Tag vs SimpleBackgrounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tag
This app facilitates real-life connections by allowing users to express interest in others they encounter. A mutual 'Tag' confirms mutual interest, enabling direct, in-person conversations without the pressure of online dating.
- Express interest in people you see
- Mutual 'Tag' confirms interest
- Facilitates in-person conversations
- Focuses on spontaneous connections
- Reduces online dating ambiguity
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Tired of endless profiles and fleeting matches? Tag throws out the old dating app script and brings you face-to-face connections, in real-time! Forget meaningless swipes and impersonal messages - Tag empowers you to express your interest directly to people you encounter in your everyday life. Here's how it works: 1. Spot someone interesting? Simply Tag them within the app - they'll receive a discreet notification. 2.Mutual interest? If they Tag you back, it's a clear green light to approach and strike up a conversation! 3. No pressure, just genuine connection. Forget the swipe anxiety - with mutual interest confirmed, you can break the ice with confidence. What makes Tag different? - Focus on the present: Meet people you encounter organically, in the real world. - Cut the ambiguity: Mutual Tag confirms genuine interest, no guessing games involved. - Spark authentic connections: Ditch online personas and experience raw, in-person interactions. - Embrace spontaneity: Seize the moment and connect with someone interesting right now. Say goodbye to endless scrolling and hello to real-life interactions! Download Tag today and start sparking meaningful connections in your everyday life.
SimpleBackgrounds
Discover a collection of 48 beautiful, flat-colored backgrounds designed to give your phone a clean and simplistic look. Save wallpapers perfectly sized for your device, with more colors and features planned for future updates.
- 48 flat (matte) colors
- Normal and darker color versions
- Device-dimensioned saves
- Feedback option
- Future custom color option
- Future Apple Watch app
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Introducing...SimpleBackgrounds! If you're like me and are into more simplistic things in life and you want your phone to reflect that, SimpleBackgrounds is the app for you! It features 48 flat (matte) colors to choose from and more to come! Features: • 24 normal flat colors • 24 darker versions of the normal colors • Feedback option in the settings page • Save backgrounds as the height and width of the device you're on so no matter if you're on an iPad or an iPhone it'll always be dimensioned correctly Features to Come: • Custom color option • Apple Watch app or a place in iOS app for a watch background • Preview mode - shows what the background will look like behind apps or on the lock screen • Many more colors • Different color combination designs There may be a version to come out just for Macs also so stay tuned for that! Enjoy! - Eric Walker, Head Developer
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Verdict
Tag and SimpleBackgrounds both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SimpleBackgrounds's written reviews are positive against 50% of Tag's. SimpleBackgrounds also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). Tag's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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. SimpleBackgrounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tag asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tag against 5.0 for SimpleBackgrounds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleBackgrounds has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Tag's written reviews are positive against 100% of SimpleBackgrounds's.
Tag ships an update every 3 days, SimpleBackgrounds every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tag | SimpleBackgrounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Gardiner | Richard Walker |
Customer experience
Tag
SimpleBackgrounds
In-app purchases
Tag
No in-app purchases
SimpleBackgrounds
- SimpleBackgrounds Pro Features$0.99
