Top Five iPhone 5 Wallpaper Apps

One of the first things that many people do when they get a new device is to change the background of it. With the iPhone 5 and the App Store you can find plenty of Apps that will allow you to download wallpapers right to the iPhone 5 that you can use whenever you would like to. There are a lot of Wallpaper Apps in the App Store but not all of them have been optimized to fit the iPhone 5’s 1136 x 640 screen resolution. Below is a list of some of the top Wallpaper Apps that will help fit the iPhone 5’s screen.

 

Retina Wallpapers & Backgrounds

This App features over 15,000 wallpapers to choose from. Each wallpaper has been broken up into categories and then even those categories have subcategories. There are a lot of wallpapers to choose from here. If there is a specific wallpaper that you are looking for all you have to do is start a search and you’ll be able to browse through all of the wallpapers that match your search. Once you have found the wallpaper there is an option to save the wallpaper directly to your iPhone or you can even preview what it would look like on a lock screen or home screen before you download it. Tapping on the wallpaper that you would like to use will bring it up on the screen and also bring up the menu controls. If you select the arrow point left it will take you back to the wallpapers page, the eye will allow you to preview the wallpaper on either a home screen or lock screen, the down arrow will save the wallpaper to your camera roll, the start will favorite this wallpaper, the play arrow will play the wallpapers in a slide show, and the share button will allow you to Email, Tweet or Facebook post the photo. There are lots of options with this app.

 

Cool Wallpapers HD & Retina Free

This App features over 100,000 beautiful and cool wallpapers that are at your finger tips. Not only does this app offer a lot of wallpapers but it is also jam backed with a lot of awesome features. If your on the hunt for a specific wallpaper you can do a search in the app and even search on popular services such as Picasa and Flickr. If that doesn’t cut it for you, you can look through over twenty difference categories for a wallpaper that you’ll love. After finding the wallpaper that you love and want to use it couldn’t be easier to save it to your device. Tapping on the wallpaper will bring the wallpaper into a fullscreen view where you now have a few more options to choose from. You can download the wallpaper as it is by selecting the download button of the far left and it will save the wallpaper into your camera roll. If you would like to you can share the wallpaper you found via Facebook, Twitter, or Email. And if that’s not enough you can play a slide show, favorite the wallpaper for later, go to the next wallpaper and even close the menu. If you’re looking for more customization look no further, you can add some visual effects to the wallpaper as well. You can add glowing shelfs, borders, designs, black and white the wallpaper, and even blur it. Once you’ve done all of the customizing you can then save the photo to your camera roll and begin using it as your wallpaper from there.

 

Pimp Your Screen

This is an award-winning App that helps you customize the look of your device by giving you an exclusive selection for specially designed backgrounds, icon skins, app shelves, neon combos and many other eye candies. The great part is that there a new eye candies added daily and to see them just tap on the New to see the updates. When you first open the app there are a few different options to choose from. App Shelves will all you to browse through wallpapers that have a Shelf Design worked into the background to give your App Icons the appearance of sitting on a shelf. Icon Skins are wallpapers that have areas on the wallpaper that icons will fit into to give it an appearance of being embedded into the wallpaper. Home Screens are just plain backgrounds that can be saved to your iPhone and used as either a Home Screen or Lock Screen. Neon Combos are Shelf Design and Icon Skins with a neon glow around the squares of shelves. Now the last two categories are what really set this app apart. Lock Screen Maker allows you to customize wallpapers to best suite the Lock Screen. You can even add photos from your camera roll to make it even more personal. You can add frames in the middle of the image to give it a badge like appearance or you can add a custom frame behind the time and the lock slider. If you wanted to you can even add text in the middle of the image. The Home Screen Maker works just like the Lock Screen Maker except that it’s for the home screen. You can add shelves or skins to the wallpapers of even import a photo from the camera roll. There are endless possibilities with this App.

 

Retina Wallpapers HD

This App features thousands of Retina Ready Wallpapers specifically design for the iPhone 5 display. Inside the App it’s pretty straight forward, find the wallpaper your looking for, save it, and then use it. Opening the App will take you to the main screen where you can begin browsing for the wallpaper of your choice. There are three main categories that you can choose from on the main page which are Popular, Recent, or Random. You can filter your search down into over 15 subcategories that include 3D, nature, cars, animals, and more. Once you’ve found the wallpaper you’ve been looking for, tapping on it will bring it fullscreen where you can then save it to your camera roll or continue looking. This App is a get in and get on with life sort of approach.

 

1000+ Wallpapers HD for iPhone 5

This App features over 10,000 hand picked wallpapers and backgrounds to decorate your device with. The app also has a simple category system, with fifty and counting, to find amazing looking wallpapers. Opening the App bring you into the category that you were previously looking at which will allow you to quickly access your favorite wallpapers. You can access the categories menu by selecting the Filters button on the top and allow you to select the category of wallpapers that you were looking for. Once you’ve found the wallpaper that you want all you have to do is select it and it will bring the wallpaper fullscreen where you can then save it, share it with friends and even preview the wallpaper on a home screen and lock screen.