Comparison

Magic Screen vs Lumora

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

Head to head
About

Magic Screen

Personalize your iOS home screen with customizable widgets that display your favorite photos. Choose from various widget types, including film, anniversary, and photo wall designs, to showcase memories and add a unique touch to your device.

Highlights
  • Film photo widget
  • Anniversary photo widget
  • Multi-photo wall widget
  • Instant camera style widget
  • Curated wallpaper selection
  • Home screen personalization
Features
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Welcome to the magical world of Magic Screen! This is a widget app designed for iOS users, aiming to add a touch of magic to your home screen, making every swipe full of surprise and personality. Key Features: Film Widget: Select your favorite photos, and the Magic Screen photo component will automatically display them, keeping your precious memories close by. Love Anniversary Widget: Choose couple photos for anniversaries to make the reminder on the home screen more eye-catching and meaningful. Special days, special photos, important days will not be forgotten. Photo Wall Widget: The photo wall component allows you to display multiple photos at once, whether it's family gatherings, travel scenery, or everyday moments, making it easy to present and turn your home screen into your personal gallery. The instant camera Widget: Simulating the frame design of classic instant cameras, it adds a vintage charm to your photos, making each one feel like it came from the old days. Magic Screen offers a curated selection of high-quality wallpapers, allowing you to set them as your phone's wallpaper or use them for widget beautification, creating a personalized style. Download Magic Screen now and start your personalized screen customization journey. Decorate your life with magic and make every day full of surprises!

About

Lumora

Features
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Lumora turns your lock screen into something nobody else has. Start from a living gradient, a fine-grain texture or a bold pattern, then make it yours — colors, angle, grain, type and more. Save straight to Photos in full resolution. DESIGN, DON'T DOWNLOAD Every wallpaper is generated on your phone, so it's uniquely yours. Tweak any parameter and watch it update live behind the clock. A NEW LOOK EVERY MORNING Add Lumora's ready-made shortcut once and your wallpaper changes by itself each day. Sky Right Now goes further: mountains in the colors of the real sky, from dawn to night, timed to your own sunrise. STYLES FOR EVERY MOOD • Gradients — simple, mesh and multi-stop • Textures — grain, marble, caustics, aurora • Patterns — dots, lines, truchet, voronoi, phyllotaxis • Landscapes — thousands of photos from creators worldwide • Typography — set your own words in beautiful type • New — a Calendar with today's date, a twinkling starry sky and cut-paper hills FINISHING EFFECTS Layer grain, line and dot grids, prism, blur and a retro CRT look — each with its own controls. Or take the colors from any photo and let every style use them. MADE TO FEEL RIGHT • Full-resolution export to Photos • Light and dark, tuned for both • 13 languages • Designed for iPhone and iPad LUMORA PRO Unlock every style, effect and font, plus Sky Right Now and the full mix of styles for your morning wallpaper. • Weekly, Monthly, Yearly or one-time Lifetime • Free styles to try before you subscribe —— Subscriptions (Lumora Pro): • Lumora Pro — Weekly, Monthly, Yearly (auto-renewable) or Lifetime (one-time) • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase • A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings • Terms of Use: https://iosdeveloper.uk/lumora/terms/ • Privacy Policy: https://iosdeveloper.uk/lumora/privacy/

Screenshots

Magic Screen4 screens
Lumora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Magic Screen at none against Lumora's 5. Magic Screen also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Lumora's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Lumora sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Magic Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Magic Screen ships an update every 6 days, Lumora every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Magic Screen versus Lumora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagic ScreenLumora
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer玉坤 林Andrei Bogoslovskii

In-app purchases

None

Magic Screen

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Lumora

Subscriptions4
  • Lumora Pro — Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Lumora Pro — Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Lumora Pro — Yearly$19.991 Year
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  • Lumora Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lumora Pro — Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Magic Screen free?
Magic Screen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumora free?
Lumora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Magic Screen or Lumora have ads?
Magic Screen shows ads; Lumora does not.
Which is updated more often, Magic Screen or Lumora?
Magic Screen ships an update every 6 days, and Lumora every 4 days. Most recently, Magic Screen was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lumora on October 31, 2026.

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