Guides

How-tos, fixes and comparisons for phone wallpapers on iPhone and Android, from the team behind ScreenLux.

COMPARISONS

ScreenLux vs Zedge, Walli and Vellum

Side-by-side tables for the wallpaper apps people actually choose between, plus honest alternatives lists.

HOW-TO

Lock Screen, Home Screen, or both — the exact taps to change an iPhone wallpaper, set a Live Photo, and fix the common mistakes.

HOW-TO

Remove old Lock Screens you no longer want, what happens to linked Focus modes, and why some wallpapers refuse to delete.

HOW-TO

Live Photos are the only moving Lock Screen iOS allows. How to set one, why it only animates on wake, and where to get loops that actually look good.

COMPARISON

ScreenLux, Vellum, Zedge, Walli, Unsplash and Apple's own gallery compared on catalog, live wallpapers, resolution and price.

COMPARISON

Which live wallpaper apps deliver real motion on each platform, what they cost, and the battery and lock-screen limits nobody mentions.

HOW-TO

iOS pairs the two screens by default. Here is how to split them, use a blurred Home Screen, and keep widgets readable.

FIX

Low-resolution source, Perspective Zoom, Home Screen blur, iCloud optimized photos and more — how to spot each cause and fix it.

HOW-TO

Home Screen, Lock Screen and live wallpapers on Android 14, 15 and 16 — with the Samsung One UI and Pixel differences called out.

REFERENCE

The exact pixel dimensions of every recent iPhone screen, the safe 9:19.5 frame that fits them all, and why 1080 × 2400 works.

EXPLAINER

Live Photos, Depth Effect, and the Liquid Glass Lock Screen explained — what animates, when, and what Apple removed.