Comparison

Slate vs Playwall

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

Head to head
About

Slate

Combines your calendar events and reminders into a single, streamlined daily view. Includes a dedicated space for daily notes that can be exported. Available across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, syncing seamlessly with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Unified daily view of calendar events and reminders
  • Integrated daily note-taking
  • Exportable daily notes
  • iCloud syncing
  • Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
Features
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Why I built Slate: Apple’s Calendar and Reminders are great, but switching between them all day was a hassle. I just wanted one clean place for my day, with space for a daily note beside my plans. No extra features. No clutter. Just your day, kept simple. • Calendar events and reminders in one daily view • A daily note you can export anytime • Instant search across all events, reminders, and notes • iPhone, iPad, and Mac, synced with iCloud Slate uses the Calendar and Reminders you already have. No ads. No accounts. No tracking.

About

Playwall

Features
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Playwall is the backlog you actually want to open. No streaks to keep. No guilt if you skip a week. No number counting everything you have not finished staring back at you every time you open the app. Just the games you already own, kept somewhere that feels good to look at. Nothing in Playwall is locked behind a subscription. Capture, log, and rate as many games as you want, for free, forever. Night Owl is there if you want to support the person who makes Playwall, never because you have to. CAPTURE THE PILE Add a game once, from your own wall or a quick search, and it takes its place: sharp if you own it, dimmed if it is a wishlist, one tap to move between the two. No folders, no lists to maintain. TONIGHT, NOT SOMEDAY Open Playwall on a quiet evening and it names one game worth starting tonight, not a ranked list to read through. Stop scrolling a storefront you have already scrolled. Start playing something you already own. LOG THE NIGHT IN ONE TAP After you play, log the session in a single tap. No timer running, no diary entry required, just a mark that you played and how the night went. RATE IT IN TWO QUESTIONS Finish a game and Playwall asks two questions, not a five-star form to fill out. That is enough to remember what you thought, and it is what turns a finish into something worth keeping. EVERY FINISH BECOMES A STAR Every game you finish joins a small galaxy you can look back through any time: rate it, log it, and it takes its place among everything else you have played and loved. DECEMBER GETS A RECEIPT At the end of the year, Playwall prints a plain record of what you played, what you finished, and what stood out. A keepsake, not a leaderboard. SUPPORT, NEVER A GATE If you want to support the person who builds Playwall, there are three tiers: Supporter, Night Owl, and Patron. All three unlock the same cosmetic extras, wall themes and a gold galaxy among them. None of them touch the games, the logging, or the ratings, and the higher tiers are a bigger gift, not a bigger app. Terms of Use: https://drnkn.dev/playwall/terms Privacy Policy: https://drnkn.dev/playwall/privacy License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Slate4 screens
Playwall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slate at none against Playwall's 3. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Playwall sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Slate asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Slate versus Playwall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlatePlaywall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文龙 吴Aji Mukti

In-app purchases

None

Slate

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Playwall

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Night OwlFree
  • Patron$79.99

Questions

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

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