Comparison

HD Wallpaper & Cool Background vs Customized Wallpapers

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

Head to head
About

HD Wallpaper & Cool Background

Discover and download thousands of high-definition wallpapers optimized for iPhone, iPod, and iPad retina displays. Explore a vast collection of stunning images, from landscapes to abstract art, with features like recommended wallpapers and an enhanced search engine.

Highlights
  • Thousands of high-definition wallpapers
  • Optimized for retina display
  • Recommended wallpapers function
  • Enhanced search engine
  • Trending and exclusive wallpapers
  • Supports various iPhone models
Features
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HD Wallpapers for iPhone background - The app available with best thousands of high definition retina wallpapers for you to download for any iOS device free. Take full advantage of the crisp retina screens available on the iPhone, iPod, and iPad and unleash the full visual potential of your devices. FEATURES - Perfectly support iPhone 7, iPhone 7 plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s plus,iPhone 5, iPhone5s. - Optimized function of Recommended Wallpapers. - Enhanced search engine with considerate prompts. - Trending exclusive and cool wallpapers and special features added all the time. - Images optimized for retina display. Optimized for iOS 10, 9, 8 & 7, this app provides users with a wide array of crystal clear high-quality background images, developed to take advantage of retina display capabilities. Gorgeous vistas, breathtaking ocean views and lush tropical scenery, popular quotes, anime, cartoon, funny images, love themes, cute animals, colorful pics, illustrations, calendars, sports highlights are just some of the mainly options 1000+ Wallpapers makes available to you. Furthermore, a lot of WELL-DESIGNED, UNIQUE wallpapers are only available in our app. Note : for those of you who are experiencing images are not being saved to your device when clicked on save image button , be sure to allow photos access to the app in your settings by going to Settings -> Privacy -> photos and turn the switch on for this application.

About

Customized Wallpapers

Personalize your device's background with a vast collection of high-quality wallpapers. Apply unique filters and add dazzling glow effects to create a look that's entirely your own. Share your creations or save them directly to your device.

Highlights
  • High quality wallpapers
  • Personalize with filters
  • Add glow effects
  • Wallpaper preview
  • Share wallpapers
  • Save wallpapers
  • Many categories
Features
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One of the best personalized wallpapers app in the AppStore! A multitude of best wallpapers for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Customize your screen with lovely wallpapers, add filters like sepia, monohrome, invert colours and many more. Add fantastic glows to each of them,lik lovely bubbles, hearts, flowers, snow and even broken glass! Make them all yours! Choose from many different categories – more to add in the future. At the moment there are wallpapers from categories: Apple logo, abstract and futuristic, plants, flowers, nature, birds, animals, sea animals, insects, reptiles, creatures, sport, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, tennis, Easter eggs, Easter bunnies, Spring, Xmas, Christmas, Santa Claus, Snow, Christmas tree, snow flakes, holidays, Halloween, Pumpkin, ghosts, witches, skeletons, zombie, Fantasy, unicorns, pegasus, dragons, knights, faries, ghoblins, Love, heart, couples, Japan, Japanese culture, sushi, geisha, manga, anime, Fuji, Japanese gardens and nature, India, Hindu deities, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, Saraswati, Ganesha, Hanuman, Krishna and many more. Features: - high quality wallpapers - easy to use - personalize with filters and glow effects - wallpaper preview - share wallpapers on Facebook or Twitter - send wallpapers to email - save wallpapers to your Photos - many categories to choose Wallpapers categories: Apple, Abstract, Animals, Christmas, Easter, Fantasy, Flowers, Halloween, India, Japanese, Love, Space, Sport and more to add in the next update! If you like this app, please leave a glowing review!

Screenshots

HD Wallpaper & Cool Background3 screens
Customized Wallpapers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HD Wallpaper & Cool Background at none against Customized Wallpapers's 1. HD Wallpaper & Cool Background also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Customized Wallpapers's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 80%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Customized Wallpapers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HD Wallpaper & Cool Background asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for HD Wallpaper & Cool Background against 4.7 for Customized Wallpapers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 340 and 223 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of HD Wallpaper & Cool Background's written reviews are positive against 91% of Customized Wallpapers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HD Wallpaper & Cool Background ships an update every 4 months, Customized Wallpapers every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HD Wallpaper & Cool Background versus Customized Wallpapers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHD Wallpaper & Cool BackgroundCustomized Wallpapers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (340 ratings)4.7 (223 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings340 — better223
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB39 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAbhay ValaInternet Designs

Customer experience

HD Wallpaper & Cool Background

All ratings341 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral7.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Customized Wallpapers

All ratings223 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

HD Wallpaper & Cool Background

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Customized Wallpapers

Requested features

1 request
  • Add more novelty/new features

In-app purchases

None

HD Wallpaper & Cool Background

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Customized Wallpapers

One-time1
  • Customized Wallpapers PRO$1.99

Questions

Is HD Wallpaper & Cool Background free?
HD Wallpaper & Cool Background is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Customized Wallpapers free?
Customized Wallpapers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HD Wallpaper & Cool Background or Customized Wallpapers?
Customized Wallpapers is rated higher. HD Wallpaper & Cool Background averages 4.5 out of 5 from 340 ratings, while Customized Wallpapers averages 4.7 from 223 ratings.
Do HD Wallpaper & Cool Background or Customized Wallpapers have ads?
Customized Wallpapers shows ads; HD Wallpaper & Cool Background does not.
Which is updated more often, HD Wallpaper & Cool Background or Customized Wallpapers?
HD Wallpaper & Cool Background ships an update every 4 months, and Customized Wallpapers every 7 months. Most recently, HD Wallpaper & Cool Background was updated on November 2, 2026 and Customized Wallpapers on November 3, 2026.

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