# WOW Pixel - Live Wallpapers — Cool Moving HD Backgrounds > Animated pixel art live wallpapers and iMessage stickers for iPhones. (iPhone/iPad app by Irina Ershov.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wow-pixel-live-wallpapers/id1362036735 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Irina Ershov](https://appshunter.io/developer/1362036734) - Category: Entertainment - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.20/5 from 72,417 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 11.0 · 45 MB - Languages: American English, Danish, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and 13 more - Released: 2018-04-22 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: freemium - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wow-pixel-live-wallpapers/id1362036735/reviews.md ## What is WOW Pixel? Hello everyone! I’d like to represent you new Wow Live Pixel Wallpapers. It’s the world of Pixel. Immerse yourself in the colorful world of 8-bit adventures. We have created different heroes and made short animated stories with them. Funny, cute, love or angry and sad all emotions are here. Put any animation on your lock screen and surprise your friends. One touch the screen will alive Pixel hero. Also you can send any animated hero in iMessage. The easiest way describe your emotions is using WOW Pixel! Just try, you will like it. Create your own stories for our characters and send them to our email 6311444@inbox.ru Live wallpapers only work for iPhone 6S and 6S plus, 7 and 7S Plus, 8 and 8 Plus, X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max. On other iPhone models, you can use live wallpapers as static screensavers. Please also note that live wallpapers are not compatible with iPad.Works only on iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, 7 Plus, iPhone 6s & 6s Plus! Upgrade to the Premium version get regular content updates and remove ads. Choose from different Premium subscription options: • Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription in the iTunes settings at least 24-hours before the end of the free trial period. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. • Choose from different subscription options. Our standard subscription options are: 1 week Subscription with 3 day free trial 1 month Subscription 1 year Subscription • Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. • You can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by cancelling your subscription through your iTunes account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service. Privacy Policy: https://wow.wit.life/privacy Terms of Use: https://wow.wit.life/terms ## Key features - Animated pixel art live wallpapers - 8-bit adventure themes - Express emotions with animated heroes - iMessage animated stickers - Create and submit character stories - Static screensaver option ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Premium subscription weekly | $3.49 | per 7 days | | Premium subscription monthly | $14.99 | per month | | Premium subscription yearly | $19.99 | per year | ## What do users think of WOW Pixel? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Great live wallpapers - 🎨 Colorful and creative designs - 🤖 Works well on newer devices - 🎁 Some free wallpapers available **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription model - 🔒 Many wallpapers locked behind paywall - 🐛 Buggy and unreliable performance - 📵 Frequent ads and purchase prompts - ⚠️ Not compatible with older devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Wallpapers fail to download or save properly - App crashes and freezes frequently - Live photo functionality not working as advertised **Most requested features** - More free wallpaper options - Ability to save wallpapers without subscription - Improved search and organization of wallpapers - Support for older iPhone models ## Recent user reviews (10 of 50) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wow-pixel-live-wallpapers/id1362036735/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Pretty good app, but can still improve. 👍🏻 *2020-08-03, version 1.5* Hey, I’ve been using this app for a while now. I think it’s great. There are new free wallpapers every day, and if you’re quick enough, you can save them to your photos if you like them. Otherwise, to get a “premium” one you have to pay for the service, but you’d really only need it long enough to surf the app and choose the ones you really like, because, once you have them saved, you have them forever–no additional payments necessary as far as I can tell. For the most part, this app is decent if not good. One other thing I might add if I was able would be a way to easily find all the free wallpapers, perhaps using the organization system that already exists in the app. Just one more “genre” of photos labeled “free” or something would be helpful in finding free photos just a bit quicker while surfing. Also, the new color search functionality is pretty great, although the sticker thing I find difficulty finding a good use for. I personally would love an iMessage stickers app with the ones provided in this app to use on the wallpaper, because some of them are pretty great. Otherwise, this app is pretty good. Not perfect, but not awful either. The issue of saving Live Photo’s has been fixed for my phone, so I’m rating four now instead of three. I look forward to seeing what other wallpapers will be added. The quality of those specifically is top notch for sure. Keep up the good work in that regard. Thanks for reading! ### 1/5 — Don’t get this *2020-03-03, version 1.4* There’s a number of problems with this, 2 of the biggest I think would be: 1. Price, you can’t get very good wallpapers without subscribing, and considering it’s PER WEEK it isn’t worth it for just a wallpaper. You can make your own without the hassle. 