Comparison

Spatial Wallpapers 4K vs Depthlock

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

Head to head
About

Spatial Wallpapers 4K

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Elevate your iPhone with Spatial Wallpapers 4K — the definitive collection of multi-layered 3D depth backgrounds, optical illusions, and minimalist geometric visuals engineered specifically for modern iOS Lock Screens. Give your device a futuristic aesthetic with multi-dimensional depth effects that interact naturally with your clock and widgets. From pitch-black AMOLED architectural forms to dynamic fluid motion, discover visuals crafted to stand out on OLED and Super Retina displays. KEY FEATURES: • Spatial 3D & Depth Effect: Backdrops tailored to create seamless layer separation beneath iOS Lock Screen time and date widgets. • Ultra HD & True 4K Quality: Razor-sharp graphics rendered pixel-for-pixel to maximize screen clarity and color fidelity. • True-Black AMOLED Designs: Deep black backgrounds engineered to look striking while maximizing battery efficiency on OLED displays. • Live Dynamic Motion: Fluid geometric loops and subtle moving animations designed to bring your screen to life without distraction. • Curated Aesthetic Categories: Brutalist architecture, futuristic holograms, clean minimalism, optical illusions, and fluid geometry. • Instant Fullscreen Preview: Preview any artwork with simulated iOS clock typography and widgets before setting it on your device. • Fast & Lightweight: Swift loading, seamless browsing, and direct one-tap exports to your Photos library. HOW TO SET UP: Browse through the curated 4K spatial collections. Tap any design to preview with simulated lock screen elements. Save your selected artwork directly to your Photos. Set it as your Lock Screen or Home Screen wallpaper and enjoy your new spatial aesthetic! COMPATIBILITY: Optimized for all iPhone displays running iOS 16+ and later to support native lock screen depth effects.

About

Depthlock

Preview how any photo will look on your iOS lock screen, complete with depth effects and clock placement. Automatically frames subjects behind the clock and simulates parallax. Offers tools to clean up distracting elements from images before setting them.

Highlights
  • Depth-effect wallpaper preview
  • Subject auto-framing behind clock
  • Parallax effect simulation
  • Image cleanup tools (inpainting)
  • Customizable clock typeface and size
  • Support for various image sources
Features
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Preview any photo as it will look on the iOS lock screen — with depth, motion, and the clock — before you set it. Depthlock lifts the subject out of your image using the same on-device Vision pipeline iOS uses, auto-frames it behind the clock numerals, and lets you tilt the phone to feel the spatial parallax close to what iOS renders on lock. No more setting a wallpaper just to discover the subject's head lands on the time. The preview is a close approximation, not a pixel-identical reproduction — small differences in clock weight, focal point, or parallax may appear once the wallpaper is actually set. The value is catching mismatches (head-on-clock collisions, awkward framing) before you commit. Bring any source Combine your own files with curated catalogs and preview every image for lock-screen viability: • Your files — Photos, on-device folders, Files providers (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive), Google Drive • Movies — TMDB poster catalogs (popular, trending, top-rated, in theaters, upcoming) • Space — NASA APOD plus Curiosity & Perseverance Mars rover photos • Games — RAWG curated video-game art • Wallpapers — Wallhaven curated + trending feeds • Art — the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection • Launches — SpaceX launch and mission imagery • Plus bundled samples for instant content Bring your own keys (optional) Catalog sources work out of the box on shared free-tier credentials. Want unlimited browsing or your own quota? Paste a free API key for any source in Settings; bundled defaults just work otherwise. A close preview of the lock screen • Subject lifted in front of the clock with depth occlusion • Auto-framed to mirror Apple — head under the time, body filling the lower portion • Tilt to see the parallax effect iOS applies on lock • iOS 26 Liquid Glass-style clock — refraction, specular, dark/light contrast • Customize clock typeface, size (drag handle), and front/back placement relative to your subject Clean up your wallpaper, on device The signature pain of poster wallpapers — distracting title text, watermarks, an extra person — solved without an account or a key. Brush or lasso the area, pinch to zoom in for detail work, and the bundled LaMa inpainting model handles it locally. Compose multiple passes with the erase loop; revert any step. Optional prompt-driven cleanup If you want more than mask-based inpainting — generative fills, scene rebuilds — bring your own Gemini or OpenAI key. Keys stay in your iOS Keychain and sync only through iCloud's encrypted channel. We never see them. Wallpaper edit mode Pinch and pan to position each image — persisted per wallpaper. Apple's "Extend Wallpaper" mirror reproduces natural-feeling edges. Discover and Favorites A randomized swipe stream pulls from your active sources. Favorite the ones you love and they follow you across devices via iCloud. One-tap set Install the prebuilt "Set Wallpaper" Shortcut once and it joins the share sheet from any preview — tap to hand the image straight to iOS's wallpaper picker. Privacy you can verify • No accounts. No analytics. No third-party tracking SDKs. • API requests go directly to upstream, or through a thin Cloudflare edge cache that sees URLs only — no user identity, no account to fingerprint. • API keys and OAuth tokens live in the iOS Keychain. iCloud Keychain syncs them through Apple's encrypted channel, never through us. • iCloud sync is Apple-to-Apple. Preferences and favorites ride iCloud Key-Value Store; cleanup image bytes stay device-local. Depthlock is independent and not affiliated with Apple, Google, NASA, the Art Institute of Chicago, SpaceX, RAWG, or Wallhaven. This product uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

Screenshots

Spatial Wallpapers 4K4 screens
Depthlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Depthlock at none against Spatial Wallpapers 4K's shown. Depthlock also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 months). Spatial Wallpapers 4K's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spatial Wallpapers 4K ships an update every 10 months, Depthlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spatial Wallpapers 4K versus Depthlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpatial Wallpapers 4KDepthlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohamed El BouhssiniRocco Juliano

In-app purchases

None

Spatial Wallpapers 4K

No in-app purchases

None

Depthlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spatial Wallpapers 4K free?
Spatial Wallpapers 4K is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Depthlock free?
Depthlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spatial Wallpapers 4K or Depthlock have ads?
Spatial Wallpapers 4K shows ads; Depthlock does not.
Which is updated more often, Spatial Wallpapers 4K or Depthlock?
Spatial Wallpapers 4K ships an update every 10 months, and Depthlock every 3 days. Most recently, Spatial Wallpapers 4K was updated on November 5, 2026 and Depthlock on October 31, 2026.

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