Comparison

Wallax vs SidePilot

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

Head to head
About

Wallax

Easily scale and resize your favorite photos to perfectly fit any device's wallpaper. Create unique designs with various backgrounds, patterns, and effects.

Highlights
  • Scale and resize wallpapers
  • Customizable backgrounds (black, white, color, gradient, blurred)
  • Minimalist wallpaper creation tools (color, gradient, pattern, bokeh, text)
  • Parallax effect for iPhone & iPad
  • Add reflection, tiling, frames, shapes, blur, bokeh, text, and filters
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Can't Resize & Fit your favourite photos as Wallpapers? Wallax app has 100+ options to create perfect size wallpapers. Featured in iMore.com as No 1. Choice for Best Wallpaper Apps Features ======= - Scale & Resize your wallpapers on black, white, color, gradient or blurred background. - Make minimal wallpapers by using Color, Gradient, Pattern, Bokeh and Text options. - Perfect Wallpaper Size with Parallax Effect for all iPhone & iPad Devices. - Add Following Effects + Refection - Adds reflection to make your photos to fit the correct wallpaper size. + Tile Photo - Repeats the photo to make a wallpaper. + Frames - Combine two or more photos to make a wallpaper. + Shapes - Mask your photo to predefined shapes to make wallpapers. + Blur, Bokeh, Text, Adjustment, Filters, Colorize, Pattern, Splash Effects

About

SidePilot

This portable ground station app connects to ArduPilot drones via WiFi, Bluetooth, or cellular. It provides real-time drone data, waypoint management, and advanced flight modes like Follow Me and Orbit. It also includes ADSB integration and live video streaming capabilities.

Highlights
  • Real-time drone telemetry display
  • Waypoint and geofence creation
  • ADSB aircraft integration
  • Follow Me and Orbit flight modes
  • Live video streaming
  • Parameter editing and calibration
Features
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This is the BEST ardupilot companion app. Works with ArduPilot autopilot via WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy or Cellular connection, including 3DR Solo. Supports ExpressLRS MAVLink telemetry. NOTE: You must have either WiFi, Cellular or Serial Bluetooth connection to your drone. User Manual is available at https://sidepilot.net Features: • Supports ArduCopter, ArduPlane and ArduRover via ELRS, WiFi or Bluetooth. • Displays current drone location, with information such as altitude, yaw, pitch and roll. • Internet ADSB to display nearby aircraft and provide warnings. • Create, edit and delete waypoints and geofences. • Audible alerts for important information. • Edit, save and load parameters. • Perform a Pre-Flight checklist with live weather information. • Low battery warnings and alerts. • View onboard video, and live stream it to YouTube. • Record telemetry logs and export for sharing. • Follow Me - Have your drone follow you using your devices GPS location, or visually with Object Tracking. • Orbit mode - Automatically orbit an object for a fantastic cinematic shots! • Grid Waypoints - Create a survey grid to fly. • Tap to fly - Tap a location on the map to send your drone there! • Perform calibrations at the field. • DroneCAN Viewer and parameter editor. • And many, many more... Quick-start guide (Using a WiFi connection): 1. Turn on drone and connect using WiFi. 2. Start SidePilot, navigate to settings and select either WiFi UDP, TCP or 3DR Solo (as applicable). 3. If setting up WiFi manually, click on WiFi Settings and input the correct IP address and port that the MAVLink protocol is running over. 4. Go back to the main screen and press the connect button on the top right. The app will begin displaying information about the drone. If not, double check your WiFi settings. Please post suggestions and bug reports on the SidePilot Facebook page or via email to tom@sidepilot.net WARNING: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Note: iPads without cellular do not have GPS capability unless tethered to a iOS Device with cellular, and even then it is poor and not suitable for navigation.

