Chameleon vs iTheme
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chameleon
Create custom wallpapers that perfectly match your phone's app icons and widgets. Choose from various themes and personalize your home screen layout for a unique look. Includes complementary widgets and continuous theme updates for pro members.
- Custom wallpapers matching icons and widgets
- Personalized home screen layout customization
- Includes complementary widgets
- Unlockable themes with pro membership
- Continuous new theme updates
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Tired of the same old phone home screen? Try Chameleon Wallpaper! Chameleon Wallpaper is a beautification tool app that generates wallpapers perfectly tailored to match your app icons and widgets. In the Chameleon app, you can choose your favorite themes and customize your personalized wallpaper based on your home screen layout preferences. ●● Customized wallpapers perfectly match your phone's home screen layout, supporting personalized icons, widgets, and dock. ●● Includes a set of fun widgets that complement Chameleon Wallpaper. ●● Unlock all themes by becoming a pro member, with continuous updates of new themes. Hope you like it :) Privacy Policy: https://xiangzi.tech/privacy-policy-en.html Terms of Service: https://xiangzi.tech/terms-and-conditions-en.html
iTheme
Create custom desktop widgets for your device, including reminders, albums, clocks, and system information. Personalize your home screen with a rich variety of wallpapers and transparent widget options.
- Transparent desktop widgets
- To-do reminders
- Desktop album display
- Customizable desktop clock
- Oversized icon support
- Anniversary reminders
- System information display
- Rich wallpaper variety
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**super full desktop widget ** # supports transparent widgets to display your desktop perfectly To do reminder, desktop album, desktop clock, oversized icon, anniversary reminder, system information, etc **Wallpapers** The variety is rich and carefully selected **subscription description** Cycle: one year Payment: user's payment is credited to iTunes account Cancel subscription: to cancel, please manually turn off automatic subscription in Apple ID settings management 24 days before the expiration of the current subscription Renewal: the Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before its expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be extended for one cycle Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy agreement: http://dfmeo1ea27fxv.cloudfront.net/iThemePrivacyAgreement.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iTheme at 4.6 against Chameleon's 3.9. iTheme also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 55%) and device support (3 vs 1). Chameleon's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Chameleon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iTheme sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
iTheme holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Chameleon's written reviews are positive against 80% of iTheme's.
Chameleon ships an update every 9 days, iTheme fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Chameleon | iTheme |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (37 ratings) | 4.6 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Xiangzi Technology Co. Ltd. | 建平 查 |
Customer experience
Chameleon
iTheme
In-app purchases
Chameleon
- Chameleon Premium$4.99
iTheme
- One week Professional Edition3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Three month membership$18.993 Months
- One month Professional Edition3 Days trial$24.491 Month
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- One year membership3 Days trial$37.991 Year
- Open Pro senior member$12.99
