Comparison

Notchless vs KROMA

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

Head to head
About

Notchless

Discover and upload unique wallpapers designed to cleverly conceal your phone's notch. Contribute your own creations to a growing library and enhance your device's interface with a seamless look.

Highlights
  • Download notch-hiding wallpapers
  • Upload your own wallpapers
  • Extensive wallpaper library
  • Intuitive touch-driven interface
  • Designed for iPhones and iDevices
Features
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Download and upload wallpapers for your phone that hide the notch. Go full Notchless! Furthermore, you can also contribute to the extensive library. If your wallpaper fits the criteria to blend into the notch and make the interface look Notchless, your background will show up in the list in under 72 hours. Yep, we thought of you X users and we came up with a simple intuitive, touch-driven app that provides wallpapers that look amazing on the new iPhone. They also look great on any iDevice you are using.

About

KROMA

Transform your device into a collection of retro, monochrome phones with customizable designs and tactile feedback. Enjoy built-in games, tools, and a local password manager.

Highlights
  • 23 retro phone models
  • 196 customizable looks
  • 13 built-in pixel games
  • T9-style messaging
  • Local password manager
  • Monochrome pixel photos
  • Tactile haptic feedback
Features
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KROMA brings tactile retro handsets, pixel menus, Internet voice and video calls, messages and little companions to your iPhone or iPad. CALL AND MESSAGE THE RETRO WAY • Get a ten-digit KROMA number and connect with friends using KROMA. • Make voice and video calls inside the retro screen, with speaker control, camera flip and missed-call history. • Write with the keypad. Browse Inbox, Drafts, Sent items and pixel-style chats. Saved messages and call history open offline. • Record voice messages up to 30 seconds and listen before sending. • Send captioned photos and videos from KROMA Photos. Attachments are under 5 MB; videos up to 5 minutes, with trimming when needed. Save received media to KROMA or iPhone Photos. • Name contacts without importing your iPhone address book. • Share your number or invite friends with a square image of your current phone, its lit screen and a download QR code. • Keep your number with optional Sign in with Apple or a private recovery code. Both people need KROMA and Internet access. KROMA numbers are in-app identities, not mobile numbers; calls cannot reach carrier numbers or emergency services. Messages use TLS, not end-to-end encryption. Content is relayed until both devices confirm saving it, then removed from active service storage; delivery metadata remains. Number recovery cannot restore purged history. Keep local app data to retain it. CHOOSE, DESIGN AND GIFT A PHONE Choose your handset on first launch. Hold # for 2 seconds to reopen Your phone. Browse handsets, Custom designs and Gifts in horizontal rows. Explore Basket Ball in NY Arena, NY Home and NY Away. In Personalization, choose Air, Original or Sport, add front and back photos, and save. Gift a phone via KROMA or AirDrop. Preview both sides, then Accept or Decline. Accept saves a copy without switching phones; select it in Gifts and tap OK. The sender keeps the original. Import .kroma files through Open gift. Downloaded previews and saved copies work offline; accepting a KROMA gift needs Internet. Pending gifts expire after seven days. PLANS AND MONTHLY ALLOWANCES • Free: 1 custom phone with Air, 200 messages, 30 voice-call minutes, 30 video-call minutes and 20 voice messages. • Plus: 10 custom phones with Air + Original, 3,000 messages, 300 voice-call minutes, 120 video-call minutes and 200 voice messages. • Premium: 100 custom phones with Air, Original + Sport, 10,000 messages, 1,000 voice-call minutes, 300 video-call minutes and 1,000 voice messages. • Ultra: all models, 1,000 custom phones, unlimited monthly messages, voice calls and voice messages, plus 1,000 video-call hours. Custom limits apply to designs saved at once, exclude Gifts, and do not reset monthly. Text, photos and videos share the message allowance. Only outgoing activity counts; incoming is free. Communication allowances reset each UTC calendar month. Voice clips are up to 30 seconds; calls up to two hours each. See usage in Your phone → Settings → Plans & usage. Paid plans include an optional four-digit phone PIN. Prices and billing periods come from the App Store. Restore or manage subscriptions in the app. Subscriptions renew until cancelled through the App Store. PETS, CAMERA AND POCKET GAMES Care for pixel pets or send one to a friend. Capture retro photos and videos with pixel lettering and date/time stamps. Choose Classic, Beep or Click keypad sounds. Enjoy 13 games and local tools including Calculator, Calendar, Stopwatch, Composer, reminders, Flashlight and Compass. Pwd Manager stores logins in the local Keychain and requires a device passcode; it has no cloud recovery. Your number, Invite, QR scanning, offline Guide and Q&A are in Your phone → Settings. Initial artwork and 3D downloads need Internet. Permissions are requested when needed. If saving to Photos fails, the local KROMA copy remains. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kromaphone.com/legal/privacy/

Screenshots

Notchless4 screens
KROMA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KROMA at every 2 days against Notchless's every 4 months. Notchless's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and iOS requirement (11.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Notchless sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and KROMA sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Notchless against 5.0 for KROMA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notchless ships an update every 4 months, KROMA every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Notchless versus KROMA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotchlessKROMA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB359 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperMihai alexandru BoldNha HOANG

Customer experience

Notchless

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KROMA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notchless

One-time1
  • Kill the ads$0.99
6 purchases

KROMA

Subscriptions6
  • KROMA Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • KROMA Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • KROMA Ultra Monthly$19.991 Month
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  • KROMA Plus Yearly$49.991 Year
  • KROMA Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
  • KROMA Ultra Yearly$199.991 Year

Questions

Is Notchless free?
Notchless is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KROMA free?
KROMA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notchless or KROMA?
Notchless and KROMA are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Notchless or KROMA have ads?
Neither Notchless nor KROMA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notchless or KROMA?
Notchless ships an update every 4 months, and KROMA every 2 days. Most recently, Notchless was updated on November 2, 2026 and KROMA on October 31, 2026.

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