Comparison

Blur HQ vs Meow

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

Head to head
About

Blur HQ

Easily create custom blurred wallpapers from your photos. Select an image from your camera roll or take a new one, apply a blur effect with a single step, and save your personalized background.

Highlights
  • Create blurred wallpapers
  • Use photos from camera
  • Use photos from album
  • One-step blur effect
  • Save custom wallpapers
Features
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The simplest way, the best blurred wallpaper! Choose or Take a picture -> Blur it -> Save it! Use photo from camera or album, with one simple step, you can make beautiful wallpaper yourself!

About

Meow

Customize your device's home screen with a variety of elegant and practical widgets. Choose from over 300 styles to display quotes, notes, tasks, photos, step counts, clocks, and more. Enhance your productivity and personalize your device's look.

Highlights
  • 300+ widget styles
  • Quote widget
  • Time note/countdown widget
  • Task list widget
  • Photo widget with frames
  • Today steps widget
  • Clock widget
  • Quick phrase keyboard extension
Features
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"Meow" is a lightweight, elegant and practical tool set of widget. It is only 10+ Mb in size, but it can be matched with more than 300 styles of small components. Of course, the large number is not the point. The point is no matter how to match it. , The results are all elegant and beautiful, and you can easily get the widgets you like. In the current version, "Meow" provides 9 widgets, which are composed of 8 desktop widgets and 1 keyboard extension. These functions are "Quote", "Time Note", "Launch" and "Task List", "Photo", "Today Steps", "Clock", "Calendar" and "Quick Phrase", these small tools are not limited to good-looking, most of them are also very useful. Even if they are separated from the desktop widgets, they have relatively complete functions in the app. Function Quick View - Quote: Display a paragraph of text input on the widget, which can be used for self-excitation, motto, simple reminders, etc.; you can also choose your favorite style for different content texts. -Time Note: Almost all-round countdown day tool, supports countdown days, cumulative days, percentage progress display, cycle cycles, multi-color themes, etc. - Quick Phrase: Expand the shortcut phrases on the keyboard. The simple design fits the original interface. You can enter frequently used phrases into the app. When you need to use it, you only need to long press to switch the keyboard and quickly click to use it. - Launch: Support custom URL Schemes launch tool, built-in dozens of unified styles and beautifully designed icons, which are efficient and beautiful. - Task List: A concise tool that can be used alone in the app, suitable for recording some simple to-do items. - Photo: Add your favorite photos, and select the frame style to present on the desktop; some styles provide the function of displaying the date, making this not a simple display of photos. - Today Steps: A widget showing the daily steps, you can set your own goals, and you can also generate a static map. - Clock: The design concept is mainly decoration, provides a number of interesting clock styles, and is continuously updated. Privacy Meow optionally integrates with Apple’s HealthKit API. This data is used to display your step on today steps widget. Subscription - Become Meow Pro to unlock all Meow features. - Subscription membership costs $1.49 per year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment will be made directly through your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. After the purchase or trial, the renewal will be carried out automatically, and the Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before the expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be extended by 1 subscription cycle. You can modify the automatic subscription settings in the system account settings. If you need to cancel the renewal, please do so at least 24 hours before the current billing period. Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/904wG0xy2jErhOf8/ Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/G2luo02rR7Y9COXx/

Screenshots

Blur HQ4 screens
Meow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meow at 83% against Blur HQ's 0%. Meow also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). Blur HQ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Meow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per year. Blur HQ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meow holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meow has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Blur HQ's written reviews are positive against 83% of Meow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blur HQ ships an update every 6 months, Meow every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Blur HQ versus Meow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlur HQMeow
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)3.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泉华 官鑫 吴

Customer experience

Blur HQ

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Meow

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative4.2%

In-app purchases

None

Blur HQ

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Meow

Subscriptions1
  • Meow Pro - Year7 Days trial$1.491 Year
One-time1
  • Meow Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Blur HQ free?
Blur HQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meow free?
Meow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blur HQ or Meow?
Meow is rated higher. Blur HQ averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Meow averages 3.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Blur HQ or Meow have ads?
Blur HQ shows ads; Meow does not.
Which is updated more often, Blur HQ or Meow?
Blur HQ ships an update every 6 months, and Meow every 5 weeks. Most recently, Blur HQ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Meow on November 3, 2026.

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