Comparison

WallPics vs Gloaming

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WallPics

Transform your iPhone with stunning live wallpapers, a DIY wallpaper maker, and charging animations. Create custom backgrounds, personalize your profile with PFP icons, and enjoy 4K quality visuals to make your device uniquely yours.

Highlights
  • Live wallpapers in 4K
  • DIY wallpaper studio
  • Customizable charging animations
  • Premium PFP icons
  • Matching wallpaper sets
  • 4K quality exports
Features
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Transform your iPhone into a personal masterpiece with Wallpics, the ultimate destination for stunning live wallpapers, DIY wallpaper maker, charging animations, photo widgets, and true 4K quality backgrounds. Whether you’re looking to refresh your lockscreen or craft a cohesive home-and-lockscreen theme, Wallpics delivers everything you need to make your device truly yours. Endless Live Wallpapers & 4K Quality Backgrounds • Dive into a vast library of dynamic live wallpapers in breathtaking 4K quality—fluid animations that bring motion and depth to your lockscreen and home screen. • Browse categories from abstract art and nature scenes to futuristic cityscapes, all rendered in ultra-high definition for crisp, vibrant visuals. • Enjoy smooth playback and perfect compatibility with iOS’s Live Photo lockscreen feature—your screen has never looked this alive. DIY Wallpaper Studio • Unleash your creativity with Wallpics’s intuitive wallpaper maker. Mix and match patterns, colors, and textures to design your own custom backgrounds in minutes. • Add text, overlays, and stickers—or start with our premium templates to craft a signature look. • Export your creations in both standard and 4K resolutions, ready to set as your lockscreen, home screen, or share with friends. Charging Animations & Dynamic Effects • Impress every time you plug in: choose from a gallery of charging animations that light up around your battery icon—so fun, you’ll look forward to low battery! • From neon pulses and sparkles to liquid fills and energy ripples, our power-on effects are fully customizable and optimized for iOS. Premium PFP Icons & Matching Wallpaper Sets • Personalize your social profiles with a curated collection of pfp icons—stylized avatars, minimalist logos, and neon glyphs that pop on any background. • Coordinate your entire device aesthetic with matching wallpaper bundles—lockscreen and home screen designs that complement each other perfectly. • Keep your theme cohesive across apps by exporting both backgrounds and pfp icons at once. Features at a Glance Live Wallpapers: Animated lockscreen backgrounds & home screen motion DIY Wallpaper: Custom background studio with templates, text & stickers Charging Animations: Dynamic power-on effects for every charge PFP Icons: Profile picture avatars in multiple styles and resolutions Matching Wallpaper Sets: Coordinated lockscreen + home screen bundles 4K Quality: Ultra-HD backgrounds and exports Ready to elevate your iPhone experience? Download Wallpics now and unlock a universe of live wallpapers, DIY creations, charging animations, pfp icons, matching wallpaper, and 4K quality backgrounds—tailored just for you! Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Privacy Policy: https://imageconverter.io/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://imageconverter.io/terms-of-use Contact us: j.leisis.mba@gmail.com

About

Gloaming

Experience procedurally generated, dynamic skies that change with the time of day. This app offers a living frame for evolving sunsets and dusks, created on-device from geographical and astronomical data. Explore, save, and even compose your own unique celestial scenes.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated skies
  • Dynamic time of day progression
  • On-device sky generation
  • Sky composition tools
  • World dusk tracking (Pro)
  • Unlimited sky saves (Pro)
Features
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Gloaming can become a living frame for procedurally generated skies: changing light, dusk, and sunset drawn on your device rather than a static image collection. In Frame, choose one sky from Today, Explore, your Collection, or saved Studio creations and watch it play and loop for free, with no time limit. Time advances naturally: drag the time bar to another moment, release it, and the evening continues. With no sky selected, Watch plays today’s sky. Gloaming Pro unlocks multiple skies playing in sequence and a separate mode that follows dusk around the world. Return to selection to change the skies you are watching. Every sky is generated on-device from a place, a date, and geographical and astronomical inputs. With Gloaming Pro, Seek lets you revisit a chosen place and date—or imagine an evening still ahead. Studio lets you compose a sky through palette, clouds, and landscape. Pro also includes unlimited keeps and high-resolution Save. A quiet display for evenings that keep moving. Privacy Policy: https://www.quantumcola.com/privacypolicyforapps Terms of Use: https://www.quantumcola.com/termsofuse

Screenshots

WallPics4 screens
Gloaming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gloaming at 100% against WallPics's 58%. Gloaming also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). WallPics's advantage is ratings volume (55K vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WallPics sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Gloaming sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gloaming holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WallPics has 55K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of WallPics's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gloaming's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WallPics ships an update every 6 days, Gloaming every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
WallPics versus Gloaming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWallPicsGloaming
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (55K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size313 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgKnight Technologies LtdQuantumCola (Hangzhou) Technologies Co.,Ltd.

Customer experience

WallPics

All ratings53,556 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,230 reviews
Positive58.2%
Neutral7.2%
Negative34.6%

Gloaming

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

WallPics

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to access live wallpapers
  • Free wallpaper download button not working
  • Wallpapers not saving properly
  • Glitches and freezing issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add search functionality
  • More free wallpaper options
  • Add NHL and more sports team wallpapers
  • Improve live wallpaper performance
  • Reduce frequency of ads

Gloaming

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

WallPics

Subscriptions10
  • Premium Wallpapers$2.991 Month
  • Weekly Access$3.997 Days
  • Premium Wallpapers$4.997 Days
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  • Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Premium Wallpapers3 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Yearly access3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium Wallappers$24.993 Months
  • Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Sale1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • 80% Yearly1 Year trial$34.991 Year
1 purchases

Gloaming

One-time1
  • Gloaming Pro$8.99

Questions

Is WallPics free?
WallPics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gloaming free?
Gloaming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WallPics or Gloaming?
Gloaming is rated higher. WallPics averages 4.7 out of 5 from 55K ratings, while Gloaming averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WallPics or Gloaming have ads?
WallPics shows ads; Gloaming does not.
Which is updated more often, WallPics or Gloaming?
WallPics ships an update every 6 days, and Gloaming every 3 weeks. Most recently, WallPics was updated on November 9, 2026 and Gloaming on November 5, 2026.

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