BG Color vs Current
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BG Color
Design custom wallpapers with a wide range of preset and customizable colors, including gradient options. Add a calendar for up to two months to your lock or home screen. Preview and save your creations directly to your device.
- 40 preset color options
- Customizable color gradients
- Adjustable hue, saturation, brightness
- Vignetting effects
- Calendar integration (1-2 months)
- Lock and home screen previews
- Save wallpapers to camera roll
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Create beautiful wallpapers with 40 preset colors and customizable color settings. Add a calendar for up to two months to your Lock Screen or Home Screen. [Settings] ● Preset Colors Choose from 40 preset colors in six categories: iPhone, Jewel, Sky, Season, Nature, and Solar System. ● Gradient Turn on the gradient to blend colors from top to bottom. Turn it off to use a solid color. ● Top and Bottom Colors Set the colors using hue, saturation, and brightness. ● Vignette Set the color of the edge shading using opacity, hue, saturation, and brightness. ● Calendar Choose the calendar duration (one or two months) and color (light or dark). [Preview] ● Preview Tap the Preview button in the upper-right corner of the settings screen to see how the wallpaper looks on your Lock Screen or Home Screen. ● Save Wallpaper Tap the preview to save the wallpaper to Photos. ● Set Wallpaper Set the wallpaper from the iPhone’s Settings > Wallpaper > Choose a New Wallpaper > Photos, or from the Photos app.
Current
Personalize your lock screen with custom text. Display any phrase or letters you choose directly on your device's lock screen and StandBy mode. Enhance your device's appearance with unique text widgets.
- Customizable text display
- Lock screen widgets
- StandBy mode integration
- Personalized phrases and letters
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You can configure what phrase or letters you want to display on your lock screen. Privacy Policy: https://current.anybox.cc/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://current.anybox.cc/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Current at 78% against BG Color's 34%. Current also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). BG Color's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, 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
BG Color costs $1.99 and Current $0.99 up front. BG Color sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Current sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Current holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BG Color has 69 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of BG Color's written reviews are positive against 78% of Current's.
BG Color ships an update every 3 months, Current every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BG Color | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (69 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.5% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | y-design | Anybox LTD |
Customer experience
BG Color
Current
In-app purchases
BG Color
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Full Version$0.99
Current
- Buy Me a Soda$0.99
- Buy Me Some Chips$1.99
- Buy Me a Coffee$4.99
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- Buy Me a Pizza$9.99
