Ink vs Closer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ink
Transform your iPhone Lock Screen into a functional calendar. Overlay your schedule, tasks, and reminders directly onto custom wallpapers. See your day at a glance without unlocking your phone, blending personal style with efficient planning.
- Custom calendar wallpapers for lock screen
- Syncs with Google Calendar and Apple Calendar
- Overlay schedule, tasks, and reminders
- Create, edit, and manage events
- Personalize calendar appearance with photos and styles
- Privacy-focused on-device data processing
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Never gets bored looking at your calendar again! Turn your iPhone Lock Screen into a calendar you'll actually use. LockScreen Calendar lets you create custom wallpapers that overlay your schedule, tasks, and reminders right on your phone lockscreen - no unlocking, no app to open. Pair your own photos with clean, readable calendar layouts and build a Lock Screen that's equal parts planner and personal style. KEY FEATURES Calendar Wallpapers Overlay a calendar, agenda, or to-do list over your Lock Screen and see your day the moment you pick up your phone. Built for minimalists and planners who don't want to dig for the date. Syncs with Google Calendar, Apple Calendar Syncs with your reminders and tasks Calendar & Reminders, Built In See your month and upcoming events without leaving the app Create, edit, and remove events — set a title, date and time, repeat schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, and more), reminders, and notes Get a heads-up before anything starts (5 or 15 minutes ahead — your call); tap the notification to jump straight to your calendar Design Your Way Photos — drop in your own images as backgrounds Style — tune colors, dim levels, and whether your week starts Monday or Sunday Markers — flag "Today" with a dot, ring, or square Privacy First Your schedule is yours. Calendar data is processed right on your device — we don't collect it, store it, or track it. Download the app and monitor your schedule straight from your lockscreen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Closer
Strengthen your relationship by answering questions together, sharing notes, photos, and doodles. Stay connected with interactive widgets and track your shared memories and milestones.
- Answer questions together
- Share notes and photos
- Collaborative drawing
- Interactive home screen widgets
- Track shared memories
- Countdown to special days
- Daily relationship prompts
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Closer is for two people who want to keep getting closer. Answer questions together, each on your own phone, and see both answers side by side once you have both finished. Then stay close through the rest of the day: a note, a photo, a doodle you both draw on, and widgets that keep your partner on your home screen. Decks of questions Pick a deck, from light everyday ones to the questions you have never got round to asking. You each answer on your own phone, and nothing reaches your partner until you have both finished. Then it all opens at once: your answer beside theirs, and room to say something under each one. Some questions ask you to guess what they said, some ask you to draw. Or do a deck live, one card at a time, together. The little things Leave a note at the top of their Home, or a few photos from your day. Both last 24 hours. Set your mood so they know how you are doing. Draw on one shared doodle. Put photos up in a frame that changes on its own. Drop a slip in the jar when you notice something small about them, and shake your phone to read one of theirs. Play together Draw & guess: one of you draws a word, the other works it out. Then you swap. Keep what matters Memories hold photos, a few words, the place on a map and comments from both of you. Coming up counts down to the days you are waiting for. Your streak counts the days you both show up. On your home screen Widgets for your doodle, your frame, their mood and note, your streak, your days together, today's deck and what is coming up. They change when your partner does something. Privacy: https://trycloserapp.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ink at 4.3 against Closer's 3.0. Ink also leads on ratings volume (204 vs 1). Closer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Ink sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Closer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ink holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ink has 204 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ink ships an update every 5 days, Closer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ink | Closer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (204 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 204 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SilverAI Joint Stock Company | IndieNeuron LLC |
Customer experience
Ink
Closer
In-app purchases
Ink
- Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$19.99
Closer
- Closer Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Closer Plus Yearly$39.991 Year








