Comparison

Wallaroo vs Minipaper

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

Head to head
About

Wallaroo

Discover and set exciting new wallpapers weekly for your iOS device. Easily customize your lock and home screens with exclusive content, from pop culture to nature. Interactive widgets let you display your favorites directly on your home screen.

Highlights
  • New wallpapers weekly
  • Easy lock/home screen setup
  • Interactive home screen widgets
  • Exclusive content
  • No ads or data collection
  • Diverse categories
Features
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Wallaroo is the best way to put fun and exciting wallpapers on a screen near you! Plus you get a new wallpaper every week! ⁕ Quick and Easy Wallaroo's amazing shortcut takes the hassle out of setting your iOS lock and home screen wallpaper. Pick a wallpaper, tap a button, and go! ⁕ Latest and Greatest Wallaroo adds new and exclusive content each week so there's always a perfect wallpaper at your fingertips. You'll get new wallpaper to fit the season, to tout your favorite new show, or suit your mood. ⁕ You're Unique, and Your Wallpaper Is Too! From popular culture topics like movies, anime, and television to beautiful abstract and nature-inspired wallpapers, there's something for everyone. ⁕ Interactive Widgets Put your favorite Wallaroo wallpapers right on your Home Screen. Add multiple widgets and sizes and configure them independently! ⁕ No Ads, Only Wallpapers Enjoy Wallaroo safe in the knowledge we don't collect your information, serve you ads, or push sketchy schemes. Just great FREE content from trusted developers. -- Wallaroo uses auto-renewing subscriptions. The subscription provides access to locked content and new releases each week. The subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of your subscription period and will be charged through your iTunes account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time from your iTunes account settings. Cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Terms of Use: https://wallaroo.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://wallaroo.app/privacy

About

Minipaper

Easily create unique, minimalistic wallpapers for your phone with a variety of styles. Adjust settings to personalize your background and save or share your creations.

Highlights
  • Minimalistic wallpaper creation
  • Multiple style options (gradients, Arch, Iridescent)
  • Easy customization
  • Automatic resizing for perfect fit
  • Save and share wallpapers
Features
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Minipaper is a wallpaper maker for iPhone and iPad. Pick a style, change whatever you want, and export a custom Lock Screen or Home Screen wallpaper that fits your screen exactly. No design skills, no templates to fight with, and no two exports alike. Over 30 styles, every one of them built to be taken apart and rebuilt. STICKERS Put anything on your wallpaper. Start from the RetroTech pack or a curated set of SF Symbols, type your own with text and emoji, or drop in a photo and watch subject isolation lift it straight off the background. Drag, pinch and rotate to place, resize from the corners, then finish with a clean white border or a holographic foil. Select several at once, copy a layout from one design to another, or hit sticker-bomb and let them scatter. OBJECTS, NOT JUST GRADIENTS An iPod with a click wheel and anodized case, worn from pristine to pocket-scratched. A vinyl record. A handheld console. An AC remote, a CRT monitor, an airplane seat-back screen. The skeuomorphic styles are laid out so their screens sit exactly where your Lock Screen clock lands, and the whole phone reads as the object. GRADIENTS, GLASS AND SHAPES Aurora, Mesh Gradient, Pro Gradient and Japanese Gradient. Liquid Glass, Fluted Glass, Legacy Glass and Glass Bricks. Arch, Bento, Capsules, Plateau, Rects, Grid, Notes, Text, Tide, Topography, Mountains, Polka, Prism, Calendar and Vision OS. IPHONE AND IPAD The same app on both, laid out for each. On iPad the browse list gets a sidebar, the skeuomorphic styles keep their true proportions in the middle of the canvas instead of stretching, and the controls stay in reach. Your saved designs follow you across. MAKE IT ACTUALLY YOURS Every style opens up. Colours, layout, texture, wear, type, the lot. Nudge one setting or rebuild the thing from scratch. Save your designs and come back to them later, because a wallpaper is never quite finished. EXPORTS THAT FIT Wallpapers render at your device's full resolution and follow your device's real display corner radius, so nothing is cropped, squashed or resized to fit. Export a still or a Live Photo, save it to Photos, and set it from there. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW New styles land regularly, along with collabs with apps and designers we like. Everything you have already made keeps working. Minipaper speaks English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch and Arabic. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Wallaroo4 screens
Minipaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Minipaper at free with in-app purchases against Wallaroo's subscription. Minipaper also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Wallaroo's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (58% vs 48%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Wallaroo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Minipaper sells 21 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wallaroo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 213 and 84 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Wallaroo's written reviews are positive against 48% of Minipaper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wallaroo ships an update every 2 months, Minipaper fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wallaroo versus Minipaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWallarooMinipaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (213 ratings) — better4.5 (84 ratings)
Positive reviews57.8% of reviews — better48.3% of reviews
Number of ratings213 — better84
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe IconfactoryInsula Technology Inc.

Customer experience

Wallaroo

All ratings213 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.5%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive57.8%
Neutral6.7%
Negative35.6%

Minipaper

All ratings84 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral8.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive48.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative41.4%

Bugs and requests

Wallaroo

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes when sharing
  • Wallpaper not changing after install
  • Shortcut installation loop
  • Share button crashes app
  • App crashes on Mac Studio when sharing
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  • Doesn't work with Focus settings
  • Share button crashes app consistently
  • Right-click support missing

Requested features

4 requests
  • More frequent wallpaper additions
  • Higher resolution downloads (5k)
  • More free wallpapers available
  • No watermarks on free wallpapers

Minipaper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wallaroo

Subscriptions2
  • Wallaroo Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Wallaroo Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
21 purchases

Minipaper

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly - Save 80%+$19.991 Year
One-time19
  • Unlock Topography$5.99
  • Unlock Airplane Mode$5.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
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  • Unlock Calendar Style$8.99
  • Unlock AC Remote$8.99
  • Unlock VisionOS$8.99
  • Unlock Plateau$8.99
  • Unlock Mountains$9.99
  • Unlock Prism Style$12.99
  • Unlock Tide Style$12.99
  • Unlock iPod Style$12.99
  • Unlock Notes$12.99
  • Unlock Aurora$12.99
  • Unlock Pro Gradient$12.99
  • Unlock Ultra$12.99
  • Unlock Pocket Entertainment$12.99
  • Unlock Fluted Glass$12.99
  • Unlock Vinyl$14.99
  • Lifetime Minipaper Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Wallaroo free?
Wallaroo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minipaper free?
Minipaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wallaroo or Minipaper?
Wallaroo is rated higher. Wallaroo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 213 ratings, while Minipaper averages 4.5 from 84 ratings.
Do Wallaroo or Minipaper have ads?
Neither Wallaroo nor Minipaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wallaroo or Minipaper?
Wallaroo ships an update every 2 months, and Minipaper fortnightly. Most recently, Wallaroo was updated on October 17, 2026 and Minipaper on October 17, 2026.

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