Comparison

DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor vs WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker

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

Head to head
About

DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor

Create unique phone wallpapers using your own photos and a variety of design tools. Add text, stickers, and calendars to personalize your lock and home screens. Preview your design before saving.

Highlights
  • 200+ built-in templates
  • Photo framing and composition
  • 50+ sticker packs
  • Customizable text styles
  • Calendar integration
  • Real-time preview
  • Freehand drawing
Features
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Stock wallpapers look like everyone else's phone. DIY Wallpaper turns your own photos into a Lock Screen and Home Screen that belong to you - drop a photo into a ready-made layout, add stickers, text and a calendar, and see exactly how it lands behind the clock before you save. No account. No sign-up. Nothing to learn first. START FROM A TEMPLATE - 200 built-in templates with photo frames already arranged for you - Tap a frame, pick a photo, done - the template does the composing - Batch fill drops photos into every frame at once - Crop, rotate and reposition any photo inside its frame - Or start from a plain color and build the whole thing yourself BACKDROPS AND COLORS - Studio gradient backdrops made for phone screens - A palette of solid colors, from soft paper tones to true black - Opacity and blur sliders on any photo background - One tap restores the template's own background STICKERS THAT AREN'T THE SAME TEN EMOJI - 50+ sticker packs - animals, hats, birthdays, party, cute and more - Search packs by name, save the ones you use, recent ones stay one tap away - Tint any sticker to match your palette - Turn any emoji into a sticker of your own TEXT WITH ACTUAL TASTE - Ready-made text styles grouped by mood: Daily, Vibes, Cute, Cool - Nine typefaces including serif, script and typewriter - Control color, background, outline width and opacity - Freehand drawing with Apple Pencil or your finger A CALENDAR ON YOUR WALLPAPER - Four calendar styles: classic, minimal, blush and dotted - Pick any month and year - this month, a birthday month, next year - Match its type and colors to the rest of the design SEE IT BEFORE YOU SAVE - Preview on a real Lock Screen and Home Screen mockup, clock and all - Layers panel to reorder, duplicate, hide or delete anything you added - Undo and redo the whole way back TWELVE LANGUAGES English, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Hindi - switch inside the app, no restart. FREE AND PRO Everything above is free to use. Free saves include a small watermark, and the Art backdrops and some stickers are marked with a crown. Every font is free. DIY Wallpaper Pro removes the watermark, saves at full resolution and unlocks every backdrop and sticker: - Monthly subscription, billed monthly - Yearly subscription, billed yearly - Lifetime, one payment, no subscription Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/nguyendangnam-privacy-policy/home Make one for yourself, or one for someone you like. It takes about a minute.

About

WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker

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Your screen should look like you. WallStone gives you a huge, hand-picked library of live wallpapers and 4K still wallpapers — and a maker that turns your own videos into moving wallpapers in a few taps. MAKE YOUR OWN LIVE WALLPAPER Record a clip with the camera or pick any video from your library. Trim it down to the moment you want, choose Fill or Fit, and watch it play inside a real phone frame before you commit. Tap once and it is saved to Photos as a Live Photo, ready to set on your Lock Screen. A BIG, CURATED LIBRARY Browse Editor's Choice picks, trending and popular collections, and categories for every mood — anime, nature, cars, space, city lights, abstract, aesthetic and more. Every wallpaper gets a full-screen preview on a Lock Screen and Home Screen mock-up, so you know exactly how it will look before you save it. 4K WALLPAPERS THAT STAY SHARP Still wallpapers are delivered at high resolution and framed for modern iPhone screens — no stretching, no soft edges, no wasted taps. YOUR OWN GALLERY Everything you make is kept in the app's Library. Re-open it, re-save it, share it or delete it whenever you like — it all lives on your device. A GUIDE THAT ACTUALLY HELPS Not sure how iOS handles live wallpapers? The built-in Wallpaper Guide walks you through setting a wallpaper and a live wallpaper, step by step. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into 12 languages: English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese and Turkish. Switch any time in Settings. WHY YOU'LL KEEP IT • Make live wallpapers from your own videos — record or import • Trim, frame and preview before you save • Thousands of live and 4K still wallpapers, updated regularly • Lock Screen and Home Screen previews on every item • Saves straight to Photos as a Live Photo • No account, no sign-up — open it and start • Clean, fast and built for iPhone Note: iOS does not let any app set your wallpaper for you. WallStone saves your wallpaper to Photos and shows you the two taps needed to set it — Share › Use as Wallpaper, with LIVE kept on so it moves. Download WallStone and bring your screen to life.

Screenshots

DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor4 screens
WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker at none against DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor's 3. WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor versus WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDIY Wallpaper Maker EditorWallStone Live Wallpaper Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDang Nam NguyenShruti Kapuriya

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • DIY Wallpaper Pro — Lifetime$39.99
None

WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor free?
DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker free?
WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor or WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker have ads?
Neither DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor nor WallStone Live Wallpaper Maker shows ads.

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