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.
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.
- Notch hiding wallpapers
- Use own photos
- Apply effects
- Customizable backgrounds
- iPhone X companion
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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.
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.
- Custom wallpaper creation
- Hide iPhone notch
- Rounded corner export
- Custom top bar colors
- Full colored bezel option
- Symmetric bottom notch design
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Hide The Notch | Notch Tools LITE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 11.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxime Thirouin | Lucas Yamashita |
Customer experience
Hide The Notch
Notch Tools LITE
In-app purchases
Hide The Notch
No in-app purchases
Notch Tools LITE
- Notch Tools Elite Subscription3 Days trial$1.497 Days
- Notch Tools Lite Remove Ads$0.99
- Notch Tools PRO$1.99
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