Comparison

Cuto Wallpaper vs Firelight

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

Head to head
About

Cuto Wallpaper

Discover a daily, hand-picked wallpaper that perfectly fits your screen. Explore a curated library of over 3,000 timeless images categorized by color, theme, and mood. Automate wallpaper changes with iOS Shortcuts and enhance your Home Screen and StandBy mode with elegant widgets.

Highlights
  • Daily hand-picked wallpaper
  • 3,000+ curated images
  • Categorized by color, theme, mood
  • iOS Shortcuts integration
  • Home Screen & StandBy widgets
  • Live wallpapers
Features
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Curated wallpapers that refresh automatically. Cuto handpicks beautiful wallpapers for your phone, so your screen always feels fresh — without endless scrolling. Use automation tools to change wallpapers by time, mood, or routine. - Featured by Apple CN App Store 10+ Times - Featured in App Store "iPhone Essentials: Decorate Your New Device" - App Store Editors' Pick A beautiful image is just the beginning. A great wallpaper feels right on your screen. For 10 years, we’ve chosen every Cuto wallpaper by hand—with care for the image itself, and how it looks on your phone. [ A little more care. Every day. ] One new wallpaper, every day. Handpicked by our editors, with no recommendation algorithms or automated image feeds. From daily finds to themed collections, there’s always something worth a closer look. [ Have something in mind? Search for it. ] An ocean view. A snowy day. A certain mood. Browse by color, theme, or atmosphere, or simply describe what you’re looking for. Try “sunrise over snowy mountains,” “something cheerful,” or “dark wallpapers for my Lock Screen.” Find a wallpaper that fits the feeling. [ A view that moves you. ] Bring a little motion to your Lock Screen with Cuto’s live wallpapers. Discover a scene you love, and watch it come to life when your screen wakes. [ A fresh wallpaper. Automatically. ] Keep things fresh without lifting a finger. Use Apple Shortcuts to change your wallpaper on a schedule that suits you, or switch it with a tap in Cuto. A new look, already taken care of. [ More ways to enjoy your favorites. ] See mountains and oceans through an airplane window, or give a favorite photo a frame. Cuto widgets bring a little scenery to your Home Screen and StandBy. And with progress wallpapers, you can see the year taking shape—or count down to a date that matters—right on your Lock Screen. [ Thoughtfully designed. Beautiful to browse. ] Liquid Glass meets carefully selected wallpapers. From the first look to your next favorite, finding a wallpaper should feel as good as it looks. --- If you encounter any issues while using Cuto, please contact us through the "Feedback" feature in the app. Term of Use: Apple’s standard end user license agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Firelight

Experience a realistic pixelated fireplace on your device. Interact with the flames by blowing, touching, or shaking your phone, and choose from five color themes and customizable settings. Enjoy ambient fire sounds to complete the immersive experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive flame physics
  • Blow to disturb flame
  • Touch to interact
  • Shake for storm effect
  • Five color themes
  • Customizable flame speed and height
  • Ambient fireplace sound
Features
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It's 11 PM. The room is dark. You set your phone on the nightstand, tap the screen, and a fire begins to glow — tiny embers first, then rising flames, flickering across a grid of luminous dots like a miniature LED fireplace. Up close, you see the individual dots. From across the room, it's indistinguishable from a real flame. Blow to Disturb Lean in and blow. The microphone picks up your breath and the flame bends, flickers wildly, dims toward extinction — then slowly, gently recovers. It feels alive. Touch to Push Drag your finger through the flame. It parts like water, leaving a dark trail that fills back in as the fire reclaims its space. The embers at the base flare bright where you touch, like poking hot coals with a stick. Shake to Storm Give your phone a shake. The flame erupts into chaos — violent gusts tear through it, the fire scatters and fights to survive. Stop shaking and watch it slowly find its calm again. Flip to Suffocate Turn your phone face-down. The fire senses it's been cut off from air and gradually chokes out, dimming to nothing. Flip it back, and the flame reignites from the embers. Five Color Themes Classic warm orange. Eerie green. Deep purple. Cool cyan. And a stunning rainbow mode where the flame shifts through the entire spectrum from left to right — even the embers glow in matching hues. Tuned to Your Taste Adjust flame speed from a slow, meditative sway to a lively crackle. Set the height from a subtle glow to towering flames that climb past the top of your screen. Choose your LED dot size — small and dense for detail, large and bold for that chunky pixel-art look. Real Fireplace Sound A warm, crackling fire audio loop plays in the background, completing the illusion. Toggle it off for silent ambiance. Your Settings, Everywhere All preferences sync to iCloud. Uninstall, reinstall, switch devices — your fire is exactly how you left it. No ads. No subscriptions. No data collection. Just fire. Light it up. Breathe. Let the world slow down.

Screenshots

Cuto Wallpaper4 screens
Firelight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cuto Wallpaper at Free against Firelight's $9.99. Cuto Wallpaper also leads on ratings volume (334 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Firelight's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On 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

Cuto Wallpaper is free to download; Firelight costs $9.99 up front. Cuto Wallpaper sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Firelight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Firelight holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cuto Wallpaper has 334 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Cuto Wallpaper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Firelight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cuto Wallpaper ships an update every 2 weeks, Firelight every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cuto Wallpaper versus Firelight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCuto WallpaperFirelight
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.7 (334 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings334 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPotatso Lab LTD想 李

Customer experience

Cuto Wallpaper

All ratings334 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral0.3%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative10.5%

Firelight

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cuto Wallpaper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Wallpapers not loading properly when using a VPN
  • Shortcuts not working as expected after iOS updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add a one-click option to save a whole category of wallpapers
  • Improve Shortcuts integration for better automation
  • Expand wallpaper collection with more genres and styles

Firelight

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cuto Wallpaper

Subscriptions3
  • Cuto Plus - Monthly3 variants$2.991 Month
  • Cuto Plus - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Cuto Plus - Annual1 Year trial3 variants$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • CUTO PRO OFFER$3.99
  • CUTO PRO$4.99
None

Firelight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cuto Wallpaper free?
Cuto Wallpaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Firelight free?
Firelight costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cuto Wallpaper or Firelight?
Firelight is rated higher. Cuto Wallpaper averages 4.7 out of 5 from 334 ratings, while Firelight averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cuto Wallpaper or Firelight have ads?
Neither Cuto Wallpaper nor Firelight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cuto Wallpaper or Firelight?
Cuto Wallpaper ships an update every 2 weeks, and Firelight every 2 months. Most recently, Cuto Wallpaper was updated on October 26, 2026 and Firelight on October 25, 2026.

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