Comparison

Radiance Wallpapers vs Backblur

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

Head to head
About

Radiance Wallpapers

Discover and create stunning wallpapers for your phone. Choose from an extensive library of high-resolution designs or personalize your device by editing photos and generating unique mesh gradients. Enjoy a completely ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Extensive wallpaper library
  • Create custom mesh gradients
  • Edit photos into wallpapers
  • Collaborations with creators
  • Ad-free experience
  • Personalize home screen
Features
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The app your home screen has been waiting for. Radiance is a wallpaper app made with real artists, and it offers more ways than ever before to spice up your phone. Pick from a growing library of handmade wallpapers, find the perfect one in seconds, and set it in one press. WALLPAPER LIBRARY: Our library of over 1,800 high-resolution wallpapers gives you endless ways to deck out your phone. We collaborate with 50+ artists, designers, and photographers to frequently bring you new collections. Tap an artist's name to see all of their work and the story behind it. All for free, and never made with AI. SEARCH & FILTERS: Looking for something specific? Search it! Just type a keyword and see what comes up. You can also filter the library by style, like Abstract, Photography, or Liquid Glass. PREVIEW: See every wallpaper at your device's exact aspect ratio before you apply it, so you know exactly how it will look on your Lock Screen. QUICK APPLY: This is unlike any other wallpaper app; with Radiance+, you can set a wallpaper without ever opening Photos. Simply hold the download button and tap Quick Apply. No more camera roll full of wallpapers you were just trying out. CREATE A WALLPAPER: Want something of your own? Turn on the Create tab and make a unique Mesh Gradient wallpaper. Simply select your colors and drag the curves. You can also import any photo and retouch it with your own color gradient. ZERO ADS: Radiance is free of advertisements; just the way software should be. It's time to change your wallpaper. Install Radiance today. ———— Radiance+ is an optional subscription that helps support the development of Radiance. It unlocks Quick Apply and custom app icons, plus new exclusive perks as they are added. Everything else in Radiance stays free. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.radiancewallpapers.com/privacy

About

Backblur

Features
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Backblur turns any photo into a beautiful background. Pick a photo. Slide until it feels right. Set it as your wallpaper, and watch your icons finally pop. Four sliders. That's the whole app. Blur: Softens the photo into the distance. Brightness: Lightens or darkens the photo itself, like exposure. Tint: Lays a colored wash over the photo. Black dims, white softens, colors tint. Saturation: How vivid the colors stay. Zero is black and white. No filters to scroll, no AI to wait on. What you see while you slide is pixel-for-pixel what gets saved. Hold to preview shows your background behind home screen and lock screen icons, or the Mac desktop, before you commit. Your recent creations wait on the welcome screen, so you can pick up where you left off. On iPhone and iPad, save it to Photos, then set it as your wallpaper from there. On the Mac, Backblur sets it as your wallpaper directly, on one display or all of them, and can export a JPEG. The editor is free, and so are your first two exports, so you can see the result on your own screen before you spend anything. After that, $4.99 unlocks unlimited saves and wallpapers, once, on every iPhone, iPad, and Mac signed into your Apple Account. It works with Family Sharing, and it never renews. No account. No ads. No tracking. Everything happens on your device; the app never touches the network. Made with care in Wisconsin by Graf Technology, LLC.

Screenshots

Radiance Wallpapers4 screens
Backblur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Backblur at none against Radiance Wallpapers's shown. Backblur also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Radiance Wallpapers sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Backblur sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Radiance Wallpapers ships an update weekly, Backblur every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Radiance Wallpapers versus Backblur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRadiance WallpapersBackblur
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (161 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings161 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAsher DippreyGraf Technology, LLC

Bugs and requests

Radiance Wallpapers

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App doesn't work for some users
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add zoom and pan functionality
  • Provide more detailed tutorial
  • Develop a macOS version

Backblur

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Radiance Wallpapers

Subscriptions2
  • Radiance+$1.991 Month
  • Radiance+$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Radiance Plus – Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Backblur

One-time1
  • Unlock Backblur$4.99

Questions

Is Radiance Wallpapers free?
Radiance Wallpapers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backblur free?
Backblur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Radiance Wallpapers or Backblur have ads?
Radiance Wallpapers shows ads; Backblur does not.
Which is updated more often, Radiance Wallpapers or Backblur?
Radiance Wallpapers ships an update weekly, and Backblur every 3 days. Most recently, Radiance Wallpapers was updated on October 30, 2026 and Backblur on October 29, 2026.

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