Comparison

AnyCal vs Wallpapers

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

Head to head
About

AnyCal

Create custom calendar wallpapers using your own photos. This utility allows you to select images, position calendars, and preview the final look before saving and setting it as your device's wallpaper.

Highlights
  • Create calendar wallpapers from photos
  • Two-month calendar display
  • Add calendar to wallpaper
  • Read holidays from MyHoliday
  • Test wallpaper appearance
  • Save and set wallpaper
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This App will create a calendar wallpaper from the photos you took. And you can check the appearance of the photo in the test. - Two months of the calendar display is now possible. - You can add a calendar to wallpaper. - This app reads the holiday from "MyHoliday" to add calendar. - See sister product of the "MyHoliday”. How to use 1. To read the image (Photo, camera, camera roll). 2. To determine the position by the expansion and movement. 3. To determine the placement by adding a calendar. 4. Test the appearance of wallpaper. 5. To save the wallpaper by pressing the "Save" button. 6. Just to set wallpaper after.

About

Wallpapers

Discover and set stunning HD wallpapers for your devices. Features smart search, quick previews, and the ability to create custom wallpaper sets for multiple Apple devices. Enjoy daily updates and curated selections.

Highlights
  • Daily HD wallpaper updates
  • Smart search and personalized recommendations
  • Create custom wallpaper sets for multiple devices
  • Quick swipe previews
  • Wallpaper categorization
  • Favorite wallpapers
  • Automatic caching
Features
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Live Wallpaper is a simple wallpaper application. -Search: Smart search, easy to search for your favorite Personalized tag intimate recommendation -Preview: swipe left and right to quickly switch previews, enjoy a full-screen visual feast without dead ends 【Make a whole set of wallpapers for your device】 Many people like to use the same set of wallpapers on multiple devices. Through the daily wallpaper "Select Applicable Device" function, you can easily create wallpapers of different sizes, and easily save your favorite wallpapers as multiple versions for use on iPhone and iPad. , Apple Watch, and even Mac devices. 【Every picture is carefully selected】 We always believe that "good-looking pictures are not the same as good-looking wallpapers". The pictures in the daily wallpaper are carefully selected by hand, there is no algorithm, no automatic capture, just to select the pictures that are really good-looking and suitable as wallpapers for you. Daily Wallpaper More features include: * Update: daily high-definition wallpaper updates, beautiful themes can be changed at will * Classification: Mainstream classification, quickly locate your wallpaper * Search: Smart search, easy to search for your favorite Personalized label intimate recommendation * Featured: Popular wallpapers not to be missed, tailored for iPhone, iPad * Preview: Swipe left and right to quickly switch the preview, enjoy a full-screen visual feast without dead ends * Cache: Automatically cache the wallpapers you have browsed to reduce traffic waste, and can be cleared with one click without occupying device space * Favorites: You can easily favorite wallpapers in the app Regarding the in-app purchases provided in the app, we provide: [Yearly Member] $9.9 to enjoy the pure version of the wallpaper~ Privacy Policy: http://static.rhinox.cn/html/privacy/wallpaper_ios_en.html?appName=wallpaper Membership Payment Agreement: https://static.rhinox.cn/html/paymentagreement/general_en.html

Screenshots

AnyCal4 screens
Wallpapers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AnyCal at none against Wallpapers's 5. AnyCal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Wallpapers's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 73%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wallpapers sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. AnyCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AnyCal holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of AnyCal's written reviews are positive against 89% of Wallpapers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AnyCal versus Wallpapers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnyCalWallpapers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings) — better4.3 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews88.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1423 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShinichi AokawaHangzhou boniu technology co. LTD

Customer experience

AnyCal

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

Wallpapers

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.8%

In-app purchases

None

AnyCal

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Wallpapers

Subscriptions2
  • 每日壁纸-年会员$1.991 Year
  • Yearly VIP$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pro Version2 variants$1.99
  • Premium Member$9.99

Questions

Is AnyCal free?
AnyCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wallpapers free?
Wallpapers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AnyCal or Wallpapers?
AnyCal is rated higher. AnyCal averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Wallpapers averages 4.3 from 23 ratings.
Do AnyCal or Wallpapers have ads?
Wallpapers shows ads; AnyCal does not.
Which is updated more often, AnyCal or Wallpapers?
AnyCal ships an update every 6 weeks, and Wallpapers every 6 weeks. Most recently, AnyCal was updated on September 9, 2026 and Wallpapers on September 20, 2026.

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