Wallpaper Maker vs Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers
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
Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers
Create custom animated edge lighting wallpapers for your iPhone. Personalize glowing borders, choose notch and Dynamic Island layouts, and use your own photos as backgrounds. Save designs as Live Photos for a dynamic Lock Screen.
- Custom LED-style borders
- Notch and Dynamic Island support
- Live Photo wallpaper export
- Use personal background images
- Adjustable border styles and shapes
- Device fit controls
- Wallpaper collections
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Edge Lighting: Live Wallpapers Transform your iPhone screen with glowing edge light wallpapers, animated borders, and beautiful background styles. Edge Lighting lets you create custom wallpapers with colorful LED-style borders, notch and Dynamic Island layouts, live photo effects, and personal background images. Design a wallpaper that fits your device, matches your style, and looks great on your Lock Screen. Key Features Custom Edge Lighting Wallpapers Create bright LED-style borders with neon, rainbow, pastel, and custom color combinations. Adjust the border size, glow, speed, and style to make your wallpaper look exactly how you want. Live Photo Wallpaper Export Save animated edge lighting designs as Live Photos and use them as wallpapers through the Photos app. Notch and Dynamic Island Support Choose layouts for notch, Dynamic Island, camera hole, or no cutout. Adjust cutout width, height, radius, and position for a better fit on your iPhone screen. Background Image Support Use built-in wallpapers or choose your own photo from the Photos app. Adjust background zoom and position before saving so your image fits nicely inside the edge design. Border Styles and Shapes Choose from different edge styles, including clean lines and decorative border patterns. Customize the look to match your mood, wallpaper, or device theme. Device Fit Controls Fine-tune margins, corner radius, border thickness, horizontal position, and iOS wallpaper adjustment settings for a better Lock Screen result. Wallpaper Collections Browse curated wallpapers, trending designs, most downloaded styles, presets, and daily reward wallpapers. Easy Save and Setup Guide Save your wallpaper to Photos, then follow the built-in tutorial to set it on your iPhone Lock Screen. Why Choose Edge Lighting Create custom glowing wallpapers Supports notch and Dynamic Island layouts Save animated designs as Live Photos Use your own photos as backgrounds Adjust wallpaper fit before saving Browse beautiful preset wallpaper collections Designed for iPhone Lock Screen customization Make your iPhone screen glow with custom edge lighting wallpapers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://edge-lighting-e84b6.web.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Wallpaper Maker at none against Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers's shown. Wallpaper Maker also leads on ratings volume (312 vs 8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Wallpaper Maker against 4.5 for Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wallpaper Maker has 312 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wallpaper Maker ships an update every 4 months, Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wallpaper Maker | Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (312 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 312 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Armchair Engineering | Vasilkoff Ltd |
Customer experience
Wallpaper Maker
Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers
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)
Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wallpaper Maker
- Notched Unlock$2.99
Edge Lighting LED Wallpapers
- Edge Lighting One Week Premium$3.997 Days
- Edge Lighting One Week Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Edge Lighting One Month Premium$9.991 Month
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- Edge Lighting Year Premium Offer1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Edge Lighting One Year Premium$29.991 Year
- Edge Lighting Pro Lifetime$59.99
Questions
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