GradientDaze vs Sfumix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GradientDaze
Design stunning touch-based gradients for your device. Save, share, or set your creations as wallpaper. Explore a fun 'Party Mode' for interactive gradient experiences.
- Touch-based gradient creation
- Save gradients
- Share gradients
- Set as wallpaper
- Party Mode
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Create beautiful touch based gradients. Like what you created? Save it, send it to a friend or set it as your wallpaper. And be sure to try Party Mode!
Sfumix
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Sfumix is a minimalist design tool built for anyone who loves high-quality, aesthetic backgrounds. Stop searching for the perfect wallpaper online—now you can craft, blend, and customize your own high-fidelity color transitions in seconds. Made for Wallpaper Lovers: 3-Color Transitions: Blend up to three independent colors simultaneously with precision controls to create rich, balanced gradients. Analog Grain & Texture: Add film-style grain to give your wallpapers an authentic, tactile, and editorial look. Real-Time Soft Blur: Apply smooth background blur to soften color transitions and create distraction-free home and lock screens. True OLED Dark Mode: Switch instantly to pure OLED black (#000000) paired with subtle accent tones to maximize contrast and battery life. Linear & Radial Modes: Seamlessly switch between directional linear blends and centered radial glows. Personal Wallpaper Vault: Save your favorite creations to an in-app visual history and export uncompressed, high-resolution wallpapers directly to your Photos library, perfectly formatted for your device's native resolution.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sfumix at every 6 weeks against GradientDaze's every 5 months. GradientDaze's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GradientDaze ships an update every 5 months, Sfumix every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GradientDaze | Sfumix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoughtbot, inc. | simone lutero |
In-app purchases
GradientDaze
No in-app purchases
Sfumix
No in-app purchases
