Comparison

Smooth vs Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker

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

Head to head
About

Smooth

Features
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Your imagination is the limit - quickly and easily create satisfying, smooth wallpapers for your iPhone, or share with friends. Fun and creative tools makes unique, mesmerising results with little effort.

About

Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker

Features
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Create custom 4K gradient wallpapers, aesthetic backgrounds, and iPhone lock screens with Blend. Blend is a simple wallpaper maker for designing smooth gradient backgrounds in your own style. Choose colors, create ombre blends, build pastel or dark mode wallpapers, and preview your design before saving it. Use Blend to make: โ€ข 4K gradient wallpapers for iPhone and iPad โ€ข Aesthetic home screen and lock screen backgrounds โ€ข Smooth ombre, pastel, abstract, and minimalist designs โ€ข Custom solid color and gradient backgrounds โ€ข High resolution wallpapers with a clean preview before export Designed for anyone who wants a clean, minimal way to personalize their phone. Create a wallpaper from your own colors, save it in high resolution, and refresh your home screen or lock screen whenever you want. Download Blend and start creating custom gradient wallpapers today.

Screenshots

Smooth4 screens
Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Smooth and Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Smooth sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smooth ships an update weekly, Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Smooth versus Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmoothBlend Gradient Wallpaper Maker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodetouch Ventures Sweden ABJustin Tilley

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Smooth

One-time2
  • Product Hunt Launch Special$0.99
  • Remove Watermark$0.99
1 purchases

Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker

One-time1
  • Pattern Overlay Designer$2.99

Questions

Is Smooth free?
Smooth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker free?
Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smooth or Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker have ads?
Neither Smooth nor Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smooth or Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker?
Smooth ships an update weekly, and Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Smooth was updated on October 11, 2026 and Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker on October 4, 2026.

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