Blear vs tevolution
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
tevolution
Stream internet videos from a semantic player to your desktop. This multi-protocol remote streaming application works with various video backends, turning your computer into a remote video screen.
- Remote video streaming
- Internet video playback
- Semantic player integration
- Multi-protocol support
- Desktop screen mirroring
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tevolution is a remote video screen designed to stream Internet videos from a semantic player like MotionMonkey. It's a multi-protocol remote streaming application that supports a variety of video backends. Coupled with MotionMonkey it turns your desktop computer into a remote video screen. All of this while serving the end user at all time. This application is designed by a developer of VLC Media Player. --- https://omega.gg/tevolution
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Blear at 77 against tevolution's 1. tevolution's advantage is iOS requirement (16 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
tevolution holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blear | tevolution |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Benjamin Arnaud |
In-app purchases
Blear
No in-app purchases
tevolution
No in-app purchases