2. They don’t even download. Maybe it’s just the phone I have (IPhone 6S) or the version/update I have (13.3.1), but if you try to download the pictures. It doesn’t work. I tried getting it to my Live Photo’s - no download. The only way it “worked” was to text it to myself or download it to my files which doesn’t download as a Live Photo but as a video. Maybe I’m just stupid and doing it wrong, but it isn’t worth it. Highly disappointed. The wallpapers are super cool, amazing artwork, but it’s not very good as a wallpaper. Sorry, but I’m gonna have to delete this app. Maybe you (developers) can fix this or tell me what I’m doing wrong? If so, I’ll re-download and try again. ### 1/5 — it doesn’t work at all *2020-01-05, version 1.4* so i say this app on instagram and i say it and i looked like really cool. i got the app and i was like which one should i get but so many of them were locked because i had to pay. but i wasn’t going to pay about 8 dollars a WEEK to get little pictures like that is such a rip off. then i saw this cute stitch one and it wasn’t locked so i tried saving it because how else can i get it to be a lock screen. that is what i saw on instagram everyone had it one there lock screen. and it wouldn’t download. and some people that rated it were like you have to have a phone that is 6s and up. and i was like i have an xr it should work. and hit the save live photo soooooo many times and it still doesn’t work so if someone could please get that to work that would be great!😠 ### 1/5 — So bad please read this before you get the app *2019-09-29, version 1.4* So bad it is horrible it doesn’t work at least for me and every time I switch an image it tells me to buy the free trial blah blah blah blah blah and then every time I click no the next image I swipe always always always comes back do you want to buy this free trial blah blah blah blah blah. It’s way too annoying and I don’t even think it works because I try to save one and it says the color is not going in I’m sorry blah blah blah blah blah well if you wanna download this app you can always delete it so if you don’t believe me you could try it your self ### 1/5 — Worst pixel game ever😡🙄 *2019-09-27, version 1.4* This is the worst pixel item I have ever seen it has a horrible graphics and it’s just really bad overall I would recommend you not to download this app it is horrible and it’s just going to ask you for money and half of them half of your things are ha ha you have to pay for them so I would not recommend you find or really bad so I would not recommend you buying day thinks things or I will not and I will not recommend you like playing this game and I know do not put it because you’re supposed to be because it’s just going to drink your battery is drained my battery so much like I put 100% and as soon as I put it on my wallpaper my phone went down to 10% and 10 minutes that’s how bad it is and also I just turned on automatically when I’m just sitting there it turns on and it’s freaking creepy as heck even when I’m sleeping so I will not recommend you getting this game ### 1/5 — Why again? *2019-08-24, version 1.4* Okay I was scrolling in Instagram 2 weeks ago and today I did the same thing And I got this ad 3 times and I finally downloaded it today. And I forgot I had the iPhone XR which no Live Photo works... But I was hoping if I could finally get a Live Photo with this app.. I had to wait 5 minutes so it could load and I have good WiFi . I finally got it and when I put it on my lock screen nothing works & WHY THE HELL DO WE HAVE TO PAY $10 FOR A STUPID NON-WORKING APP! IT DOESN’T WORK FOR ANYTHING! Any my opinion in the Gifs are very ugly.. I searched and there is no heartbreaks gifs .. Thank you for listening ### 1/5 — Horrible *2019-08-19, version 1.4* DO NOT DOWNLOAD! It has a million ads on Instagram, and it gets into my feed somehow, they use An annoying song, I finally downloaded it just because I thought it will end the ads on instagram. I started up the app, and I am greeted with a full version download button, obviously I said no, because I don’t want these idiots to have my money. As I was scrolling through the wallpapers, (99% of them were locked) I chose one, but it said something along the lines of “oh no!! De photo has lost color :( pls download the full version to get de color back!” I ignored that stupid crap and downloaded the photo (it still had color in my photos, ha, ha.). And the app didn’t even give me the Live Photo! It was just a static image. