Artcodes vs Minimal Lockscreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Artcodes
Create visually engaging codes by drawing beautiful images. Link these designs to websites for a fun and interactive experience, offering a playful alternative to traditional QR codes. Explore unique visual interactions for products, packaging, and services.
- Visually design interactive codes
- Link images to websites
- Playful alternative to QR codes
- Enhance product and packaging interaction
- Create unique visual experiences
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Artcodes allow everyone to become a coder. By drawing visually beautiful images, you can link them to websites to showcase how interaction can become fun and beautiful. Design visually beautiful images and encode them, resulting in the same interactivity as that of the QR code but with a more visually engaging and playful experience. Images can be identical with unique codes or the opposite: visually unique with identical codes. This interplay offers a new opportunity for visual interaction within, product, packaging, service and interaction design.
Minimal Lockscreen
Transform your phone's lock screen with a collection of minimalist wallpapers. Personalize your device with a clean, stylish aesthetic and easily access information with customizable widgets. Enjoy a clutter-free and intuitive experience.
- Sleek, minimalist wallpapers
- Easy widget customization
- Intuitive interface
- Regular design updates
- Personalized lock screen
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OneWall redefines your lockscreen with minimalist wallpapers. Create a clean, personalized look with stunning and customizable wallpapers. Enjoy a seamless, clutter-free experience designed for simplicity and style. Key Features: - Sleek, minimalist wallpapers for a modern aesthetic - Easy widget customization for quick access to info - Intuitive interface for effortless setup - Regular updates with fresh designs Download OneWall today and elevate your lockscreen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Artcodes at none against Minimal Lockscreen's shown. Artcodes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Minimal Lockscreen's advantage is ratings volume (108 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Artcodes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minimal Lockscreen has 108 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Artcodes's written reviews are positive against 81% of Minimal Lockscreen's.
Artcodes ships an update every 2 months, Minimal Lockscreen every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Artcodes | Minimal Lockscreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (108 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 108 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham | Hieu Chau |
Customer experience
Artcodes
Minimal Lockscreen
In-app purchases
Artcodes
No in-app purchases
Minimal Lockscreen
No in-app purchases
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