Wallpaper Maker vs Simple Notch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wallpaper Maker
Design unique lock screen wallpapers with custom borders, live animations, and smart notch adaptation. Easily position widgets and transform any photo into a professional-looking background. Access a vast library of templates and creative tools for personalized device aesthetics.
- Smart Notch Adaptation
- Widget-Ready Design
- Custom Borders & Dock Customization
- Live Animations
- DIY Lock Screen Creation
- 100+ Creative Templates
- HD Export
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PrettyScreen is a wallpaper maker built around the real shape of your iPhone screen. Create static wallpapers, Live Wallpapers, matching couple wallpapers, and lock screen designs that fit the notch, Dynamic Island, rounded corners, widgets, and home screen layout. The workflow is optimized for 4K iPhone wallpapers, lock screen designs, custom backgrounds, home screen themes and widgets, couple wallpapers, Shortcuts wallpaper automation; every design stays editable and export-ready. TOP FEATURES • Device fit: preview and export for iPhone models with notch and Dynamic Island layouts • Wallpaper editor: use photos, web images, solid colors, gradients, filters, borders, calendars, and decorative widgets • Lock screen and home screen preview before export • Live Wallpaper maker: pick multiple photos, set order, cover image, crop, transition, and duration • Couple wallpapers: Lovers Mode exports paired left and right wallpapers • Wallpaper automation: use iOS Shortcuts and Personal Automation to rotate wallpapers by sunrise, sunset, or time • Save and share: export wallpapers to Photos or share your design GREAT FOR • Notch wallpapers, Dynamic Island wallpapers, and border wallpapers • 4K wallpapers, lock screen wallpapers, home screen backgrounds, and HD themes • Live Photo wallpapers, moving wallpapers, and Shortcuts wallpaper automation • Couple wallpapers, custom backgrounds, widget layouts, and iPad wallpaper exports PrettyScreen Pro: • Unlock more premium styles and materials • Remove ads and watermarks • Unlimited HD wallpaper exports Premium content includes artwork from designer Hideaki Nakatani (@heyeased). Subscription Details: - Monthly/Annual subscriptions available, charged to iTunes account upon confirmation - Auto-renewal can be disabled in Account Settings - Free trial forfeited when subscription is purchased Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/ppscreen Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/tsscreen
Simple Notch
Design custom wallpapers for your iPhone's Dynamic Island or notch. Choose from over 80 styles, import your own background image, and save your creation to set as your wallpaper.
- Create island & notch wallpapers
- Over 80 styles available
- Import custom background images
- Save to album
- Set as wallpaper
- Supports iPhone 15, 14, 13 series
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This is a creative app that allows you to create island & notch wallpapers for your iPhone 17, iPhone 16, iPhone 15, etc. Just as shown in the screenshots above. Choose from over 80 styles to create your own island & notch wallpapers or lock screens. It only takes three steps. 1. Import a photo for the background 2. Select the style you like 3. Save it to your album and set it as your wallpaper If you have any suggestions, please let us know. The content will be continuously updated and optimized. Hope you like it :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Notch at every 11 days against Wallpaper Maker's every 3 months. Simple Notch also leads on ratings volume (426 vs 127) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Wallpaper Maker's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 57%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Wallpaper Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Simple Notch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Wallpaper Maker against 4.6 for Simple Notch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 127 and 426 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Wallpaper Maker's written reviews are positive against 57% of Simple Notch's.
Wallpaper Maker ships an update every 3 months, Simple Notch every 11 days. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Wallpaper Maker | Simple Notch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (127 ratings) | 4.6 (426 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews — better | 57.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 127 | 426 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 玉伶 杨 | 振山 董 |
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Wallpaper Maker
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In-app purchases
Wallpaper Maker
- Pro Feature Month$0.991 Month
- Pro Feature Year$2.991 Year
- Pro Feature Forever$7.99
Simple Notch
- Simple Notch PRO$1.99
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