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ### 1/5 — Pay just for a picture *2019-08-18, version 1.4* I’m sorry but I downloaded the app, I opened it and first thing that pops up is if I want to pay... And I just ignored it, so I move on and I go to where you are supposed to choose you’re background, I was looking for the one I really really really liked so I clicked on it and so I wanted to change it to my background, but when I went to do it... it asked me “ Help her she lost her color”... so I clicked away to see if that was all of them so whichever one I clicked on you had to pay and what was worse I wanted to do and background of space, so if I did pay it would probably take like 3-4 days to recolor, I said “Who would pay just to recolor a picture”, and I don’t know if you have to pay for each picture but if you have to pay for each picture then I don’t know what to say..., all I can say is, I’m sorry I have to delete this and I was even so exited, I’m sorry but I would not recommend this app if you don’t want to pay just to recolor a picture... I’m sorry... ### 2/5 — Some Issues *2019-08-11, version 1.4* Honestly the only good thing about this app is the live stickers. I read a few reviews before I got the app, so I went in knowing you were greeted by pesky purchase options and what not. Saying that, I can’t complain about it. However, I searched through the app for maybe 10 minutes and I didn’t find a single wallpaper I liked. That may just be my opinion, but I still think the options are very limited. In closing, I don’t think I would recommend this app to anyone I know. ### 1/5 — Might want to change some things. *2019-08-05, version 1.4* I have an IPhone 7 and can use live wallpaper, however, the second I go into the app I get asked to pay for a better version, when I haven’t even seen the full app yet. Then, I go to look at the wallpapers and after every swipe I get asked to leave a review ( no wallpapers looked very appealing )For an app that asks for a review constantly is not getting very many stars. You might want to get better wallpapers so people will want to buy the better version. And you might not want to ask for a review and every swipe. I would not recommend this app to any of my friends or family ## Frequently asked questions about WOW Pixel ### What does WOW Pixel do? WOW Pixel provides animated live wallpapers and iMessage stickers featuring pixel art characters. You can set these animations as your lock screen to bring your iPhone to life or use them as animated stickers to express emotions in messages. ### What are the key features of WOW Pixel? Key features include a variety of animated pixel art live wallpapers with different themes and emotions, the ability to use animated heroes as iMessage stickers, and an option for users to create and submit their own character stories. ### How much does WOW Pixel cost? The app offers a free version with basic features. Users can upgrade to a Premium version via subscription for regular content updates and to remove ads. Subscription options include weekly, monthly, and yearly plans, with a free trial period available. ### What devices are compatible with WOW Pixel live wallpapers? Live wallpapers are specifically compatible with iPhone 6S and later models, including the 7, 8, X, XR, XS, 11, 12 series, and their Plus/Pro/Max/mini variants. On other iPhone models, they can be used as static screensavers. Live wallpapers are not compatible with iPads. ### How can I use WOW Pixel to express myself? You can use the animated pixel heroes as iMessage stickers to convey different emotions in your conversations. Additionally, setting them as your lock screen can be a fun way to surprise friends and showcase your unique style with dynamic, 8-bit art. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.0.10 — 2021-09-08 Hi! We’ve fixed a bug with saving live wallpapers. We’ve improved the speed of the application, now it is twice as fast))) We’ve also improved the editor of pixel characters, now at the very beginning you can always choose the most popular! ### 1.5 — 2020-05-05 Hello! Add animated gif characters and create your own live wallpaper. Find wallpapers by your favorite color. It is quick and easy. Create a custom phrase for Siri.We've fixed a bug save the live wallpaper on the iOS 13. We are already on the black side iOS 13 XD To be aware of all new pics and video, turn on notifications! ### 1.4 — 2019-03-24 Hi guys! We are working every day to make the app better for you. We adapted the app for iOS 12.1 and for iPhone XS MAX. Thanks for using the app. With love your Pixel! ### 1.3 — 2018-08-20 Hello guys! How are you? We have added new pixel characters for iMessage and wow category for Live Wallpapers. Also we have corrected the errors that affect the speed of work live wallpapers. Thanks for staying with us! Waiting for your review! ### 1.2 — 2018-07-22 Hello! We have done lots of cool things. - new charters in iMessage - live wallpapers upload faster - WOW now live wallpapers are played in miniature in categories, this speeds up the process of choosing wallpapers. We are waiting for your comments and responses. 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