Comparison

Blear vs PolyWall

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

PolyWall

Create unique and stunning polygon wallpapers for your device. Generate endless patterns and colors, or hand-tweak designs for personalized abstract art. Export in high quality for your Lock and Home screens.

Highlights
  • Generate polygon patterns and colors
  • Hand-tweak designs
  • Create abstract art
  • High-quality export
  • Set as device wallpaper
Features
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PolyWall is the app for wallpapers generation, it lets you generate awesome patterns automatically or using hand-tweaking. Sometimes you would like to create pretty looking art by yourself beyond the limits. And PolyWall will help you with that, letting you create amazing, unique wallpapers everyday and effortlessly. With PolyWall you can: - Generate endless amount of polygon patterns and colors. - Pick your colors, positions and more. - Design beautiful abstract art. - Export in highest quality. - Use the pattern as your device wallpaper for Lock and Home Screen. To support our app for future development - leave your feedback in App Store, it helps a lot! Thank you very much.

Screenshots

Blear1 screens
PolyWall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PolyWall at 5.0 against Blear's 4.8. PolyWall also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). Blear's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (77 vs 21). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PolyWall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Blear's written reviews are positive against 100% of PolyWall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blear ships an update every 3 months, PolyWall every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Blear versus PolyWall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlearPolyWall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (77 ratings)5.0 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings77 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSindre SorhusPavel Zubco

Customer experience

Blear

All ratings77 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.0%

PolyWall

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Blear

No in-app purchases

None

PolyWall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blear free?
Blear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PolyWall free?
PolyWall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blear or PolyWall?
PolyWall is rated higher. Blear averages 4.8 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while PolyWall averages 5.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Blear or PolyWall have ads?
Neither Blear nor PolyWall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blear or PolyWall?
Blear ships an update every 3 months, and PolyWall every 6 months. Most recently, Blear was updated on September 8, 2026 and PolyWall on July 4, 2026.

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