Wallpaper Maker vs Blur Master
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
Blur Master
Easily create custom wallpapers and contact posters with adjustable blur effects. Enhance legibility of text on your lock screen and contact cards. Your creations are saved directly to your device with no data collection.
- Customizable blur types
- Create wallpapers
- Design contact posters
- Adjust text legibility
- Save directly to camera roll
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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Craft captivating wallpapers and contact posters effortlessly with Blur Master! Choose your blur type, open an image, and blur away. Save your creations directly to your camera roll in a snap! Struggling with legible text on your lock screen or contact posters? Introducing Contact Poster Style – easily set the height and blur level for a polished, professional look. Rest easy knowing your privacy is our priority. Blur Master ensures that everything stays securely on your device, with absolutely no data collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blur Master at none against Wallpaper Maker's 1. Blur Master also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Wallpaper Maker's advantage is ratings volume (311 vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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. Blur Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Wallpaper Maker against 4.3 for Blur Master. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wallpaper Maker has 311 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Wallpaper Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Blur Master's.
Wallpaper Maker ships an update every 4 months, Blur Master every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 17, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wallpaper Maker | Blur Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (311 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 311 — better | 6 |
| 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 — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Armchair Engineering | Taylor Vandenberg |
Customer experience
Wallpaper Maker
Blur Master
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)
Blur Master
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wallpaper Maker
- Notched Unlock$2.99
Blur Master
No in-app purchases
Questions
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