Comparison

DarkWalls vs Lumen Wallpapers

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

Head to head
About

DarkWalls

Features
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BUILT FOR IPHONE DUO DarkWalls cuts its Duo-native wallpapers for all three screens โ€” the Duo cover screen, the Duo inner screen, and standard iPhone. Each rendition is framed on its own, so the subject stays where it belongs instead of being stretched across the fold or cropped off the edge. Twenty-eight are Duo-native at launch and the set keeps growing. Open the phone and the grid reflows to the wider canvas. Close it and the layout reads cleanly in the narrower cover column, clear of the status bar. Before you save, preview how a wallpaper sits on the cover screen or the inner screen and pick the crop you want. A Duo-native filter lets you browse only the wallpapers made for your device. Leave it off and you get the whole library, with Duo-native artwork still served at its own crop. WHY OLED MATTERS OLED pixels switch off completely for true black. A wallpaper built around #000000 draws less power, deepens contrast across everything else on screen, and stops the glow that makes a phone hard to look at late at night. Wallpapers are chosen for their black values, and new artwork is measured before it ships โ€” mean luminance, near-black coverage, and clean frame edges. WHAT YOU GET A hand-picked library across curated moods โ€” Yoru (quiet Japanese nights), Hearth (cozy interiors by warm light), Moonlit (forests and peaks under the night sky), Samurai, Torii, Koi, Abstract, Cosmic, Rain & Mist, Silhouettes and more. Search by title or tag. Save what you like to a DarkWalls album in Photos. WHO IT'S FOR People who prefer less visual noise. If your phone lives in dark mode, if you like interfaces that whisper rather than shout, this is tuned for you. FEATURES โ€” Duo cover and inner screen renditions, framed individually โ€” Duo-native filter, so you can browse only what was made for your device โ€” Layouts that adapt across the fold, including the cover screen's reserved status-bar band โ€” New artwork measured for true-black values, not just chosen by eye โ€” Text and tag search with recent history โ€” One-tap save to Photos, organized into a DarkWalls album โ€” Favorites kept on-device, never synced or shared โ€” Home Screen Quick Actions for Favorites, Search and Random Tonight โ€” No account, no login, no tracking profile DarkWalls is free, supported by a short ad before each save. A one-time Remove Ads purchase turns them off permanently on your device. No subscription. Built for iPhone and iPhone Duo with native touches throughout โ€” translucent blur, SF Symbols, haptics, quick actions, and full respect for your photo library. ๅคœ โ€” "yoru", the Japanese word for night. DarkWalls is made for the quiet hours.

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Lumen Wallpapers

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Lumen is a small, hand-picked wallpaper library, built so you can find a background you actually like and stop scrolling. Tap any wallpaper to see how it'll look on your real home and lock screens before you save. Double-tap to favorite. Pull to shuffle when you can't decide. Save to Photos in one tap. WHAT'S INSIDE Hundreds of high-resolution wallpapers, organized into 11 collections: Minimalist, Nature, Mountains, Ocean, Space, Architecture, Abstract, Gradient, Dark, Cyberpunk, plus a growing All. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most wallpaper apps are a junk dump of 50,000 thumbnails plus rate-me popups. Lumen isn't. It's a quiet, considered library with a paper-and-ink palette, candle-amber accent, and typography that reads like a print gallery. Browse it with the same calm you'd browse a catalogue. Built for speed. 120fps scrolling through hundreds of images, instant caching, and full system-aware light and dark mode. Works offline once a wallpaper has loaded. PRIVACY No account. No sign-in. No analytics. Favorites and settings stay on your device. The app only asks to save images to your Photos, and never reads what's already there. Wallpapers are licensed from Pexels (pexels.com/license), free for personal use. Made for people who want their phone background to feel intentional.

Screenshots

DarkWalls4 screens
Lumen Wallpapers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lumen Wallpapers at none against DarkWalls's 1. Lumen Wallpapers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. DarkWalls sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lumen Wallpapers asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
DarkWalls versus Lumen Wallpapers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDarkWallsLumen Wallpapers
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAsharaf Aliyoussef fakih

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DarkWalls

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Lumen Wallpapers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DarkWalls free?
DarkWalls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lumen Wallpapers free?
Lumen Wallpapers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DarkWalls or Lumen Wallpapers have ads?
DarkWalls shows ads; Lumen Wallpapers does not.

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