Wallpaper Maker vs HTML Sandbox 2
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
HTML Sandbox 2
Create custom lock and home screens using HTML and various data sources like weather, battery, and calendar events. Download themes from a large community and receive support.
- Custom lock screen design
- Custom home screen design
- Integrate weather data
- Integrate battery status
- Integrate calendar events
- Integrate RSS feeds
- Community theme downloads
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The HTML Sandbox app is a productivity tool for the HTML Sandbox shortcut. With the shortcut you can create your own lockscreen and/or homescreen using e.g. weather data, battery status, calendar events, RSS-feeds and much more. Download the HTML Sandbox shortcut from the app. Join our iNNOVATION community with 18k+ members and download your favourite themes. Get 24/7 support from iNNOVATION community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HTML Sandbox 2 at none against Wallpaper Maker's 3. HTML Sandbox 2 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume 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. Wallpaper Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. HTML Sandbox 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
HTML Sandbox 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 127 and 53 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Wallpaper Maker's written reviews are positive against 85% of HTML Sandbox 2's.
Wallpaper Maker ships an update every 3 months, HTML Sandbox 2 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wallpaper Maker | HTML Sandbox 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (127 ratings) | 4.8 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| 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 | Eric Roembach |
Customer experience
Wallpaper Maker
HTML Sandbox 2
In-app purchases
Wallpaper Maker
- Pro Feature Month$0.991 Month
- Pro Feature Year$2.991 Year
- Pro Feature Forever$7.99
HTML Sandbox 2
No in-app purchases
