are free
  • Premium subscription for more content
  • Built-in search
  • Dark mode support
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WallCandy - Unique wallpapers. Unique handpicked wallpapers for your smartphone. We believe that wallpapers are to phone as clothes are to humans. The real motive to make this app came from the fact that we ourselves wanted to have unique wallpapers for our phones. Most of the wallpaper app currently in the apple app store are almost similar and just provide a bunch of stock photographic images. We wanted the wallpapers to have much more. So we came up with Wallcandy where most of the wallpapers are artworks created by very talented digital artists. Each wallpaper has its own backstory and speaks for itself. Features: Art Works - At core we try to only add truly unique artworks to our collections instead of adding thousands of similar stock photos of cars, mountains, flowers. Quality - Almost all the wallpapers are of very high resolutions with some of 4k resolutions. Almost free - Most of the wallpapers in the app are free. Some wallpapers requires premium subscription. Occasional Ads - Wallcandy is almost ad-free. With only 1 ad per day just to cover our server costs. Silent Features - It has built in search, supports dark mode, wallpaper history and much more. Disclaimer: All the wallpapers in this app are under common creative license and the credit goes to their respective owners. These images are not endorsed by any of the prospective owners, and the images are used simply for aesthetic purposes. No copyright infringement is intended, and any request to remove one of the images/logos/names will be honoured.

About

Wallpapers

Features
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Make the most of your display with beautiful wallpapers and advanced features. Choose one of your own photos, an image from the categories collection and more. Change it as often as you like, so your phone always represents your style. Show the world one wallpaper on your lock screen, and keep one for yourself on your home screen. Pick your favorite category and you’ll get a new wallpapers image each day. Get new wallpapers in every 30 minutes.

Screenshots

Wallcandy4 screens
Wallpapers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wallpapers at none against Wallcandy's 3. Wallpapers also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Wallcandy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Wallpapers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wallcandy versus Wallpapers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWallcandyWallpapers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB36 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRahul RaiSnowcorp Technologies Private Limited

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Wallcandy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Unlock Everything$0.991 Month
  • Pro - Unlock Everything$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Wallcandy Lifetime$2.99
None

Wallpapers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wallcandy free?
Wallcandy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wallpapers free?
Wallpapers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, Wallcandy or Wallpapers?
Wallcandy ships an update monthly, and Wallpapers monthly. Most recently, Wallcandy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wallpapers on October 25, 2026.

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