Comparison

minical vs WallCal

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

Head to head
About

minical

Consolidate all your events from linked calendars, iCloud, and system calendars into a single, color-coded view. See your entire month at a glance, get event countdowns, and utilize home screen widgets and lock screen wallpapers to stay organized without opening the app.

Highlights
  • Unified event display
  • Month, week, day views
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Auto-refreshing wallpaper
  • Natural-language quick add
  • Two-way calendar sync
  • Apple Watch app and complications
Features
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Every event at a glance — that's all minical does. linked calendar, iCloud / iOS system calendars, and minical's own events — wherever they're created, they all land on one screen, color-coded. What's on today, how the rest of the month flows, all visible without scrolling. ■ At a glance • Today screen — next-event countdown, ongoing, what's left, what's done • Month view — the entire month in one grid, color patterns visible at a glance • Widgets — today + tomorrow without leaving the home/lock screen • Shortcuts — your lock screen wallpaper becomes today's schedule • Apple Watch — at a glance from your wrist ■ Core • iOS 26 native Tab Bar — Today / Calendar / Agenda / Search / Settings • Month · Week · Day views — Month uses vertical paging with magnetic snap. Tap the year/month title to jump anywhere • Two-way linked calendar sync — add / edit / delete writes back to linked calendar immediately. Multi-account • Recurring events — daily / weekly / monthly / yearly with end conditions. Editing a series instance asks: this event only or the whole series • Natural-language quick add — "tomorrow 3 PM meeting 1 hour" • linked calendar's 11-color palette + brightness tones — long-press for shade variants • Read-only iOS system calendars (iCloud / Exchange) blended in • Multi-alarm (10 presets, stack as many as you want) ■ Full widget lineup Home screen • Up Next (Small / Medium) — bold when one event, compact rows when many. Long-press to filter calendars • Today List (Medium / Large) — today first; tomorrow only when today has room to spare • Month grid (Large) Lock screen • Inline (one line above the clock — timed events first) • Inline Long (multiple events compressed) • Rectangular (single event large, multi-event compact) • Circular (today's count) Apple Watch • Native Watch app — quick view + quick add • Four complications (Inline / Rectangular / Circular / Corner) ■ Auto-refreshing wallpaper via Shortcuts • "Generate Today Wallpaper" Shortcut — chain it with the system "Set Wallpaper" action and a daily 7 AM automation, and your lock screen refreshes itself with today's plan • "Save Today Wallpaper to Photos" — single-action variant • Three styles: Gradient / Minimal / Dark ■ Promises • No ads. No account required (linked calendar sync is optional). No tracking. No IAP. • All data stays on-device. calendar account tokens live only in Keychain. No analytics or ad SDKs. Scattered events on one screen — today at a glance.

About

WallCal

Features
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WallCalは、カレンダーの予定からiPhoneのロック画面用壁紙を作成するアプリです。 毎日目にするロック画面へ、その月の予定をすっきり配置。写真や落ち着いたグラデーションを背景に選び、自分だけのカレンダー壁紙を手軽に作れます。 主な機能 ・AppleカレンダーとGoogleカレンダーに対応 ・表示するカレンダーを個別に選択 ・好きな写真を背景に設定 ・複数のグラデーション背景 ・日曜始まり/月曜始まりを切り替え ・予定の表示密度を調整 ・生成した壁紙を写真へ保存、または共有 ・ショートカットを使った定期更新に対応 プライバシーを大切に Appleカレンダーの予定と選択した写真は端末内で処理され、開発者のサーバーへ送信されません。広告や第三者トラッキングも使用していません。 壁紙の自動更新について iOSの公開APIでは、アプリがロック画面を直接変更することはできません。WallCalはApple純正のショートカットと連携し、公開APIに沿った方法で壁紙更新をお手伝いします。時刻オートメーションは、ショートカットアプリで一度設定する必要があります。

Screenshots

minical4 screens
WallCal3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: minical at 3 against WallCal's 1. WallCal's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
minical versus WallCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterminicalWallCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLim SangjinYuto Gemma

In-app purchases

None

minical

No in-app purchases

None

WallCal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is minical free?
minical is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WallCal free?
WallCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do minical or WallCal have ads?
Neither minical nor WallCal shows ads.

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