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Personalize your device's home screen with vibrant, glowing backgrounds. Customize existing designs or import your own photos to add unique effects, app icon frames, and shelves. Create outstanding looks to impress your friends.
โCustomizable home screen glow backgrounds
โImport and customize own photos
โAdd glowing shelves and app icon frames
โNew HD backgrounds for Retina displays
โMore base backgrounds and glow patterns
โBrighter glow effects
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What users say about Glow Backgrounds
Reviews of Glow Backgrounds are mostly negative: the Lifestyle app is rated 2.6/5 from 43 App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use, customizable backgrounds. Top complaints: charged for a free app, paid version same as free. Summarized from real user reviews.
Cannot change home screen background on latest iPod
Bug
Does not say 'set as homescreen' in settings
Bug
Cannot get it to work after saving and going to settings
Bug
Only sets as lock screen image on some devices
Bug
Does not work on 3G or 3Gs with 4.1 update for home screen background
Bug
Cannot set app background and color on iPhone 3G with updates
Bug
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Requested Features
13 requests
Larger selection of backgrounds
Feature
More customization options
Feature
Ability to pan images before editing
Feature
More creative line patterns
Feature
Ability to edit thickness of lines
Feature
More backgrounds to work with
Feature
Ability to import own photos
Feature
More variety (e.g., candy machine)
Feature
Additional patterns
Feature
More creative glow effects
Feature
Ability to choose from any color in the spectrum
Feature
Make different shelves on each pattern a different color
Feature
Upgrade in the future
Feature
FAQ
What does Glow Backgrounds do?
Glow Backgrounds allows you to create and customize unique home screen wallpapers for your iPhone or iPod. You can add vibrant glow effects, glowing shelves, and app icon frames to make your device look outstanding. It also lets you import your own photos and customize them with these effects.
What are the key features of this app?
Key features include the ability to create custom glow backgrounds, import and customize your own photos, add glowing shelves and app icon frames, and access new HD backgrounds. The app also offers more base backgrounds, more glow patterns, and brighter glow effects for limitless combinations.
Is this app free to download?
Based on the information provided, this app is a paid application. It was also noted to be on sale for 50% off for a limited time, and it has achieved the #1 Top Paid US Entertainment App status.
What are the compatibility requirements for this app?
The app is designed for iPhone and iPod devices. Troubleshooting steps are provided for issues with saving wallpapers in iOS 6 and resizing wallpapers in iOS 7, indicating compatibility with these and likely subsequent iOS versions.
How can I use this app to make my phone look better?
You can use this app to make your phone look outstanding by applying colorful and bright glow effects to your home screen. You can choose from a wide variety of pre-designed backgrounds, customize them with different glow patterns, or even import your own pictures and add neon effects to them. Adding glowing shelves and app icon frames further enhances the unique look.