UniCal vs TalkWall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniCal
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Never miss what’s happening at uni. UniCal brings events from 100+ UQ and QUT clubs and societies into one clean calendar, making it easier to find what’s on, save the events you care about, and plan your uni life in one place. Browse upcoming parties, bar crawls, networking nights, workshops, sports events, cultural events, film screenings, competitions and more — all from your favourite university clubs. Whether you’re looking for something social, professional, creative, active or just fun, UniCal helps you discover events before they happen. Every event. One calendar. Zero hassle.
TalkWall
Connect with fellow students at Australian and New Zealand universities. Discover campus events, find clubs, and access real subject reviews to make informed academic choices. Engage in campus chat and find study or gaming groups.
- Subject reviews with usefulness and difficulty scores
- Campus event listings from universities, unions, and clubs
- Club directory with contact and social media links
- Student chat and community feed
- Automatic translation for posts and comments
- Rankings of worst-rated courses
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TalkWall is a campus community for students at 11 universities across Australia and New Zealand, including Melbourne, Monash, Sydney, UNSW, UQ, ANU, Adelaide, UWA, UTS, RMIT and Auckland. Real subject reviews, no bad picks · One page per subject, scored on usefulness, difficulty and recommendation, and every subject listed by faculty · Reviews from students on the site, Reddit and StudentVIP in one place · The Ten Worst Courses: a ranking to check before you enrol · Prerequisites, assessment and weekly hours on every page Every campus event, picked for you · Events from the university, the student union and every club on one board, plus what's on in the city · Pick your major and interests, and For you keeps the events that match, with the reason on each one · Club Instagram accounts synced every hour Find your club, find your squad · Club directory with each club's email, website and Instagram · Game squads, meetups and project teams: find teammates by game Connect with your uni crowd · Chat with classmates, find your people, and see what students are talking about and what's on at uni and in clubs, as it happens in the For you feed · Delete your own posts any time, and hide anything you'd rather not see · Word filters, reporting and blocking, with reports handled within 24 hours Posts and comments translate automatically between English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Built by a university student. Free, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TalkWall at 15.1 against UniCal's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UniCal ships an update monthly, TalkWall every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | UniCal | TalkWall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zac Allen | 子龙 陈 |
In-app purchases
UniCal
No in-app purchases
TalkWall
No in-app purchases









