Comparison

Lumora vs Meshwork

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

Head to head
About

Lumora

Features
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Lumora turns your lock screen into something nobody else has. Start from a living gradient, a fine-grain texture or a bold pattern, then make it yours โ€” colors, angle, grain, type and more. Save straight to Photos in full resolution. DESIGN, DON'T DOWNLOAD Every wallpaper is generated on your phone, so it's uniquely yours. Tweak any parameter and watch it update live behind the clock. STYLES FOR EVERY MOOD โ€ข Gradients โ€” simple, mesh and multi-stop โ€ข Textures โ€” grain, marble, caustics, aurora โ€ข Patterns โ€” dots, lines, truchet, voronoi, phyllotaxis โ€ข Landscapes โ€” thousands of photos from creators worldwide โ€ข Typography โ€” set your own words in beautiful type FINISHING EFFECTS Layer grain, line and dot grids, prism, blur and a retro CRT look โ€” each with its own controls. MADE TO FEEL RIGHT โ€ข Full-resolution export to Photos โ€ข Light and dark, tuned for both โ€ข 13 languages โ€ข Designed for iPhone and iPad LUMORA PRO Unlock every style, effect and font, plus fresh styles added every month. โ€ข Weekly, Yearly or one-time Lifetime โ€ข Free styles to try before you subscribe โ€”โ€” Subscriptions (Lumora Pro): โ€ข Lumora Pro โ€” Weekly, Yearly (auto-renewable) or Lifetime (one-time) โ€ข Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase โ€ข A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period โ€ข Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings โ€ข Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B_9WpdptNsb9uIpu_TREQ7htknoP2VF3L2IuXHtbKcM/edit โ€ข Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYMdicwhWCTMPi1xqki_CylX8Yey1CZXP9eReKeWoiU/edit

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Meshwork

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Meshwork makes wallpapers on your phone. Not a gallery of downloads โ€” a generator. Every wallpaper you see was drawn the moment you opened the app, and no two are ever the same. THREE FAMILIES Gradients โ€” soft mesh blobs, directional colour fields with visible folds, clean linear fades, and radial glows. Geometry โ€” faceted bars, triangles, rings, waves, and grids, each tile coloured from the gradient beneath it. Lines โ€” dense fields of lit strokes bending across black, with the moirรฉ that comes from drawing them densely. THIRTEEN CURATED PALETTES Tokyo Night, Peach Sunset, Vaporwave, Pastel Dream, Deep Ocean, Ember, Mint Fresh, Midnight, Citrus Pop, Orchid Haze, and three dark sets built for Lines. Colours are chosen, never random, which is the difference between a wallpaper and noise. DESIGN YOUR OWN Open Create and build one from scratch. Pick two to six colours from sixty swatches, choose a style, then tune it โ€” blob count, softness, angle, pattern density, light position. The preview updates as you drag. SEE IT BEFORE YOU SET IT Preview any wallpaper full screen behind a mock Lock or Home screen, so you can judge whether the clock and your icons stay readable. That is what actually decides if a wallpaper works. EXPORTS AT YOUR SCREEN'S TRUE SIZE Downloads render at your device's native resolution, not a scaled-up preview. Choose PNG, WebP, or JPEG. Watch an ad to unlock 4K export. KEEP WHAT YOU LIKE Tap the heart, or press and hold any thumbnail. Saved wallpapers are stored as a recipe rather than an image, so they cost almost nothing and still export at full size whenever you come back. NO ACCOUNT, NO SERVER There is nothing to sign up for. Meshwork has no backend, and your wallpapers never leave your phone unless you save them yourself. A NOTE ON SETTING WALLPAPERS iOS does not let any app change your wallpaper for you โ€” that is an Apple restriction, not our choice. Meshwork saves to Photos at full resolution and shows you the two taps that finish the job. Remove ads with a single payment. It is not a subscription.

Screenshots

Lumora4 screens
Meshwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lumora at none against Meshwork's shown. Meshwork's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Lumora sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Meshwork sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Lumora versus Meshwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumoraMeshwork
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size54 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrei BogoslovskiiMoin Pate

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lumora

Subscriptions2
  • Lumora Pro โ€” Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Lumora Pro โ€” Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lumora Pro โ€” Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Meshwork

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Lumora free?
Lumora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meshwork free?
Meshwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lumora or Meshwork have ads?
Meshwork shows ads; Lumora does not.

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