Comparison

iconFormat vs Lumee

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

Head to head
About

iconFormat

Customize your iPhone's home screen with unique backgrounds and visually altered app icons. Adjust icon shapes, colors, borders, and blur effects to create a personalized look.

Highlights
  • Custom home screen backgrounds
  • Icon shape customization
  • Icon background color and transparency
  • Icon border styling
  • Icon background blur effects
  • Hide/display individual icons
Features
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This app allows you to create home screen background images with additional backgrounds under app icons or folders visually changing your iPhone's home screen icons ● select an image for your home screen background from the Photos app ● change image size and/or position ● make icons round, square, or give them desired corner radius (more options are available in round icons mode) ● choose any background color for icons and transparency for such background ● select any color and transparency of the icon borders ● set thickness of the icon borders ● set corner radius of the icons ● select hue and intensity of the icons background blur ● individual icons can be hidden or displayed again by clicking on the desired icon ● to save the result, press the arrow button on the right ● to set the background, go to the Photos app or enter wallpaper gallery from Lock Screen or Settings and set the saved image as the home screen background preserving original image size

About

Lumee

Features
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Your day, at a glance. Lumee brings photos, weather, sleep and special days to the widgets you see every day. • 17 styles Start with free styles such as Cream and Sky, then unlock more with Lumee Pro. Give your app and widgets a look you love. • Everyday tools, all in one place Browse Life, Info, Health and Productivity tools: weather, calendar, special days, world clock, photo memories, exchange rates, horoscope, news, steps, water and sleep. • Water logging Adjust your daily water intake with one tap and view the last seven days. • Special days Set countdowns, anniversaries and repeating birthdays, with multiple widget sizes. Lumee Pro is a lifetime, one-time purchase. Taiwan price: NT$120. Unlock all styles and features, including future styles, with no monthly subscription. The purchase screen shows the price available in your App Store region. Privacy Policy: https://resume.app.charonyu.cc/lumee/privacy Terms of Use: https://resume.app.charonyu.cc/lumee/terms

Screenshots

iconFormat4 screens
Lumee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lumee at none against iconFormat's 8. Lumee also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). iconFormat's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. iconFormat sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Lumee asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iconFormat ships an update every 7 months, Lumee weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iconFormat versus Lumee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametericonFormatLumee
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksiy YudinCheng Yu Chiang

In-app purchases

8 purchases

iconFormat

One-time8
  • Hide icon$0.99
  • Resize image$0.99
  • Background color$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Border color$0.99
  • Background opacity$0.99
  • Border opacity$0.99
  • Corner radius$0.99
  • Unlock all$4.99
None

Lumee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iconFormat free?
iconFormat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lumee free?
Lumee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iconFormat or Lumee have ads?
Neither iconFormat nor Lumee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iconFormat or Lumee?
iconFormat ships an update every 7 months, and Lumee weekly. Most recently, iconFormat was updated on November 4, 2026 and Lumee on October 31, 2026.

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