EdgeGra vs Shelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EdgeGra
Create stunning custom wallpapers with dynamic gradients and personalized borders. This app adapts to your device's notch or dock, allowing for unique backgrounds and image overlays with adjustable blur. Explore a variety of customization options for a truly personalized look.
- Create gradient border wallpapers
- Create gradient background wallpapers
- Add custom images with blur
- Support for notch, dock, and custom text
- Configure border thickness and blur
- Dashed border options
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EdgeGra is completely free and ad-free. There is a monthly Pro subscription that will give you access to store and manage presets and more upcoming features. EdgeGra allows you to create custom wallpapers with gradients, detects your device and preloads some settings that can be changed at any time. Dynamic island, big or small notch, none, it doesn't matter, EdgeGra has you covered With EdgeGra you can: * Create wallpapers with gradient borders * Create wallpapers with gradient background * Create wallpapers with your own image and set custom blur * Create wallpapers with notch, dock, widgets or custom text * You can configure thickness, blur and also set dashed borders Note: Some settings were tested on an iPhone 13 mini, so they will initially look strange on some devices, but they can be changed. Licensed Application End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/f9042442-fbb8-4b21-931b-cc7ee8f40101
Shelf
Pin photos, text, or app shortcuts to your iPhone's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Customize the appearance with themes, colors, and fonts. Access content with a tap or use Siri and App Shortcuts for automatic launching.
- Pin photos, text, and app shortcuts
- Dynamic Island and Home Screen support
- Customizable themes, colors, and fonts
- Always-on display integration
- App Shortcuts and Siri integration
- Quick access with a tap
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Shelf lets you pin content to the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Home Screen! Create shelves that display a photo, text, or quick links to open apps, shortcuts, or websites. Each are visually customisable; apply themes or manually change colours and fonts. Thanks to the iPhone 14 Pro’s always-on-display, shelves can be viewed at a glance - with actions a simple tap away. Automatically launch shelves with App Shortcuts support, such as when a Focus is turned on, or ask Siri "Create a Text Shelf" to quickly pin a spoken comment to your Lock Screen. More types of shelves will be coming soon, such as; a Timer, Checklist, and Weather. If you have any questions, please reach out to shelf@michaeltigas.com.au Privacy Policy: https://michaeltigas.notion.site/Shelf-Privacy-Policy-d1eee01d6bc845b29052d1d75de8968f Terms of Use: https://michaeltigas.notion.site/Shelf-Terms-of-Use-0f7815e773e3420db9a5e6b1cdddbd54
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shelf at every 2 days against EdgeGra's every 6 weeks. Shelf also leads on ratings volume (280 vs 65). EdgeGra's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 58%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. EdgeGra sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shelf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 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 EdgeGra against 4.5 for Shelf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 280 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of EdgeGra's written reviews are positive against 58% of Shelf's.
EdgeGra ships an update every 6 weeks, Shelf every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EdgeGra | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (65 ratings) — better | 4.5 (280 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 57.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 65 | 280 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Angel Gutierrez | Michael Tigas |
Customer experience
EdgeGra
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In-app purchases
EdgeGra
- Edgy Pro$2.991 Month
- Love for coffee$0.99
- Love for donuts$1.99
- Love for pizza$3.99
Shelf
- Shelf Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Shelf Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$12.991 Year








