Comparison

Hide The Notch vs Notch Tools LITE

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

Head to head
About

Hide The Notch

Customize your iPhone X wallpaper to creatively hide the notch. Use pre-set images or your own photos with various effects to design unique backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Notch hiding wallpapers
  • Use own photos
  • Apply effects
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • iPhone X companion
Features
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Your wallpaper is the picture you look at most often in your life. Fifty times a day, a hundred. Someone, a place, a light, a three second memory before you answer a message. And there is a notch in it. This app adjusts your wallpaper to hide it. The top of the screen turns black, the same night as the one already around the camera, the kind only OLED screens can make, and your picture carries on underneath as if nothing had happened. Notch, punch hole, Dynamic Island: whatever your phone calls it, it disappears. You choose your photo, the one that matters, and frame it the way you want. Or you start from a gradient and push it around with your finger until you land on the right colour, the one you would not have found anywhere else. There are several ways to make the notch disappear, and a single setting for each. You try, you see straight away, you keep the one you like. Then the picture is yours. It lands in your photos, at the exact size of your screen. You keep it, you send it to someone, you make another one tomorrow because the light has changed. Free. No ads, no account, no tracking, no subscription. Your photos never leave your phone.

About

Notch Tools LITE

Customize your iPhone's screen by creating unique wallpapers to hide or alter the appearance of the top notch. Enhance symmetry and aesthetics with your own photos or pre-set designs.

Highlights
  • Custom wallpaper creation
  • Hide iPhone notch
  • Rounded corner export
  • Custom top bar colors
  • Full colored bezel option
  • Symmetric bottom notch design
Features
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Don't you like the notch on the top bar of your new iPhone? Easily customize your screen with Notch Tools LITE by creating specific customized wallpapers! "Hide" the notch by changing its surroundings on screen and make it cleaner and more symmetrical with your own pictures from photo library or custom wallpapers. Or you can use one of the multiple export functions: basic notch hide, rounded corner (according to the screen format), custom top bar colors (same colors of Apple cases), custom full colored bezel (cool thin line on entire screen), symmetric bottom notch or a special custom shape designed notch. *Some features require in-app purchases. Choose the one you like the most and enjoy your new iPhone! Download now! *Optional Subscription: - Notch Tools LITE offers a ELITE weekly subscription at just USD $1.49, please note prices may vary depending on sales taxes or countries. - You will be asked to login to your iTunes account (if not already) prior to the purchase and the payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Additional information is provided stating that subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. - App Terms Of Use: https://bit.ly/2rzwuIR

Screenshots

Hide The Notch4 screens
Notch Tools LITE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hide The Notch at 5.0 against Notch Tools LITE's 2.9. Hide The Notch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Notch Tools LITE's advantage is iOS requirement (11.1 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Notch Tools LITE sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Hide The Notch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hide The Notch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hide The Notch ships an update every 3 weeks, Notch Tools LITE every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hide The Notch versus Notch Tools LITE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHide The NotchNotch Tools LITE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better2.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.411.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaxime ThirouinLucas Yamashita

Customer experience

Hide The Notch

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notch Tools LITE

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hide The Notch

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Notch Tools LITE

Subscriptions1
  • Notch Tools Elite Subscription3 Days trial$1.497 Days
One-time2
  • Notch Tools Lite Remove Ads$0.99
  • Notch Tools PRO$1.99

Questions

Is Hide The Notch free?
Hide The Notch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notch Tools LITE free?
Notch Tools LITE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hide The Notch or Notch Tools LITE?
Hide The Notch is rated higher. Hide The Notch averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Notch Tools LITE averages 2.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Hide The Notch or Notch Tools LITE have ads?
Neither Hide The Notch nor Notch Tools LITE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hide The Notch or Notch Tools LITE?
Hide The Notch ships an update every 3 weeks, and Notch Tools LITE every 6 weeks. Most recently, Hide The Notch was updated on November 2, 2026 and Notch Tools LITE on November 8, 2026.

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