Backgrounds! vs anthouse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backgrounds!
Discover a vast collection of high-quality wallpapers optimized for iPad displays. Explore diverse categories, filter by your preferences, and enjoy a seamless browsing experience with a polished interface. New backgrounds are added regularly.
- iPad-optimized wallpapers
- Multiple categories (Cars, Landscapes, Flowers, etc.)
- Filter by category
- Browse by popularity, recent, or random
- Fast speed and easy navigation
- Polished UI and beautiful design
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With great wallpapers specifically designed for iPad display, this is the best background app for iPad! Get it today for FREE and enjoy all the great backgrounds! Features: - Great wallpapers specifically designed for iPad - Lots of categories, such as Cars, Landscapes, Flowers, Animals, Holidays and more! - More wallpapers are being added. - Filter by categories - Browse by popularity, recent or random - Fast speed and easy navigation - Polished UI, beautiful design We are always adding new backgrounds, don't forget to check back! FAQ: - How to change background/wallpaper? Open the Settings app and select "Brightness & Wallpaper", or use the Photos App. The images downloaded through this app is saved under the Camera Roll. Send your comments/suggestions to hanamobiles@gmail.com or visit http://www.hanamobiles.com Disclaimer: These images are either from public domain (provided by wikipedia or other websites), or licensed under create commons and have been fully attributed, or created by our design team. If you have any questions regarding the content, contact us through hanamobiles@gmail.com.
anthouse
Control your smart home devices, including lighting, appliances, and entertainment systems, from a single app. It also offers smart community features for residents, such as announcements, security monitoring, and communication tools.
- User-defined equipment, rooms, and scenes
- Control lighting, TV, AC, and more
- Smart community announcements
- Resident notifications and suggestions
- Visual intercom and security monitoring
- Remote monitoring capabilities
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Anthouse wise family can only create smart life for you: 1. Users can edit user-defined equipment, rooms, scenes, etc; 2. Realize the control of lighting, TV, air conditioning, set-top box, curtain, background music and other household appliances; 3. Smart community: community announcement, resident notification, complaints and suggestions, service for me, visual intercom, security monitoring, remote monitoring, family message.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backgrounds! at 54% against anthouse's 0%. Backgrounds! also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). anthouse's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price and ads 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. Backgrounds! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. anthouse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Backgrounds! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backgrounds! has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Backgrounds!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of anthouse's.
Backgrounds! ships an update every 6 months, anthouse monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backgrounds! | anthouse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (14 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 262 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hana Mobile | Shenzhen Atte Smart Life Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Backgrounds!
anthouse
Bugs and requests
Backgrounds!
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes when applying filters
- App continuously closes when clicking a filter or button
- Cannot install the app
- App shuts down when using the filter function
- Filter function doesn't work
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- App hasn't been working properly recently
- Won't let you add to photo gallery anymore
- Stopped working
- No app support
Requested features
7 requests- Add a search by topic/type button
- Organize new backgrounds into a 'NEW' folder
- Add more filters like anime
- Improve organization with categories (e.g., flowers, nature, cars)
- Implement swipe to go to the next page
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- Add quote backgrounds
- Improve the iPhone app experience
anthouse
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Backgrounds!
- Backgrounds Pro$1.99
anthouse
No in-app purchases
