Comparison

Life Paper vs Taozi

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

Head to head
About

Life Paper

Features
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Life Paper - Your Digital Stationery for Time If time could be touched, it should feel warm like paper, not harsh like an alarm. Built on Stoic philosophy and paper aesthetics, Life Paper rejects anxiety. We simply want to remind you gently: The present moment is a gift. 【Core Features】 • Life Progress (Visualized) See your time trajectory clearly. Through beautiful "Life Grids" and "Annual Rings," intuitively feel the passage of time. Not to panic you, but to help you cherish every day. • The Ticket (Anticipation) Send a ticket to your future self. Unlike boring countdown apps, we design upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, or trips as exquisite "Physical Tickets." Watch the tiny plane slowly fly towards the destination, turning waiting into beautiful anticipation. • Desktop Stationery (Widgets) Bring texture back to your screen. Offers multiple sizes of exquisite widgets: - Daily Quotes: Curated Stoic wisdom to calm your mind. - Orbit Widget: Today's progress, elegant as a sundial. - Cover Widget: Place photos of loved ones or scenery on your desktop with minimalist time markers. 【Design Philosophy: PaperOS】 • Tactile Interaction: Every tap is accompanied by gentle Taptic Engine feedback, like fingertips brushing across paper. • Visual Noise Reduction: Uses "Paper Colors" like Off-White, Ink Blue, and Sunset Orange to protect your focus. • Breathing Motion: All animations use non-linear ease-in-out curves, natural as breathing. 【About Pro】 Life Paper insists on a "One-time Purchase" model. No subscription traps. Download to use basic features for free. Upgrade to Pro to unlock: - Custom Covers: Crop your favorite photos as widget backgrounds. - Unlimited Ticket Holder: Create infinite anticipated days. - More Paper Themes: Unlock Dark Night, Sakura Stationery, and more premium colors (Coming Soon). May you find the warmth of time in Life Paper.

About

Taozi

Personalize your iPhone's Home Screen with a variety of HD wallpapers and minimalist, retro-inspired widgets. Display clocks, calendars, weather, step counts, and battery information with a clean, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • HD wallpapers
  • Minimalist widgets
  • Clock, calendar, weather widgets
  • Step count & battery widgets
  • Retro and cute styles
  • Ad-free experience
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Peach is now Taozi. Discover HD wallpapers and minimal, retro-inspired widgets. Personalize your Home Screen with clocks, calendars, weather, step counts, and battery widgets. Want a better-looking iPhone Home Screen without the ads? Taozi is a clean, ad-free widget app with plenty of free widgets and new designs added over time. Instead of filling the app with endless repeated templates, we focus on carefully designing every widget. Discover: • Clock, calendar and weather widgets • Steps, battery, date and time • Minimal, retro, cute and expressive styles • Plenty of free widgets you can use right away • A simple, natural iPhone experience Choose a widget you like and add it to your Home Screen in just a few steps. Keep useful information at a glance while making your iPhone feel more like your own. Taozi is now optimized for iOS 27, with clear, reliable widgets.

Screenshots

Life Paper3 screens
Taozi3 screens

Verdict

The call

Life Paper and Taozi are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Life Paper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Taozi sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Life Paper versus Taozi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife PaperTaozi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer雪松 刘玉杰 张

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Life Paper

One-time1
  • Life Paper Pro (Lifetime)$0.99
6 purchases

Taozi

One-time6
  • Peach Membership — 30 Days$0.99
  • Peach Membership — 7 Days$0.99
  • Monthly Membership$2.99
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  • Lifetime Upgrade$5.00
  • Peach Premium — 1 Year$9.99
  • Peach Lifetime Membership$14.99

Questions

Is Life Paper free?
Life Paper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taozi free?
Taozi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Life Paper or Taozi have ads?
Neither Life Paper nor Taozi shows ads.

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