Blurred Wallpaper vs Blear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blurred Wallpaper
Easily create unique iPhone wallpapers by adjusting blur levels on your photos. Enhance your images with filters, effects, and creative tools. Save and share your custom designs in HD.
- Adjustable blur levels
- Photo filters and effects
- Tilt-shift blurring
- Free-form rotation
- Tonal curve adjustments
- Save and share in HD
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Instantly create beautiful wallpapers for your iPhone with this revolutionary new app! Every wallpaper will be unique as you are! So EASY to use! SELL YOUR WALLPAPERS TOO! 1. Snap a Picture 2. Adjust the Blur levels 3. Save and set new wall paper! You can even share your wallpaper in HD with Friends on Facebook, Twitter, Email and More! ----- Now for the bonus stuff ---- ◉ 13 Photo Filters! ◉ 8 Different Photo Effects ◉ Tilt-Shift Blurring ◉ Free-Form Rotate ◉ Super Cool Tonal Curve ◉ Plus a lot more!
Blear
Create unique blurry wallpapers from your own photos or pre-loaded images. Easily adjust blurriness and crop to personalize your device's home and lock screens. Share your creations directly from the app.
- Transform photos into blurry wallpapers
- Adjust crop and blurriness
- Use pre-loaded images
- Action Extension for quick editing
- Save and set as wallpaper
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Transform your photos into stunning blurry wallpapers. Make your Home/Lock screen shine! Drag the image horizontally to change the crop. You get the best result with bright colorful photos, like a handful of jellybeans or unicorns. The app comes bundled with some beautiful photos to get you started. Just shake to get another one. When you have swiped your preferred blurriness, tap the save button on the right. In the Photos app, go to the image you just saved, tap the action button, and choose “Use as Wallpaper”. The app also comes with an Action Extension. So instead of opening the app, you can start by finding a photo in the Photos app, tap the action button, and then choose “Make Blurry Wallpaper”. Blear is open source: https://github.com/sindresorhus/blear
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blear at 4.8 against Blurred Wallpaper's 1.0. Blear also leads on ratings volume (77 vs 1). Blurred Wallpaper's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Blear holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blear has 77 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Blurred Wallpaper | Blear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.8 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppMaven, LLC | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Blurred Wallpaper
Blear
In-app purchases
Blurred Wallpaper
No in-app purchases
Blear
No in-app purchases
