Comparison

Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker vs Collage Easy

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

Head to head
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: • 4K gradient wallpapers for iPhone and iPad • Aesthetic home screen and lock screen backgrounds • Smooth ombre, pastel, abstract, and minimalist designs • Custom solid color and gradient backgrounds • 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.

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Collage Easy

Features
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Design collages on iPhone, iPad and Mac with heart shapes, word collages, flexible grids and screenshot mockups. Pick your photos and start with a layout that fits them. HEART SHAPES & WORD COLLAGES • Fill hearts, circles, stars, moons and many more photo shapes with your images. • Create word collages with a photo in every letter or number (up to 12 characters), 10 fonts and flexible arrangements. • Add a sticker outline and shadow, or use one shape for the whole collage. GRIDS & LAYOUTS • Get layout suggestions or start with grid, shapes, screenshot, video or a blank canvas. • Build custom grids with freely dragged dividers, split cells and merged cells. • Use templates and a smart layout that keeps faces in view. FRAMES, STICKERS & MOCKUPS • Finish photos with decorative recolorable frames, captions and sticker packs. • Create frames with a text prompt: known motifs are free on device, while custom motifs use AI credits. • Place screenshots in iPhone, iPad, MacBook, iMac, Safari or Mac window frames, then annotate with arrows, boxes, numbers, a magnifier or redaction bars. AI STUDIO, BACKGROUNDS & TEXT • Free and private on device: center faces, match colors, create a background from your photo palette, cut out subjects, get title ideas and make frames by command. • Cloud AI with credits: edit with words, replace a background, expand an image, remove an object or generate an image. • Use colors, gradients, palettes, blur, paper and studio textures, your own photos, looks, and text with outline and shadow. EXPORT • Make video collages with MP4 export. • Export in 1080 px, 2K or 4K (Pro). • Magic Resize (Pro) exports story, post, square and landscape formats at once. • Available in 21 languages. Start with five free AI actions. Additional AI credit purchases are currently paused. Optional Pro unlocks premium tools and unlimited 4K exports. Eligible new subscribers can try Pro free for 3 days on weekly or yearly plans. After the trial, the selected plan automatically renews at the paid price. One introductory offer per subscription group. Privacy Policy: https://damiandance.github.io/sugarfree-legal/collage-easy-privacy.html Terms of Use: https://damiandance.github.io/sugarfree-legal/collage-easy-terms.html Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker4 screens
Collage Easy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker at none against Collage Easy's shown. Collage Easy's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Collage Easy sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker ships an update fortnightly, Collage Easy every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker versus Collage Easy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlend Gradient Wallpaper MakerCollage Easy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB90 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperJustin TilleyDAMIAN WITKOWSKI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker

One-time1
  • Pattern Overlay Designer$2.99
6 purchases

Collage Easy

Subscriptions2
  • Collage Easy Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • 30 AI Credits$1.99
  • 50 AI Credits$4.99
  • 100 AI Credits$9.99
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  • Collage Easy Pro Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker free?
Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Collage Easy free?
Collage Easy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker or Collage Easy have ads?
Collage Easy shows ads; Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker or Collage Easy?
Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker ships an update fortnightly, and Collage Easy every 4 days. Most recently, Blend Gradient Wallpaper Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Collage Easy on October 21, 2026.

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