Comparison

ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets vs Mimicly

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

Head to head
About

ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets

Transform your iPhone and iPad with a DIY design studio for custom wallpapers, icons, and interactive widgets. Express your creativity with a vast library of themes, live wallpapers, and virtual pets. New content is added weekly.

Highlights
  • DIY Wallpaper Themes
  • Icon Maker & Changer
  • Custom Theme Creator
  • 2000+ Icon Packs
  • Live Wallpapers
  • Virtual Pet Animation
  • Functional Widgets
Features
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Transform your iPhone and iPad with stunning customization. ThemeMate is the premier DIY design studio, giving you the power to craft personalized DIY wallpaper themes, custom icons, and interactive widgets. From exclusive icon makers to adorable virtual pets, ThemeMate turns your device into a canvas for your creativity. ### THE DIY ZONE – YOUR DESIGN STUDIO Stop searching for themes and start making them! Our DIY tools are built for creators: - DIY Wallpaper Themes: Create stunning backgrounds using your own photos with aesthetic filters and layouts. - Icon Maker & Changer: Design custom app icons from scratch to match your wallpaper for a 100% unified look. - Custom Theme Creator: Design unique widgets and themes to express your style in one place. ### COMPLETE AESTHETIC MAKEOVER Explore our professionally curated collections for a quick refresh: - 2000+ Icon Packs: Trendy designs for all your favorite social and system apps. - Coordinated Themes: One-click installation for wallpapers, icons, and widgets. - Live Wallpapers: Dynamic backgrounds that bring your screen to life. - High-Quality Theme Pack: Explore a massive library of ready-to-use styles for every season. ### WIDGETS & VIRTUAL PETS Add functionality and fun to your Home and Lock Screens: - Virtual Pet (Pet Animation): Add an adorable virtual pet that moves and interacts with you on screen! - Functional Widgets: Choose from clock, calendar, weather, photo, and battery widgets. - Charging Effects: Enjoy impressive 3D animated effects and sounds when you plug in. ### WHY CHOOSE THEMEMATE? - User-Friendly: No design skills required for pro-level DIY wallpaper themes. - Fresh Content: New DIY assets, pet animations, and themes added weekly. - Performance: Optimized to be battery-friendly and fast for iPhone and iPad. Design your dream device today. Download ThemeMate and let your creativity shine! ### SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION - Unlock all premium DIY tools, pet animations, and aesthetic assets. - Choose between Lifetime or Annual plans. Terms: https://gearvn-trading-ltd.web.app/terms_of_service.html Privacy: https://gearvn-trading-ltd.web.app/privacy_policy.html

About

Mimicly

Create realistic chat conversations and mockups. Design text message stories, social posts, and more with customizable templates and export them as images or videos. Perfect for content creators and storytellers.

Highlights
  • Create mock chat conversations
  • Generate text message story videos
  • Customizable templates for various platforms
  • Edit names, photos, and timestamps
  • Export as PNG images or MP4 videos
  • Save projects for later editing
  • Supports multiple languages
Features
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Mimicly is a chat story and mockup maker. You write both sides of a conversation in a chat template, and Mimicly saves it as a screenshot or plays it back as a video where the messages appear one at a time. People use it for text story videos, skits, short film scenes, storyboards, class examples and content previews. There are 73 templates for messages, AI-style conversations, social posts, stories, comments, email and game chats, plus a phone lock screen with notifications, incoming call screens and live stream chats. MAKE THE CONVERSATION YOURS Edit message text, names, profile photos, timestamps and supported interface details. Switch between light and dark looks and preview the scene as you work. AI chat templates can also show a "thought for" row and code blocks. PHOTOS AND VOICE NOTES Send a photo inside a chat template. Take it with the camera or pick one from your library, and whatever you typed goes along as the caption. Voice notes work in 13 chat templates. You can record one in the app or pick an audio file, and in four of those templates you hold the mic button to record, the way you would in a messaging app. Voice bubbles show the waveform of your recording and play it back. SAVE AN IMAGE OR RECORD A DIALOGUE Export a sharp PNG image, or turn a supported conversation into an MP4 where the messages appear in sequence. The Preview button plays the conversation before you record it. Game-chat templates support image export only. KEEP WORKING ON YOUR IDEAS Save projects and come back to your edits. Use the app in English, Turkish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Indonesian, German or Swiss German. FREE AND PRO You can open and edit every template, with or without an account. Without Pro, PNG and MP4 exports carry a small Mimicly watermark. Sign in and your first 2 exports come out without it. Pro removes the watermark from every export. Monthly subscription and lifetime purchase options are available; prices are shown before purchase. Restore purchases from Manage Pro. Mimicly creates fictional, editable mockups. It does not send messages, publish to social networks or generate AI answers. All dialogue is written by you. Mimicly is independent and is not affiliated with the platforms its templates depict. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://mimicly.net/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://mimicly.net/legal/privacy

Screenshots

ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets4 screens
Mimicly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mimicly at 100% against ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets's 53%. Mimicly also leads on ads (none vs shown). ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (27K vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Mimicly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets has 27K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mimicly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets ships an update every 3 days, Mimicly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets versus Mimicly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThemeMate DIY Themes & WidgetsMimicly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (27K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#22 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGEARVN TRADING COMPANY LIMITEDAta Tunc Bilge

Customer experience

ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets

All ratings27,161 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral5.9%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews657 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral13.5%
Negative33.2%

Mimicly

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets

Subscriptions6
  • Yearly with Trial3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Monthly with Trial3 Days trial$14.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Yearly with Trial3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Gem$5.99
  • Medium Gem$12.99
  • Big Gem$19.99
Show 1 more
  • Lifetime$49.99
4 purchases

Mimicly

Subscriptions3
  • Mimicly Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Mimicly Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Mimicly Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mimicly Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets free?
ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mimicly free?
Mimicly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets or Mimicly?
ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets is rated higher. ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets averages 4.5 out of 5 from 27K ratings, while Mimicly averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets or Mimicly have ads?
ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets shows ads; Mimicly does not.
Which is updated more often, ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets or Mimicly?
ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets ships an update every 3 days, and Mimicly every 2 weeks. Most recently, ThemeMate DIY Themes & Widgets was updated on November 4, 2026 and Mimicly on November 2, 2026.

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