Chameleon vs ShowAE
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
ShowAE
Create custom icon effects for your device's homescreen with over 300 unique options. Design personalized icons by layering different effects and export them for sharing or automatic application. Achieve a unique and visually appealing homescreen with ease.
- Over 300 unique icon effects
- Layer multiple icon effect options
- Create unique and amazing icon effects
- Export single images for sharing
- Automatically apply to favorite icons
- Simple and easy to use
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ShowAE has over 300 unique icon effects so you can theme your icons and have an amazing looking Homescreen! Choose from multiple icon effect layers to create a unique and amazing icon effect. Export a single image to share or automatically apply to your favourite icons. Its so simple too!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShowAE at 100% against Chameleon's 55%. ShowAE also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9). On price, ratings volume, ads 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 ShowAE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ShowAE holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Chameleon's written reviews are positive against 100% of ShowAE's.
| Parameter | Chameleon | ShowAE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (37 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Xiangzi Technology Co. Ltd. | Sean Kelly |
Customer experience
Chameleon
ShowAE
In-app purchases
Chameleon
- Chameleon Premium$4.99
ShowAE
- Bronze Donation$0.99
- Silver Donation$2.99
- Gold Donation$4.99
