Wallaroo vs Sci
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- New wallpapers weekly
- Easy lock/home screen setup
- Interactive home screen widgets
- Exclusive content
- No ads or data collection
- Diverse categories
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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
Sci
Transform your mobile typing experience with a fully customizable keyboard. Choose from numerous themes, backgrounds, key styles, and fonts to create a unique input panel. Personalize colors, height, and sounds for a truly tailored feel.
- 20 preset themes
- 81 background images
- 44 animated GIF backgrounds
- 50 key styles
- 35 fonts
- 160 typing sounds
- DIY customization tools
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Make your keyboard a Sci-Fi input panel. Have fun typing with the style and sounds you love. Includes: • 20 preset themes • 81 background images (or use your own photos) • 44 animated GIF backgrounds • 50 key styles (or blank) • 35 fonts + default • Set 6 typing sounds (160 to choose from) • 50+ Languages/keyboard layouts (Asian writing languages are incomplete) • Lots of DIY tools and options to change the colors, height, vibration, popup, suggestions, and more. Some of the Sci-Fi styles are loosely modeled after popular sci-fi shows and movies. To parody how the sci-fi designers thought future displays would look while displaying meaningless information and having indecipherable use, I gave them actual function that makes sense. *These are generic images. Please do not ask me in reviews or by mail to include any trademarked names, logos, images or other properties. I respect copyrights and will not include them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wallaroo at Free against Sci's $3.99. Wallaroo also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (213 vs 9). Sci's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (83% vs 58%). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Wallaroo is free to download; Sci costs $3.99 up front. Wallaroo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sci asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wallaroo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wallaroo has 213 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Wallaroo's written reviews are positive against 83% of Sci's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Wallaroo | Sci |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (213 ratings) — better | 3.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.8% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 213 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Paid — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #52 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Iconfactory | NSTE, LLC |
Customer experience
Wallaroo
Sci
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
Sci
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wallaroo
- Wallaroo Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Wallaroo Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
Sci
No in-app purchases









