Comparison

ThemeDay vs Scheme

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

Head to head
About

ThemeDay

Features
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Dress your iPhone for every special moment. ThemeDay automatically switches your wallpaper, lock screen, and widgets at midnight on birthdays, anniversaries, festivals, and 60+ other special occasions, then restores your default the next day. Set it up once. Your iPhone does the rest. HOW IT WORKS: Add your special dates - birthday, anniversary, Diwali, Christmas, graduation, and more ThemeDay sets up an automatic midnight switch on your phone On the special day, your iPhone wakes up with a themed wallpaper The next day, your default wallpaper is restored No daily effort. No manual changes. 65+ OCCASION THEMES: Personal: Birthdays, wedding day, personal milestones Romance: Valentine's Day, anniversary, engagement, propose day, rose day, hug day, kiss day Family: Mother's Day, Father's Day, baby shower, Raksha Bandhan, pet birthdays Indian Festivals: Diwali, Holi, Eid, Navratri, Onam, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dussehra, Baisakhi Western Festivals: Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day, Hanukkah, 4th of July Achievements: Graduation, promotion, new job, house warming, retirement Social: Friendship Day, Women's Day, World Environment Day, Pride Day, Teacher's Day FEATURES: Automatic wallpaper switch at midnight Home screen and lock screen themed together WidgetKit widgets with countdown and greetings Day-before reminder notification App icon changes based on occasion Auto restore to default wallpaper Preview themes before applying Import birthdays from Contacts Import events from Calendar THEMEDAY PRO: No ads Unlimited saved occasions (free version: 5) AI Wallpaper Generator Custom Theme Builder Multiple theme variants iCloud sync Extended theme duration All plans auto-renew. Cancel anytime in App Store settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacytermsconditionthemeday/home Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Scheme

Features
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Scheme turns your iPhone Home Screen into something that's unmistakably yours โ€” with real, useful widgets and a coordinated set of themes, wallpapers, and fonts that all match. TERMINAL-STYLE WIDGETS โ€ข Apps โ€” your selected apps as a simple text list, not a grid of icons โ€” one tap to open each โ€ข Clock โ€” a terminal-style clock: date, time, or both โ€ข Calendar โ€” your next events, "Up Next" at a glance โ€ข Reminders โ€” what's due, with overdue flags โ€ข Scratchpad โ€” a quick note you can edit right from the Home Screen โ€ข Weather โ€” current conditions and the day's high/low Every widget comes in multiple sizes, and each one is themed to match the rest of your Home Screen. THEMES THAT MATCH EVERYTHING Choose from 16 hand-tuned color themes โ€” light and dark, drawn from the kind of palettes developers already love. Pick one and your widgets, fonts, and wallpaper all follow it, so nothing clashes. Generate a matching wallpaper in a range of styles โ€” Minimal, Terminal, Gradient, and more โ€” sized for your device and saved to Photos, ready to set in a couple of taps. MAKE IT YOURS โ€ข 7 fonts, including JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, and IBM Plex Mono โ€ข Tap the Calendar or Reminders widget to open straight into your calendar or reminders โ€” and choose which app it opens FREE TO START Scheme is genuinely usable for free โ€” no trial required: 6 themes, the Apps, Clock, and Scratchpad widgets, 3 wallpaper styles, and 3 fonts. SCHEME PRO Unlock everything: all 16 themes, the Calendar, Reminders, and Weather widgets, the large Apps widget, all 8 wallpaper styles, and all 7 fonts. โ€ข Yearly $14.99 with a 7-day free trial โ€ข Lifetime $29.99 โ€” pay once, yours forever Family Sharing supported on both plans. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your calendar and reminders are read on-device only and never leave your iPhone. Privacy Policy: https://vfreitas.com/scheme/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ThemeDay4 screens
Scheme4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Scheme at none against ThemeDay's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ThemeDay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Scheme sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThemeDay ships an update fortnightly, Scheme every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
ThemeDay versus Scheme: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThemeDayScheme
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size128 MB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAPP TEAMVitor de Freitas

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ThemeDay

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Scheme

Subscriptions1
  • Scheme Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Scheme Pro (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is ThemeDay free?
ThemeDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scheme free?
Scheme is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ThemeDay or Scheme have ads?
ThemeDay shows ads; Scheme does not.
Which is updated more often, ThemeDay or Scheme?
ThemeDay ships an update fortnightly, and Scheme every 9 days. Most recently, ThemeDay was updated on October 25, 2026 and Scheme on October 31, 2026.

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