Backgroundia vs smART STIX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgroundia
Discover fresh, unique daily content to personalize your iPhone and iPad. Easily build a library of backgrounds, including special holiday and seasonal themes, and share them with friends.
- Daily fresh content
- Unique backgrounds
- Holiday and seasonal themes
- Build background library
- Share with friends
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This app will make your iPhone and iPad unique! Fresh unique content daily! Special holiday and seasonal content available in the app. Easily build your backgroundia library and share with friends! Terms of Services: https://yolo-me.com/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://yolo-me.com/privacy.html
smART STIX
This app guides users through building projects using bendable rods and connectors. Select a blueprint, measure and cut materials with the workbench, then follow interactive instructions to construct your design.
- Blueprint selection
- Interactive step-by-step instructions
- Material measurement and cutting guide
- Design construction guidance
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The smART STIX app is a companion app for the smART STIX product. The innovative, open-ended smART STIX let anyone engineer their projects using bendable aluminum rods and smART connectors. After choosing a blueprint from the free smART STIX app, you use the included smART Workbench to measure and cut the exact size and number of aluminum rods needed. Then you bend them into shapes and connect them to build your design. Our app will guide you through the process with interactive step by step instructions. smART STIX™ is a trademark of Flycatcher Toys INC © 2025. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: smART STIX at none against Backgroundia's 3. Backgroundia's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 3) and rating (1.5 vs 1.3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Backgroundia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. smART STIX asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backgroundia holds the better App Store score, 1.5 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backgroundia has 1.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Backgroundia ships an update every 6 months, smART STIX every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgroundia | smART STIX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (1.5K ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 2.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yolo Inc. | FlyCatcher Inc. |
Customer experience
Backgroundia
smART STIX
Bugs and requests
Backgroundia
Reported bugs
2 issues- Subscription charges despite cancellation
- Inability to access app without subscribing
Requested features
2 requests- More free background options
- Ability to preview content before subscribing
smART STIX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backgroundia
- Pro3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Pro$19.991 Year
- Pro$29.991 Month
smART STIX
No in-app purchases
Questions
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