Comparison

Papers.co Wallpaper vs Wallcandy

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

Head to head
About

Papers.co Wallpaper

Discover and download high-quality wallpapers for your iPhone and iPad. This app features a vast collection updated daily by top designers, covering diverse categories from art to celebrities. Its user-friendly interface ensures a seamless browsing and selection experience.

Highlights
  • Daily updated wallpaper collection
  • Vast categories including art and celebrities
  • High-definition quality
  • Fast and simple UI
  • Supports all iPhones and iPads
Features
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Popular wallpapers site, Papers.co, is on iOS App!!!! Best wallpapers are collected, created, edited, and updated every day, on top of 10,000+ hand-collected wallpapers. ▸ Best-rated wallpaper app! Over 500,000 downloads and a 4.8 / 5.0 user rating. ▸ Updated every day! Fresh wallpapers hand-picked by top designers, added daily. ▸ Famous for its great collection: Every category you'd want — from fine art to celebrities. ▸ Fast, simple, and easy to use. A beautiful, no-fuss UI crafted by a top designer and developer. :) ▸ Papers.co iOS supports all iPhones and all iPads. We think this is the best wallpaper app ever made — and we're not done improving it. Thanks for all the awesome feedback! :) Wallpaper is love. :D — — — Papers.co Premium — three ways to upgrade: Auto-Renewable Subscriptions • Papers.co Premium Monthly — 1 month • Papers.co Premium Yearly — 1 year (best value, save 66%) One-time Purchase • Papers Premium for Life — pay once, premium forever Premium unlocks unlimited Likes, removes ads, and lifts the daily page limit. Subscription payments will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. The Lifetime option is a one-time purchase that does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://papers.company/terms Privacy Policy: https://papers.company/privacy

About

Wallcandy

Discover unique, handpicked digital artworks for your smartphone. This app offers high-resolution wallpapers created by talented artists, with most available for free. A premium subscription unlocks additional content.

Highlights
  • Unique digital artworks
  • High-resolution and 4K quality
  • Most wallpapers are free
  • Premium subscription for more content
  • Built-in search
  • Dark mode support
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WallCandy - Unique wallpapers. Unique handpicked wallpapers for your smartphone. We believe that wallpapers are to phone as clothes are to humans. The real motive to make this app came from the fact that we ourselves wanted to have unique wallpapers for our phones. Most of the wallpaper app currently in the apple app store are almost similar and just provide a bunch of stock photographic images. We wanted the wallpapers to have much more. So we came up with Wallcandy where most of the wallpapers are artworks created by very talented digital artists. Each wallpaper has its own backstory and speaks for itself. Features: Art Works - At core we try to only add truly unique artworks to our collections instead of adding thousands of similar stock photos of cars, mountains, flowers. Quality - Almost all the wallpapers are of very high resolutions with some of 4k resolutions. Almost free - Most of the wallpapers in the app are free. Some wallpapers requires premium subscription. Occasional Ads - Wallcandy is almost ad-free. With only 1 ad per day just to cover our server costs. Silent Features - It has built in search, supports dark mode, wallpaper history and much more. Disclaimer: All the wallpapers in this app are under common creative license and the credit goes to their respective owners. These images are not endorsed by any of the prospective owners, and the images are used simply for aesthetic purposes. No copyright infringement is intended, and any request to remove one of the images/logos/names will be honoured.

Screenshots

Papers.co Wallpaper4 screens
Wallcandy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Papers.co Wallpaper at 91% against Wallcandy's 43%. Papers.co Wallpaper also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Papers.co Wallpaper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Wallcandy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Papers.co Wallpaper holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Papers.co Wallpaper has 2.9K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Papers.co Wallpaper's written reviews are positive against 43% of Wallcandy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Papers.co Wallpaper ships an update every 5 weeks, Wallcandy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Papers.co Wallpaper versus Wallcandy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPapers.co WallpaperWallcandy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better4.3 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2.9K — better29
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB59 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJude HRahul Rai

Customer experience

Papers.co Wallpaper

All ratings2,873 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews991 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative6.8%

Wallcandy

All ratings29 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

Bugs and requests

Papers.co Wallpaper

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Wallpapers not downloading or saving
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more diversity in wallpaper selection
  • Implement search and filtering options
  • Add support for live wallpapers
  • Improve organization of wallpaper categories

Wallcandy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Papers.co Wallpaper

Subscriptions2
  • Papers.co Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Papers.co Premium Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads — Lifetime$12.99
3 purchases

Wallcandy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Unlock Everything$0.991 Month
  • Pro - Unlock Everything$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Wallcandy Lifetime$2.99

Questions

Is Papers.co Wallpaper free?
Papers.co Wallpaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wallcandy free?
Wallcandy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Papers.co Wallpaper or Wallcandy?
Papers.co Wallpaper is rated higher. Papers.co Wallpaper averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Wallcandy averages 4.3 from 29 ratings.
Do Papers.co Wallpaper or Wallcandy have ads?
Wallcandy shows ads; Papers.co Wallpaper does not.
Which is updated more often, Papers.co Wallpaper or Wallcandy?
Papers.co Wallpaper ships an update every 5 weeks, and Wallcandy monthly. Most recently, Papers.co Wallpaper was updated on October 21, 2026 and Wallcandy on October 16, 2026.

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