Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker vs Charging Play!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker
Create unique live wallpapers for your iPhone using a vast database or an AI generation tool. Personalize your device with spectacular sceneries, fantasy landscapes, and cute animals. New wallpapers are added weekly to keep your background fresh and stylish.
- AI wallpaper generation
- Huge database of live wallpapers
- Personalize lock screens
- Weekly new additions
- Easy setup
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Live wallpapers make your iPhone unique and stylish. Check our huge database of live wallpapers, backgrounds and lockscreens. Use our AI generation tool to create unique wallpapers. Do you want to give your iPhone a unique look? Try now one of our super cool AI generated Wallpapers and personalise your screen! We have spectacular sceneries, fantasy landscapes, cute and funny animals and a lot more. Install now and enhance your device. With our AI Wallpaper generation tool you can create gorgeous Wallpapers from words. Just describe how your ideal wallpaper looks like, select a style and hit create. In just a couple of seconds you'll have a really cool wallpaper for your device. Each week we add new Live Wallpapers so you'll never get bored. You can choose a new one every day. Setting up a new Wallpaper is super easy, just open the app, save your favorite one from our collection, then go to your Photos, select the saved Wallpaper and set it as your Lockscreen Wallpaper. To access the awesome Wallpapers collection you need to subscribe to our Unlimited Access option. The subsription option is a weekly subscription with a 3 days Free Trial to test out the service at no cost. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: - Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and at the beginning of each renewal term. - A free trial subscription will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription or free trial from your iTunes account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial period. - Renewal cost will be charged to your account 24 hours prior to the end of the curent period. - The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period. Terms of service: https://www.livewallpapers.com/pages/terms Privacy Policy:https://www.livewallpapers.com/privacy-policy.html ATTENTION: Live Wallpapers only work on iOS 17 or later compatible devices.
Charging Play!
Transform your phone's charging experience with unique animations and sounds. Personalize your charging screen with custom videos, making every charge session visually engaging and entertaining. Discover a new way to express yourself while your device powers up.
- Customizable charging animations
- Add personal videos as charging effects
- Unique charging status visuals
- Brilliant animation effects
- Personalized charging show
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——It's iOS15 time! "Get rid of the traditional boring charging tips!" "Satisfy your various cool needs for the charging status of your mobile phone!" This is the special charging play effects app! - Charging Play animation Cool animation effects are brilliant, making your charging animation unique. - Custom Charging Show Customize and add videos as charging animation anytime, anywhere, and make your 【unique charging show】! Let you see your idol or cute pet every time you charge:) More functions and charging effects, please look forward to subsequent versions~
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Charging Play! at free with in-app purchases against Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker's subscription. Charging Play! also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker's advantage is ratings volume (42K vs 1.4K). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Charging Play! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker against 4.5 for Charging Play!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker has 42K ratings behind it against 1.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker's written reviews are positive against 38% of Charging Play!'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker | Charging Play! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (42K ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 38.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42K — better | 1.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 277 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wave Design Studio | 江真 刘 |
Customer experience
Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker
Charging Play!
User reviews
Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker
From 42K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good job
- 👍 Fabulous wallpapers
- 👍 Fun app
- 👍 Surprisingly legit
Room to improve
- 🐛 Super glitchy
- 🔒 Expensive subscription
- 🔒 Overpriced
- 🔒 Scammy and predatory
- 🐛 Doesn't work as advertised
Charging Play!
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Fast charging
- 🎨 Visually appealing animations
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 🔋 Drains battery
- 📢 Excessive ads
- 🔒 Requires unlocked phone to work
Bugs and requests
Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Wallpapers don't move
- Crashes and freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Glitches and bugs
Requested features
3 requests- Make everything free
- Automatically play wallpapers
- Add dark mode
Charging Play!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Animations not working as expected
- App crashes or freezes
- Incompatible with some devices
Requested features
3 requests- More animation options
- Ability to work with locked phone
- Reduce ads or offer paid version
In-app purchases
Wave, AI Live Wallpapers Maker
- Weekly Unlimited Access3 Days trial2 variants$7.997 Days
- UNLIMITED ACCESS7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Unlimited access3 Days trial$24.991 Year
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- UNLIMITED ACCESS7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 1 Token$1.99
- 5 Tokens$3.99
- 10 Tokens$5.99
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- No Ads$6.99
- Upgrade VIP$9.99
Charging Play!
- Remove ads$0.99
Questions
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