Wallpaper Maker vs Wallpapers Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wallpaper Maker
Create unique bordered wallpapers for your phone's home and lock screens. Easily import photos or use included images, customize border colors and styles, and export your creations to apply them directly.
- Create bordered wallpapers
- Import photos or use included images
- Customize border color, style, and opacity
- Export wallpapers to photo library
- Apply wallpapers from Photos app
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Make your phone shine with custom bordered wallpapers! Notched is a tool for creating cool and distinct wallpapers for your phone. Quickly and easily make wallpapers for your home or lock screen in just four simple steps: - Import any photo from your library or choose from a great selection of included images - Set border color, style (single line, double line, gradient or rainbow) and opacity - Export wallpaper to your photo library - Apply wallpaper to your home or lock screen from the Photos app, via the "Use as Wallpaper" action
Wallpapers Studio
Transform your photos into custom blurred wallpapers that perfectly fit your device's screen. This open-source application prioritizes user privacy by keeping all your images and creations on your device.
- Convert photos to wallpapers
- Blurred wallpaper effect
- Automatic cropping to screen size
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
- Open-source code available
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Wallpapers Studio allows you to convert images from your Photo Library into blurred wallpapers, cropped to fit your device screen. We do not collect any user data. Your photos and wallpapers you create stay on your device. The app is open-source. If you are a developer, check out the code on GitHub: https://github.com/darrarski/WallpapersStudio-iOS
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wallpapers Studio at 5.0 against Wallpaper Maker's 4.4. Wallpapers Studio also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Wallpaper Maker's advantage is ratings volume (311 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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 1 one-off in-app purchase. Wallpapers Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wallpapers Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wallpaper Maker has 311 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wallpaper Maker ships an update every 4 months, Wallpapers Studio every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 17, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wallpaper Maker | Wallpapers Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (311 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 311 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Armchair Engineering | Dariusz Rybicki |
Customer experience
Wallpaper Maker
Wallpapers Studio
Bugs and requests
Wallpaper Maker
Reported bugs
12 issues- Corners off screen on iPad
- Notch not lining up on iPhone 16 Pro Max
- Extended wallpaper feature causes white blur
- App no longer works after iOS update
- Cannot change phone type after initial selection
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- Border runs under notch and corners
- Watermark makes app unusable
- Wallpaper preview looks good, but effect doesn't apply
- Notched border not present when saved as wallpaper
- Crashes frequently
- Does not align with notch
- App crashes after iOS update
Requested features
11 requests- Update for iPhone 14/15
- Fix double line opacity
- Add border for oval dock/top half
- Increase color scale/add color sliders/hex codes
- Add neon glowing lines
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- Option for triple color
- Exported wallpaper sized correctly
- Lock screen and home screen specific embellishments
- Access to other Photos folders
- Allow browsing photo albums beyond 'moments'
- Support for newer iPhones (12 mini, 12 Pro Max, XsMax)
Wallpapers Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wallpaper Maker
- Notched Unlock$2.99
Wallpapers Studio
No in-app purchases