Screenshots

Wallax4 screens
SidePilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wallax at $0.99 against SidePilot's $13.99. Wallax also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 98). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Wallax costs $0.99 and SidePilot $13.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wallax holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wallax has 1.3K ratings behind it against 98, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Wallax's written reviews are positive against 57% of SidePilot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wallax ships an update monthly, SidePilot every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wallax versus SidePilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWallaxSidePilot
Price$0.99 — better$13.99
Rating4.7 (1.3K ratings) — better4.0 (98 ratings)
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better98
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRIJIT SHEELIATom Brereton

Customer experience

Wallax

All ratings1,329 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.7%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews314 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative32.2%

SidePilot

All ratings98 ratings
Positive70.4%
Neutral10.2%
Negative19.4%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral12.5%
Negative30.4%

User reviews

Wallax

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Quickly resizes images
  • 💡 Useful for fixing iOS 7 wallpaper issues
  • ⭐ Fantastic app
  • 🎨 Good editing tools

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes when saving images
  • 🐛 Doesn't work as advertised
  • 🤔 Confusing interface
  • 📉 Quality loss when saving images
  • 💸 Waste of money

SidePilot

From 98 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Keeps 3DR Solo flying
  • 👍 Works better than original app
  • 👍 Drone runs more stable
  • 👍 Great for flying Solo
  • 👍 Revived dormant Solo

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App freezes
  • 🐛 App crashes
  • 🐛 Does not connect to drone
  • 🐛 No video feed
  • 🐛 Firmware update issues

Bugs and requests

Wallax

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Saving images doesn't work
  • Crashes on iPhone X/iOS 14
  • Blurry images after editing
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to move/position image within frame
  • Provide more customization options
  • Support for Live Photos
  • Add batch processing for multiple images

SidePilot

Reported bugs

51 issues
  • App does not connect to drone
  • No video feed from GoPro
  • Firmware update failures
  • Controller not pairing
  • Drone stuck in 'waiting for Solo' state
Show 46 more
  • App freezes or crashes during operation
  • Drone becomes unstable during landing
  • GoPro recording not triggered
  • Parameter changes not syncing
  • Inaccurate battery level warnings
  • Compass calibration errors
  • Map not loading
  • Laggy video feed
  • App crashes when pressing record button
  • App closes constantly
  • Drone crashes due to app malfunction
  • Camera disconnects during flight
  • Lost connectivity during flight
  • Drone stuck in 'Preflight Update' mode
  • WiFi connection alert 'No internet connection'
  • Gimbal left-right movement not working
  • GoPro Hero 4 Black control issues
  • Drone gets squirrely and throttles up during landing
  • Drone flips over and destroys props
  • Drone does not shut off
  • Issues with controller setup (A/B buttons)
  • App freezes or shuts down when changing button configurations
  • Functions showing as 'unsupported'
  • Parameters not loading from vehicle
  • Calibrations not functioning
  • Laggy live feed
  • Live feed shows drone in air after landing
  • GPS position does not match map in PRC
  • App crashes when trying to connect Solo to app
  • Live feed freezes during flight
  • Switching from video to photo freezes app
  • App closes constantly
  • Camera disconnected and lost connectivity
  • Pop-up 'swipe to arm' cannot be dismissed
  • Drone crashes into water
  • Lags horribly
  • Feed completely freezes
  • App is useless
  • Almost caused loss of drone
  • Lag and photo function issues
  • Video lags
  • Freezes mid-flight when switching modes
  • Awful lag issues with live feed
  • Developer stopped responding to questions
  • GPS position does not match map
  • App crashes every time to connect Solo to app

Requested features

11 requests
  • French language option
  • Ability to update Solo 3DR
  • Fix GoPro control issues
  • Fix compass calibration errors
  • Add support for GoPro video settings in air
Show 6 more
  • Add imperial measurements
  • Improve waypoint setup practicality
  • Fix GPS position matching map in PRC
  • Add lighting configuration options
  • Add smart shots functionality
  • Add A/B button functionality

In-app purchases

None

Wallax

No in-app purchases

None

SidePilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wallax free?
Wallax costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SidePilot free?
SidePilot costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wallax or SidePilot?
Wallax is rated higher. Wallax averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while SidePilot averages 4.0 from 98 ratings.
Do Wallax or SidePilot have ads?
Neither Wallax nor SidePilot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wallax or SidePilot?
Wallax ships an update monthly, and SidePilot every 6 weeks. Most recently, Wallax was updated on October 18, 2026 and SidePilot on October 17, 2026.

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