Apps that let you customize your phone
If you like everything to be unique, take some time to customize your phone’s looks, sounds and communication style with the following apps.
Apple apps
Wallpapers and Themes — Free Wallpapers (Free) This app gives users a great deal of flexibility when customizing their device’s screens and backgrounds. ( Score: 98/100)
Monogram Lite — Wallpaper & Backgrounds Maker HD with Glitter themes free (Free) This free version of the popular app features 60 free, classy designs. (Score: 97/100)
Wallpapers HD 10000+ (Updated Daily) (Free) As its name states, this app offers over 10,000 HD wallpapers to choose from to customize your device. (Score: 96/100)
Bitmoji Keyboard — Your Avatar Emoji (Free)* Bitmoji Keyboard allows users to create an avatar of themselves that they can then customize and send in messages. (Score: 95/100)
Everpix — Backgrounds and Wallpapers (Free) Everpix has a large library of proprietary device images, including holiday, animal, cartoon, sport and automotive themes. (Score: 94/100)
Android apps
ZEDGE Ringtones & Wallpapers (Free)* Zedge has over 3 million five-star reviews from Android users; they love its flexibility, quality and ease of use. (Score: 95/100)
Cool Black Theme (Free) This minimalist black-and-indigo theme is perfect for those of you who like things a bit low-key, elegant, sleek or subtle. (Score: 91/100)
Ringtones & Wallpapers for Me (Free) This app has a large variety of images and ringtones to customize your device, and you can set it to automatically change backgrounds. (Score: 88/100)
Emoji Keyboard Cute Emoticons (Free) If you want to customize the way you communicate, this app will add more than 3,000 choices of emojis and stickers to your correspondence. (Score: 87/100)
Disney Emoji Blitz (Free)* Disney Emoji Blitz is a game that allows you to collect emojis of Disney characters as you progress through levels of a matching game. (Score: 85/100)
*Available on Apple and Android.
Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine using breakthrough technology to score every app to help consumers navigate the mobile application marketplace. Apps are scored using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, position within category and staff recommendations. For more app intel, go to www.mobilewalla.com. Anindya Datta is a technologist and founder of Mobilewalla.
This story was originally published August 26, 2016 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Apps that let you customize your phone."